- Learnt so much from being a co-editor on this book. - Bk is part of Prof. Sarah Sayce’s huge legacy. - I contribute a chapter about vacancy data, often used to inform reactive urban policy - My fave is chapter 5 - on regulation & policy development for extg buildings

Last post, I’m moving my SM posts to my private personal account, and Linkedin where there’s much more transparency on who engages with the content I post. Happy to connect via insta (same handle as X) and on Linkedin. X was good fun but it had its day a while ago

Excellent thread explaining global slump in housing affordability. Only developers with invested interests may say ‘its Planning’. Planning isn’t to blame! Monetising housing & poor financial mechanisms makes houses unaffordable & rots the stock faster than any period

Name a more iconic Aussie silhouette... we'll wait 🦘💛 📍 Gembrook, Yarra Valley, a one-hour drive from Melbourne on Bunurong country 📸 via IG/melbourneadz

This week I’m touched by many msgs of support to a short eulogy I wrote to honour my Dad. I wish it wasn't the end of your time. As Scott-Holland wrote, ‘Death is nothing at all. Why should I be out of mind because I am out of sight?’ My eulogy to Dad: https://t.co/6YvuXIvz9A

Jetlag gift - wide awake & enjoying the silence whilst my lovely fam are sound asleep. Only my bunny interupts, with lettuce crunching & nose nudges when I pause giving her pets. She is extra floofy atm due to changing weather. Fluff in my coffee, but a lovely start to weekend

Sense of self in Collingwood is my favourite adaptive reuse - industrial architecture to beautiful bath house - pools, sauna, steam room. Bliss in the middle of urban inner city, nicely connected by trams to get home, and a few bars along the way :) Perfect Saturday eve

She now only refers to me as CC Gill 🤣 Friends said I should change my name to it. Advocating for a loved one in a medical emergency is never patronising nor insulting. I do not use negative terms. I share here to stand up & stop abusive behaviours, its and not ok nor normal

Turns out, it is delirium…but its now 4 weeks since onset, despite speaking out using my intuition & past experience of relatives with this exact condition prior to death. I do not get why, in an emergency, ppl cannot pause abusive behaviours, even for a short time

Their pattern of abuse is life-long & it is normal for them. Its really not normal though no matter how often repeated

The abuse I have had, in trying to advocate for an elderly relative, is shocking.

Sadly, its now at least 4 weeks since my relative started with delirium. Despite advocating for them - suggesting on 19/7, their symptoms might be delirium (past experience of this) the geriatric consultant has confirmed delirium this week - 4 weeks later

End of thread

-causes permanent damage or death. Not in the article, but from personal experience of relatives being diagnosed too late: ⁃geriatric consultants in the UK don’t seem up to date/well versed in understanding delirium yet ⁃Best research cluster is in US university hospitals

- Delirium fluctuates throughout the day & Its often missed/misdiagnosed - ⁠Dementia & age increases risk of underlying medical causes triggering delirium - ⁠a life-threatening condition & the underlying cause needs to be treated quickly - ⁠If not caught early, it can cause

A quick summary of the article: - There is always an underlying physical medical cause of delirium - infection, change in meds, neurological cause, constipation, dehydration, etc. - There are 2 types - hypo (placid/nonresonsive) hyper (agitated/aggressive)

There is a lot of junk content online, but this article is the most up to date (2022), and from National Library of Medicine….basically the go to place for PD for medical professionals, who have time to keep up to date. Delirium explainer: https://t.co/yzom07D6cu

Been using my research skills this week to understand a medical condition called delirium. It’s something I’ve come across before with elderly relatives, and always been surprised by the lack on understanding about this life threatening condition 🧵

No longer supporting any of Musk’s platforms. My social media footprint is wider than X. Happy to connect to you on other platforms ❤️

Not the UK - only England

Charities rallying round as domestic violence from these thugs will spike. Violent & tribal agression, normally contained to football cages, spills over once again