A foggy trundle to match my foggy head….. 

Posted on January 25, 2022 by michelleclarke2015

Sunday newspapers and a magazine introduced me to this woman. Dementia, alzheimers, frontal lobe dementia, people with amnesia from traumatic brain injuries, people who have had strokes, the Pandemic which has lasted almost two long years has not been in our favour. Why? There is a need for stimulation, engagement, chat, gatherings like choirs. Wendy is an inspiration. She was diagnosed with dementia in her 50’s, at the time she held an important organisation role within the NHS which she had to leave. But she did and Wendy applied something inherent in her personality and adapted. Wendy does not say “she suffers” from Dementia but says she lives with it. Wendy now in her early 60’s has written two books, she has a form of mentor to assist her. Lifelong learning is so very important.

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About michelleclarke2015

Life event that changes all: Horse riding accident in Zimbabwe in 1993, a fractured skull et al including bipolar anxiety, chronic fatigue …. co-morbidities (Nietzche 'He who has the reason why can deal with any how' details my health history from 1993 to date). 17th 2017 August operation for breast cancer (no indications just an appointment came from BreastCheck through the Post). Trinity College Dublin Business Economics and Social Studies (but no degree) 1997-2003; UCD 1997/1998 night classes) essays, projects, writings. Trinity Horizon Programme 1997/98 (Centre for Women Studies Trinity College Dublin/St. Patrick's Foundation (Professor McKeon) EU Horizon funded: research study of 15 women (I was one of this group and it became the cornerstone of my journey to now 2017) over 9 mth period diagnosed with depression and their reintegration into society, with special emphasis on work, arts, further education; Notes from time at Trinity Horizon Project 1997/98; Articles written for Irishhealth.com 2003/2004; St Patricks Foundation monthly lecture notes for a specific period in time; Selection of Poetry including poems written by people I know; Quotations 1998-2017; other writings mainly with theme of social justice under the heading Citizen Journalism Ireland. Letters written to friends about life in Zimbabwe; Family history including Michael Comyn KC, my grandfather, my grandmother's family, the O'Donnellan ffrench Blake-Forsters; Moral wrong: An acrimonious divorce but the real injustice was the Catholic Church granting an annulment – you can read it and make your own judgment, I have mine. Topics I have written about include annual Brain Awareness week, Mashonaland Irish Associataion in Zimbabwe, Suicide (a life sentence to those left behind); Nostalgia: Tara Hill, Co. Meath.
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