May 2016 – Dr Rod's Blog (almondemotion)

Let’s talk

We humans are so incredibly expert at communication that we often forget about its importance, a little like breathing – which in a similar vein, is only an issue when you can’t.

Dementia awareness week #DAW2016

Slow down, be mindful, respect your elders, respect your knees & don’t mess too much with your hair!

Doncaster Dementia Celebration Event

Originally posted on Which me am I today?:
Yesterday – Day 3 of Dementia Awareness week – found me in Doncaster for the above event. Michele Clarke, Strategy and Delivery Manager for NHS Doncaster Clinical Commissioning Group had contacted me a while ago to see if I would talk about my experience of young onset…

Medically fit

So long as you are still able to participate, join-in with the conversation, your perception of self is just as valid as that of the doctor or nurse.

Things could have been different…

How to change the system?

Groupthink umami

This I imagine is worldview mixed with upbringing, culture and something else; in cookery, this would be the Umami.

Continuity (ii)

I try my best to ensure the continuity of care, of relationships, particularly on my ward, which is critical as so many of the patients themselves are lost – being lost within a system which is itself lost, must be terrifying.

Continuity (i)

When we are apart, although we exist in different spaces, so long as we have a spiritual connection, we are together – I think of the distance in time and geography that separates me from my family and friends;