reminiscing therapy: how can it benefit the elderly?
The decline of cognitive abilities is a typical occurrence for seniors with Alzheimer’s or other…
Browsing: Life & Living
a young hospice nurse makes a promise to her dying patients
Emily Gagnon is a hospice nurse. She lives in Waterdown, Ontario. Her Facebook post to…
your name is a queen (elizabeth shares a lesson on labelling)
Let it go (it doesn’t matter if they know you or not) is one of…
hilda zlataroff should have died of old age
Family care partner Nicole Jaouich visited her 102-year-old mother Hilda Zlatoroff in a Quebec long-term…
3 things to know when you can’t be with someone you love as they are dying
Palliative care physician Dr. Mike Harlos gives advice to other palliative care doctors and nurses…
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…
5 powerful dementia care lessons i learned being my mom’s care partner
Being my mother’s primary care partner in various ways for ten years was one of…
i called it the “seroquel shuffle”
It’s February 4, 2020. Six years after the fact. Six years — almost to the…
an open letter and song request for country great kenny chesney on behalf of people who live with dementia and their family and friends
Dear Mr. Chesney, I love your song “While He Still Knows Who I Am,” but…
while he still knows who i am is beautiful and heart wrenching, but does it send the right message about love and connection?
Kenny Chesney’s song While He Still Knows Who I Am is about love, connection and…