My remembrances of my father always included his statement that he “had a bum leg”. Apparently when I was just a baby, he was working for the timber board in Canada and had fallen on a boom of logs which caused him to break his back. The medical solution...
35 Questions to Ask When Searching for a Care Facility …….in no particular order by Shelley Webb and Tonia Boterf Exactly what services are offered? How often does the staff change or turn over? How many R.N.s are available on each unit and on each...
On Golden Pond – a Lesson in Dementia Awareness? by Shelley Last night I watched On Golden Pond starring Henry Fonda and Katharine Hepburn. It also featured Jane Fonda. I ended up crying for an hour. I hadn’t seen the movie since it’s release in...
I was visiting with a friend last evening. The weather was lovely and we were enjoying an evening of conversation on the patio: firming up the menus for 2 week-end barbecues and discussing how to entertain some visitors from Australia that I would be receiving the...
It’s no secret that communicating with parents who suffer from dementia is difficult, especially in the latter stages of the disease. So what can we do to communicate our love to a person who may not even remember who we are? The answer may be to look at ways...