the story of the sh*tty pull-up
“Your mom’s been weepy and anxious since I got here this afternoon,” Nurse Ratched* said…
Browsing: NHBPS
i called it the “seroquel shuffle”
It’s February 4, 2020. Six years after the fact. Six years — almost to the…
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…
i still smell the stench
July 13, 2016, was a scorcher. And when I went to visit Mom in the…
19 ltc human rights abuses i hope quebec will have to pay for
On July 10, 2018, the Quebec Council for the Protection of Patients and co-plaintiff Daniel…
safety pins & call bells
June 23, 2018: I discover one of my mother’s nightgowns buried in a plastic bag…
hundreds of studies make me mad as hell
I am frustrated by the fact that what is self-evident to me (and to thousands…
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…
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…
against my wishes and against her will
It’s one thing to see someone when they are sedated. It’s quite another to see…