dire state of ltc in ontario and across canada is not news
Dementia care and elder care advocates in Canada and around the world will tell you…
Browsing: Toward better care
quebec order of nurses accepts ridiculous excuses for physically restraining mom living with dementia
Dementia care and elder care advocates in Canada and around the world will tell you…
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…
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…
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,”…
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…
20 things that are not shut down, quarantined, cancelled or kept at a distance when we deal with challenges such as pandemics and dementia
Friday March 20, 2020: To say these are challenging times is a massive understatement. But…
20 questions to ask yourself when someone who lives with dementia wants to “go home” or tries to escape wherever they are
Wanting to “go home” is a desire often expressed by people who live with Alzheimer…