The Light that Comes Through
What happens when you spend a morning really listening to someone? Well, sometimes it’s poetry. Joy has come along to a number of...
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- Jun 5, 2020
- 2 min
In Praise of Trying Something New
I recently visited John, a 94 year old friend living with dementia. On my way to see John the heavens opened and I took refuge in the...
- Jun 5, 2020
- 3 min
True Moments, Precious Papers, and Writing Home
The ache for home lives in all of us. The safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned. (Maya Angelou). When a person is...
- Jun 5, 2020
- 2 min
Maybe it's because he's a Londoner?
Every now and then I come across some dementia communication guidelines that state clearly that when communicating with someone who is...
- Jun 5, 2020
- 1 min
Storycomb Workshop for Creative Befrienders
A story plus a honeycomb is a Storycomb, right? I think so. Here are just a few of the hundreds of mini hexagons used in the Storycomb...
- Jun 5, 2020
- 1 min
Storycomb
I’m pretty confident that the “right” order is not always the most important thing… Rather than creating a photo book which would have a...
- Jun 4, 2020
- 2 min
Home Is Where the Hope Is
A couple of years back I had the great privilege of running a workshop at the beautiful Ashburnham Placein Sussex, as part of a weekend...
- Jun 4, 2020
- 2 min
Lyrical Prayer
Each year St Paul’s Cathedral open its doors for Disability Access Day. To mark the day in 2019 I invited people of all ages and...
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