by Kate Pym | Jan 23, 2020 | None
After my mother’s death from vascular dementia in December 2019, I have started a project to improve the information available about technologies which can help retain independence while living with the disease. I am currently gathering information to help with...
by Kate Pym | Jan 9, 2020 | Blog, Dementia, Healthcare, NHS, Social Care
This blog is very personal and has taken me some time to get up the courage to write it. Those who have read my previous blogs will know that myself and my brother have been supporting our mother through an initial diagnosis of Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), then...
by Kate Pym | Nov 7, 2019 | Dementia, None
I haven’t written for quite some time, and I realise that some people will have read my previous blogs and possibly wondered what has been happening with my mother, who was diagnosed with vascular dementia nearly two years ago. She had been managing very well in her...
by Kate Pym | Sep 3, 2019 | Commercial, Consultancy, Healthcare, NHS structures, Organisation
This is the most common comment I hear from new clients, so why is this so often the case with new ideas and new businesses? By the time I am having this conversation clients have already called in the cavalry – who are you going to call, and when is the most...
by Kate Pym | Aug 20, 2019 | Blog, Healthcare, Social Care
The Guardian posted an article in June this year looking at mental healthcare, and the lack of attention paid to prevention. With only 5% of mental health research funding spent on prevention, there is surely a long way to go before we see prevention as a working...