10 reasons people living with dementia get up in the night, and what often happens when they do
Contrary to what many people believe, people who live with dementia behave, for the most…
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alzheimer disease didn’t do this. drugs and dementia jail did
I’ve blogged a lot about the negative impacts of the inappropriate use of quetiapine (Seroquel)…
alzheimer society nails language guidelines
The Second Edition of the 20-volume Oxford English Dictionary (OED) contains full entries for 171,476 words in…
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…
15 helpful hints to prevent agitation in people living with alzheimer disease and related dementias
I believe in calling a spade a spade, and in giving kudos if and when…
20 opportunities being an alzheimer’s or related dementia care partner might offer you
I believe the way we approach life has everything to do with the way we…
don’t fence me in: a true story about the impact of physical restraints on my mom who lived with alzheimer disease
In the world of dementia care, and problably elsewhere for that matter, a restraint is…
tardive what? 7 things dementia care partners, care staff and medical professionals should know about this kind of dyskinesia
Three years after my mother was inappropriately prescribed the antipsychotic medications risperidone and quetiapine, she…
30 haloperidol / haldol side effects
I advocate against the inappropriate use of antipsychotics in treating people who live with dementia…
four years later is too late for my mom. but it’s not for others.
On December 3, 2013, a year after Mom had moved into a long-term care facility…