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Sarah Reed
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I Think Continually Of Those Who Were Truly Great
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Spender Kitwood Today’s post is my humble salute to the incomparable Professor Tom Kitwood, whose research interests included the details of dementia care practice and the long-term outcomes, when care is high quality. Several of his projects led to innovations... Continue reading
Posted 15 hours ago at The Age Page
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Dementia Awareness Week Day 1
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If I were to list everyone I know or have known with dementia, we'd be here rather a long time... In my daily life as a dementia communications specialist, I try always to honour those who have passed and all... Continue reading
Posted yesterday at The Age Page
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Heinz Wolff's care4care
What a great idea this is! Continue reading
Posted 4 days ago at The Age Page
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Living with dementia when you don't have it
Gill Phillips probably achieves more in a day than I could in a month of Sundays. She wrote her story here last Autumn. Her company, Nutshell Communications has at its heart a novel and original tool which whe developed. It... Continue reading
Posted Apr 30, 2013 at The Age Page
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A stroke of Insight
Here's a moving TED Talk. My mother had a series of strokes which resulted in vascular dementia. We never discussed her experience and oh, how I wish we had. Dr Jill Bolte Taylor had one as well. A bog one.... Continue reading
Posted Apr 27, 2013 at The Age Page
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A User's Guide to Emotions...
This infographic was sent to me by an enterprising team member at Bestpsychologydegrees.com. As they say in the blurb, "The brain is a much more flexible organ that previously thought and can be consciously retrained to be more emotionally flexible,... Continue reading
Posted Apr 17, 2013 at The Age Page
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Assisted Dying
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Last Spring, Melanie Reid wrote a clear-sighted 'view from the wheelchair' on assisted dying, prompted by the government's debate on the DPP guidelines on assisted dying. (MPs supported the guidelines, though no change to law was supported). The article sits... Continue reading
Posted Apr 9, 2013 at The Age Page
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Gone but not forgotten...
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Posted Apr 8, 2013 at The Age Page
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White Lady No.18: and two of them!
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Image: Thanks to FOTE Howbury Lodge Day Centre Continue reading
Posted Apr 8, 2013 at The Age Page
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Looking at age the other way up
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Image: Poppyzellareed.com (thanks Pops) Continue reading
Posted Apr 6, 2013 at The Age Page
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You've got to die living
This lovely thoughtful video comes from Tim Lloyd-Yeates at Alive! Continue reading
Posted Mar 28, 2013 at The Age Page
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The Barnet graph of doom
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This interesting article appeared in the New Statesman on 28 February. In local government they call it “the Barnet graph of doom”. It’s the chart with a downhill line showing decreasing budget resources juxtaposed against another showing the increasing demand... Continue reading
Posted Mar 25, 2013 at The Age Page
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Deep End Dance
David Sheard showed this wonderful film Deep End Dance – with its haunting, playful music by Michael Fleming – to illustrate his presentation about mutuality of support in care, something I'm also passionate about. The film has deservedly won lots... Continue reading
Posted Mar 17, 2013 at The Age Page
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Clark Retirement Community having fun with Michael Bublé
'Feeling Good' with Michael Bublé and Grand Valley State University Michigan Continue reading
Posted Mar 14, 2013 at The Age Page
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An ad for the Cleveland Clinic
It's a piece of promotional marketing but also expresses the nub of what empathy is beautifully... Continue reading
Posted Mar 12, 2013 at The Age Page
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A film about Gladys and Ron, from Comic Relief
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Posted Mar 10, 2013 at The Age Page
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Some Wednesday Wisdom...
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“Failure to communicate effectively impacts our personal lives… Everyone on a health care team strives for patient care to be of the utmost quality and most curative for patient and family. Countless studies document the miraculous influence of attitude and... Continue reading
Posted Mar 6, 2013 at The Age Page
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Beyond the words
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I have recently encountered Catherine Rees. In addition to her one-to-one wellbeing practice, Catherine works with organisations to design and deliver trainings which aim to enhance communication in relationships with people with dementia. Here is a moving and insightful account... Continue reading
Posted Feb 22, 2013 at The Age Page
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Happy Chatterbox Chatting
Here's one of many children's workshops we've been running at Many Happy Returns since 2009... Continue reading
Posted Feb 17, 2013 at The Age Page
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Valentines day...
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Can you feel it..?! Continue reading
Posted Feb 14, 2013 at The Age Page
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Why is it that I am Here?
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"The approach of a man’s life out of the past is history, and the approach of time out of the future is mystery. Their meeting is the present, and it is consciousness, the only time life is alive. The endless... Continue reading
Posted Feb 12, 2013 at The Age Page
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A Life Beyond.
Here's a touching, short film about dementia by Nic Askew. One of his soul biographies. Continue reading
Posted Feb 11, 2013 at The Age Page
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You're Looking at Me Like I Live Here and I Don't
From Independent Lens "Lee Gorewitz lives in a care facility for Alzheimer's patients, but she is not simply waiting to die. She is full of curiosity and frustration, struggling to remember herself and make sense of a world that is... Continue reading
Posted Feb 2, 2013 at The Age Page
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Iceberg – a new metaphor
Reisa Sperling MD is a neurologist, specialising in dementia and imaging research. Her research is focused on the early diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. Her recent work involves the use of functional MRI and PET amyloid imaging to study... Continue reading
Posted Jan 31, 2013 at The Age Page
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Muse and De Betties – Follow Me
Muse – always with their finger on the pulse, helped to raise awareness of dementia at their December concert in Belgium. Introducing their charity gig, they welcomed a choir of people living with dementia and their families to perform a... Continue reading
Posted Jan 23, 2013 at The Age Page
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