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David Jolley
Dec 14, 20222 min read
Listen to the radio
We have already railed against industry-driven manoeuvres to require us all to buy and use expensive and complicated electronic equipment...
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David Jolley
Dec 8, 20222 min read
Trees are beautiful
Yesterday the route my dog Trixie and I found the route we had planned for our afternoon walk was blocked by warning ribbons – a team of...
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David Jolley
Nov 30, 20223 min read
Too clever by half
I go through the papers – well The Guardian and Manchester Evening news - day by day, and look for a summary of items of most interest to...
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David Jolley
Nov 24, 20223 min read
A proper bin-man
A Long Read in the Guardian this week got me thinking, got me smiling, got me finding memories which have been quiet for a while: ‘Who...
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David Jolley
Nov 16, 20222 min read
Another sort of memory
Just this short while since November 5th and all those noisy fireworks, we have passed into the time of another November time which stirs...
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David Jolley
Nov 16, 20222 min read
Remember, remember
There are few dates in history that we working class kids knew, but November 5th was, and is, firmly embedded because of its celebration...
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David Jolley
Nov 11, 20222 min read
16th UK Dementia Congress
The congress this year will be at Aston University and takes up November 8th and 9th It is a brave undertaking and we have to be grateful...
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David Jolley
Nov 11, 20223 min read
Rather death, reconsidered
Time and opportunity have allowed me to go carefully through the paper from Charles Marshall and others which I wrote about two weeks...
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David Jolley
Oct 18, 20222 min read
Where are we going with dementia?
Where are we going with dementia? Last week we faced evidence that a diagnosis of dementia is followed by increased risk of suicide. We...
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David Jolley
Oct 12, 20222 min read
Rather death
Fears of dementia and the life which may follow its diagnosis have been found to be associated with an increased incidence of suicide....
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David Jolley
Oct 5, 20222 min read
Dogs do – but do cats care?
Combing through the paper for good news stories, it was a relief to find reference to research which confirms that dogs are sensitive...
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David Jolley
Sep 29, 20222 min read
God save us all
Monday the 19th was a day given over to pageant and memories of the years we have shared with Queen Elizabeth 2nd. Emotions were laid...
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David Jolley
Sep 7, 20222 min read
Anyone over 50 lives in dread of the big A
This is a quote from Dr Richard Restak in an article written for the Guardian by Gaby Hinsliff. Now 80 Restak is still active in the...
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David Jolley
Aug 24, 20223 min read
‘Brain Fog’
The impact of Covid-19 on our lives has been immense – it continues to be hugely important though the intensity of interest and fear...
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David Jolley
Aug 24, 20222 min read
Shelagh Robertson’s case – verdict of insanity by dementia
A tragic and alarming case is reported by the Guardian and other national newspapers, which describes how the driving exhibited by 75...
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David Jolley
Aug 24, 20222 min read
It isn’t rocket science – or is it?
We have been rejoicing in the experience of working with like-minded people on prospects to improve services for people with dementia and...
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David Jolley
Aug 5, 20222 min read
As you were
It was good to read about Historic England’s project to give some publicity to the lives and communities of ordinary people in humble...
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David Jolley
Jul 26, 20222 min read
BC
I am sure I am not the first to muse on BC having become ‘Before Covid’ more often than Before Christ. Before Covid – at this time of...
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David Jolley
Jul 26, 20222 min read
Bread of life
Muddling through the newspapers and other media matters looking for references to older people, people with dementia and related...
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David Jolley
Jul 19, 20223 min read
Adversity
Our on-line meeting of Dementia Conversations was an emotional sharing: A had been supported in her submission for NHS Continuing Care...
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