Death by deportation:
Swedish police are pressing for the deportation of Kathleen Poole, a 74 year old British woman with advanced dementia. She has lived in...
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David Jolley
- Apr 3
- 1 min
The penny drops
The headlines from Robert Booth and Michael Goodier on Friday March 24th read: ‘Councils spend £500m on beds in the worst care homes’...
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David Jolley
- Apr 3
- 2 min
Small is strong
Allelujah, the film, came to Altrincham this week. We went along. We had learned about it via the Guardian article by Catherine Shoard...
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David Jolley
- Mar 8
- 2 min
What price care?
We read that the government has reviewed the actual cost – fair price – which is needed to provide appropriate care for residents of...
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David Jolley
- Mar 3
- 2 min
Finding ourselves through sharing
I have been re-reading Cider with Rosie, by Laurie Lee. I first read it and watched a TV version in the 1970s. It has been part of me...
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David Jolley
- Feb 23
- 2 min
What’s in a book?
I have just read: ‘What you really want to know about life with dementia’. It is a recent publication from Dementia UK, authored/edited...
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David Jolley
- Feb 16
- 2 min
Allelujah
Catherine Shoard wrote an article in G2 of the Guardian last week, notionally drawing attention to a forthcoming film based on Alan...
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David Jolley
- Feb 10
- 2 min
The back of the bus
Evidence from A and E departments shows that older people are left waiting for attention much longer than younger people: Elderly people...
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David Jolley
- Feb 6
- 1 min
Cognitive decline is less amongst older people with healthy lifestyles
An article in the newspapers this past week, draws attention to a massive and important study from China: Six lifestyle choices to slow...
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David Jolley
- Jan 25
- 2 min
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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