teepa snow shows how to help someone living with dementia to put on a jacket or sweater without resistance
“If only I had known,” is what I say to myself every time I see…
Browsing: aggression
how my mom’s affection got mislabelled “aggression”
My mom had an unflaggingly positive attitude, as you will hear in the video at…
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…
painful care partner choices: love or loss (or sometimes both)?
UK dementia care pioneer David Sheard talks about two stark choices that each of us who…
Top 10 MAS posts to date (plus bonus links)
Happy New Year! As we launch into 2017, I am committed to building on the…
a play on words: christmas 2011
Mom and I had words on Christmas morning 2011, from about 03:30 a.m. to 05:30…
20 questions to change the direction of dementia anxiety and aggression
I discovered through personal experience, research and observation that people living with dementia (PLWD) behave in…
6 reasons care partners fight with their loved ones
“I wonder why we feel such a strong need to make them see reality?” Jenny mused…
20 questions to ask yourself when you blow up
It happens to everyone at one time or another: we lose our temper with someone we…
#1 reason people with dementia try to escape
We want people who live with dementia to be safe and secure. We worry about…