I’m forever hopeful of positive change… For so many things related to a dementia diagnosis, dementia care, disability support, respecful language, and ageing in general, as well as the many rights violations people with dementia continue to experience. This includes disbanding the harmful labels currently still being used to descibe people with dementia, or our…
In June 2019, Dementia Alliance International, held the first Side Event at the Conference of State Parties (CoSP) on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) ever to be hosted specifically focused on dementia as a major cause disability, and our rights under the CRPD. This is important in the context of brain health.…
As it is still Brain Health Awareness Month, the focus of my blogs contnues to be on brain health! A colleague I’ve posted about before, and possibly on my (now inactive) Living Beyond Dementia™ website, Dr Dave Jenkins, a general practitioner who has been working in this field for many years now, also with positive…
Life became more difficult when I was diagnosed with dementia, and it was a very unwelcome visitor. Back then, the tears were often, sometimes almost nonstop for days on end, and the fear of what was ahead was overwhelming. Sometimes the frustration was so great I would scream and kick my way around the day,…
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