it’s taken a pandemic and tens of thousands of deaths for people to get what long-term care advocates have known for decades: the system sucks
The tragedy that is being played out in long-term care facilities (LTCFs) across Canada and…
Browsing: long-term care facilities
australian care worker wendy carr proves you can teach an old nurse new tricks
Sometimes I lose hope that dementia care will ever change. It often feels as if…
brilliant lol take on old folk tune strikes powerful paradigm-shifting chord
Wow! Bravo to gerontologist, author, and dementia care advocate Dr. Al Power who teamed up…
like one flew over the cuckoo’s nest
I should have known better than to invite my photographer friend Edith to do a…
drugged & drooling
Many of the comments people make on my posts, and the stories they send me…
20 actions to foster and maintain dignity in dementia care homes
I was thrilled to learn that Australian dementia care advocate, author and activist Kate Swaffer…
people living with dementia prove the medical model wrong
People living with dementia are LIVING. They are not dead, or gone or empty shells.…
a real-life example of what great dementia care is: loving, engaging, respectful, meaningful and joyful for everyone involved
It can be done, and it is being done right now in various places around…
a daughter’s rendering and remembering
November 16, 2018: I doubt I will ever get over the deep grief I feel each…
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…