Calling for support…

There are a couple of links below for which I ask for your support. The first is a survey aiming to support a more inclusive voice of people with dementia at ADI2015, being held in Perth Western Australia. The phrase ‘nothing about us without us’ is still bantered globally, and until now the voices of people with…

Exercise, healthy lifestyle and dementia

Thanks Butch from Mum and Dad Care for alerting me to this article Exercise May Protect Against Brain Shrinkage written by Anahad O’Connor for The New York Times. It discusses yet another research study about exercise helping our bodies and brains. Almost every chronic disease has studies linked to it proving exercise can and will help reduce…

Stigma report

This report is a sad exposé of how the general community view dementia in general, and especially the people diagnosed with dementia. Its findings show 50.8% of the respondents agreed that people with dementia cannot be expected to have a meaningful conversation, and 11.7% of respondents said that they would avoid spending much time with…

Remembering the unconditional love in my world

I need to say too, that there are many close friends and family who don’t judge me by my dementia, and who don’t think I am wrong all of the time, and most importantly who DO support and love me unconditionally. You know who you are, and along with my new online friends, you help me…

The anonymous voice

Since I’ve joined the wider global community through online networking and blogging, and since speaking at the Alzheimer’s Australia National Fight Dementia campaign rally and appearing on the ABC TV 7.30 Report, I am gathering many new friends, people who have seen my story and want to share this journey on my dementia train. I am…