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AFA stands up against inappropriate antipsychotic drug use for people with Alzheimer’s

  We’ve addressed the inappropriate use of antipsychotic drugs for dementia patients a number of times on these pages. In one article, I wrote about my dad’s terrifying experience after he was given one of those antipsychotic drugs after failed brain surgery and my fight to get him off the drug.   Though I’ve long... Read moreChevron
posted 01/12/2012, comments (0)|
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Intentional aging-in-place communities support elders’ ability to make choices

No matter how small the adjustments we need to make in our lives are, most of us like to be presented with options from which we can choose. Even if the choices presented aren’t exactly what we’d like, the chance to make conscious choices generally helps us to feel better about our fate. That is why intentional aging communities,... Read moreChevron
posted 09/29/2011, comments (0)|
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Final stage caregiving: two very different books about life, death and spirituality converge

Two books I’ve recently read make an odd pair, but a pair none the less, because both are about living, dying, and acceptance. On the surface, they are quite opposite in their take on spirituality. Yet, in the end, they come to the same conclusion  -  that a spiritual connection is vital for most people in order to accept the... Read moreChevron
posted 08/17/2011, comments (0)|
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Training frontline caregivers essential to care and can be cost effective

A few years back, I had a chance to go through a rigorous caregiver’s experience by attending “Dementia Boot Camp.” Though I felt I was as good a caregiver to the multiple elders in my family as I could be, this experience, which through a combination of high and low tech methods threw me into the world of helplessness that... Read moreChevron
posted 08/11/2011, comment (1)|
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LTC ombudsman discovers first-hand dehumanizing nature of some nursing home procedures

One of my most cherished mottos is that we can’t really know – deeply and completely – what another person feels or is going through unless we’ve experienced their pain. An obviously enlightened, educated long-term care advocate has proven this old adage to be correct. Deb Holtz is Minnesota’s Long-term care... Read moreChevron
posted 07/27/2011, comments (3)|
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