For many people, driving symbolizes freedom in a world increasingly reliant on fuel-reliant transport. Whether you live in a busy city, in a small town, or out in the country, being able to drive allows you to get to and from work, shop for groceries and run errands, visit friends and attend social events. Driving [...]
Denise Watson writers about her Experiences with Glaucoma 23rd. December 2010 – We’re queuing to step off the plane at Stansted. As I step into the fresh air, I realise that I can’t see. Maybe it’s the cold wind. I wiggle my head and twitch my eyes but the situation is the same: I see [...]
Unless there’s a fortune tucked behind the couch cushions large enough to make David Cameron blush (and if there is, the scones are on you, lucky so and so), a job is as necessary as taxes are irksomely inevitable. And yet how do you balance a working week against the demands of pain? It’s a [...]
By Denise Watson The number of times I have heard someone say that they would sooner be born deaf than blind, or the reverse, and the number of times that I have said that it depends on when it happens. Still, I did have an opinion. It was that I would sooner be born blind [...]
Thanks to Tim Parry, Senior Media and Communications Office at the The Alzheimer’s Research Trust, for judging the entries in our recent Alzhimer’s Competition and for his comments below: The Winner Daily activities for late stage Alzheimers Disease patients An excellent blog – Linda identified a need for more information about caring for someone with dementia in [...]
If you have limited mobility or need additional support in the shower, an essential piece of bathroom “kit” is a shower chair or stool. Placed in the shower or bath, a shower chair allows you to sit down while showering, ensuring you stay comfortable and minimising the danger of slipping. But with so many shower [...]
Many people make the mistaken assumption that a person who uses a wheelchair has no feeling in their lower body. As many wheelchair uses will tell you, this is definitely not the case! Wheelchairs come in all shapes and sizes, and what works for one person may be agony for another. The most important thing [...]
Time is running out to enter our Alzheimer’s Competition. If you want to enter and win some cool prizes (two below!) click here for details! The rest of this post is about two of the prizes! Aweber If you want to communicate with thousands of people with one email, Aweber is the way forward. We’re [...]
by Steff Green It’s time again. I’m off on another adventure with my husband. It’s been two years since we last set out overseas, and my itchy feet have started to become unbearable. We’re going back to Germany, our favorite country, for a month to attend various music festivals, stay in a castle, and catch [...]
By Denise Watson Continued from Care Home or Care at Home What do we mean by ‘home care’? Well, it can be care in the home that is carried out by family or care which, in some cases, is supplied by Social Services. Either way, you remain in your own home, your own space, your [...]
