Dealing with Dementia Myths
Transcript I’m going to address two of the myths that I hear frequently about dementia. The first one is this. “He still knows who he
Transcript I’m going to address two of the myths that I hear frequently about dementia. The first one is this. “He still knows who he
Transcript I got a great question the other day from somebody asking about delusions and what you do when someone living with dementia has a
A short story from my time working as a Dementia Care Director at my first building They sat, holding hands, talking softly in his room.
Logic and dementia don’t mix. What does that mean? It really means that using logic to “explain yourself” to someone living with dementia won’t work
Please note: this is different from what I say when I talk about Timeline Confusion(TM) in dementia. Oh, the things I hear people say about
Another short story from my time as a Dementia Care Director “I am leaving for the day, because my young son is at home with
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Joanne didn’t smile much. In fact, I had not seen her really smile about anything at all. She spoke to others, but sparingly, even
She’d left her father a “to-do” list that included tasks around the house. He was home, by himself, for a good deal of time during the
Care partners regularly ask me about one of their deepest fears. The fear usually goes like this: at some point, you’ll walk in to visit your