20 caregivers answer the antipsychotic question
Anyone who reads this blog knows my position on inappropriately prescribing antipsychotic medications to people…
Browsing: dementia
for the want of a key: #alz LOL
Care partners often trade amusing stories of the zany adventures they have with their care…
thank your lucky dementia stars
Living with dementia is hard. I know because I know people who live with it…
everyone i know and love is “doomed,” including me
Enough is enough already. Here’s the thing: you may or may not be able to…
15 qualities dementia care partners need to survive
Being a dementia care partner to my mother who lived with Alzheimer disease was one…
how my mom’s affection got mislabelled “aggression”
My mom had an unflaggingly positive attitude, as you will hear in the video at…
the day i gave away mom’s clothes
October 8, 2017: Mom’s faux fur coat has been hanging in an upstairs closet for five…
7 simple dementia care partner needs
I asked the care partners in one of the Facebook groups I belong to a…
loud sounds and dementia mostly don’t mix
“I would not want my mother sitting in a room with loud music and TVs…
happy last birthday dear mummy
September 27, 2017: I never called my mother “mummy.” It’s what my mother called her…