Life, Love and Laughter
Latest articles and industry news from Meaningful Care Matters
Creating sensual experiences for individuals and couples living with dementia
Could it be that there is a place for sensual expression when sex isn’t possible or no longer desired? In some relationships, sexual expression can
Breaking the Taboos
How carers respond to erotic touch and touching to further intimacy between people with dementia reflects the wider culture of care. A care service team
The Great Escape: The Story of my Dad at Wren Hall
It felt like the Great Escape. Ray was sitting at a dining table at Wren Hall helping himself to his third stack of French Toast
Mind Your Language
Breaking the Stigma Lessons Learnt from Caring for People with HIV and AIDS January 2021 saw the screening of Russell T Davies’ “It’s A Sin”
Dementia fading away? – the story of Nicolina Toscano
2021 has been a bit of a whirlwind for me personally, and I cannot believe it is April already. Coming up to Easter has made
The Favourites We Will Always Remember
For those of us who have worked in care, there are always a few people in our career who will hold a special place in
Boundaries – Lost and Found
Who are boundaries for anyway? Feeling exhausted and overwhelmed by my 3 year old daughter’s capacity to walk all over me and shocked that she
The power of story in indigenous cultures – what can we learn?
As a child, my beloved grandmother told me lots of stories. As she was a New Zealander, this included lots of references to Maori culture.
Stories to cherish and stories to change
“Those who do not have power over the story that dominates their lives, power to retell it, to rethink it, deconstruct it, joke about it,
