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David Jolley
Jun 29, 20232 min read
80 years of caring
This year is the eightieth anniversary of the foundation of Methodist Homes, now MHA, spawned by the idea and passion of Reverend Walter...
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David Jolley
Jun 8, 20232 min read
It is a family thing
I know very little about Bruce Willis and his claims to fame, but I have learned that he is living with Fronto-Temporal Dementia. The...
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David Jolley
May 31, 20233 min read
Alms and a reason for living:
I was fascinated to read the article drawing attention to the increase in life expectation amongst old people fortunate enough to find...
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David Jolley
May 17, 20233 min read
The saddest day
My friend Will died this morning. We met when I was 11 and he 12. He was already Patrol Leader of The Panthers – Wolverhampton 15th scout...
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David Jolley
May 12, 20232 min read
Some days at the seaside
An ever popular session when we were able to muster a fair number of people to meet in person for Dementia Conversations, was one...
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David Jolley
May 12, 20232 min read
New era of dementia treatment?
The front page headline in the Guardian 27.4.23: ‘UK ‘close to new era of dementia treatment’ caused me raised eyebrows – and reading...
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David Jolley
Apr 17, 20232 min read
Thanks for Swedish sensitivity – Could this be extended to the rest of the world?
It was a relief, after raging for days, to find that the Swedish government has intervened to require at least a hesitation in the case...
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David Jolley
Apr 17, 20232 min read
Death by deportation:
Swedish police are pressing for the deportation of Kathleen Poole, a 74 year old British woman with advanced dementia. She has lived in...
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David Jolley
Apr 3, 20231 min read
The penny drops
The headlines from Robert Booth and Michael Goodier on Friday March 24th read: ‘Councils spend £500m on beds in the worst care homes’...
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David Jolley
Apr 3, 20232 min read
Small is strong
Allelujah, the film, came to Altrincham this week. We went along. We had learned about it via the Guardian article by Catherine Shoard...
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David Jolley
Mar 8, 20232 min read
What price care?
We read that the government has reviewed the actual cost – fair price – which is needed to provide appropriate care for residents of...
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David Jolley
Mar 3, 20232 min read
Finding ourselves through sharing
I have been re-reading Cider with Rosie, by Laurie Lee. I first read it and watched a TV version in the 1970s. It has been part of me...
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David Jolley
Feb 23, 20232 min read
What’s in a book?
I have just read: ‘What you really want to know about life with dementia’. It is a recent publication from Dementia UK, authored/edited...
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David Jolley
Feb 16, 20232 min read
Allelujah
Catherine Shoard wrote an article in G2 of the Guardian last week, notionally drawing attention to a forthcoming film based on Alan...
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David Jolley
Feb 10, 20232 min read
The back of the bus
Evidence from A and E departments shows that older people are left waiting for attention much longer than younger people: Elderly people...
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David Jolley
Feb 6, 20231 min read
Cognitive decline is less amongst older people with healthy lifestyles
An article in the newspapers this past week, draws attention to a massive and important study from China: Six lifestyle choices to slow...
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David Jolley
Jan 25, 20232 min read
Recognising the importance of informal carers
There was quite a lot in the main newspapers this past week, relevant to people with dementia and those who try to be helpful to them. We...
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David Jolley
Jan 20, 20232 min read
The hard end of things
There were two stories in the newspapers this week centred on the conditions and provision of care for people with the greatest needs and...
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David Jolley
Jan 6, 20232 min read
What makes people who live to be 97 tick?
It was instructive to read the stories of the twenty three 97 year olds who were chosen from the 80 survivors of a cohort of over a...
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David Jolley
Dec 22, 20223 min read
Memory suspended – a true detective story
Our daughter has read all the books at least once and often more, but for me it is the TV versions of Poirot and Miss Marple which...
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