this is for jane, and maybe for you too
There’s a woman I’ve never met on the other side of the world. Her name…
Browsing: Challenges & Solutions
is what they say about dementia, drugs & behaviour true?
If you are a family member, care partner, care worker, nurse, or even a friend…
‘how you are to me’ touches, teaches & stands out from the crowd
It’s hard to imagine how buckets of love, tenderness, teaching, magic and messages about some…
buckingham palace turned out to be a dump
Like many who place a family member in long-term care, Jayne Connery found out the hard…
cctv in care homes activist jayne connery speaks out
Jayne Connery’s experience as a former, reporter, promotions model and businesswoman is serving her well as…
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…
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…
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?…
10 ways to get to the bottom of behaviour and problematic situations in dementia care at home and in LTCFs
In spring 2016 I gave a webinar entitled “How to become a better dementia care…
doing the right thing when everything seems wrong
“I’m going to stay here and care for her for a year because I know…