by Laura Bowley | Feb 9, 2018 | Advocacy, Dementia Friendly, Rights of People with Dementia |
I had an experience at our local bulk food store yesterday. The store is basically the size of a Trader Joe’s, except that every aisle looks the same, lined with identical bins on the floor and various products on the shelves above. The colour scheme is yellow,...
by Laura Bowley | Sep 2, 2016 | Advocacy, Rights of People with Dementia, Story of Dementia |
I often get asked why I am so involved with the world of dementia, with advocates with dementia, with changing the story of dementia. The reason is because we lived that story with my mother. Eight years ago, my mother, Betty, passed away, we think from vascular...
by Laura Bowley | May 10, 2016 | Advocacy, Rights of People with Dementia, Story of Dementia |
Well, 10 months into “Changing the Story of Dementia,” and I admit I was wrong. I can’t change the story of dementia. Yes, I know, 10 months isn’t much time. Changing the story of dementia could take the rest of my life, and then some. And...
by Laura Bowley | Apr 20, 2016 | Advocacy, Dementia, Dementia Friendly, Rights of People with Dementia |
Unusual for me, I’ll just get right to the point: If you work in the dementia field–be it on a project, a campaign, a dementia-friendly community, in long-term care, as a personal support worker, or one-on-one with a family member as a care...
by Laura Bowley | Apr 6, 2016 | Advocacy, Dementia, Dementia Friendly, Rights of People with Dementia, Story of Dementia |
What happens when you don’t see the “me” in dementia? If you don’t see the “me,” you see the dementia instead, and when you see the dementia, the “me” or the “I” becomes an “it.” You’re...
by Laura Bowley | Mar 23, 2016 | Dementia, Psycho-social interventions, Rights of People with Dementia, Story of Dementia |
Lately the terminology around dementia has been a hot topic, for example, whether or not someone can be called a dementia “sufferer” or can be said to be “suffering from dementia.” At first I was happy that the Alzheimer Society in the UK...