I’ve been researching inclusion, accessibility and friendly, along with a number of terms regularly used within the dementia sector. One of the reasons is because of the ‘lightbulb’ moment I had last week, during an email discussion with people from a number of countries, where they no longer use the word dementia. In fact, they have…
Dementia Alliance International has a new survey about dementia friendly communities for people with dementia and their care partners (meaning an unpaid family carer or significant other who is actively supporting them). We are very keen to hear your thoughts and that these campaigns and initiatives mean to you, and if they have positively impacted…
Yesterday I was invited to give a presentation at the Better Practice Adelaide 2015 conference held at the Hilton Hotel, and most of the time now when I present, I also always represent Dementia Alliance International in some way. The theme of this event was Quality – Through the looking glass: What’s new in 2015. One…
Apparently four years ago today I set up this blog, although it doesn’t feel like my 4th anniversary, as I didn’t really start writing and publishing blogs until the 2nd September 2011, many weeks later. But, I guess it is still worth celebrating, as the seed was actually planted on this day four years ago, and blogging…
Last week I attended and spoke briefly at an event, where the guest speaker Rachael Litherland was an invited expert from the UK, being funded to tour Australia and discuss the work of dementia friendly comunities in the UK over the last 10 years. She highlighted the work on dementia friendly communities that has been…
Prescribed Dis-engagement: what is it? Following diagnosis, my specialists all told me ‘to give up work, give up study, and go home for the time I had left’! I quickly termed this prescribed disengagement, and thankfully I eventually chose to ignore it. Why is it that one day I was studying a double degree, working full…
November is the month for National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo and I bravely (stupidly??!!) signed up to give it another go this year. I am way behind the 1600 words per day they suggest you write to keep up, but if I get all my other writing finished by the middle of next week, I’ll…
I’ve had two compliments on the new look of my blog, so thank you Eliza and Pete for that. It is always pleasing to hear positive remarks, but I’m sure there’ll be some who prefer the old format, or who hate both. As with a landslide election, it is hard to please everyone all of…
Early intervention is an important key to increasing opportunities for social engagement for a person diagnosed with dementia. With an early diagnosis, people with dementia are not only more likely to want to remain engaged in their current communities, but are more able to be. Obviously, a dementia friendly environment is pivotal to social engagement.…
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