I'll be popping up training dates for all my courses for the rest of 2024 shortly
where the focus is using therapeutic touch interventions to improve wellbeing & smooth the road for people living with dementia
& their #supporters
#DementiaActionWeek2024 #dementia #DAW2024 #enable

As #DementiaActionWeek2024 winds down
I'm heartened by the number of people who are shifting their thinking
more listening
more person led
more people with lived experience being consulted

this was evident in the room yesterday @ #Cornwalldementiaconference

#DAW2024 #dementia

More key themes today #Cornwalldementiaconference

person led
natural incidental living
#relationships

#DementiaActionWeek #DementiaActionWeek2024 #DAW2024 #dementia #enable #MeetMeWhereIAm

"So you don't forget me ..."

My new #blog

https://massagefordementia.co.uk/dont-forget-about-me/

Some of the struggles I've experienced with mum's & other people's care
how identity can be stripped belied by subtleties of language

#DementiaActionWeek2024 #DAW2024 #dementia...

Never writing mum off
dismissing her
othering her
referring to her as 'they'

there may be common ground between people living with dementia
but when we overgeneralise
we are in danger of dismissing their personhood

see my #blog coming out today

#DementiaActionWeek2024 #DAW2024

I'm off to the #Cornwalldementiaconference @ Royal Cornwall Showground today & can't wait to see what I learn from the presenters

Also excited about running rather a large workshop!

Have a fab Friday lovelies!

#DementiaActionWeek2024 #FridayFeeling #dementia #Cornwall #DAW2024

I'm seeing some beautiful themes widely used this #DementiaActionWeek ❤️
validation
personhood
support
identity
enabling
from the experts i.e. persons living with #dementia & the professionals
(some folk are both)

It's why I acknowledge the person in my course title

#DAW2024

Just a wee reminder

tomorrow I'll be posting up a fresh #blog
sharing some things I've struggled with both with mum's & other people's care
& also touching on how we make a +ve difference

#TheLittleThingsAreTheBigThings #MeetMeWhereIAm #DementiaActionWeek #dementia #DAW2024

Sometimes
apologising when I got mum's cues wrong may have helped ease her feelings of guilt as I know she used to feel she was a burden

Who knows
she may still feel that way sometimes
so "I'm sorry" may still help lift some of that weight

#DementiaActionWeek #DAW2024 #dementia

Here's a past #blog about promoting #connection with people living with dementia
with 10 suggestions on how to create
a sense of belonging
of safety
& #inclusion

massagefordementia.co.uk/connection-in-a-crowded-...

#DementiaActionWeek #DAW2024 #DementiaActionWeek2024...

Sometimes
reflecting guessed emotions back to mum
helped her feel understood
that she mattered
even when I guessed wrong

Seeing the relief on her face when she feels understood
is pure gold

#connection #MeetMeWhereIAm #TheLittleThingsAreTheBigThings #DementiaActionWeek #DAW2024

A gamechanger for mum & I
Feeling OK about using her first name at the start of any sentence to key her in to what follows
whether that be a spoken
environmental
or physical connection

#MeetMeWhereIAm #TheLittleThingsAreTheBigThings #DementiaActionWeek #DAW2024 #dementia #enable

Just running off 80 massage handouts for #Cornwalldementiaconference @ Royal Cornwall Showground Pavilion
I'm not 💯% sure
but I think 80 may be my biggest workshop yet!

When words escape 81 of us
touch says it all

#DementiaActionWeek #DementiaActionWeek2024 #DAW2024 #dementia

Sometimes
in relationships
it's about letting go of expectations
of the past
of what was

All relationships change
Meeting a person where they are
truly accepting them
allows space for them to shine

#DementiaActionWeek #DAW2024 #MeetMeWhereIAm #TheLittleThingsAreTheBigThings

G mornin lovelies

How was your #weekend?
I had a chilled Sat with our daughter & a Sun afternoon transplanting toms
onions
okra

This #DementiaActionWeek among other posts
I'll be sharing actions that worked for mum & I ...
sometimes

#DAW2024 #dementia #enable #inclusive

Next week is Dementia Action Week

I'll have some fresh content for you
And it's going to get personal!

Meantime I hope you carve out some time for a restful #weekend
Sprinkling it with joy & contentment
& if you're working
#ThankYou

#DAW2024 #dementia #DementiaActionWeek2024