16th alzheimer shower-time tip applies to everything
I love it when people add their knowledge to mine, especially when they are really…
Browsing: Toward better care
30 powerful things you could say to reduce anxiety and anger, and connect with people who live with alzheimer disease
When people who live with alzheimer disease and other dementias (PLWD) feel threatened or afraid,…
10 thought-provoking links on dementia “wandering”
The image above is of my mom heading back to her kitchen from her garden in…
5 ways to help people who live with alzheimer not ‘fade away’
I’m delighted to repost this excellent article by Judith Graham, which originally appeared on Kaiser Health…
7 ways to preserve dignity
There’s lots of talk about preserving the dignity of people who are vulnerable, including…
dementia not the cause in majority of harmful resident-on-resident interactions
“Senior with dementia guilty in death of nursing home resident,” the headline reads. The incidence…
10 practical ways care partners can help preserve the dignity of people who live with dementia
One of the most shared posts on MyAlzheimersStory.com is this 5 ways we rob people…
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…
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…
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…