Tag: long term care

Low engagement? Give them CONTROL.

I often hear from care partners and dementia care professionals alike that “getting the person living with dementia to do something is really hard!” While

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The Cat Knew

“When did you guys get a cat?” Betsy’s daughter, Tina, asked. “Just two weeks ago,” I said. “Why?” Tina explained that the Memory Care unit cat,

There’s Friendship in Dementia

A pair of my residents walked down the hall together. Joyce was hand in hand with her new friend, Darlene. Joyce stopped and looked at

The Memory Care Cat

I did something this week that I’ve been hoping to do for a while: I picked out a cat for our Memory Care Neighborhood at

The Woman Who Wouldn’t Sit Down

“She’ll sit down on couches, in a chair, wherever—but I cannot get her to sit down on the toilet!” one of our Resident Assistants, Brittany,

Once A Nurse

Holly spends most of her days talking about her job as a nurse. She is busy with charting, checking on her older adult patients, and

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