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Thanks to my friend June Burgess, Eden Coordinator for the UK and Ireland, for alerting me to this news release. The BBC highlighted the problems with antipsychotic drug overuse in people living with dementia in the 11/12 BBC online edition.
The article highlights the problem in the UK, which is also reflected in the US and [...]

I am always looking for new ways to communicate the ideas that are important to me. Here is the latest:
Imagine a paraplegic person–spinal cord injury, permanently paralyzed from the waist down. He rolls his wheelchair up to a building with an entrance stairway. Thanks to the Disability Act, he can now access most buildings with [...]

This week I’m in balmy Houston, Texas, giving some talks for the regional Alzheimer’s Association. Yesterday, I spoke in Beaumont, Texas, and met Nancy Ritter, who is 59 and was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s four years ago. I was gratified to hear her say that my ideas resonated with her very well – it’s always most [...]