Reprinted from the Conversation 09/07/2018
How support groups can boost your health and make chronic conditions easier to live with
Peer support groups don’t cost much, and thousands of Australians find them useful.
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Ben Harris, Victoria University and Wai-Kwan Chislett,
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Recently I was asked to address the NSW Parliamentary Friends of Dementia. What follows is the main content of my address.
Before I begin, I ask your indulgence. If my words seem confused or I stumble, its my Semantic Frontotemporal Dementia re-editing the wiki that is my internal lexicon.
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This month we will investigate Jerrara Dam. Follow the Jamberoo road from Kiama and turn up Jerrara Road, Then take Mount Brandon Rd across Jerrara Creek.
We will meet around 11 am and in the event of bad weather adjourn to a nearby Café.
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Our Next Get-Together
When: Wednesday at 10:30 for 11:00 Meeting
Where: Sentral Youth Services
Meet . Hindmarsh Park at 10:30 – We will collect a coffee and then meet in the Sentral Youth Services room for a formal planning meeting. When that finishes we will meet in the “Speak ‘n Easy” for lunch and an informal meeting.
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Our April Picnic will be on Thursday 26th of April at Kanahooka Park at the end of Kanahooka Rd Dapto. To get there travel though Dapto via the “old Highway” and turn down Kanahooka Rd at Brownsville. The Park is about 100m from the end of the road and Lake.
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Our Next Get-Together
When: Thursday 29th March at 10:30
Where: 7 Mile Beach Picnic Grounds
Meet . At the shelter/B.B.Q area of Beach Rd
Turn of Crooked River Road south of Gerroa – opposite Beach Road (that goes to Berry. Meet at the Shelters/Barbeque area just over the speed hump from 10:30 on.
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Reprinted from “The Conversation” under creative Commons
For Australians to have the choice of growing old at home, here is what needs to change
When an ageing person is forced to move out of their family home, that can trigger a host of problems that policy is doing little to prevent.…
The following is “practice” presentation for the UOW Solar Decathlon- Desert Rose project to be given as part of their Dementia Awareness program.
The presentation can be viewed here in a searchable – chaptered format.
In this presentation I briefly cover the impact Dementia has on my sensory perception,
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From todays “Conversation”
Why a drug treatment for dementia has eluded us
Have our hopes of a drug treatment for dementia been dashed by drug company Pfizer giving up on research efforts?
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Jürgen Götz, The University of Queensland
Finding a cure for neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s is challenging.
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We have rescheduled our first social gathering to Thursday the 11th January – 2018. This is to allow for a combination of medical appointments and to allow some of our members to recover from their travels.
The venue will be at Dennis’s place in Nowra, for those who need directions etc please call.
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