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What I have learnt about dementia care in Australia

I take my 3-year-old granddaughter to see her 84-year-old grandpa. He has dementia and loves cake, so Daisy and I bring along a passionfruit sponge cake with pale yellow icing. Michael is unusually bright and happy when we arrive. He’s had a shower today and his eyes soften when Daisy runs into the room. He […]

She could have been a hand model: Coping with a parent with dementia

by Older and Wiser

[This is a guest post by Rachael Thomson. Rachael is a working editor. You can read about her work at www.rachaelthomson.com. Rachael has generously shared her family story of the reality of caring for a parent with dementia.] Her hands lay stiff in our palms. Cool and sticky. These were no longer the beautiful smooth […]

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What I have learnt about dementia care in Australia

She could have been a hand model: Coping with a parent with dementia

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