Too busy today for a blog!?

I decided to list the projects and other goals I am working on currently, or have planned for next year, creating not only a very public ‘To do’ list, but as a way as a way of enlisting you as motivational advisors! So here it is;  Write every day Abstracts for ADI Taiwan 2013, due 25 October…

Meaningful activities

At a focus group with a group of dementia consumers today, Bingo was mentioned as an activity used in aged and dementia care. The room was full of people who themselves may one day be facing aged or dementia care, myself included. Although it wasn’t the topic we were there to discuss, I decided to…

Losing the sense of who I am

On national television recently I heard a woman who had been retrenched from her job make the comment I have lost the sense of who I am. This was very relevant to me as having to give up my paid employment, because of the symptoms of dementia, was very difficult. No-one ever asked me how it…

A life full of surprises

My dear husband and I constantly discuss our days and the things going on around us, but so often now I have increasing short-term memory loss, so that often it seems like life is full of surprises. He says, but we talked about that last night, or we did that or we went there this…

How to keep going…

I’ve been wondering how I will keep up my Conversations and Recipes page whilst we are away, the Project 366 challenge I accepted late last year. There won’t be any of my old cook books or cooking notes I can rely on to write up my own recipes, so I am wondering, what to do? Maybe I’ll…