bullied and banned: rachel’s story
Rachel* sent me the first part of her story at the end of July 2018.…
Browsing: behaviour
somebody stole my mom
Janet Ng was the primary care partner to her mom, Shirley Ann Snow, who died…
being heard will make you think differently
Sonya Barsness defines herself as a “revisionary gerontologist.” A revisionist, she writes in the “about”…
music from a tapestry of shared moments in long-term care
This piece of poetic prose called “Music” is from a collection entitled “A Tapestry of…
19 ltc human rights abuses i hope quebec will have to pay for
On July 10, 2018, the Quebec Council for the Protection of Patients and co-plaintiff Daniel…
safety pins & call bells
June 23, 2018: I discover one of my mother’s nightgowns buried in a plastic bag…
hundreds of studies make me mad as hell
I am frustrated by the fact that what is self-evident to me (and to thousands…
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…
understanding the suffering associated with dying
Palliative care physician Dr. Mike Harlos gives advice to other palliative care doctors and nurses…
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…