i called it the “seroquel shuffle”
It’s February 4, 2020. Six years after the fact. Six years — almost to the…
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a turn for the worse: july 28, 2016
Mom was lying in bed under the covers when I got there on July 28.…
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…