DNR – What does it mean?
DNR stands for “do not resuscitate”, which is an end of life decision, but is limited to CPR, which are chest compression and having the heart re-started. This is not the only [...]
The ethics of research
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 [...]
The importance of the living environment for people living with dementia
The space that we live in is important to us all and can have a big impact on the wellbeing of people affected by dementia. There are two key issues to the [...]
The judgement of others
We just don’t need it! When someone looks at us and in our head we think “I know what you are thinking……”. We might, but we might not, it might just be [...]
Alcohol and dementia
Lots of people drink alcohol, sometimes a little, sometimes a lot. And as this is common with lots of people, it will be common for people living with dementia. Some of them [...]
Food and Dementia
People need to eat, it is part of the human condition and although we can go for periods of time with some abstinence, if we stop eating, we eventually die, it is [...]
Loneliness
For the last 2 and a bit years the public health messaging has gone something along the lines of “stay at home” “outside is dangerous” “other people are dangerous” “stay away from [...]
Loneliness and Dementia and Human Rights
There was a study done that indicates that there may be a link to loneliness and the increased incidence of developing dementia. They have described the link as “tentative”. However they have [...]
Carer resilience
Becoming a primary family carer is a job that no-one applied for and no-one wants, but sometimes it is forced upon by circumstance and they have little or no choice. There will [...]
Death and dying in a time of Covid
Death is a horrible subject to discuss, as is covid, so together they make a double whammy of difficult conversations. But difficult conversations are often also necessary ones and can be very [...]