alzheimer annie invites you in
Alzheimer Annie is a fictional character I created to help people understand what being in a…
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20 compelling reasons to rethink the way we label and medicalise the behaviour of people who live with dementia #BanBPSD
In June this year, I posted an open letter to the worldwide dementia care community.…
sometimes they just don’t get it in australia either
The state of dementia care (i.e. largely lacking and often substandard) is the same everywhere.…
hail mary i need to pee
In March 2017, I wrote an open letter to Québec’s Minister of Health regarding the…
don’t fence me in: a true story about the impact of physical restraints on my mom who lived with alzheimer disease
In the world of dementia care, and problably elsewhere for that matter, a restraint is…
how much is lost in translation?
This is one in a series of vignettes based on the Nursing Home Behaviour Problem Scale…
battle worn before lunch in june
June 15 is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (#endelderabuse #WEAAD). I will be featuring posts…
4-minute survey results debunk decades-long notion that BPSDs are symptoms of dementia
Norse mythology contends that thunder and lightening are produced by the bearded god Thor as…
“wandering” is not a symptom of dementia
“Mom won’t sit in that room, she won’t stay there,” I said to the Director…
look who’s talking now
It’s been awhile since we’ve heard from Alzheimer Annie, whose misadventures in long-term care are…