35 things that may cause people with dementia (and you) to become uncooperative, upset, angry, anxious or “aggressive”
Are people who live with dementia sometimes uncooperative, upset, angry or even “aggressive?” Yes. But…
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20 behavioural expressions for which antipsychotic medications are unwarranted and ineffective in people who live with dementia
Antipsychotic medications are meant to treat psychosis, not dementia. Dementia care pioneer Dr. Allen Power…
the two biggest challenges to creating positive change in dementia care
Do care workers set out to neglect and abuse elderly people who live with dementia?…
“wandering” is not a symptom of dementia
“Mom won’t sit in that room, she won’t stay there,” I said to the Director…
i want to live
My mother was a woman of great strength and determination. A fighter. This poem…
what we see will be undone
On Friday, April 13, 2017, I found stories of abuse everywhere I turned. In…
40 risperdal side effects
I advocate against the inappropriate use of antipsychotics in treating people who live with dementia…
look who’s talking now
It’s been awhile since we’ve heard from Alzheimer Annie, whose misadventures in long-term care are…
crazy daughter weighs mom’s wet “nappy” and writes open letter to minister of health about it
“Rationing” incontinence products in long-term care facilities (LTCFs) is not unique to the province of…
families turned fighters take on ltc goliath revera for elder abuse
Arthur Ross Jones died in excruciating pain because workers at the long-term care facility where he…
