Dementia – Navigating the Change of Memories
So what does it feel like to have dementia? Firstly, what is it, a condition that might make you think of forgotten keys and misplaced glasses, but it's so much more than [...]
So what does it feel like to have dementia? Firstly, what is it, a condition that might make you think of forgotten keys and misplaced glasses, but it's so much more than [...]
In an aging world, the prevalence of dementia continues to rise, making it one of the most pressing global health concerns. Dementia is not a specific disease but an umbrella term for [...]
Caring is a tough role, there are days when it is wonderful, rewarding and connecting and others that it is just thankless and miserable. And sometimes this can happen in the same [...]
As humans, we have been going for tens of thousands of years and some things are therefore intrinsically human and resonate with us all in different ways. The oldest paintings that have [...]
These days there are less and less veterans of World War II and those that are alive now would have been very young and not necessarily taken part in active combat. But [...]
When there is university academic research, there has to be an ethics consideration and some of the experiments that were done in the past are no longer possible, because of the ethics [...]
Lots of people have mixed feelings about Christmas. People can love it, love the presents, the sparkle, the food and seeing all their friends and family. Other people hate it, as everyone [...]
There is some shocking news following the research done by Dr Charles Marshall from Queen Mary University of London, which shows that there is an increased suicide risk for people who are [...]
When anyone talks about another human being, if you feel that you have little in common or just plain and simple don’t like them, it is easy to slip into language that [...]
I recently met with an elderly couple who had been active in their community until lockdown. Whilst they recognised that they were both elderly and had some frailties and one of them [...]