Joe Roberts Wednesday 1 Aug 2018 A frail 87-year-old dementia sufferer is comforted by her son in a hotel room after spending a night sleeping rough next to a canal in Birmingham. Unemployed Darius Nenius, 45, and his mother Irena were made homeless two weeks ago when his benefits stopped and he ran out of… Continue reading Woman, 87, with dementia forced to sleep outside after being made homeless
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Heat and beating it
There are only a couple of weeks a year that exist in Vancouver hot enough to be dangerous. The danger, of course, escalates with your age. So how do we have lives together that are also safe? Fortunately, we have lakes.
The Cost of Caring: 10 Ways to Prevent Compassion Fatigue
Compassion fatigue can be a serious occupational hazard for those in any kind of helping profession, with a majority of those in the field reporting experiencing at least some degree of it in their lives. This is no surprise, as it is typically those with the most empathy who are the most at risk. Compassion… Continue reading The Cost of Caring: 10 Ways to Prevent Compassion Fatigue
Get Dizzy Upon Standing? Could Be Sign of Dementia
Get Dizzy Upon Standing? Could Be Sign of Dementia By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, July 25, 2018 (HealthDay News) — Are you a middle-aged person who tends to feel a little woozy when you stand up? If so, new research suggests you might need to worry more than most about developing dementia later in… Continue reading Get Dizzy Upon Standing? Could Be Sign of Dementia
Mom and her billy kid
Last week seemed designed to test this home a little– and the end result saw a lost camera that I had for several years, causing me to wonder how to record the best things Donna and I get up to. I am still a hold out against smart phones and as such have no camera… Continue reading Mom and her billy kid
One Big Grumble
This is a Friday, a day that Mom normally goes to her day plan. However, without a phone call or other ‘head’s up’ the HandyDart refused to carry mom today because of weakened brakes. This when I was planning to go and get them on my own today, but that is now not possible– and… Continue reading One Big Grumble
Common cause of dementia may be treatable (News)
A new study — led by the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom — has now uncovered how a disease that affects the brain’s small blood vessels contributes to dementia and stroke. Treating CSVD could help to prevent dementia. The disease in question is called cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD). In a paper now… Continue reading Common cause of dementia may be treatable (News)
Psychological burden on caring for dementia at home can be huge
Psychological burden on caring for dementia at home can be huge Kevin Griffin, June 22, 2018 // Vancouver Sun By all accounts, Dorothy Housden has an ideal situation for someone living with dementia.
Donna, Boating and Expressed Joy
I took mom to Deer Lake and out on the pedal boats for the third time this year last week (end of September 2017). When we arrived and went into the water it was more still than the other times. It meant we could move very easily, and that I had no clue just how… Continue reading Donna, Boating and Expressed Joy
The Answer to the Coming Elder Crisis Begins at Home
I am not interested in dry economic socialism. We are fighting against misery, but we are also fighting against alienation. One of the fundamental objectives of Marxism is to remove interest, the factor of individual interest, and gain, from people’s psychological motivations. Marx was preoccupied both with economic factors and with their repercussions on the… Continue reading The Answer to the Coming Elder Crisis Begins at Home