20 questions to ask yourself when someone who lives with dementia wants to “go home” or tries to escape wherever they are
Wanting to “go home” is a desire often expressed by people who live with Alzheimer…
Browsing: wandering
10 reasons people living with dementia get up in the night, and what often happens when they do
Contrary to what many people believe, people who live with dementia behave, for the most…
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…
15 experts tell the truth about antipsychotic use in nursing homes
A 165-page Human Rights Watch report published on February 5, 2018, confirms what many dementia…
dead to the world: what being sedated with seroquel did to my mom
One of the main reasons the quetiapine (Seroquel) is “black boxed” in the United States…
20 questions to ask when a care partner or resident walks around at night
My first few months as the full-time care partner to my mom while she was…