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HOW TO BUILD A SUPPORT
NETWORK FROM SCRATCH
HOW TO BUILD A DEMENTIA
SUPPORT NETWORK FROM
SCRATCH
Barbara Mallett (on behalf of the Mallett Family,
Perth Western Australia)
May 2011
TELSTRA
Communications for the Outback
John’s Last Project
John at Work
TELSTRA DAYS
Where are my glasses dear?
ACTIVITIES FOR JOHN ATO Taxhelp First Click Computer Classes Mundaring Sharing Bridge Classes Mundaring Sharing Treasurer Mundaring Sharing Treasurer Eastern Hills Chaplaincy Helped build garden workshop for Ed. Support
Students EHSHS. Accompanied EHSHS yr 8 students on
excursions. Accompanied Boys Brigade on Duke of
Edinburgh hike. Red Cross Blood & Anti D Donation.
Sydney & Blue Mountains 2004Sydney & Blue Mountains 2004
Melbourne 2005
Brisbane 2006
John, Nathan & Jordan at Cable Beach, Broome 2007
Yes We’ve finally caught you. Ha Ha Ha
Sydney 2008
Hobart 2008
NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA(since 2010)
Jordan & John’s caravan adventure 2006
COMMUNITY SERVICES Hills Community Support Group RPH – litewriter for communication TTY telephone access Silver Chain Personal Alarm Mundaring Sharing classes (Bridge,
Bushwalking, Memoir Writing) Mundaring Lawn Bowls Club Mustard Seed Computer Classes
Hamilton Island 2007
HAMILTON ISLAND Travel Insurance Virgin Blue Passenger Assistance at
airports. Virgin blue Passenger Lounge in
Brisbane Doctor on Hamilton Island Rang the Island Island upgraded accommodation Itemised instruction sheet Chef informed in hotel Lizzi made “John’s Food Book”
John’s Food Book
Morrison Lodge “Daddy Daycare”
The Bird Sanctuary near the Nursing Home
Leonardo Da Vinci Exhibition
We’ll miss you dad!
REFERENCES The British Journal of Psychiatry 2008 193: 240-246 Hammell, K.R. Whalley (1992) “the Caring Wife: The
Experience of Caring for a Severely Disabled Husband in the Community”, Disability & Society, 7:4, 349-362
Tedman-Jones J, Knox M & Buys L, Queensland University of Technology 21.11.2003, “Just Hanging On”: The Experiences of Older Carers of a Family Member with Chronic Mental Illness
Australian Government Department of Health & Ageing - Schedule of Resident Fees & Charges: From 20 March 2011
Aged & Community Services Australia – Residential Aged Care Fact Sheet 2
Dementia Story ABC channel 2 October 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvrS3hXiHfU&feature=player_embedded