non-pharmacologic strategies

One of These Nights/Suffragette City: Music and memory

January 23, 2016 kales@umich.edu activity, dementia, family, non-pharmacologic strategies

Wow. The past couple have weeks have seen a spike in deaths of music artists from my youth. David Bowie and Glenn Frey. Both evoke a lot of nostalgia from different eras of growing up for me.

When will people with dementia be treated as thoroughly as my dog?

December 5, 2015 kales@umich.edu caregiving, dementia, non-pharmacologic strategies, stigma

Recently, I received a rare clinical insight. A wake-up call. However, it was not in the treatment of a person.

Rather, it was in the care of our beloved rescue dog, Chloe. Chloe is 11, or as our kids like to say, “77 in people years”. Chloe has always been a handful, with a load of interesting behaviors she picked up before we adopted her, like barking incessantly at delivery trucks and dogs walking by the house.

non-pharmacologic strategies

One of These Nights/Suffragette City: Music and memory

When will people with dementia be treated as thoroughly as my dog?

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