Archive for the ‘GLBTI’ Category
Coping with criticism from the loved one you care for
Caring for someone is a tough job at the best of times. When the person suffers from some form of dementia and can be, at times, critical or abusive, it is hard to remember that it’s not personal. We tryRead More…
Traumatic brain injury doubles risk of later dementia
A brain injury more than doubles the risk of dementia, according to new research. A large study of older war veterans suggests those who experienced traumatic brain injury (TBI) during their lives had more than two times the risk ofRead More…
Exercises the Wonder Drug for our Ageing
We all know it. We know we should do it when we are children. We know we should do it when we are adults. Now, we should continue to keep doing it! Exercise that is The theraputic benefits of exercisingRead More…
Alzheimer’s and Glen Campbell
I remember listening to Glen Campbell croon out some lovely songs (at the time they were so seriously not the mod!) when mum use to play the records on the old turntable. Now we read he has Alzheimer’s and needsRead More…
Nurse Reveals the Top 5 Regrets People Make on their Deathbed
For many years I worked in palliative care. My patients were those who had gone home to die. Some incredibly special times were shared. I was with them for the last three to twelve weeks of their lives. People grow a lot whenRead More…
Carers – Where Would Australia, the World, be without Them??
All to often we see carers who are stressed, tearful, feeling guilty, anxious, exhausted and just needing a break. They try to be everything to everyone and also take on the full time job of caring for an ageing lovedRead More…
Healthy Habits Caring for the Care Givers
All to often we talk and see care givers who are stressed, exhausted, at their wits end, feeling guilty, feeling confused whilst trying to be everything to everyone, especially the elderly loved one that they are caring for. It isRead More…
Dementia Residents Over Medicated? Where is the Care?
Residential Aged Care Homes. Nursing Homes. Aged Care Homes. Hostels. Low Care. High Care. Dementia Specific. Whatever understanding you personally have of ageing – this is a reality that I have come to understand of some homes: Dementia is anRead More…
Gay (GLBTI) and Residential Aged Care Homes
I am not a real fan of people being treated unfairly. Particularly when the discrimination is simply due to being based on our sexual or lifestyle orientation. World wide we have an ageing population. World wide we have people whoRead More…