Dementia Aware: what you need to know about the emotional responses to a diagnosis of dementia At the first World Health Organization Ministerial Conference on ‘Global Action Against Dementia’ (2015), Margaret Chan (Director General, WHO), opened with this statement: “I can think of no other disease so deeply dreaded by
Book review: Escaping the Rabbit Hole tells of B.C. woman’s battle with depression Okanagan Valley nurse Tracey Maxfield tells her tale of recovery from acute depression with this book, based on journals and a blog she created during the worst of her illness. TOM SANDBORN Updated: June 6, 2018 Review
October 9, 2018 https://www.facebook.com/RainierAvenueRadio.World/videos/242749723070709/?hc_ref=ARRInETCe8kggUy_hl4_jcWUabamn3RsDCMJcFsGukhgEzkTLg3mGg_zxF0YIm4M0IE Teen Taylor-Corinne interviews Tracey Maxfield (author and health care professional) on the topic of preventing teen suicide. Watch on our Facebook page; Listen on our website or on the TuneIn app. ABOUT: Taylor-Corinne is a Seattle high school junior who co-founded a non-profit organization called “The
Reprinted with kind permission Elder abuse is one of the vilest indicators of ageist discrimination within our current civilization. Whilst the concealed ignominy of elder abuse has grown in visibility, it remains an area that is poorly examined and rarely resolved. Chemical restraint, one of the manifestations of elder abuse
Dementia Aware: what you need to know about rementia Dementia literally means ‘without mind’ and is derived from the Latin word demens. Unfortunately, the word dementia or demented has become synonymous with words such as crazy, insane, unhinged, disturbed, mad. This has resulted in people with dementia being labelled
