what happened to my mom?
Mom was “placed” in a long-term “care” facility on November 16, 2012. She was beautiful,…
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elderly man with dementia dies in quebec ltcf from inappropriately prescribed antipsychotic drugs
Christin Belley’s 89-year-old father Jean-Pierre, who lived with Alzheimer disease and vascular dementia, was still…
tardive what? 7 things dementia care partners, care staff and medical professionals should know about this kind of dyskinesia
Three years after my mother was inappropriately prescribed the antipsychotic medications risperidone and quetiapine, she…
30 haloperidol / haldol side effects
I advocate against the inappropriate use of antipsychotics in treating people who live with dementia…
what if santa claus were diagnosed with dementia?
Unbeknownst to most of the world, Santa was diagnosed some time ago with Alzheimer’s disease.…
four years later is too late for my mom. but it’s not for others.
On December 3, 2013, a year after Mom had moved into a long-term care facility…
how many more steps could you take if you couldn’t take any more?
This post is dedicated to the late Dr. Richard Taylor, advocate Kate Swaffer, and care warrior…
the broken lens of BPSD: why we need to rethink the way we label the behaviour of people who live with alzheimer’s disease
In December 2016, my first-ever journal article (Efforts to Reduce Antipsychotic Use in Dementia Care…
“rabid-dog” granddaughter takes on “combative” physician
When I posted a link to 20 caregivers answer the antipsychotic question on a FB caregiver forum…
20 caregivers answer the antipsychotic question
Anyone who reads this blog knows my position on inappropriately prescribing antipsychotic medications to people…