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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brilliant lol take on old folk tune strikes powerful paradigm-shifting chord
Wow! Bravo to gerontologist, author, and dementia care advocate Dr. Al Power who teamed up…
20 dementia “what ifs?”
The ways we see dementia and the people who live with it are changing, but…
teepa snow shows how to help someone living with dementia to put on a jacket or sweater without resistance
“If only I had known,” is what I say to myself every time I see…
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). The use of physical and…