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Sharing and caring
When our children are small, we constantly suggest they share their toys with their friends… we say or imply sharing is caring. My interpretation of the Maria Montessori method of teaching children...
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“Oh, but you’re just like me.”
Many times a day I walk around in circles at home, wondering what I had been doing, or what I was going to do. It is not quite confusion, but more like a vagueness caused by forgetfulness. My brain...
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Feelings about dementia
After reading Kay Bransfords blog I don’t understand why you are so upset today, I responded with my own feelings about dementia, and whether a PWD can cause others to feel duress. In reality, no-one...
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Perseverance and dementia
English: perseverance /ˌpərsəˈvi(ə)rəns/ Noun 1. Steadfastness in doing something despite difficulty or delay in achieving success. 2. Continuance in a state of grace leading finally to a state of...
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Staying connected
As I wander around the shops or streets, or sit in restaurants or cafes, many people are more connected to their iPhones or iPads, tweeting, or checking emails or Facebook or other social media...
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Yolanda’s story
Yolanda’s story was first posted on Global Dementia Voices, October 11, 2012 by Kate Swaffer. I felt it important to highlight the stories from that blog here, as it simply didn’t grow wings, and the...
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I’ve started wandering…
My days are starting to look a bit like this! I do a lot of walking around in circles, up and down the stairs to the bedroom, back to the office or kitchen, wondering why. If I was a resident in aged...
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Lost to dementia or WordPress?
A couple of weeks ago I ’lost’ a blog post, and the day after I asked for someone to tell me if they had received it, and thankfully one lovely friend (DR) sent me the email she received into her...
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A night at the Opera
For almost my whole life I had dreamed of attending an opera at Teatro alla Scala , and in 2011, we were there. It wasn’t an opera, but a modern ballet as it was the only performance available the time...
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Dementia and losing control
For the times I want to indulge myself with some R&R, I spend time trawling other blogs, many that I subscribe to. I often read something called the Oracle Report provided on a link from One World...
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The effect of grief
The effect of grief these last few weeks has been that my energy and paddling has not been able to keep up with finding the ideas to write or edit many my own blogs. My draft folder is full, but still...
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The Dementia Swan
The Dementia Swan, gliding through the water, legs paddling us in the direction we want to go, until we don’t know where we’re going… Then they either stop, or paddle us around in circles! Most people...
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Dementia and pain
Occasionally I am a confused younger person (!), but the topic of pain is of interest. When nursing in aged and dementia care in the 70′s and early 80′s, pain was not discussed or considered unless...
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Relying on Tom & Jerry…
It is Tuesday, which is meant to be my day of adding some humour into our lives… other than the Tom and Jerry cartoon via the link below, my tank is a bit low. I know there are lots of family stories...
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