10 thought-provoking links on dementia “wandering”
The image above is of my mom heading back to her kitchen from her garden in…
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confused, not clueless
Some people answer questions with questions. This is a poem in answer to a poem penned…
misprescribing antipsychotic drugs to elderly dementia patients is an outrage. it’s also elder abuse.
I’m re-blogging this article with the express permission of the author Dr. Michael A.…
the demented system
It’s not people who live with dementia who are demented. Rather, it’s the…
dementia not the cause in majority of harmful resident-on-resident interactions
“Senior with dementia guilty in death of nursing home resident,” the headline reads. The incidence…
4-minute survey results debunk decades-long notion that BPSDs are symptoms of dementia
Norse mythology contends that thunder and lightening are produced by the bearded god Thor as…
35 things that may cause people with dementia (and you) to become uncooperative, upset, angry, anxious or “aggressive”
Are people who live with dementia sometimes uncooperative, upset, angry or even “aggressive?” Yes. But…
20 behavioural expressions for which antipsychotic medications are unwarranted and ineffective in people who live with dementia
Antipsychotic medications are meant to treat psychosis, not dementia. Dementia care pioneer Dr. Allen Power…
the two biggest challenges to creating positive change in dementia care
Do care workers set out to neglect and abuse elderly people who live with dementia?…
“wandering” is not a symptom of dementia
“Mom won’t sit in that room, she won’t stay there,” I said to the Director…