A friend of mine in the UK, Ken Clasper has written this important blog Getting the correct Diagnosis first time. As he says, getting the correct diagnosis, of anything, is imperative and having been misdiagnosed a number of times with serious conditions, or not diagnosed for 45 years, for a serious brain malformation, I get…
I might have mentioned an online friend who is sending me YouTube links to Willie Nelson tracks for Christmas. So, it seems, Paul is another man in my life, and having some impact as well! The downside to this, if there is one, is that I have no desire to write blogs, and just want to sit…
Thank you Mick Carmody for inspiring me today with this wonderful poem, Inability to ACT. After hosting and contributing at the online Tribute to Richard Taylor today, I am too emotionally exhausted to publish anything of my own, and this poem, which I know was a tribute to Richard, says it all for me today. This is…
Today a number of people with dementia are either packing to travel to Perth for the 30th Alzheimer’s Disease International conference, or we are packed and almost on our way. To suggest people with dementia cannot live meaningful lives is a big mistake; the challenge for us is that upon diagnosis, we are usually written off! This…
Next week, Dementia Alliance International is hosting its first Café Le Brain, an online Memory Café on Wednesday October 22 from 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM (ACDT). Whilst not all people with dementia experience memory loss, we will not be focussed on dementia, but on sharing, having fun and supporting each other. Please make this “First…
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