Many years ago I read a book called This Bed My Centre, by Melbourne born Ellen Newton (1896 -1972) In the 1960s Ellen ended up in a series of Sydney nursing homes due to chronic angina. There she remained for six unhappy years, longing to be in
Read more →DEMENTIA; THE SILENT THIEF A few months ago my mother-in-law Jean moved into a Sydney nursing home. She had previously been in residential care for eighteen months after dementia and failing physical health meant she could no longer remain in her own home. My husband and I live
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MOMENTS IN TIME, BUT NO LONGER IN MEMORY Pop psychologists are always urging us to ‘Live in the moment’. I do try to do this, especially when it comes to enjoying my garden and the wonderful bird life around me. However, as a writer on social history and
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Dementia has become an epidemic in our society. This is a story about my mother-in-law Jean, but it is also the story of countless others in the same situation. CIRCA 1945 A CALENDER OF DEMENTIA APRIL 2015 This calendar had become a lifeline in my mother-in-law Jean’s life.
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