{"id":3090,"date":"2021-07-20T22:32:01","date_gmt":"2021-07-20T12:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umbrelladementiacafes.com.au\/?p=3090"},"modified":"2025-02-20T21:22:23","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T10:22:23","slug":"selfcare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umbrelladementiacafes.com.au\/?p=3090","title":{"rendered":"“And please, look after yourself.”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Kirsty Porter<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s such a funny thing we’ve started to say to each other, isn’t it?  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Stay safe and please look after yourself!” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo: Shashi Chaturvedula – Unsplash<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

If this image had sound, you’d hear very loud 90’s dance music. There, I said it – #vulnerablespace. This is what I do to look after myself. Funnily enough, I only remember to do this when I’m NOT stressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After a day of caring for my kids, my husband, the gorgeous caf\u00e9s and listening to my lovely friends and family (who are also struggling with COVID restrictions), I find it so hard to find the time, or energy, to actually look after myself.  And I hear from many people caring for someone with dementia, simply going to the toilet on your own or taking a shower without your partner wondering where you are, is pure bliss!  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So how is it possible to look after yourself when so much of your time and energy is dedicated to looking after someone else?<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

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This last Monday, I joined in on a webinar for carers and support people who are looking after a loved one living with dementia (hosted by VMCH<\/a> with guest speaker Dr. Luke Smith<\/a>, an awesome neuropsychologist *). I was taken-a-back hearing what their ideas were for self-care, especially from people who are, quite understandably, extremely STRESSED. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some made me laugh, some made me cry.   I learnt too, even the simplest ideas of self-care are forgotten when you’re experiencing high levels of stress. So, if I may, I’d like to share with you, some of their ideas for self-care and see if they resonate with you. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How do you self-care? How do you look after yourself? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our friends who attend our caf\u00e9s would love to hear from you. Give us your tips and trick on how to destress, how to lose some inhibitions and find a space to ‘just be’. Please share your ideas with our caf\u00e9 members who are caring for their loved ones living with dementia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank you and go easy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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* Definitely not a sponsored blog but we welcome all donations to keep our caf\u00e9s open both online and face to face.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If this image had sound, you’d hear very loud 90’s dance music. There, I said it – #vulnerablespace. This is what I do to look after myself. Funnily enough, I only remember to do this when I’m NOT stressed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3102,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":133,"footnotes":""},"categories":[133],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-helpful-resources"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/umbrelladementiacafes.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/umbrelladementiacafes.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/umbrelladementiacafes.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umbrelladementiacafes.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umbrelladementiacafes.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3090"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/umbrelladementiacafes.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3090\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umbrelladementiacafes.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/umbrelladementiacafes.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umbrelladementiacafes.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umbrelladementiacafes.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}