Ninja Kitteh

Trials, Tribulations & Jubilation

The importance of a daily respite routine for care givers.

Sleepless Nights & Dementia Rages

It’s been a tough few nights for me, doing the night shift with mum. She doesn’t sleep much and last night was particularly brutal, she has kept me up for three nights in a row. From 2am in the morning she was shouting and screaming at me and made me cry. I ended up callingContinue reading “Sleepless Nights & Dementia Rages”

Dementia and Living Grief – Part Two

As my mum’s dementia condition progresses, I try and balance the demands of caregiving with my personal well-being.

Gardening for Mental Wellness

I’ve been thinking about my gardening journey recently. How gardening brings me so much joy and is one of my much loved passions in life. My gardening adventures started when I was 8 years old. We had a wonderful neighbour who lived a couple of doors down. I had a very unhappy childhood, and thanksContinue reading “Gardening for Mental Wellness”

AI and Humanity

I’ve been thinking a bit this week about AI and the impact it’s having on our current lives and how it will affect us in the future. I’ve seen so many stories fearful of AI, how it will destroy creativity and cause job losses. Unfortunately that is true to a certain degree, and yet IContinue reading “AI and Humanity”