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.…
Browsing: risperdal
7 problems with BPSD
The term “behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia” (BPSD) is a harmful artificial construct used…
alzheimer disease didn’t do this. drugs and dementia jail did
I’ve blogged a lot about the negative impacts of the inappropriate use of quetiapine (Seroquel)…
7 snippets from a story about unborn baby bunnies that is scarily similar to the myth of bpsd
For about 80 years, it was accepted as scientific fact that rabbits were first domesticated…
don’t fence me in: a true story about the impact of physical restraints on my mom who lived with alzheimer disease
In the world of dementia care, and problably elsewhere for that matter, a restraint is…
tardive what? 7 things dementia care partners, care staff and medical professionals should know about this kind of dyskinesia
Three years after my mother was inappropriately prescribed the antipsychotic medications risperidone and quetiapine, she…
10 things that seemed like good ideas at the time
Lots of stuff we’re told is good for us actually isn’t. That’s why I trust…
30 haloperidol / haldol side effects
I advocate against the inappropriate use of antipsychotics in treating people who live with dementia…
four years later is too late for my mom. but it’s not for others.
On December 3, 2013, a year after Mom had moved into a long-term care facility…
teepa talks antipsychotics: 6 quotable quotes
When I read reporter Gillian Slade’s Medicine Hat News article on Teepa Snow’s perspective on…