Please stop disrespecting us
No time to wait People with dementia Must no longer be willing To accept the disrespect The exclusion Or the passive stigma Still so evident in our educated society If a group of researchers Or any other group Who have been saying They respect us And that they include us Who are very happy to use us And…
The storms of change
When private health feels like public health
Today I am totally off topic, off genre, and off most other things, but felt like a bit of a rant about a few things!! Apologies in advance… perhaps give up now or you may regret reading this blog!!! Ok, perhaps I shouldn’t complain, as after all, I did wake up today, but I have always believed…
A ‘thriving’ dementia industry
In 2014 I wrote a blog called there is big money in dementia. I’ve just re read it, and also the many comments made by some of my wonderful blog readers. I am constantly reminded about this problem, and whilst we need a thriving industry to better support people with dementia and our families, it…
Co-dependence and dementia
It is normal for some relationships to deteriorate into power struggles over who is right and who is wrong, but it does not seem so okay when it is power struggles and egos of people without dementia who don’t appear to want people with dementia to stand on their own two feet. In my thinking…
Keep writing…
Needing a reminder today… I must get back to ‘real’ blogging very soon!
If you are not having fun on social media…
At sea on a raft with no rudder
Alone In our grief Yearning for what was What now will never again be Life Changed forever Memories are all that’s left And a new way of living Love Not lost and never forgotten Leading our hearts To sway in the breeze Learning To live without them As we float offshore On the raft with…
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