Let’s wander together…

In my collaborative #BanBPSD campaign, today I’d like to talk about wandering. This term, along with ALL of the other negative labels in the BPSD guidelines, must become part of the list of words NOT to use in dementia language guidelines. My lovely BUB found and bought this lapel badge for me recently… I’d really…

Rehabilitation: a case study

Rehabilitation is defined by Barnes and Ward (2005, p12) as “an active and dynamic process by which a disabled person is helped to acquire knowledge and skills in order to maximize physical, psychological, and social function.” They discuss it as a practice that increases and ultimately maximizes functional ability thereby reducing disability or other impairment.…

Rehabilitation and dementia

I’m in the final stages of a subject on rehabilitation and dementia, and this Wordle was one of the last activities for our online weekly activities. It was wonderful to be learning a course that promotes rehabilitation for the elderly and for people with dementia, but it is curious it is not actually happening for…