20 questions to ask when someone living with dementia “resists” or “refuses” care
I have learned through personal experience, reading and research that people living with dementia (PLWD)…
Browsing: drugs
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…
big pharma, big money, big crime
This Stephen Colbert bit is about the opioid crisis. But it could equally be about…
7 words not to use in alzheimer news
Counterintuitively, the words the majority of us most want to hear with respect to Alzheimer…
20 compelling reasons to rethink the way we label and medicalise the behaviour of people who live with dementia #BanBPSD
In June this year, I posted an open letter to the worldwide dementia care community.…
15 examples of neglect & abuse that would have been captured on cctv in winifred’s care homes
In this second of two guest blog posts, soprano, performer, recording artist and soon-to-be author…
nurse, can you ‘elp me?
In this guest blog post (one of two), soprano, performer, recording artist and soon-to-be author…
10 seldom-mentioned “side effects” of using antipsychotics in long-term dementia care, which are also 10 more good reasons we should #BanBPSD
There are a tonne of reasons not to give antipsychotics to people who live with…
the truth behind my mother’s death: august 16, 2016
“A blossom fell from off a tree, it settled softly on the lips you turned…
the dystonia did us in: august 15, 2016
Six days earlier, Mom had told me she was comfortable with her chin to her…