hundreds of studies make me mad as hell
I am frustrated by the fact that what is self-evident to me (and to thousands…
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how would we behave if we were locked in? research shows 96% of us would respond the same way many people with dementia do
I remain astonished that the vast majority of geriatricians, gerontologists, neurologists, and other medical geriatrics…
how would “normal” people feel if we did to them what we do to people who live with dementia?
The more research I do, the more proof I have that the behaviours of some…
Teepa Snow demos 10 first steps to calm & comfort a distressed person living with dementia
This four-and-a-half minute video by Teepa Snow (see below) demonstrates 10 easy steps to calm…
alzheimer society nails language guidelines
The Second Edition of the 20-volume Oxford English Dictionary (OED) contains full entries for 171,476 words in…
15-minute care makeover with claire sweeney
How long does it take you to get ready to face the day – to…
20 questions to ask when a person living with dementia declines to take her or his medication
Care partners and care staff may become frustrated when someone who lives with dementia declines…
hidden restraints: hidden abuse
According to the Canadian Institute for Health Information, a physical restraint is “any manual method,…
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…
10 ways to reframe “refused medication”
We often use pejorative words to describe that which we don’t like in others. We…