by Christy Turner | Mar 14, 2016 | Quality of Life
Updated 9/13/17 Lessons from Grandma Anna This week, we’ll mark nine years since my grandma Anna died of Alzheimer’s disease after a 19-year battle. She was the first person living with dementia I (as an adult) spent time with. Anna is the reason I have a passion for...
by Christy Turner | Jan 11, 2016 | Quality of Life
My Airing of Grievances I missed the boat celebrating Festivus, that made-up Seinfeld holiday for December 23rd, but I’m going to take one of its four main components out for a spin today, anyway: The Airing of Grievances. To paraphrase Frank Costanza:...
by Christy Turner | Nov 29, 2014 | Holidays
Updated 11/25/19 Celebrating Black Friday? It’s trendy these days to protest Black Friday by staying home and denouncing the commercialism of the holidays. It appears nothing could be as satisfying as posting a self-righteous screed on Facebook, denouncing the...
by Christy Turner | Aug 5, 2014 | Quality of Life
Updated 9/14/17 We Know Better, So Let’s Do Better As I noted in We Know Better, the FDA issued a black box warning stating any type of antipsychotic (new or old) is not safe for people with dementia. I also said when we know better, we do better. The FDA...
by Christy Turner | Jul 23, 2014 | Quality of Life
Updated 9/12/17 My first thought was “yes!” but then I finished reading Combatting UTIs with Juice and Good Labs and was thinking “no!” “Appropriately” Treating Bladder Infections I’m all for reducing the incidence of bladder...
by Christy Turner | Jul 21, 2014 | Quality of Life
Antipsychotics in Dementia Care Few things get a bee in my bonnet like the use of antipsychotics in people with dementia. AARP’s July/August Bulletin features Drug Abuse: Antipsychotics In Nursing Homes, which discusses many of the problems with using...
