Digital life storybooks for people with dementia living in care homes: an evaluation Ponnusamy Subramaniam,1 Bob Woods2 1Health Psychology Programme, University Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; 2Dementia Services Development Centre Wales, Ba
In 1914, for example, she noted the fares for six hundred tram rides to Utica and back, all of them debits against the girls, as were the wages for the cook, half the food expenses, and all of the coal, water, and electricity used in the house. If there was any relief from Miss...
The mum I knew read and enjoyed what she herself called ‘trashy books.’ They weren’t, but she did love a romance and the odd ‘Northern-themed’ novels. (I’m always glad she was able to enjoy the first book of my trilogy – dementia had claimed her by the time the next two w...
It has been a moving time for a few of us, at least, to attend to the suffering of our Lord and to reflect on all that implies — not only as he gives himself over to a hard fate willingly for us, but the notion that Christ suffers not only for us but with us. For some this...
If you’re writing for fun, then I don’t think there are any important qualities because you’re doing something you enjoy with no major goal in mind. If you’re looking to get published then you’ll need patience (I have zero of that!) and perseverance, because it’s unlikely you’...
Old age. We all hope to reach it, but there are big differences between a 'good' old age and one beset by dementia or Alzheimer's. Neuroscientist and science writer,Kathleen Taylor, talks us through the latest science on ageing and the literary works that can give us a clearer picture ...
my parent with dementia. This book focuses more on the caregiver and their viewpoints and needs. This offered me tremendous validation and support, including resources. It helped me understand my ongoing ups and downs and grief. Strongly recommend this book for the caregivers of dementia patients....
However, Mark decides to join the rebel forces fighting to overthrow the government – and he too disappears into a world of silence and fighting. Ellish’s elderly father lives nearby, he seems to be in the early stages of some unspecified dementia, but he has sudden moments of clear ...
I liked how it wasn’t just prose, but at one point we are reading the journals of two rehab patients, and another is just dialogues or rather monologues between two characters. I enjoyed the humor that is injected throughout the novel and the author doesn’t shy away from showing life ...
In this book, award-winning science writer Jo Marchant goes around the world to talk to doctors, patients, and researchers about this new idea of healing. The reader learns how meditation can help protect against diseases such as depression and dementia, how social connections improve one's heal...