July 17, 2020
No Comments
DISCLAIMER: This article is not advocating medicating people living with dementia with cannabis, but is only considering the utilisation of medicinal cannabis for chronic intractable pain in our older population. Pain has been described as a fundamental and universal human experience, and thus access to effective pain relief should be
I Want To Attend Church, But I Care for Someone With Dementia by Peter Rosenberger | Feb 19, 2018 | Caregivers, Isolation, Loss of Independence, Radio Show Interviews | 1 comment When we try to attend Church, it seems something ALWAYS goes wrong!” When caring for someone with dementia, isolation develops as an increasing challenge for family caregivers. Many caregivers feel
‘Dementia Aware…what you need to know’ about financial, legal & health care planning In B.C., approximately 70,000 people have dementia, and sadly, this number will only continue to grow as the proportion of seniors in B.C. population increases over the next 10 to 15 years. Here in the Okanagan, we
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mI_6zLsWFGg[/embedyt] Narcissistic Personality Disorder in Children and Teenagers In Greek mythology, Narcissus was a hunter who was known for his beauty. He was so proud that he disdained those who loved him, causing some to take their own lives to prove their devotion to his striking beauty. One day,
Dementia Aware: what you need to know about rementia Dementia literally means ‘without mind’ and is derived from the Latin word demens. Unfortunately, the word dementia or demented has become synonymous with words such as crazy, insane, unhinged, disturbed, mad. This has resulted in people with dementia being labelled