Coping Mechanisms: Grounding Skills...

What are Grounding Skills? While our first thought about “grounding” might be about...

Alzheimer’s Breakthrough Ride Journal:...

Grants, NM to Albuquerque, NM Today was the last day of...

Recap of the 2024...

On Sept. 17, Mental Health America conducted its 2024 National Policy Institute:...
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Early Onset Alzheimer’s – Encourage,...

I walk for Jim. I think...

In conversation with Gillian McMillan,...

Gillian, can you tell us about...

Early Onset Alzheimer’s – Encourage, Inspire, and Inform: Why I Walk

I walk for Jim. I think I loved him from the first day we met. I felt as if I had found the other half of my soul.It was by chance that Jim was in Missouri since he spent most of his growing up years in the Northwest. Jim loved to travel, and we often went to Oregon to visit his relatives and childhood places. Later, we went to Estes Park and the Rocky Mountains annually. Jim was a talented musician who loved to play his Fender guitar and sing country songs. I remember...

Early Onset Alzheimer’s...

I walk for Jim. I think I loved him from the first day we met. I felt as if I had found the other...

In conversation with...

Gillian, can you tell us about a little bit about you? I studied and qualified as a Dietitian from Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh.  Initially...

Early Onset Alzheimer’s...

 I’ve not been able to work out of my office downstairs because the wifi won’t reach it. Although a portion of the work I...

Inclusive Communication |...

Here in the Western Isles, we recently welcomed two Speech and Language Therapy students on their practice placement.  It was a great opportunity...

Supporting Dementia Family...

Supporting dementia family caring is an essential component of the roadmap to continual improvement in dementia care and to supporting the ambitions of...

Early Onset Alzheimer’s...

One thing I know, unequivocally, is that life is not fair. If life were fair, today would have been Jim’s 79th birthday. Instead, of “live...

Early Onset Alzheimer’s...

I fixed chicken sandwiches and Arby’s curly fries for lunch, and I asked Harold what he would like to have with it. He said, “Ketchup.”...

An enriching experience...

Last year Queen Margaret University ran its first elective module on occupational therapy practice with people living with dementia and their care givers,...

In conversation with...

Lisa, can you tell us about a little bit about you? I trained at Newcastle University on their 4-year Speech and Psychology degree programme....