Dementia Friendly Kiama: March 21st
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Monthly Archives: February 2017
To Fight Or Not To Fight
We are constantly presented #1 with sensationalist representations of dementia. We are presented with words and phrases such as the following
- Battling Dementia #2
- A Dementia Tsunami #3
- Suffering with Dementia #4
The language being used to report on Dementia is the same sensational language used to report on war.
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Sensory Challenge – Sound Vs Noise
A person with Dementia or any Cognitive Impairment may experience severe negative impacts in a noisy environment. A recent article published by the ABC health section on Misaphonia suggests that this is a much broader problem.
The following video is a presentation on Noise. In it I take a common scenario –
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Artful
Artful: Art and Dementia at the Museum Of Contemporary Art
Recently I had the pleasure of undertaking the Artful program at the MCA (Museum of Contemporary Art). This program has two aspects – a research component that is conducted by the Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney,
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