Recognising the importance of informal carers
There was quite a lot in the main newspapers this past week, relevant to people with dementia and those who try to be helpful to them. We...
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David Jolley
- Jan 20
- 2 min
The hard end of things
There were two stories in the newspapers this week centred on the conditions and provision of care for people with the greatest needs and...
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David Jolley
- Jan 6
- 2 min
What makes people who live to be 97 tick?
It was instructive to read the stories of the twenty three 97 year olds who were chosen from the 80 survivors of a cohort of over a...
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David Jolley
- Dec 22, 2022
- 3 min
Memory suspended – a true detective story
Our daughter has read all the books at least once and often more, but for me it is the TV versions of Poirot and Miss Marple which...
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David Jolley
- Dec 14, 2022
- 2 min
Listen to the radio
We have already railed against industry-driven manoeuvres to require us all to buy and use expensive and complicated electronic equipment...
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David Jolley
- Dec 8, 2022
- 2 min
Trees are beautiful
Yesterday the route my dog Trixie and I found the route we had planned for our afternoon walk was blocked by warning ribbons – a team of...
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David Jolley
- Nov 30, 2022
- 3 min
Too clever by half
I go through the papers – well The Guardian and Manchester Evening news - day by day, and look for a summary of items of most interest to...
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David Jolley
- Nov 24, 2022
- 3 min
A proper bin-man
A Long Read in the Guardian this week got me thinking, got me smiling, got me finding memories which have been quiet for a while: ‘Who...
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David Jolley
- Nov 16, 2022
- 2 min
Another sort of memory
Just this short while since November 5th and all those noisy fireworks, we have passed into the time of another November time which stirs...
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David Jolley
- Nov 16, 2022
- 2 min
Remember, remember
There are few dates in history that we working class kids knew, but November 5th was, and is, firmly embedded because of its celebration...
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David Jolley
- Nov 11, 2022
- 2 min
16th UK Dementia Congress
The congress this year will be at Aston University and takes up November 8th and 9th It is a brave undertaking and we have to be grateful...
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David Jolley
- Nov 11, 2022
- 3 min
Rather death, reconsidered
Time and opportunity have allowed me to go carefully through the paper from Charles Marshall and others which I wrote about two weeks...
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David Jolley
- Oct 18, 2022
- 2 min
Where are we going with dementia?
Where are we going with dementia? Last week we faced evidence that a diagnosis of dementia is followed by increased risk of suicide. We...
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David Jolley
- Oct 12, 2022
- 2 min
Rather death
Fears of dementia and the life which may follow its diagnosis have been found to be associated with an increased incidence of suicide....
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David Jolley
- Oct 5, 2022
- 2 min
Dogs do – but do cats care?
Combing through the paper for good news stories, it was a relief to find reference to research which confirms that dogs are sensitive...
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David Jolley
- Sep 29, 2022
- 2 min
God save us all
Monday the 19th was a day given over to pageant and memories of the years we have shared with Queen Elizabeth 2nd. Emotions were laid...
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David Jolley
- Sep 7, 2022
- 2 min
Anyone over 50 lives in dread of the big A
This is a quote from Dr Richard Restak in an article written for the Guardian by Gaby Hinsliff. Now 80 Restak is still active in the...
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David Jolley
- Aug 24, 2022
- 3 min
‘Brain Fog’
The impact of Covid-19 on our lives has been immense – it continues to be hugely important though the intensity of interest and fear...
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David Jolley
- Aug 24, 2022
- 2 min
Shelagh Robertson’s case – verdict of insanity by dementia
A tragic and alarming case is reported by the Guardian and other national newspapers, which describes how the driving exhibited by 75...
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David Jolley
- Aug 24, 2022
- 2 min
It isn’t rocket science – or is it?
We have been rejoicing in the experience of working with like-minded people on prospects to improve services for people with dementia and...
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