Writing about dementia

A blogging friend wrote to me privately on 6 June… “I stay away at times because I just find it very difficult to read about death a lot and all of the terrible down effects of Dementia. When I first started out at your inspiring blog way back when you were in a very different space.…

Mourning and dementia

Last week I attended a meeting of the Coromandel Valley Quilters club, supporting someone from the The Bereaved Through Suicide Support Group Inc. as they were one of six recipients of $500 being donated by the quilters club. It was with some shock when another group, Tender Loving Carers (a new group set up in South…

Dementia and ‘retrenchment’

There are lists written on this site, and on many sites outlining the challenges of a diagnosis of younger onset dementia. Having to give up paid employment is near the top of the list and I’ve not found much written up about how difficult it is for a person with dementia. It is in effect, a…