she couldn’t sing because she was sedated
My mother, who lived with dementia, was chemically and physically restrained every day for the…
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50 more pics that prove my mom was neglected and abused in long-term care
If you don’t have proof, you won’t be believed. Sometimes, even if you DO have…
25 pics that prove my mom was neglected and abused in long-term care
My mom was a go-getter, she loved to be on the move. Even when she…
a young hospice nurse makes a promise to her dying patients
Emily Gagnon is a hospice nurse. She lives in Waterdown, Ontario. Her Facebook post to…
who is responsible when people living with dementia are robbed of their dignity in long-term care?
Of the roughly seven hundred entries on seventy-five pages of nurses notes I was sent…
hilda zlataroff should have died of old age
Family care partner Nicole Jaouich visited her 102-year-old mother Hilda Zlatoroff in a Quebec long-term…
incontinence pads put on backwards every day for four years in long-term “care”
The bulge at the front of Mom’s pants drove me nuts. “What a crappy design,”…
3 things to know when you can’t be with someone you love as they are dying
Palliative care physician Dr. Mike Harlos gives advice to other palliative care doctors and nurses…
the story of the dirty pull-up
“Your mom’s been weepy and anxious since I got here this afternoon,” Nurse Ratched* said…
it’s taken a pandemic and tens of thousands of deaths for people to get what long-term care advocates have known for decades: the system sucks
The tragedy that is being played out in long-term care facilities (LTCFs) across Canada and…