Anticipatory Grief
What Is Anticipatory Grief? “Anticipatory grief is de ned as grief that occurs before death (or another great loss) in contrast to grief after death… Read More »Anticipatory Grief
Ageing
Presence
We are all interrelated and interdependent. No person exists merely as one person. I am the becoming of my mother and future. Our children are… Read More »Presence
Confusion
We have slumbered into complacency accepting the status quo. We must wake up. Chances are that we – yes YOU – will grow much older… Read More »Confusion
What if…
I wonder what would have happened if we considered dementia to be an “altered state”, reframing it as not a syndrome or an illness, but… Read More »What if…
Labels
The new DSM 5 (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) ensures that there is a diagnosis for every possible aspect of human (mis)behaviour. There… Read More »Labels
In(ter)dependence
It is interesting to come to a realisation that one has been wrong about something for a very long time – and then have to… Read More »In(ter)dependence
Vulnerability
I have often written about vulnerability in the past. Every year at this time it comes to the surface again. I see how older people… Read More »Vulnerability
This Festive Season
This “festive” season was certainly not as festive as we usually know it. There seems to be a veil of uncertainty and fear suspended over… Read More »This Festive Season
Reality
Russell Brand interviews Carlo Rovelli (theoretical physicist) on the nature of reality. It seems apt for our understanding of, amongst other things, people living with… Read More »Reality
Being Called
According to Stina Hanson, ‘we come into being as a response to a call from the other’. I find this is an incredibly beautiful quote.… Read More »Being Called