shift the culture, stop the bullies
Barbara Kirby has a long list of qualifications: she is a certified Dementia Practitioner; certified Professional…
Browsing: Real life
PR: should alzheimer’s advocates be doing it for #BIGpharma?
“It enrages, sickens and saddens me when I see Alzheimer’s Disease International promoting Eli Lilly…
how many are haunted?
When you tell people that care homes/nursing homes/long-term care facilities ban family members or threaten…
bullied and banned: rachel’s story
Rachel* sent me the first part of her story at the end of July 2018.…
somebody stole my mom
Janet Ng was the primary care partner to her mom, Shirley Ann Snow, who died…
7 reasons i post “ugly” pictures of my amazing mom on social media
My mother was strong, courageous and determined. She was a fighter. She was an inspiration.…
dead to the world: august 5 & 6, 2016
“She’s dead to the world,” Mom would say of any small child she found sound…
sometimes nothing works: august 4, 2016
“Your mom’s in the sunroom,” a caregiver told me when I arrived on the second-floor.…
ow ow ow & mom’s dying of thirst: august 3, 2016
“Hello Punkie,” Mom greeted me using my nickname before I had chance to say hello.…
can you eat a cookie with your left hand? august 1, 2016
For some reason I don’t remember now, I was unable to visit Mom on the…