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Eilon Caspi, ChangingAging Guestblogger

The Promise - ChangingAging

The Promise

March 9, 2021 | Eilon Caspi, ChangingAging Guestblogger

Some assisted living residences (ALR) provide good and safe care to elders. Most directors of admissions are honest and caring. However, a substantial portion of ALR provide poor and dangerous care and use deceptive marketing practices. This poem is based on the devastating experiences of hundreds of families whose loved ones were neglected, abused, and financially exploited in ALR in Minnesota.

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Without the Voice of Elders - ChangingAging

Without the Voice of Elders

February 9, 2021 | Eilon Caspi, ChangingAging Guestblogger

The blog post describes the potential implications of not having the voice of elders an integral part of decisions about their care and life.

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A Perfect Storm - ChangingAging

A Perfect Storm

January 12, 2021 | Eilon Caspi, ChangingAging Guestblogger

In at least half of the states, LTC homes are shielded to varying degrees from civil liability for COVID-19 claims. As Minnesotans are waiting to see whether the state will grant legal immunity to LTC homes, in effect, extensive COVID-19 liability shields are already in place. This fact, which does not receive adequate attention in the media, is addressed in this blog post.

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20 Reasons Why We Need to Know the Early Life History of People Living With Dementia - ChangingAging

20 Reasons Why We Need to Know the Early Life History of People Living With Dementia

April 16, 2019 | Eilon Caspi, ChangingAging Guestblogger

1. The human right of all people living with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia is to be with people who know their life story including cultural habits and religious faith (Bell & Troxel, 2003).   2. Developing friendships, relationships, and trust with people with dementia is the foundation of person-directed care (Bell & […]

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Buried (Not) Forever - ChangingAging

Buried (Not) Forever

August 14, 2018 | Eilon Caspi, ChangingAging Guestblogger

Long-term care residents living with dementia labeled as “aggressive” when they engage in distressing and harmful “resident-to-resident incidents” are in reality expressing real human needs and frustrations that are not being met by understaffed, undertrained, and inadequately supervised direct care staff members.

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Moving on by Standing Still: A Different View of ‘Problem Behavior’ (Book cover)

Moving on by Standing Still: A Different View of ‘Problem Behavior’: Book Review

July 17, 2018 | Eilon Caspi, ChangingAging Guestblogger

Using real life stories, Geert Bettinger’s new book Moving on by Standing Still: A Different View of ‘Problem Behavior’, demonstrates how damaging it is when care professionals assume they know what’s best for people living with intellectual or cognitive disabilities, such as Alzheimer’s disease. Throwing the gauntlet at mainstream care practices, Bettinger describes compelling examples […]

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Head in the Sand

May 1, 2018 | Eilon Caspi, ChangingAging Guestblogger

A historical review of major warning signs for the current crisis over the past 20 years (1997-2018) including, among others, findings from government investigations and large-scale research studies as well as opinions of leading national experts. The lack of basic protections for vulnerable and frail residents – many of whom living with dementia – in this rapidly growing but registration-only assisted living industry in Minnesota places these individuals at risk of abuse, neglect, avoidable accidents, financial exploitation, and other forms of harm.

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Trust at Stake

January 16, 2018 | Eilon Caspi, ChangingAging Guestblogger

The full text of Eilon Caspi’s recent journal article “Trust at stake: Is the “dual mission” of the U.S. Alzheimer’s Association out of balance?” is now available for free thanks to an anonymous donor seeking to raise awareness of the gross imbalance of effort and funding between the Association’s dual mission of seeking cure and best care.

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