Many years ago I worked as a Social Worker in the community with people with dementia and their partners/husbands/wives and other family members who needed support. There were groups available for people in the early stages of dementia, support groups for family members and volunteers to help support the carers and people with dementia. AContinue reading “What happens after??”
Category Archives: Looking to the future
Merry Christmas from me to you – A wee Christmas poem.
ChristmasC is for Children who make this day complete H is for Hungry may you always have something to eat R is for Remember that you are truly unique I is for I know that you don’t always get what you seekS is for Special because there’s only one you T is for Take aContinue reading “Merry Christmas from me to you – A wee Christmas poem.”
Being on the receiving end…
For twenty years I have been a Social Worker retiring in May of this year. I have been accustomed to having some hard conversations with patients and their partner or other family members. I always knew it must be hard to hear that they needed to go into residential care, but I never fully putContinue reading “Being on the receiving end…”
I miss being me…
You might think that is a bit of a strange thing to say and it probably is. The me that I miss, is the me that is independent and does her own thing. The me that spur of the moment, will jump in her car and go look at Op Shops or go look aroundContinue reading “I miss being me…”
I should have left well enough alone… Podcast perils!
Some of you may have noticed that I have started to add Podcasts to my blog. These have been made from start to finish, wholly and solely by me, with no technical assistance whatsoever from anyone other than Youtube vids! So, I decided to take out the music intro and outro on my Podcasts andContinue reading “I should have left well enough alone… Podcast perils!”
The road to diagnosis… who did you tell? – Podcast Episode 1
This can be a difficult discussion to have.
Discussing the future… Podcast – Episode 3
A tough subject for some. When is the right time to discuss the future? Note that this is a replacement for a previous recording, which was of very poor quality. I’ve improved somewhat and so thought I would replace my earlier efforts.
Tis the season for family and forgiveness
I don’t know if other people do this very much, but today I have gone through my Facebook friends and my contacts on my phone and reviewed whether they are still friends that I am in contact with. If I don’t feel like we are in contact anymore, I have culled them. The interesting thingContinue reading “Tis the season for family and forgiveness”
Pushing my poor tired brain…
I have been pushing my poor tired brain recently in a number of ways. I continue to write this blog when I can. Having a two-hour morphine induced ‘Nanna Nap’ in the middle of the day, cuts into my day quite a lot. I also want to spend time with my husband when he isn’tContinue reading “Pushing my poor tired brain…”
The familiar, the ordinary
Generally speaking, the familiar or the ordinary in our lives gives us a feeling of comfort or safety. A known quantity or experience to be relied upon. However, there are times when the familiar or the ordinary or what has become so, is not a good or safe thing. My second marriage became an unsafeContinue reading “The familiar, the ordinary”
My journey with Parkinsons 