Home is Where the Heart is
A home is not just about bricks and mortar. Understanding the heart of the home can give the dementia community the confidence to stay with family, friends and go on holiday. Not just to experience all the health and well-being benefits we all know a good holiday can give, but to better understand what is important if people living with dementia have to leave their homes because of illness, safety or an unexpected event.
Creating Meaningful Connections
In a week where I have seen many people create meaningful connections for the dementia community, I would be really interested in other people’s perspectives on how we create meaningful connections with one another, but in particular a person living with dementia.
Inclusive Holidays
Our guests today are Felicity and David Brown, who own Hoe Grange Holidays in the Peak District and they talk to us about how over the last 17 years they have built an award winning all-inclusive holiday business from scratch on the farm that has been in David’s family since the 1930s
Having a Voice
Today’s guest is Billal Jamil, the MD and one of the founders at Public Speaking Academy, who talks to us about the importance of being heard in the context of inclusivity.
Inclusivity with Allergy
Dr Carol Sargent and Dr Tom Adler speak to
Zak Marks, co-founder of Kitt Medical. He has lived with a severe allergy to nuts for as long as he can remember. He decided to tackle a problem closest to his heart, which is – why isn’t there an equivalent to defibrillators for allergies? Wherever you go, there is usually access to a defibrillator, but there is no access to epi pens.
Emily Yates – All Inclusive Tourism
Our guest on today’s podcast is Emily Yates who heads up the accessibility and inclusive design team for Mima, an inclusive creative design agency.
We talk to Emily about the changes that design can make to people’s lives, and All Inclusive Tourism.
Bryan Goodyer
Bryan’s extensive experience as a successful entreprenur in the United States, The Middle East and the UK provide a combination of expertise in the wholesale, retail and financial sector. His broad knowledge and global experience of creating a market and developing profitable organisations coupled with his personal experience of caring for his mother give him […]
Rory Cellan-Jones – Technology for Inclusion
The first guest in our podcast is Rory Cellan-Jones. Rory is a British journalist and former BBC New technology correspondent and we speak to him about technology in general and technology to support people living with Parkinson’s Disease
Henry’s Holiday
Wonderful guest blog written by Debbie Gilbert about taking her father-in-law Henry, who is 94 on holiday with her and her husband to Fuerteventura
Mistakes are a fact of life. Its our response that counts
A blog I wrote about my response to the campaign and advert release by the Alzheimer’s Society called “The Long Goodbye”