Please share this worldwide . . millions of people

Millions of people these days are suffering from health issues such as Vascular Dementia, Alzheimer's and other mental health issues. 

Some people find it difficult to communicate with these sufferers, but can you imagine what it must be like for the sufferer, especially if they understand every word you say but just can't get the correct words back out to reply.

Millions of people all over the world are stuck in hospitals for whatever reason, or taken in because of a fall or a stroke, their world around them suddenly changes from the one they have known for so long. The new surroundings, the new smells and sounds confuse them even more to the point that even the questions they used to be able to answer lie frozen. 

All this can cause further confusion, frustration, fear and anxiety, why not help some one you know.  Type something up like this example from Tom, or create a list and leave it on the  little table beside their chair. Transition periods of any sort can be bad enough but when confused, transitions periods seem as bad and as frightening as the worst thing you can ever imagine.

This is not an easy transition period for any one. . . and is one we all sadly, at some stage share . . many of you will know this feeling LINK

Please, share this photo . . more of the world need to know what it feels like . . on behalf of many, thank you so much. 

Here are some more useful links relating to our, often misunderstood elderly .

Understanding our Elderly

A few Poems

Help our Elders and Nursing Staff

Bridging the comfort gap

Spread the word

Encourage social eating habits

Theradays

What we miss once our elders are gone

Be prepared this winter 

Suffocated, imprisoned . . .

About a third of Alzheimer's cases could be preventable

Giving our Elders their well deserved voice

We hope the above links will help to make many peoples last years, months and days as comfortable and non threatening to them as possible. Thank you for taking time to glance through them. 

Please - listen to your heart . . .

The other week as you all know our Founder Judi Gunn was away scanning race horses, their stables and surrounding ground and gallop, in the yard there must have been 26 horses,. . . however, in one of the stables, the one that probably got the most morning sun actually, was a lovely Chestnut, who should probably have been standing at 16'1, he landed there not as a racer but one that Willie Amos felt for . . . but in other hands would have been jagged till the cows came home, and probably had been prior to Mr. Amos taking it on and would potentially have even put down - just because he had had an accident earlier in life that perhaps hadn't been treated sufficiently at the time. This horse in reality stood with a heart standing at about 2hands 1" instead of 16 hands . . . like a magnet it drew Judi, after scanning it, in silence, and from the various mental and physical angles that he wanted to be scanned from he and Judi managed to conclude a 'positive way forward' . I guess the motto in this tale, is that people such as unique race horse trainers such as Willie Amos, who has absolutely worked and works like a dog to create these stables over the last year, lets his heart rule on special cases . . . it's not easy when you see someone - a Client choosing a route that perhaps isn't healthy for them, or indeed a good example for their offspring or an animal who has not been given his voice, but sometimes we, as Guiders need to give a little or encourage others views to look from a different angle before they see sense or the 'genuine need of others' . . Although some people always think that the Doctors and Vets are right (probably thanks to their upbringing) , Judi always leaves an open invite to come back and drop a 'follow up message' just as a rain check . . . The world is changing and the people (and animals) are beginning to have their say/voice, just sometimes we need to encourage them that this way is right and just, no matter whether it's for health or a 'human right' - if only animals could automatically have this right as well . . . but as one of many Communicators, there is light at the end of their tunnel now - - - thanks to the Internet ! . . . . sorry we have harped on a bit. A lovely fresh morning to you all, let's hope it's the same for every living creature . . .