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Guest blog by Danny Walsh & Carol Duff Danny Walsh is senior lecturer in nursing and Carol Duff is senior lecturer and consultant occupational therapist, both at the University of Lincoln. It is well known that physical exercise is good for people with dementia, but it is not often that golf is considered as an option.ContinueContinue reading “Golf Days Out – An Innovation In Care And Respite”

After yesterday’s media coverage on the challenges facing carers I felt compelled to re-post this blog from last year. The numbers of unpaid carers dedicating their lives to supporting loved ones has risen from 6.5 million to an estimated 8 MILLION. The situation is getting worse not better. This cannot be right in a so-calledContinueContinue reading “YET AGAIN we ask the question – who’s caring for the carer’s”

When talking about the future of adult care we must include “caring for the carer” – They need help & support too.

When your day job is bringing a little sunshine into the lives of elderly people, this weeks headlines about the crisis in adult care come as no surprise. Here’s a blog that I wrote back in Feb highlighting the challenges – and most importantly a way forward.

On a day when the news headlines are about the crisis in adult care, I’ve decided to re-post my blog about Combined Care Plans (CCP’s). Whilst the current situation looks bleak for adult social care, there are many ways it can be improved. Let’s have the open, honest discussion about the future of adult careContinueContinue reading “Combined Care Plans For Our Golden Generation”

We often talk about the importance of communicating clearly and effectively if we want to get our point across. Imagine trying to do this when your brain won’t let you. You know what you want… Source: Dementia Scrambles Communication

We often talk about the importance of communicating clearly and effectively if we want to get our point across. Imagine trying to do this when your brain won’t let you. You know what you want to say but the words come out in scrambled, broken sentences. That’s exactly what dementia does to the brain. TheContinueContinue reading “Dementia Scrambles Communication”

As a dementia friend on a mission to improve the lives of people living with this devastating disease, an important part of my role is to help more people understand the illness and identify… Source: Making Sense of Dementia

  As a dementia friend on a mission to improve the lives of people living with this devastating disease, an important part of my role is to help more people understand the illness and identify the symptoms. This is the first in a series of dementia awareness posts that break dementia down into “bite size” chunks of information. Please share it with yourContinueContinue reading “Making Sense of Dementia”

As the government launched its “dementia atlas” today, most of the media channels have been covering dementia in their features. Some of the stories are devastating – but sadly &#… Source: “Dementia Atlas” Launch Helps Put Golf In Society On The “Dementia Map”