Support tailored to people with dementia
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2025 9:34 am
Sense of playground duty
I fear that I did not feel quite the same as your correspondent (Letters, September 18-19) with regard to the duty of recreation when I was teaching. Indeed, when I moved to London in the late 1960s and found that parents were paid to come and do such chores, I was absolutely delighted. I did indeed have time to have lunch without suffering from indigestion, to go to the bathroom and even to leave the school grounds without fear of the weather changing and I had to run home. The play area supervisors even helped the kids get dressed for all weather, allowing the kids to get out in the fresh air regardless of the weather. Alas, back to teaching in Sydney this was once again what is considered the norm here. Mary Lawson, Marrickville
Dementia Action Week, a time to focus on the needs of people with dementia and their caregivers, begins today. In Australia, dementia is the second leading cause of death and the leading cause in women. About 436,000 people have dementia and 70 percent of people with dementia live in the community. According to Dementia Australia, if no cure is found, 1.1 million people will have dementia by 2058. People with dementia have more physical health problems than others of the same age. They have more job function email database hospitalizations than other seniors and have died disproportionately during the COVID-19 pandemic. Dementia Friendly Communities promote acceptance and inclusion of people with dementia and their caregivers so that they can live the best possible quality of life. Is Your Community Supportive of Dementia? Meg Pickup, Ballina
State status
We have a new logo ideal for NSW license plates (Postscript, September 18-19): State of Disappointment. Col Shephard, Yamba
Excellent
Given Quade Cooper’s magical second performance, leading to yet another Wallabies victory over the Springboks, consult Tony Abbott about restoring Imperial Honors so we can bestow Cooper a knight. David Griffiths, Wollongong
I fear that I did not feel quite the same as your correspondent (Letters, September 18-19) with regard to the duty of recreation when I was teaching. Indeed, when I moved to London in the late 1960s and found that parents were paid to come and do such chores, I was absolutely delighted. I did indeed have time to have lunch without suffering from indigestion, to go to the bathroom and even to leave the school grounds without fear of the weather changing and I had to run home. The play area supervisors even helped the kids get dressed for all weather, allowing the kids to get out in the fresh air regardless of the weather. Alas, back to teaching in Sydney this was once again what is considered the norm here. Mary Lawson, Marrickville
Dementia Action Week, a time to focus on the needs of people with dementia and their caregivers, begins today. In Australia, dementia is the second leading cause of death and the leading cause in women. About 436,000 people have dementia and 70 percent of people with dementia live in the community. According to Dementia Australia, if no cure is found, 1.1 million people will have dementia by 2058. People with dementia have more physical health problems than others of the same age. They have more job function email database hospitalizations than other seniors and have died disproportionately during the COVID-19 pandemic. Dementia Friendly Communities promote acceptance and inclusion of people with dementia and their caregivers so that they can live the best possible quality of life. Is Your Community Supportive of Dementia? Meg Pickup, Ballina
State status
We have a new logo ideal for NSW license plates (Postscript, September 18-19): State of Disappointment. Col Shephard, Yamba
Excellent
Given Quade Cooper’s magical second performance, leading to yet another Wallabies victory over the Springboks, consult Tony Abbott about restoring Imperial Honors so we can bestow Cooper a knight. David Griffiths, Wollongong