hot pink duct tape solves alzheimer seating issue
Catherine Bixenman-salesi, who is a member of the online dementia support group USAgainstAlzheimers, is the primary…
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this is what tragic brilliance looks like
In 2011, UK pub owner Alex Lewis somehow contracted Strep A, an incredibly rare bacterial…
7-part palliative care plan works (for people AND cats)
About a month after Mom died in August 2016, her little kitty cat Pia Roma,…
5 ways to make toast in long-term dementia care
UK dementia care pioneer David Sheard suggests the ways people with dementia are treated in…
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…
harry and the daughter who never visited
I don’t know if the story/parable below is true or not, but I think it…
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…
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…
20 questions to ask yourself about dementia-related incontinence
One of the first things we learn to do as toddlers is to eliminate our…
how old is old?
I love the quote from the “old man” towards the end of the video below.…