This year, International Nurses Day coincided with Mother’s Day. Nicky Hondros, a palliative care nurse shared her and her mum’s heartfelt story and provided a little glimpse into what it’s like caring for someone living with dementia.
Alzheimer’s disease is often thought about as a condition that older people get. However there is a rare neurodegenerative condition which is often referred to as “childhood Alzheimer’s”. This condition, also known as Niemann-Pick type C (NPC), causes cholesterol build up in the neurons which leads to enlarged organs, lung damage, muscle stiffness, seizures, dementia...
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I’ve always had a close relationship with my Grandfather (Pop). When he was diagnosed with Vascular Dementia following a major stroke in 2016, there was no other choice but to place him in a high care dementia unit of a private aged care facility. Pop’s children live interstate now, so I thought it was important...
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Bright young hearts forever whole, Ageing bodies nestle the wising souls, Twisting winds tickle a floating leaf, Dancing, falling, rising, like a silent thief. Through the still moments, swirls, A gusting, whirring, bustle of time, A memory sticks, ancestral branches form, A seedling sprouts, the joy flashes by. Years pass and moments pile Each branch...
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