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Evaluating daylight at home with older people living with dementia: a pilot study

"Next steps for dementia mate wareware diagnosis and workforce development" sets out the recommendations from the Dementia Mate Wareware Network / Te Tūhononga mō te Mate Wareware.

Te Whatu Ora and Te Aka Whai Ora invited the Dementia Governance Ecosystem to provide advice to government about the commissioning process for the Budget 2022  Dementia Mate Wareware Action Plan Initiative.

This is the seventh in a series of book reviews from Kristen Phillips. Reading about other people’s experiences helped Kristen emotionally and practically around her father’s illness. Her hope is that these reviews will raise awareness of the ever-increasing number of books (fiction and non-fiction) available to support and educate those of us affected by dementia.

Head On: An All Black’s memoir 
(Harper Collins, June 2023)
Carl Hayman
311 pages
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‘I used to play ruby and was quite good at it. I’m a man who hit a woman I loved, the mother of three of my children ... I’m a kid from a farm and still a wannabe farmer. I’m an alcoholic. I’m brain damaged and sometimes scared, sometimes lonely, I’m loving and loyal. I’m a bit of a mess.

Yeah, I’m all that, but there’s one other thing I am ...I’m not without hope.