20 questions to ask when a care partner or resident walks around at night
My first few months as the full-time care partner to my mom while she was…
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20 questions to ask yourself if you’re wondering whether or not you should visit someone who lives with dementia
This week a new subscriber sent me an email, which said in part: “My mother…
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…
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…
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…
20 questions to ask yourself about “wandering”
Here’s a fictional story based on dozens of real-life stories recounted by care partners worldwide:…
what to say to family members who ‘can’t bear to see mom or dad this way’
The comment wasn’t a comment, it was a plea: “Please help me with the ‘right’…
20 questions that help explain why people with dementia get agitated and physically aggressive
Note: I first published these “20 questions” in April 2015, since which the post has…
21 items on our dementia “no longer” lists
Dementia care partnering involves ample give-and-take, and even more important, a lot of letting go. The…