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