Shaynna Blaze, on her mother’s dementia diagnosis

IN A NORTH Queensland aged care facility, a nurse is helping an elderly resident. The Enrolled Nurse of 30 years bathes the woman, puts on a fresh nightie and smooths back her hair. She talks to the mother-of-four who was born in the 1930s and lived through the second World War. She discusses the weather,... Read More

When most people go out for a meal, they want reliable service and to get exactly what they ordered off the menu. But at The Restaurant of Order Mistakes in Japan, you go in knowing that what you get might not be quite right. And the customers are perfectly fine with that. So what makes... Read More

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... Read More