TIPS FOR SUPPORTING PEOPLE WITH HEARING IMPAIRMENT
Hearing impairment is the most common sensory deficit in the elderly. This makes it essential that you pay particular attention to how...
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Robin Dynes
- Jul 7
- 2 min
HELPING SOMEONE RECOGNISE THEIR NEED FOR MENTAL HEALTH HELP
There are many reasons someone might ignore their need for help. Lack of insight, denial, shame, resistance to change and fear of losing...
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Robin Dynes
- Apr 15
- 2 min
ACTIVITIES FOR PEOPLE WITH DEMENTIA
These need to include mental and physical activities that have meaning for the person and also help maintain social contacts....
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Robin Dynes
- Mar 15, 2021
- 6 min
A CARER'S MENTAL HEALTH TOOLKIT
Supporting someone with an ongoing or terminal condition puts an enormous strain on your own mental and physical health. You find...
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Robin Dynes
- Oct 27, 2020
- 6 min
SEEING THE PERSON, NOT JUST THE CONDITION
A life story interrupted A person can tell their story and communicate their perspective until dementia begins to interrupt. They then...
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Robin Dynes
- Sep 15, 2020
- 4 min
MENTAL HEALTH: USING A DAILY ACTIVITIES DIARY
With mental ill health such as depression, symptoms are not always clear. They may develop gradually and often you do not have insight...
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Robin Dynes
- Jul 8, 2020
- 5 min
BOOST YOUR MOOD WITH HUMOUR
My office door opened a foot. A blonde head and a smiling face appeared. 'Are you going to stay in there skiving all day?' Tony is in his...
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Robin Dynes
- May 5, 2020
- 2 min
ADJUSTING TO FAMILY LIFE IF YOUR PARENTS COME TO LIVE WITH YOU
Adapting to change is easiest when people want to make it work. Unless you have everyone’s full support you are likely to end up as a...
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Robin Dynes
- Apr 20, 2020
- 2 min
GIVING SUPPORT: BEING THERE FOR SOMEONE
We are living through troubled times and it looks like social isolation is going to be with us for some time. You may not be able to meet...
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Robin Dynes
- Apr 8, 2020
- 3 min
DEMENTIA: TIPS FOR DAILY PROBLEM SOLVING
Caring for someone with dementia can seem like a constant search for solutions to problems. It demands creative thinking, being willing...
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Robin Dynes
- Apr 7, 2020
- 2 min
HELP YOUR PARENT WRITE THEIR LIFE STORY
Why bother with a life history? We all like to tell stories of things that happened to us. We do it at get to-gethers with family and...
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Robin Dynes
- Apr 6, 2020
- 2 min
WHAT CAUSES DEMENTIA AND ALZHEIMER'S?
Dementia is an umbrella term used to describe symptoms of a number of underlying diseases and brain disorders. Put simply, nerve cells in...
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