Covid & Culture Change
The people working in nursing homes do not need blame right now. They do need supplies, encouragement, and love.
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Do People with Dementia Really “Live in the Past”?
Do people with dementia really “live in the past”? Wow, this question led me down a rabbit hole. And then I thought about Alice in Wonderland and that rabbit hole. Hmm, that is so meta. In Alice in Wonderland, when Alice follows the White Rabbit down the rabbit hole, a common interpretation is that she […]
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I Love You for What You ALMOST Are, Person-Centeredness.
I am worried. This is not surprising, as I tend to be somewhat of a worrywart. This is a quality I inherited from my grandmother and my mother, and I have worked really hard to perfect it. I like to think that worry can sometimes serve a useful purpose. For me, when worry festers, when […]
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Being Better than a Stick in the Eye
I believe the things we do to try to support people with dementia almost always come from a good place. We want to help them. Many times we do not know how. So, we do our best at that time. One might argue that something is better than nothing.
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