I had a teacher in middle school that took the wind out of my sails. She judged me based on my ability to take a standardized test. My intellect, my capacity to learn, my talents, my interests, and my dignity…
Dementia? So WHAT?
My heart sank the other day when I read a social media post about a mother who will not take her children to see her grandmother because she is now “toxic” and “depressing” because she now is living with FTD….
Titles, Certifications, and Chasing our Tails.
Are these things siloing us even further? Is our gaze set on status and warm fuzzies? Or on the person before us? I have always struggled to give myself a title for what I do. Am I a Creative Engagement…
Addictions in Dementia – No, not that kind of Addition!
We have many addictions in the dementia narrative. Addictions, that, like all addictions, lead to destruction and disaster. In our storytelling, in the trends of the greater society, in our own fears, we live out these addictions, and it is…
Perfectionism and Care Don’t Mix
Are you a perfectionist? I have a tendency to be one. How has it impacted your care? Your ability to live life with dementia to all its great width and depth? It is easy to want to do everything just…
