a young hospice nurse makes a promise to her dying patients
Emily Gagnon is a hospice nurse. She lives in Waterdown, Ontario. Her Facebook post to…
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who is responsible when people living with dementia are robbed of their dignity in long-term care?
Of the roughly seven hundred entries on seventy-five pages of nurses notes I was sent…
your name is a queen (elizabeth shares a lesson on labelling)
Let it go (it doesn’t matter if they know you or not) is one of…
hilda zlataroff should have died of old age
Family care partner Nicole Jaouich visited her 102-year-old mother Hilda Zlatoroff in a Quebec long-term…
20 things that are not shut down, quarantined, cancelled or kept at a distance when we deal with challenges such as pandemics and dementia
Friday March 20, 2020: To say these are challenging times is a massive understatement. But…
20 questions to ask yourself when someone who lives with dementia wants to “go home” or tries to escape wherever they are
Wanting to “go home” is a desire often expressed by people who live with Alzheimer…
5 powerful dementia care lessons i learned being my mom’s care partner
Being my mother’s primary care partner in various ways for ten years was one of…
6 priceless gifts you could give people living with dementia (and everyone else for that matter!)
These gifts are inexpensive (they don’t cost dollars and cents, so everyone can afford them),…
stories of family members being banned and restricted by long-term care facilities make canadian national news
On February 26, 2015, I received a registered letter from the facility in which my…
7 reasons why physicians continue to prescribe antipsychotic drugs to people who live with dementia when they shouldn’t
There is irrefutable evidence that prescribing antipsychotic drugs to people who live with dementia does…