
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.…
In June this year, I posted an open letter to the worldwide dementia care community.…
The term “behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia” (BPSD) is a harmful artificial construct used…
I’ve blogged a lot about the negative impacts of the inappropriate use of quetiapine (Seroquel)…
For about 80 years, it was accepted as scientific fact that rabbits were first domesticated…
In the world of dementia care, and problably elsewhere for that matter, a restraint is…
Three years after my mother was inappropriately prescribed the antipsychotic medications risperidone and quetiapine, she…
Lots of stuff we’re told is good for us actually isn’t. That’s why I trust…
I advocate against the inappropriate use of antipsychotics in treating people who live with dementia…
On December 3, 2013, a year after Mom had moved into a long-term care facility…
When I read reporter Gillian Slade’s Medicine Hat News article on Teepa Snow’s perspective on…