#Aging isn’t linear. We age rapidly at specific points in our lives. Find out when and what it means for #sandwichgeneration #caregivers and more in this week’s new episode of #AskDrMia where she shares breaking news in #dementia. Stream wherever you listen to podcasts.
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Check out this past week’s episode on talking to #kids about #dementia before a new one premieres tomorrow morning! Order Pinkie’s Turnabout from any of BlueSky’s #indiebookshops too. A fantastic read for any age! #booksky #caregiving #pets #supportanimals
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Children’s author Sue Lloyd-Davies talks about the importance of animals in teaching kids about #caregiving as well as their importance in healing. How has your pet helped you with caregiving? Read Pinkie’s Turnabout & stream full episodes wherever you listen to #podcasts
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Children’s author Sue Lloyd-Davies talks about the importance of animals in teaching kids about #caregiving as well as their importance in healing. How has your pet helped you with caregiving? Read Pinkie’s Turnabout & stream full episodes wherever you listen to #podcasts
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I am doing two talks on Zoom on Renaissance art, as fundraisers for the bookshop - we're a bit behind with finances! They will be recorded, so you don't have to be able to watch live. Accessible, fun, gorgeous art, supporting the bookshop, can't go wrong!
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I have been sucked into Star Trek Legends. It is on apple arcade but also for console. It's not flash but it is old school were you collect characters from all the different series. Easy to mindlessly play on the phone. There is also a new Voyager game but I haven't played it yet.
Nearly 12 million Americans provide unpaid care for people with Alzheimer’s or other dementias.
Caring for someone with Alzheimer’s is exceptionally demanding. Repost in support of the nearly 12 million family and friends who provide care to someone with dementia. #AlzheimersInAmerica #ENDALZ
We're not using the word ‘demented’ anymore." In her new blog, Dr Jodi Watt explains why it's time we let go of this harmful term 👉
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/blog-why-say...
In @science.org today my essay on predicting and preventing Alzheimer's disease (open-access)
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Senior Research Associate role at University of Canberra delivering a co designed national digital platform translating dementia rehabilitation evidence into practice.
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/senior-r...
Have you or someone you know been diagnosed with young onset dementia (onset < age 65)?
We’re conducting a research study on Australian's experiences accessing care and support (e.g. the NDIS) after diagnosis.
Learn more or take part: redcap.sydney.edu.au/surveys/?s=Y...
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This day in 1960s history:
April 16, 1963: Martin Luther King Jr. wrote his famous “Letter from Birmingham Jail” while imprisoned in Birmingham, Alabama, turning his response to critics into one of the most important texts of the civil rights movement. To see more, visit that60spodcast.com
Are you traveling to the @aanmember.bsky.social annual meeting today?
What a great time to listen to a goofy BONUS EPISODE of Immature Brains: A Child Neurology Podcast, where Sam Mackenzie and I pledge-drive for the Child Neurology Foundation with Kim Hindery!
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My great grandmother’s can opener is still going strong in our house. Meanwhile newer ones over the years just keep breaking. The plastic just isn’t as durable as the solid metal one from probably the 50s.
How can we talk to our kids about #dementia? Children’s author Sue Lloyd-Davies talks with #AskDrMia about her new book #Pinkie’sTurnabout and the importance of acknowledging the impact dementia #caregiving has on kids. Stream wherever you listen to #podcasts.
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We talk a lot about the millions of dollars lost, but not enough about the next generation of scientists.
These pieces connect the data with lived experience.
Please repost & help uplift students who are fighting to stay in academia & support their communities.
#NIH #PublicHealth #AcademicSky
I’ve been thinking about archives as something active rather than fixed.
Not a place where the past is stored, but where it is filtered, ranked, and reshaped. What we remember often arrives already edited.
‘The Archive Dreams Us’ moves through that idea in fragments.
#BookSky
Download our free #OER State Policy Playbook! Share policy recommendations with U.S. state legislators interested in tackling college affordability through #OpenEducation. sparcopen.org/our-work/oer...
Carl Sandburg poem
"Spring Wind" By Carl Sandburg (for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere)
#poetry
#poetrylovers
#poetrycommunity
National Poetry Month promo from SHINE poetry series
It's April, #poetrylovers ! Happy #napomo and may your month be filled with #poetry and light!
#shinepoetry
#poetrycommunity
#internationalcommunity
Analysis Finds That Google's AI Overviews Are Providing Misinformation at a Scale Possibly Unprecedented in the History of Human Civilization futurism.com/artificial-i...
How can we talk to our kids about #dementia? Children’s author Sue Lloyd-Davies talks with #AskDrMia about her new book #Pinkie’sTurnabout and the importance of acknowledging the impact dementia #caregiving has on kids. Stream wherever you listen to #podcasts.
youtube.com/shorts/UgmhX...
This week #AskDrMia talks with #deathdula Karon McGovern about the importance of grace and patience in #dementia #caregiving. Dr. Mia says it’s more about presence than a cure right now. Someone to bear witness. Listen to the full episode wherever you stream #podcasts.
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The only thing that makes it look light is the sun…and #ArtemisTwo ‘s taillights!
What happens when no one is able to #care for a loved one with #dementia? Dr. Mia talks with #deathdula Karon McGovern about what happens when dementia turns violent. Listen to the full episode wherever you stream podcasts.
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This week #AskDrMia talks with #deathdula Karon McGovern about the importance of grace and patience in #dementia #caregiving. Dr. Mia says it’s more about presence than a cure right now. Someone to bear witness. Listen to the full episode wherever you stream #podcasts.
youtube.com/shorts/SBHgD...
What happens when no one is able to #care for a loved one with #dementia? Dr. Mia talks with #deathdula Karon McGovern about what happens when dementia turns violent. Listen to the full episode wherever you stream podcasts.
youtube.com/shorts/D_D-C...
If there was a magic pill that could reduce your chance of death and #dementia by over 50% would you take it? #AskDrMia explains how #exercise is that magic intervention. Check it out below and stream the whole episode wherever you listen to #podcasts.
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If there was a magic pill that could reduce your chance of death and #dementia by over 50% would you take it? #AskDrMia explains how #exercise is that magic intervention. Check it out below and stream the whole episode wherever you listen to #podcasts.
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#COVID19 ‘s impact on brain inflammation can have a significant impact on #dementia patients’ symptoms. Dr. Catherine Madison tells #AskDrMia she often has to explain to #caregivers that their loved one may never regain their previous cognitive capacity. #LongCovid
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