I’ve not been blogging much lately, barely monthly here, and certainly not daily on my other blog like I used to. I suppose though, it is good to report the reason why is I am actually too busy living beyond dementia to have the time! However I am keeping up with Prof. Dale Bredesens’ latest research, and do recommend youContinue reading “Reversal of cognitive decline 2016”
Author Archives: Kate Swaffer (she/her) Kaurna Country
Dementia: enabling, inclusive and accessible
It appears even to me, I am too busy. My commitment to write a daily blog on my other website has failed miserably this year, and my goal to publish at least one per month here has just failed as well! Of course, this does not mean I am a failure!! I am so busy livingContinue reading “Dementia: enabling, inclusive and accessible”
Living Beyond Dementia™ can be difficult
This month on my Living Beyond Dementia™ site, I thought it might be important to write about how bloody hard it is to live like this, and how many people without dementia either don’t want us to, or don’t believe it is even possible to live beyond dementia. You might wonder, why would others notContinue reading “Living Beyond Dementia™ can be difficult”
Dementia and human rights
On the 17th of March 2015 at World Health Organisation’s First Ministerial Conference on Dementia in Geneva, and as Chair of DAI, I placed the Human Rights and DisAbility Rights of people with dementia onto the world stage. Last week in Budapest, at the Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI) Council meeting held prior to their conference, forContinue reading “Dementia and human rights”
Reversal of cognitive decline: A novel therapeutic program, by Dale Bredesen
This months Living Beyond Dementia™ blog (yes, only one again as I am too busy living beyond dementia), is on the following study (Abstract and Summary only included – follow the link to the full study), Reversal of cognitive decline: A novel therapeutic program Dale E. Bredesen1, 2 1 Mary S. Easton Center for Alzheimer’s Disease Research,Continue reading “Reversal of cognitive decline: A novel therapeutic program, by Dale Bredesen”
The brain may be able to heal itself
I really really really love people who dare to dream… “The Brain May Be Able to Repair Itself, With Help” by Jocelyne Bloch
#LivingBeyondDementia
One would have to say, I am managing to live beyond dementia, and alongside of it, in spite of the dark days. Last week, my first book on dementia, titled What the Hell Happened to my Brain?: Living beyond dementia was officially released, as pictured here. I am thankful to Shibley Rahman for the imageContinue reading “#LivingBeyondDementia”
Suffering is optional
Whilst I have not been publishing each day on my original blog since Christmas Eve, and won’t for the rest of the year, I realised, thanks to an electronic reminder, that I have not published anything here for December. The goal for this blog when I first set it up in September this year was to post at leastContinue reading “Suffering is optional”
Non pharmacological interventions for dementia
There is emerging evidence for, and good evidence for risk reduction, such as life style changes as a way of preventing a diagnosis of dementia. It is, for me and many others living beyond dementia, in spite of the sector telling us to go home and give up, very exciting times! Common sense certainly says to me, thatContinue reading “Non pharmacological interventions for dementia”
Dementia, humanity and flourishing
Humanity simply means the qualities or characteristics considered as a whole to be characteristic of human beings; kindness, charity, sympathy or compassion. My goal is always to be kind, although sometimes my directness may make others feel I amanita as kind as they would like. I continue to work on this… I have to keep inContinue reading “Dementia, humanity and flourishing”
Living Beyond Dementia™ 