The article released today is a sad case of the affairs that this country has allowed to happen. Our older generation need our support, lets face it some of these individuals were in a world war. They have experienced everything being taken away from them is this really the treatment they deserve? It would come as no surprise […]
My Dad Reg…..
I have something to share with you my dads name was Reg, just a small name, so I make this pledge. When I was little you used to hold my hand, when I was small you would kiss me goodnight just to make sure that I was alright. See that was the magic that burst through […]
Regression of the Evolved Generation
Regression of the Evolved Generation A courageous, inspiring true story of a parent diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. Reg. This book is about one man’s experience of late onset Alzheimer’s, the impact on his family and the failure of social services to do much to help. It is a family saga seen through the eyes of a […]
Fading Away!
Jane, clearly her father’s daughter realised that it was “she” who had to do the work, if she wished to reach me as I drifted like the snow miles away from the shore of my life. Jane was the only one who cared about me as I slipped away. Note from Reg If you want to […]
My Biography Jane Cooper
Jane Cooper was born in 1965 and lived with her parents, Margaret and Reg, in a semi-detached Essex home. Jane went to Graham James Primary and Junior School and then on to College to study languages, art, pure and applied mathematics. She was not keen on sport at school until they introduced dance, at which […]
Early diagnosis is crucial
I know how difficult it can be to accept, when you can see there is clearly something amiss with mum or dad or grandparents in terms of their memory. As we gradually become the parents and watch them enter into older age and become more confused and agitated, it becomes difficult to know what to […]
Care home ratings…nightmare for the public
The latest news out states that Care home ratings may not be all they stack up to be. Why am I not suprised? Well thats because of my own experience with a local care home. If you are considering a care home, then make sure you know what questions you have the right to ask so […]
Orientation on awakening
What better insight into what the elderly need when they awake in the morning Alzheimer’s or no Alzheimer’s disease. “Please, can I be allowed to gather myself together for about 20minutes when I wake up instead of being on your schedule?” I am 86years old now and it would be really helpful to me if […]
The elderly population
I was watching the Tv this morning – Live about the decisions doctors have to make such as to help and elderly patient live a few more years which a little comfort or to lengthen a younger persons life by say 40years. Even though I understand that it must be very difficult to decide on […]
Jane Cooper- Author of the Reg series, Alzheimer’s disease
Jane Cooper- Author of the Reg series, Alzheimer’s disease If I was to look inside my mind, what would I see? There is something wrong with my Brain Box There is something wrong with me! “My name was Reg. They said I had Alzheimer’s. This is me at the Fountain Cafe