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University of South Australia
Successful Ageing in Australia
Living positively with dementia
Kate Swaffer
22 June 2012
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My Unseen
Disappearing
World...
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My life was interesting,
busy and very fulfilling.
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Dementia: My Story
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZUyIRq5DAs
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Atht X
Taht X
That √
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The Three Stooges
Two is company, three is a crowd!!
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Live every day
as if it’s your last,
just in case it is.
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... it is imperative we
understand the human cost of dementia.
Baroness Susan Greenfield, June 2011
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Nothing about me without me.
Scottish Dementia Working Group, Glasgow
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We are mothers, fathers,
lovers, daughters, wives or
husbands, employees or
employers, grandmothers, aunties… it is a tragedy that so many just see our deficits.
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I know I am losing you
and I am afraid of what
the future holds.
Peter Watt, 2011
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an anger that she had never
felt before, an anger that would not go away… then the
anger subsided and she was left with a deep, deep
sadness …
I cannot contemplate what lies ahead …
Joy Swaffer, 2009
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Dementia
Approximately 100 different causes / types of
dementia
1 new diagnosis worldwide every 7 seconds (Alzheimer’s Disease International, 2012)
No treatment for semantic dementia (Knibbs & Hodges, 2005)
Terminal illness
Accept it as a disease with disabilities, rather than
an illness contributing to my demise
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For the memory impaired,
memory is like a stack of china
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Dementia care is caring for
people who often do not
know they need care, and
don’t want to be in care;
no wonder we may
become angry and upset!
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We live until we die
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PERMA Principles
Positive emotion
Engagement
Positive relationships
Meaning
Accomplishment
(Seligman, M., Flourish: A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Well-
being, Free Press, 2011.)
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I read then I forget… I read
then I forget… I read, I take
notes, and then I forget…
I blog and it is always there.
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Life is not a
dress rehearsal.
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Ageing proactively
Cultivate meaningful relationships
Document the small but important things
Question and understand your health state
Keep working for as long as possible (paid or
volunteer) in something you enjoy
Exercise regularly and eat healthy
Constantly challenge yourself by learning new
things
Eliminate / moderate your consumption of alcohol
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Non pharmacological and positive
psychosocial Interventions for dementia
Studying
Neuroplasticity
Phenomenology
Meditation
Self Hypnosis
Laughter
Prayer
Blogging
Creative writing
Volunteering
Belief
Exercise
Nutrition
Music therapy
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Look after your health and brain
Doidge, N, 2012, The Brain That Changes Itself, Scribe
Publications.
Lipton, B, 2005, The Biology of Belief: Unleashing the Power of
Consciousness, Matter and Miracles, Hay House Inc.
Seligman, M, 2011, Flourish: A Visionary New Understanding of
Happiness and Well-being, Free Press.
Walker, R, 2012, The Five Stages of Health, Transworld
Publishers (Division of Random House Australia).
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“I don't care to belong to a
club that accepts people
like me as members!”
Groucho Marx
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I am a person living with
a diagnosis of dementia,
with the emphasis on
LIVING
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My life continues to be busy,
interesting and very fulfilling.
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Thank you
kateswaffer.com
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