two quick dementia care conversation tips from dr. al power
I highly recommend Dr. Allen Power’s two books Dementia Beyond Drugs, and Dementia Beyond Disease…
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understanding the suffering associated with dying
Palliative care physician Dr. Mike Harlos gives advice to other palliative care doctors and nurses…
how often do we fail to recognize them?
Coauthor of A Pocket Guide for the Alzheimer’s Caregiver and one of Maria Shriver’s Architects of Change, neurologist…
feed them ffs!
Maryanne, one of my long-time US followers, wouldn’t use swear words like the one I…
20 questions to ask yourself about dementia-related incontinence
One of the first things we learn to do as toddlers is to eliminate…
how old is old?
I love the quote from the “old man” towards the end of the video below.…
nurse says her 95-year-old mother’s facial injuries were worst she’s ever seen
“She had bruises on both arms, both shoulders, her legs, the skin ripped off her…
hail mary i need to pee
In March 2017, I wrote an open letter to Québec’s Minister of Health regarding the…
alzheimer disease didn’t do this. drugs and dementia jail did
I’ve blogged a lot about the negative impacts of the inappropriate use of quetiapine (Seroquel)…
get silly billy!
Joanna Lafleur (left in both the pics above) is the face of the new dementia…