a turn for the worse: july 28, 2016
Mom was lying in bed under the covers when I got there on July 28.…
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jillian jiggs and a mind of her own: july 27, 2016
Mom had an irrepressible spirit coupled with an extraordinarily strong will to live. When I…
the beginning of the end: july 26, 2016
On July 26, 2016, at about 14:30, just before I was about to go to…
“good pleasure” #lastmonthwithmymom 16/07/16
July 17, 2018: One month from today, August 17, 2018, will be the second anniversary…
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…