team of four elder swimmers with an average age of 90 breaks world record
The four swimmers (aged 86, 89, 92 and 93) who are the subjects of the…
Browsing: validation
painful care partner choices: love or loss (or sometimes both)?
UK dementia care pioneer David Sheard talks about two stark choices that each of us who…
20 questions to change the direction of dementia anxiety and aggression
I discovered through personal experience, research and observation that people living with dementia (PLWD) behave in…
it ain’t no bowl of cherries; but it could be a basket of pompoms
Too often people are constrained by what they are told they can’t do rather than encouraged to…
Teepa Snow shares 10 tips to deal with hallucinations
It can be disturbing, even frightening, for both a person living with dementia (PLWD)…
albina takes internet by storm with joy
Joyful Albina Foisy is an overnight Internet sensation. Her son Armand took a…
Teepa Snow demos 10 ways to calm a crisis with a person living with Alzheimer’s / dementia
When people feel trapped and terrified, they get agitated, anxious, and sometimes aggressive. It’s normal behaviour…
101 activities you can enjoy with a person living with alzheimers dementia
If you’re at a loss for things to do with someone who has Alzheimer’s disease…
Teepa Snow’s 7 powerful things a care partner can say to stop anger and aggression in a person with dementia
One of the most useful things I’ve learned on this dementia journey is that when…
20 questions that help explain why people with dementia get agitated and physically aggressive
Note: I first published these “20 questions” in April 2015, since which the post has…