I Have a Question

I have a question.  Or maybe it’s a couple of questions.  Questions that I’ve had since the world shut down due to Covid-19.  Questions that need to be asked, and discussed, before it’s too late. You see, my friend Dottie turned 97 today.  I had the privilege of spending time with her because I am an Occupational Therapist; an “essential…

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Older and Wiser

We believe that our older folks are to be respected, and treated with dignity.  That we should interact with them in such a way that they feel valued.  That they readily sense that we appreciate their history and the lives they have lived…regardless of how that history might have played out.   We have the privilege of spending time every day…

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It Takes A Special Village

©Jill Couch At Better People Care, we believe the best approach to dementia care is a team approach; where several minds and eyes and ears, each training in the DAWN Method, are paying attention to the lives of our friends living with dementia.   And we believe that as we train families, and friends, and neighbors, and church communities, and the…

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