Tag: memory

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

Finding New Love in Memory Care?

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. 

Stop trying to “convince” them

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

Why dementia is not a time machine

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

Finally, A Smile

  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

Why They Never Initiate Tasks

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

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