how would we behave if we were locked in? research shows 96% of us would respond the same way many people with dementia do
I remain astonished that the vast majority of geriatricians, gerontologists, neurologists, and other medical geriatrics…
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how would “normal” people feel if we did to them what we do to people who live with dementia?
The more research I do, the more proof I have that the behaviours of some…
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…
7 snippets from a story about unborn baby bunnies that is scarily similar to the myth of bpsd
For about 80 years, it was accepted as scientific fact that rabbits were first domesticated…
why i couldn’t get my mom off drugs
“Why didn’t you just tell the people at the long-term care facility to stop giving…
against my wishes and against her will
It’s one thing to see someone when they are sedated. It’s quite another to see…
20 questions to ask when a person living with dementia declines to take her or his medication
Care partners and care staff may become frustrated when someone who lives with dementia declines…
the shocking truth behind this tragic video
The shocking truth is we don’t know the truth at all, even though we think…
an open letter to cbc marketplace regarding “crying out for care”
I wrote and sent the text below in a comment, via the Marketplace website and…