An exploration of the UK unpaid carer's world

                                                               
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See plenty of pictures and images  . . .

which are also for learning more about DMCs

and which promote thought for more activities

From 21, there are more context-specific images  



                               
                             1       Knit and natter 

                                          but see 16 and 17

                                          source 
                     
                 2 Two of the three Leominster DMC staff.

                           It is open three days a week. 

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        3  Lone carer taking five minutes break in his                     shed.

       Your DIY DMC "shed talk" might plan a session                 together.  Use a real pic.

                                    source

                    




         4     Singing with rhythm  


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 See  1.1   We begin the page with dementia here




                              
  




       



                           
                                    Leominster tea dance 

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          Could be expensive but you can do just as well.

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Beat It Percussion works with a range of groups in the community.  Always good sessions at the Leominster.DMC

                    http://www.beatitpercussion.co.uk/  

Could be expensive but well worth finding out.





               
             8     A volunteer and focused caree

                                         from a NHS website

There'll be a good amount of art work.  Christmas cards on a production line basis!  Sell them and carees feel members of the team.  Advertise at the same time.







       9  A volunteer and focused caree

               Could be Dr Dowting-Thomas who 

               is not dementia-aware here.


            from an Alzheimer's Society webpage

        


       




      10   A happy caree while volunteer smiles on


                                      from a NHS website




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     11     Volunteer with carer and caree


             from an Alzheimer's Care & Cure mag




    12    We all wear our name badges at the                                    Leominster DMC   . . . . 


                   The box to be made via Shed talk.

    


      13    . . . . and carefully put them in the right                              compartment before we go home. 


         This carer's minor DIY project but keep it quiet.






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 "The cheese" as it's called is 4ft  on each side.  Members of two teams throw five soft mice at a time.  

An expensive  item  prone to puncture.  Shed talk will come up with plastic tubs screwed to a piece of wood.

The girls make the mice as you see at 17.


See 1.2  DIY equipment and materials here.



 


15     Recording the results of a team competition                       at Droitwich DMC.   


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      16     Nothing matterers

                    when you're knitters-and-natterers!


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Line dancing  knitting and nattering will be seen and heard at your DIY DMC.  By agreement.

More at 20.


Once a proper risk assessment has been carried out. 

Do (knitted) mice have rights? here 


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                 18  The game of Jenga

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       19     Plenty of positive tension!

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                           What-not-knitting

              What not to do knitting more like.

      Knit and natter - Chinese-whispers version 

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Some of these might be used within the  “Dementia destroys lives not love” theme here.  Others are dementia-general, others for disability, others for old age.

When pasting, be sure to capture the correct source.


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text

source    under trial here  too fuzzy


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old-wman-carer

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old-couple

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old-w

source   She needs this song!

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old-age-hands

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not-destroyed

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mother-and-daughter-with-phone

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man-old-despair

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jigsaw

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heart-jigsaw

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despair

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delerium-v-dementia

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couple-old-123

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couple-b-w

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couple-1-in-wchair-back-view

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carer-young-caree

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caree-in-chair-carer

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brain-telegraph

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brain-in-head

source    might appeal to some


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alz

source   tried - too fuzzy in this set-up  

 


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alone-old-woman

source    She is heading this way.





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6-options

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2-1

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source     in use here
 
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No. 38 is under test.  The clarity issue may be less of a problem within a superior website.  This one costs £5 p/a to run.  Origin of pic here.



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