Creative arts therapies can help people with dementia socialise and express their grief
Visually expressing painful memories and feelings can help let things go.
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Joanna Jaaniste, Western Sydney University
People with dementia can flourish and show creativity in ways they,
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The following is a link to the essence of a presentation given at the University of Wollongong Innovation Campus for the Desert Rose project. It aims to give an overview of my perspective of dementia and covers some of the strategies I have employed to cope.
My Strategies This link is to a high resolution video.
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Why people with dementia don’t all behave the same
People with dementia experience a range of psychological symptoms and behaviour changes.
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Lila Landowski, University of Tasmania
Dementia is the is the leading cause of death among Australian women and the third most common cause of death among men.
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Saturday 8th Sept saw the now annual Bondi-2-Berry bike ride. This year saw over 80 riders undertake the 155km ride. The stop over in Kiama was hosted at Hindmarsh park this year, and despite overcast sky’s the much needed rain held off.
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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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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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The following article is reprinted (under creative commons) from “The Conversation” August 4th, 2017.
One might be inspired to ask “Who Watches the Watchers?” or “Who Believes the Believers?”
I reject your reality and substitute my own! (from a 1974 episode of Doctor Who entitled The Deadly Assassin.
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