@ShiannonC So true, even good nursing homes can sometimes be passive & possibly risk averse re changes in residents condition, health or treatment. Without relatives/friends to keep an eye out not a lot gets noticed or acted upon. Sadly some residents barely get a visitor…heartbreaking.
"That's when I started to turn my mind to what would this place look like if there was a no vote? I use the word terrified and I am actually terrified of what would happen to Australia as a country and me as an Aboriginal advocate." – Mick Gooda. #abc730@FergusonNews
Volume 1 of #TheIsabelleStories is out today!
It's a brilliant series from Jane Godwin & @rosemadder1 about friends, family, school & all the big and little things that matter when you’re growing up and finding your place in the wide new world.
Out now: https://t.co/UfePEvbU8h
@bronte__lee She is, she came to me at 18 months, would not be without her…Hedy (formerly Hedge).
Always enjoy seeing Jock and Stella’s adventures, you care for them so well.
@lesstenny A six (sixpence) of chips and a six of cakes (potato) on the way home from school
Mixed lollies
The Chookery Nook (fried chicken place on the way to Sorrento)
The Strawberry Room at Chadstone
Dogs taking themselves to the park, no leads
Gerry Gee dolls
…tip o’ the iceberg really
@Pleasure_Lab That said, you are right, it’s complex, challenging, sad, sometimes funny, no easy way, everyone’s a bit different. Mum’s dementia feels like a foreign land, goodness knows how it feels to her, she does try to describe it…Escher painting is the closest I can get. @DrKate_Miller
@Pleasure_Lab It becomes duty of care, agedcare v. home…what is safest for them. Just put our 90+ parents into care, mum w/LB dementia, dad w/Parkinson’s. Cared 4 them @ home for 5+yrs. Hardest part is accepting agedcare not perfect but homecare hard w/out endless support & $$ @DrKate_Miller
@DrKate_Miller Yes, was a student at RMIT, walked home down Swanston St after trying the old creek bed which is/was Elizabeth St. Nifty’s (Neville Bowler) pic was a corker.
@bronte__lee Margaret could to be the hero of her own book, sort of Hairy McLary without the McLary…or the dairy, just her…such a great character to draw. 😉
@bronte__lee My best boy Rafa who died nearly two years ago, why would he sleep outside? He used to squeeze himself into his old puppy bed…he had other beds of course. And Hedy who is a rescue kelpie, she’d no sooner sleep outside than fly.
Cold in Tassie, best for Jock to be with you.