7 problems with BPSD
The term “behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia” (BPSD) is a harmful artificial construct used…
Browsing: Toward better care
7 ways to improve dementia care in less than three minutes
Okay, I admit it; the title of this post is a little deceiving. There are…
let them have their dementia
For the many people who just don’t get it, there are a few who totally…
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.…
5 ways to make toast in long-term dementia care
UK dementia care pioneer David Sheard suggests the ways people with dementia are treated in…
hundreds of studies make me mad as hell
I am frustrated by the fact that what is self-evident to me (and to thousands…
we need a paradigm shift
Retired medical writer turned care partner and blogger Lorrie Beauchamp was clearly impacted by Dr.…
when people castigate, educate!
After reading “an open letter to people who think they know better,” care partner Pauline…
no more business as usual
It took Lori Derkevor more than a year to find a lawyer who would take…
how would we behave if we were locked in? research shows 96% of us would respond the same way many people with dementia do
I remain astonished that the vast majority of geriatricians, gerontologists, neurologists, and other medical geriatrics…