Spare a thought for people affected by dementia and their families
We are living in strange times. I feel as if my life is suddenly discombobulated, my normal rituals and patterns of living are no more. Life is stripped back to …
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As I take my exercise walk around the almost deserted streets of Haddington I cannot help but notice the pictures of rainbows, often drawn by children, and put up in …
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It is some years now since we cleared my mother’s house, this was necessitated by her entry to a nursing home due to her deteriorating health. The process produced lots …
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I am writing as the Coordinator of the Community Chaplaincy Listening Service in NHS Fife. This is a national programme run across all health boards in Scotland delivered by Spiritual …
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Forth Valley Sensory Centre is a unique place that has been helping people with sight and hearing loss across the Forth Valley region since 2006. The first place of its …
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Although a commitment to spiritual care exists in the curriculum of the Royal College of GPs for GP training and in the General Medical Council’s Good Medical Practice, describing what …
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During the last week in January I had the honour of working with three survivors at various holocaust memorial events in Edinburgh and Falkirk. The survivors were Janine Webber (Holocaust), …
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