It seems my focus on our basic human rights, and disAbility rights, is keeping me focussed on the UN CRPD this week, and I suspect this is where I needed to be about six years ago when I first started speaking out as an advocate… better late than never! 🙂 Seeing the person, not the dementia or…
I received this article via an untraceable Avatar on the contact form of my blog, and am sharing it, as I feel it is worthy of public expression. To enhance the blog, I have added the Dementia Alliance International mantra, which we use as an image. Whoever, you are, thank you for having some light bulb…
Managing ‘challenging behaviours or ‘behaviours of concern’ or managing the symptoms of dementia is a regular topic at conferences and forums for major discussion, often one that drives me to distraction! After attending a forum for nurses and other health professionals in clinical practice recently, where at least half admitted to believing it appropriate to…
Day 22: Dementia Awareness Month 2014
It is a year for dreaming A time when we can feel Real change in the air Many moments of unrest And disillusion Interspersed with excitement Dreams turned into a reality The Dementia Experts Speaking out for themselves and for Other people with dementia T-shirts for supporters Asking them to See the person, not the…
