Hole in my Self-Control

Remember when Teepa Snow had us put our hands in front of forehead, then illustrated impulse filter? Well lately I am seeing that demonstrated in my own life; my impulse-control is getting a hole in it. …This is really devastating. My iron-strong stubbornness of self-control is a big part of my personhood. Can I still BE reliable Truthful Loving Kindness .. if I cannot even rely on myself?

This is really devastating. My iron-strong stubbornness of self-control is a big part of my personhood. Can I still BE reliable Truthful Loving Kindness .. if I cannot even rely on myself? As far as talking, it comes back to what I said three months ago; the only secrets I know I can keep … are the ones I forget. So again; if you don’t want me to spill the beans … don’t put them in the pot !

Monthly PWD Perspective Newsletter

“See life Thru the Looking Glass of fellow PWD (Persons With Dementia) Life Perceptions.” https://paper.li/f-1408973778?edition_id=2b314b10-949b-11e4-9a08-0cc47a0d15fd Tru here.  “Best of 2014” PWD online Newsletter was published Jan 4, 2015.  It held 55 PWD participants (Persons With Dementia) who contributed links for written, pictorial or video material.  Index to newsletter is available at top of newsletter page.  […]

Verbal Comprehension Strategies Part 1

Conversation Tips: My problem with communication is once I lose track, everything after that starts to crumble. The following suggestions may help me stay on track and participate in conversations at least in this early stage. … Environment, Content, and Timing. … These efforts took approximately 25hrs in six days to complete written portion, in order to begin graphic.

Alternative to Consumer Terminology

Tru Here.  Everyone has different hot-button terminology.  I don’t have a problem with “suffering” terminology, and a lot of the other words.  But I cringe every time I see the words “service user” or “consumer”. In my experience the problem is not the impersonal nature of the term “service user”, but rather the consuming nature […]

Weekly PWD Paper Available Online

Tru here.  New Sunday paper began in August 2014 titled “Thru the Looking Glasses of PWD: Read our Sunday paper to see Dementia “Thru the Looking Glass” of fellow PWD (Persons With Dementia) Life Perceptions”.  This is currently edited by Truthful Loving Kindness and updated each Saturday night online.  https://paper.li/f-1408973778  .  Subscriptions are available delivered […]

Live for Today

Link to Susan Suchan’s speech at 2014 Tulsa, Oklahoma Alzheimer’s Walk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQSXM5JHBlU .  Transcript below: It is wonderful to see you all here today, thank you.  I want to tell you a little bit about my personal story. About eight years ago I lost my sense of smell.  I nearly burned my house down because I […]

Video Driving with Dementia

Tru here.  My Dementia Mentors video regarding Driving with Dementia was posted at dementiamentors.com/videos section on Sunday August 24, 2014.  Some people have difficulty viewing Vimeo sources, so it is also posted at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlXo8cvBpEc .   (I still have not learned this application very well so if that link does not work then go to “truthfulkindness” […]

Online Dementia Communities

Tru here. AVAILABILITY of online dementia Communities: Dementia Alliance International (DAI) sponsors several online video “support” groups, each with no more than ten members.  My group gathers on Mondays.  DAI also sponsors video group “Café Le Brain” online Memory Café, which I attended today (Tuesday). Dementia Mentors (DM) has the video group Memory Café Wednesdays, […]