I see her sitting with all the others in the big room with the high ceiling. Her reclining chair is pushed against the wall, her feet on the footrest, with …
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.
And so 2023 is upon us. Whether we are fatigued, ready, still traumatised, here we go… I cannot help asking myself what would mobilise the world to consider the care …
One of my clients was moved from the hospital to a sub-acute facility the day before yesterday. Broken hip, hip replacement, infection, prosthesis removed, infection carries on. Imagine the trauma …
“Approximately 12% of apparently previously cognitively well patients undergoing anaesthesia and noncardiac surgery will develop symptoms of cognitivedysfunction after their procedure” (Needham et al., 2017, p. 115) POCD (postoperative cognitive …
One of my clients was moved from hospital to a sub-acute facility the day before yesterday. Broken hip, hip replacement, infection, prosthesis removed, infection carries on. Imagine the trauma for …
“Go home and get your affairs in order…” This is the take home message that one of my recent clients got from his neurologist, after she was diagnosed with early …