Guy Mitchell. Guy Mitchell. Guy Mitchell. I can’t get that name out of my head. And when I think of Guy, I am afraid for my son, my mother and my future self. I am afraid for everyone who is at risk of being vulnerable and ‘cared for’ by the
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THE CAREGIVERS' LIVING ROOM A Blog by Donna Thomson: Reading Old Family Photos – Did My Nana’s Sister Have a Disability?
My Nana, Christina Mary McLeod, was a strong woman. I remember washing a grey, hooked rug with her at our family cottage on a Quebec lake. She filled the old claw-footed bathtub with some warm and soapy water, then helped me roll up my trouser legs. She dropped the rug
Continue readingTHE CAREGIVERS' LIVING ROOM - A Blog by Donna Thomson: When Patient Choices Are Harmful
Sometimes, my son makes bad choices. So does my mother. Nicholas almost always decides what he wants (and what he doesn’t!) based on short term pleasure (and pain avoidance). This means, he will NEVER choose to have an injectable medication, an enema, or go the ER, even if his life
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