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Dr. Al Power, ChangingAging Contributor

ECT for Dementia and the Dangers of the BPSD Mindset - ChangingAging

ECT for Dementia and the Dangers of the BPSD Mindset

February 5, 2019 | Dr. Al Power, ChangingAging Contributor

Dementia is the greatest shame of modern medicine; not because there have been no significant advances in treatment, but because—from restraints, to locked units, to antipsychotics, to ECT—we have lost our recognition of the humanity of those living with the diagnosis.

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Re-Branding Dementia Advocacy - "for" Dementia Edit - ChangingAging

Re-Branding Dementia Advocacy

September 13, 2017 | Dr. Al Power, ChangingAging Contributor

I think it’s time to challenge a bit of the language being used to advocate for people living with dementia. The negative effects of stigmatizing language are huge, and our language choices are often the places where such stigma starts or ends.

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Keeping Music and Memory in Context

Keeping Music and Memory in Context

May 18, 2017 | Dr. Al Power, ChangingAging Contributor

Music and Memory is a great tool for engagement for people living with dementia (and everyone), within the context of a deeper transformational approach to support and care. It is not a magic bullet, and we need to stop expecting to find a magic bullet. There is no substitute for relationships, meaningful engagement in all aspects of life, and shifting our systems to support different ways of living and caring.

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Can a Focus on Well-Being Really Reduce Antipsychotics?

Can a Focus on Well-Being Really Reduce Antipsychotics?

April 27, 2017 | Dr. Al Power, ChangingAging Contributor

Reducing anti-psychotic use in nursing homes not only requires education to hands-on team members about the well-being approach and how to operationalize it; it also requires a strong commitment from the formal leaders of the home, particularly the Administrator, Director of Nursing, Medical Director, and Consultant Pharmacist.

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Disturbing Parallels: How Often Does Aged Care “Fly the Friendly Skies”? 1

Disturbing Parallels: How Often Does Aged Care “Fly the Friendly Skies”?

April 11, 2017 | Dr. Al Power, ChangingAging Contributor

In my evolving understanding of how best to support people living with dementia, I came to realize several years ago that it was never really about antipsychotic drugs—it was about well-being. And more recently, I have come to realize that it wasn’t really about well-being either—it’s about humanity and human rights.

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Empathy - Living Well with Dementia: What It Means, and What It Doesn't Mean

Living Well with Dementia: What It Means, and What It Doesn’t Mean

January 27, 2017 | Dr. Al Power, ChangingAging Contributor

When a person faces a diagnosis of dementia, she and her loved ones are thrown into these two most complex worlds like never before. Our predominant view of dementia puts those caring people in a system that is stacked against them

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A Plea to Regulators and Consultants: Watch Your Language!

A Plea to Regulators and Consultants: Watch Your Language!

January 18, 2017 | Dr. Al Power, ChangingAging Contributor

Proponents of transforming elder care focus on the words we use, and often suggest new language choices for much of our terminology.

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The Hidden Restraint – Part 4 - Negotiating Risk

The Hidden Restraint – Part 4 – Negotiating Risk

September 27, 2016 | Dr. Al Power, ChangingAging Contributor

There are two common operational practices that make it difficult for organizations to visualize a pathway to unlocking doors (and many other activities as well): all-or-none thinking and surplus safety. I explore each of these in the conclusion to my series “Hidden Restraints.”

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