Dementia Aware: what you need to know about engaging, enabling and empowering people with dementia The word dementia conjures up so many different thoughts: a loss of memory, a loss of independence, a loss of function; but instead of focusing on the debilitating and despairing features of dementia, what
[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,
It seems every time we turn on the television or read the news headlines there is mention of another teenager who died by suicide or committed a crime while under the influence of drugs or was involved in a school shooting. Mental illness and suicide in children and teenagers are
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
Dementia Aware: what people with dementia need to know to live well with dementia Dementia is not a life sentence; it is just another detour in your life’s journey, and you can continue to live a full and happy life. As the dementia changes, you will have to compensate
Many of us are familiar with the ‘up and down’ mood swings of children and teenagers, the rebellious behaviours, the arguments, the tantrums, and the need to be in control and independent. This is normal childhood and we refer to it as ‘going through a phase.’ However, when these behaviours
