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Al Power checks in early with this gem…

A decade past, Prince saw delirium as a positive force–falling in love. Soulja Boy took it a step farther: “That’s when I start to fall.” Now that’s a concept geriatricians can latch onto.
The real dangers of geriatric delirium are spelled out in detail in this week’s issue of [...]

This blog gets some mighty powerful comments….
My 92-year-old mother with advanced dementia still lives at home and attends an Eden-accredited day centre. Six weeks ago I received a call from the acting manager to say they were finding my mother’s behaviour very challenging and wanted to bring in their ‘Dementia Behaviour Management Advisory’ team to [...]

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Now that the snail mail has delivered hard copies of this month’s outstanding issue of Provider Magazine, I’d like to revisit highlights of the cover story: “Culture Change Goes Main Stream.”

In 2005, nearly three-quarters of health care opinion leaders surveyed by the Commonwealth Fund [...]