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Nov 4, 2025
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8 min read
Understanding behaviors as “responsive” is a critical first step. Behaviors don’t simply spring into the world on their own. There is always a cause, and behaviors are an effect, a response.
Oct 28, 2025
11 min read
Also in this edition: the results from the Walk to End Alzheimer's!
Oct 21, 2025
10 min read
A special edition of the Newsletter devoted to transfer safety. Includes 4 short videos (0:20–1:00) to reduce injury risk now.
Oct 14, 2025
A guest’s mindset turns hard moments into calm, connection, and cooperation.
Oct 7, 2025
Also in this edition: Silence and Healing for Dementia Anxiety; Ways to Support the Alzheimer's Association's Walk to End Alzheimer's
Sep 30, 2025
Smell is a funny thing: it connects us to our past like no other sense. It’s almost as though a smell can flip a switch and move us through time in an instant.
Sep 23, 2025
When language starts to break down for someone with dementia, all of the rules of conversation change. Here's how you can keep up.
Sep 16, 2025
My mom was hospitalized twice this weekend, once after a fall and then again with pneumonia. She was largely unresponsive for about 24 hours. I wanted to do something, help in some way, fix the situation... That’s what an expert would know how to do, right?
Sep 9, 2025
9 min read
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Sep 2, 2025
Because work has such a tremendous weight for most of us, I wonder why it’s so difficult to find information about dementia activities that leverage an interest in work.
Aug 26, 2025
What happens when a promise to never place a loved one in a nursing home conflicts with what's best for everyone involved.
Aug 19, 2025
Also in this edition: My tips for getting through a big change for someone who has dementia, especially a move to memory care.
