Well, I have taken the plunge into the whirlpool that is blogging!! I've been meaning to for quite some time, but have struggled to find the right moment. I am also conscious that there are already some EXCELLENT dementia blogs out there, and I certainly don't want to muddy the water with mediocrity.
So, what to write?, I ask myself. Who knows if there's anyone out there who will want to read my dementia nursey ramblings!! In case there is someone (you never know), I decided its time to start writing.
Dementia has an ability to hit you like a football in the face, it takes people to places that they really don't want to go. We still live in a society where too often a person with dementia is just that - a person with dementia. It still feels as though everyone else thinks life stops - work stops, socializing stops, the variety and vibrancy of life stops. I do believe this is slowly changing, you can see this if you look in the right places, but the change needs to pick up pace!!
At the Dementia Congress in Nottingham last week (more on that to come), we heard from a man, a doctor, a husband, a dad, general enjoyer of life! It was quite literally a case of diagnosis on a Friday, and by Monday he is revoking his licence to practice with the GMC - In a weekend, dementia came, the inevitable after months of worry, and made its presence felt with all its might. If there was ever a way to make explicit the impact of a dementia diagnosis, this brave man made us all think very long and hard.
I was asked today 'What's in your job that stops you from sleeping at night?' A tough question, and I thought about it for a little while before I answered. Then I realized, the answer was actually simple......
I replied 'Dementia'
The blogging adventure starts here!!
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