About this blog

I’m Swapna Kishore; I am based in Bangalore, India, and am a writer, blogger, and resource person for dementia/ caregiving in India. Through this blog, I share my experiences and aha! moments about life, mainly related to my experiences and concerns on dementia and care in India.

My mother suffered from dementia. For well over a decade, her care occupied a significant part of my life and mind-share. It affected every sphere of my life, my choices, my priorities, my social circle (or lack thereof). It made me introspect about weird things like thoughts and memories and identity. I started this blog to share my experiences and insights, and also the mistakes I made as a caregiver. Caregiving can be isolating, and during my caregiving days, I used this blog to connect with and help others, and share my musings and concerns. 

My mother has passed away (see this entry) and I now use this blog to share weird random memories of past caregiving days, as they pop up, and also my experiences and musings as a resource person for dementia caregivers. And other such stuff, too; after all, this is a personal blog Of course, I welcome visitors and comments.

For the more curious, I have a personal website that gives details about me, and also another rarely updated blog where I share other tidbits of my life, mainly related to writing fiction.

As I  am deeply concerned about dementia care in India. I maintain an extensive resource site to help dementia caregivers in India: Dementia Care Notes. (The Hindi version of the site is at: Dementia Hindi). I have explained what I do in the sphere of dementia care here: My involvement in dementia care support: an explanation. And if you want to help dementia home caregivers in India, do check out these pages where I share the ideas and resources I have created as part of my work as a volunteer.

Oh, and here’s a video interview of me recorded in June 2009. Stuff has changed since then, but I haven’t got around to recording another video yet, and this may still be worth a look to get some idea about me and what I think…

(if the player does not load, visit this youtube link directly)

You can connect with me on various other forums, like Facebook, Linkedin, and Slideshare, or check out my profile at Swapna Kishore @ Google+