alone: a heartbreaking poem by 89-year-old lilly who lives with dementia
September 8, 2019: “Do you want me to read you the really sad poem I…
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euthanasia
June 26, 2019: I wrote this a month or two before I had to put…
eternal anguish
At some point in most dementia care partners’ experience they will find themselves on this…
7 kinds of therapy i don’t want when i’m living with alzheimer disease
When I am living with Alzheimer disease, which I expect I will be one day,…
a daughter’s rendering and remembering
November 16, 2018: I doubt I will ever get over the deep grief I feel each…
ascendants: awakening to where and whom we came from
Some days I miss my home and my mom more than others. I think about…
safety pins & call bells
June 23, 2018: I discover one of my mother’s nightgowns buried in a plastic bag…
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…
sue clarke says: they locked up my mom
I posted “hidden restraints: hidden abuse” on Facebook with this lead in: “Physical restraints aren’t…