a story about being with the people you love, whatever the state of their brains
January 25, 2019: I struggle between my twin needs for solitude and connection. Today, I…
Browsing: behaviour
big pharma, big money, big crime
This Stephen Colbert bit is about the opioid crisis. But it could equally be about…
imagine how much suffering could be spared!
My friend Lorrie B. is an amazing writer, editor, translator and primary care partner to…
3 excerpts from the best article on dementia i have ever read (and a link to the full meal deal)
Sometimes you come across something that captures everything you want to say so brilliantly that…
bullied and banned: rachel’s story
Rachel* sent me the first part of her story at the end of July 2018.…
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…