With patience, we hope and wait for a world where dementia is eradicated. Through education, increasing awareness and understanding I am on a personal mission to eradicate BPSD. As Kate said “The term BPSD has provided a medical rationale to over-medicate and restrain people with dementia.” Do you know what it feels like to not have the ability to communicate your needs and wants???……I am fortunate to not know. What I do know is that antipsychotic medication, psychiatric hospitalizations, confining, and restraining are most often the worst choices of intervention. I believe that 90% of so-called BPSD is actually created

Massachusetts has finally made a huge leap in their efforts to bring about awareness and remove the stigma associated with Alzheimer’s Disease and other dementia. Amazingly so, our healthcare professionals are not educated on the topic. Well, not anymore. Governor Baker gave his final stamp of approval with the new law regarding the mandated education of physicians and the required plan of action for our acute care hospitals. I’m excited to see what our healthcare system will look like for the person living with dementia by the year 2022. Knowing the epidemic is not slowing down, I want to assure