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…
Browsing: Care Partnering
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…
10 pieces of wisdom from dr. allen power & dementia beyond disease
In mid-2014, I devoured Dr. Allen Power’s first book Dementia Beyond Drugs: Changing the Culture…
12 UTI symptoms experienced by the elderly and what they’re like in real life
Flashback April 7, 2014: Mom has a UTI, but I don’t know it. She never…
10-day-old wyatt meets his great-grandma for the first time
*Trigger warning:* beautiful and moving video below. Tissues recommended. Care partners by the thousands share…
going out dancing
Living well, eating well, and getting plenty of exercise are the best ways of staying…
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…
always mother and child
This piece is inspired by an anonymous poem someone shared on Facebook and to which…
the telling of pookie: a story of love, magic and possibility
I didn’t know that Mother’s Day 2016 would be the last one Mom and I…
Teepa Snow is on the go!
I wish I had known about dementia care pioneer Teepa Snow and her practical tools and…
