At ONA we specialise in our ability to bring the wider world into your everyday. Making you ‘Connected’. In through the communications room, distributed through a ‘Rack’ and along the liquorice strands that we love so much. We are installers of data network cables. eCables for the public and private sector.
Being connected is so important to us all
nowadays. We search out the Wi-Fi, or have devices that roam for links, so we can
ensure we are in communication with the outside world, constantly! It has
become, very much a need. We are driven by it. Can you remember a time when you
just couldn’t get connected; bad signal, bad weather conditions, the computer
that would not start-up as fast as you wanted it too. Can you remember that
time/s? Did you feel confused and frustrated about your lack of ‘connectivity’
to the outside world?
For those that are HIT with Alzheimer’s, the
ability to connect becomes a slow drip feed away from the daily norm. The ‘time
lapse’ of personal change differs for everyone, but the everyday that we all
take for granted, disappears. We become detached and non - connected. At ONA,
we love connecting people, but know from personal experience the changes in
those that suffer with Alzheimer’s. Impacting not only the sufferer, but those that
have a daily connection to them. It is hard to communicate the understanding of
this.
Ada, always known as Aunt Ada to us kids, was
our great family friend. My living memory of her was ‘the life and soul’. In
her 70’s, she still had the opportunity to shine, and fill the room with her
personality and laughter. Being very connected to those around her. She slowly
slipped away, changed, confused and disorientated. Becoming totally unrecognisable to those around her, her elliptical support.
Not an unusual story in the history of Alzheimer’s, nothing unique, but very
touching to those that are still around. At least we still have our connected
memories of our Aunt Ada.
At ONA we support BRACE,
whose raison d'etre is to raise funds for research into Alzheimer's.
We hope this has brought to you some connected understanding and awareness of the condition.
Please watch me - Alzheimer's
We hope this has brought to you some connected understanding and awareness of the condition.
Please watch me - Alzheimer's
