500+ reasons we need to do something about widespread neglect and abuse in long-term care in canada (and around the world)
Actually, there are probably thousands of reasons, or maybe even tens of thousands, but there…
Browsing: elder abuse
are we way off target?
Harry Urban Lives with dementia. He started the Facebook dementia support group called Forget Me…
what do you do to calm your loved one with alzheimer’s disease or other type of dementia?
Another Quora question and answer I thought it might be useful to share to help…
how difficult is it to support someone with alzheimer’s or another form of dementia who cannot recognize or remember you?
Someone asked me this question on Quora. I thought it might be useful to share…
PR: should alzheimer’s advocates be doing it for #BIGpharma?
“It enrages, sickens and saddens me when I see Alzheimer’s Disease International promoting Eli Lilly…
how many are haunted?
When you tell people that care homes/nursing homes/long-term care facilities ban family members or threaten…
bullied and banned: rachel’s story
Rachel* sent me the first part of her story at the end of July 2018.…
somebody stole my mom
Janet Ng was the primary care partner to her mom, Shirley Ann Snow, who died…
being heard will make you think differently
Sonya Barsness defines herself as a “revisionary gerontologist.” A revisionist, she writes in the “about”…
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.…