Sharing my reflections as I care for my mum who's living with the impact of memory loss and cognitive changes. I stepped out of social work late 2018. We're both in unknown territory. Ageing, Death and Dying, Loss and Grief and Trauma are my great interests. I'm outraged that the ways "we" respond: "our" survival strategies - are often pathologised, labelled and medicalised as "mental illness." This impoverishes human responses to overwhelming emotional distress: ignoring systemic injustices.
Wednesday, 20 November 2013
pernicious hope ...
Another great read from Martha Crawford, whose writing, compels me to reflect: personally and professionally.
http://whatashrinkthinks.com/2013/11/11/pernicious-hope/
Sunday, 3 November 2013
sane Australia - research
Twitter alerted me to "Growing Older: Staying Well" and so I accessed it on sane Australia's website:
http://www.sane.org/images/stories/media/GrowingOlderStayingWell.pdf
Follow this link to various other research:
http://www.sane.org/information/research
http://www.sane.org/images/stories/media/GrowingOlderStayingWell.pdf
Follow this link to various other research:
http://www.sane.org/information/research
Friday, 1 November 2013
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