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How should you communicate with a person who has dementia? A diagnosis of dementia is almost always a life changing shock – not just for the person who has been diagnosed but for family, friends and colleagues. There are many different forms of dementia – the best known being Alzheimer’s disease – and there is a surprising amount of variation in the way people experience the disease and the way symptoms can progress. It’s not all doom and gloom from the day of diagnosis, as people like former nurse, Kate Swaffer, continues to demonstrate. Six years ago, at the age of 49, Kate was diagnosed with a rare form of fronto-temporal ‘younger onset’ dementia and was advised to stop working and get her affairs in order. After initially crying for six weeks straight, Kate decided to tackle the diagnosis head on, signing up to do more study, starting a blog and becoming an outspoken activist for community understanding and acceptance of the disease. As someone who lives with dementia, she is able to provide important insights into the perceptions and feelings of someone with dementia and importantly, how best to engage and communicate with them.
With an election looming, the Property Council of Australia (PCA) is stepping up its lobbying of the federal government to make changes to the age pension means test, to remove the current disincentive for older people to downsize from the family home.
Executive Director of the Retirement Living Council, Mary Wood, has been invited to join a trade delegation to China, led by the Federal Minister for Trade, the Hon Steve Ciobo MP.
There has been a lot of media discussion this week on new in-home technology that will deliver ‘support’ to residents. An example is the Samsung Smart Home system that watches, learns and talks to the resident – following their movement and daily routine and reminding them to take their medication. This seems like a great idea but as Robin Lyons of Minter Ellison explained in his presentation at our LEADERS SUMMIT last month, village operators need to be alert to the business risks just beneath the surface of any new ‘care’ service or system.
Sean Rooney has been named the new national CEO of LASA, taking over from Patrick Reid who leaves the position after three years in June. Sean will be based in Canberra.
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