Talking about dementia

Another excellent Blog from Kate Swaffer:

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Screen Shot 2015-08-13 at 8.32.35 amJust for something different, I am interstate doing a few things related to dementia. This view from my motel room in Gosford today is glorious, although for most of the rest of today I’ll be hanging out in the local RSL club. As a guest in the motel of this club, I was even offered a free one year membership to the Gosford RSL Club, so, for the first, and quite possibly the last, I am an official member of an RSL Club! Who would have thought…

And no, today I will NOT be playing Bingo, or at the pokies!!! Instead, I’ll be attending and presenting at a local event about dementia. On Tuesday, I ran a focus group with a group of people with younger onset dementia and their partners and supporter people. I had been asked by an aged care provider, who is setting up services, including residential care, for people…

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