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The Final Stage of Dementia

Dementia Aware: what you need to know about caring for someone in the final stage of dementia Research indicates, that following diagnosis, the average life expectancy of a person living with dementia is approximately five to ten years depending on the type and severity of the dementia. Over time,

October 18, 2017 No Comments

Turning the world on its axis – only the perspective of the person living with dementia can illuminate our viewpoint byLeah Bisiani MHlthSc., DipBus., RN.1., Dementia Consultant

Reprinted with kind permission Togetherness and altruism: Dementia may challenge us as care partners because of the fundamental complexity of the condition, however it is time we regain our focus, first and foremost, and look towards the person living with dementia, instead of our habitually, self-indulgent tendency to create situations

June 30, 2018 No Comments

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Suicide: What you need to know to help your children and teenagers

[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvAOJVmk3WE[/embedyt] September 8 to September 14, 2019 is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. Tuesday September 10 is recognised as World Suicide Prevention Day Every 40 seconds a person dies by suicide. This means that in the next hour, 90 people will have died by suicide, at the end of today,

September 9, 2019 25 Comments

Engage Educate Empower with Jemima Abalogu

July 17, 2020 No Comments

Paul Crothall, Cert C11 Senior Account Handler in UK

For anyone who is suffering from, or knows someone who is suffering from, depression – this book is well worth a read. I know a few people that have depression. Although I have lots of sympathy and compassion for them, I can not fully understand how badly it affects them

May 11, 2018 No Comments

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#8: Mental illness and substance abuse in children and teenagers

Substance abuse and mental health problems often seem to go together. Which begs the question, which comes first, the chicken (mental illness) or the egg (substance use)? What we have seen, is that some mental illnesses such as anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder may contribute to substance use and addiction. Similarly,

August 5, 2019 20 Comments

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