Changing minds about dementia…
The late Richard Taylor PhD continues to inspire and motivate many people with and without dementia around the world, and will always be for me, the person ‘who saved my life’. Meaning, the person who showed by example, it was possible to live with dementia, and I did not just have to go home and die…
Feedback… for better or worse
When I am conscious, I strive to be a nice person, but, I also always strive to tell the truth, and to provide (positive and sometimes negative) feedback on things done well, or comments on things I may feel or think could or should be done differently. That does not mean I am right, merely that I have an opinion, which…
Living in an online, global ‘country town’
Is living with dementia like living with Asperger’s?
Obviously, I rarely blog here very often any more, as I have taken the activities of Living beyond dementia to a whole new level! In fact, I have not written even a monthly blog on that site or on my recipe blog since August!! In October, I posted four blogs here, and in November, so far, only…
Australian Of The Year, South Australia
It was an honour to win the esteemed Australian of The Year Award in SA for 2017, and to now be representing South Australia in January 2017. As a finalist last year, it was more than amazing to be nominated again, and even more incredible to not only be a finalist again this year, but to…
What if it’s not dementia?
What if it’s not dementia? was written for the Aged Care Guide, published with them on 19 October 2016. I feel it is important to share it here as well, as there is so much fear mongering in the media about dementia, it is perhaps the cause of dementia now being the most feared disease of…
