Yesterday I got a phone call from a Zimbabwean man who works in a wine cellar in Rawsonville. His parents live in Zimbabwe, about 90 kilometres away from the nearest …
Words Make Worlds
Here is a collection of my blogs from over the years on ageing, dementia, death, and dying. Feel free to contact me on raynestroebel@mindsmatter.co.za and follow me on Facebook.
Yesterday I was asked about a person living with dementia who scratches himself until his skin bleeds. “Is this normal for people living with dementia?” Again – I am very …
“As the population ages, more of us will be called upon to care for others. So we must understand the importance of recognizing and honouring the intrinsic worth of others, …
The art of caregiving. How do we teach caregiving? Is it at all possible to “teach” someone how to care? I am not so sure… I have studied many training …
Would we ever fully understand or comprehend the lived reality or being-in-the-world of the person living with dementia? It seems impossible to stand in someone else’s shoes. That old saying …
Allow me to share this in a new post…in one of my musings on the mind, I asked my friend Nader Robert Shabahangi his opinion on what is mind and …