I am organising an alzheimer’s event in November at the Westcliff Hotel. There are a series of topics I am going to cover to help you understand alzheimer’s disease and it’s impact on you and your family. Cost per person is £40.00. The doors open at 7pm for a 7.30pm start to 9.30pm. Hope to […]
Alzheimers Seminar Topics for discussion
Only 3 weeks to go until the live Seminar This is an opportunity for you to get ahead of the alzheimers journey that is unfolding before you. Once alzheimer’s arrived on my doorestep unannounced, every one else seemed to be two steps ahead of me. I could identyfy with that but was unable to catch […]
Support tights – an art at the Care home
Yesterday, I massaged a client I have been taking care of for over 10 years. She is now at the grand old age of 95years and a resident at a local care home in Essex. The support tights that she wheres is appropriate as the compression helps with blood flow to the brain improving her ability […]
what is alzheimers – on reflection
A white Rose when it is in full extension of it’s bloom we could say represents a developed mind. Observe a white rose. As you look inside, look right through to the bud, we could say that it represents a new born child so pure and innocent. The white rose has acquired life experience and knowledge that […]
Raise profile of alzheimer’s disease the right way.
I was reading Fiona Phillips’ message today regarding how fearful she is of developing Alzheimer’s disease. (You can read it here) If she is feeling fearful, I respect that, however, a few years ago now when she was on the TV program where they assessed her and a few other peoples state of health, she said […]
dementia stages
Dementia stages especially in the early stages made me think of a few ideas that helped my dad who was experiencing the early stages of alzheimers disease. I learnt to be quick in my thinking and have a few things up my sleeve that enabled me to interchange quickly. If activity allows: health and fitness […]
What is alzheimers? Seminar- Event
Alzheimer’s disease is like a mental fragmentation of the mind. When do we pay attention to alzheimers you may well wonder. Well from my experience of speaking to folk this week ,people fall into two groups. One are those refuse to acknowledge the disease evens exists, displaying emotional behaviour of anger and irritation, or two, when it […]
Raise profile of Alzheimer’s disease the right way
I was reading Fiona Phillips’ message today regarding how fearful she is of developing Alzheimer’s disease. (You can read it here) If she is feeling fearful, I respect that, however, a few years ago now when she was on the TV program where they assessed her and a few other peoples state of health, she said […]
The seeds of fear
When I look back on my fathers life and he was born back in 1921, he was an East End boy one of seven who survived the war. In my work as a sports trainer the more I work with people the one thing that keeps resurfacing is their emotional and psychological state of health. […]
Who said she can’t speak?
I sat talking to a frail elderly lady today in the lounge of a care home where I was visiting one of my clients to massage her. Her speech was anxious as she struggled to find any words to express to me what she wanted. She has alzheimer’s disease. So I knelt down and chatted […]