Living with dementia symptoms feels SLIPPERY
My understanding of anything other than touch is very VERY temporary …
Category Archives: Service Dog
ServiceDog Training for “Pill Watch” Task
Training for how to respond when a pill drops on the floor.
Service Dog Training; Task = help up from FALL
Latest training project with service dog trainee is helping me get up from a fall.
DM Vid4 Restaurant Staff
Tru here. Just finished contributing on Dementia Mentors’ teaching video for staff of restaurants seeking “Purple Table Reservations” training, so thought i would post my notes here also. More info on what those terms mean is available at Links at end of this blog entry. These first notes are in order of priority, also listing […]
Person-Centered Strategies
I think compensation tools need to be extremely person-centered.
1-week progress with Service Dog Puppy
In one week, Partner’s single most important response is that he has learned importance of voice words. … After one week of work, at 9-weeks-old, Partner now responds pretty well to his name and the command “potty”.
Choosing a Dementia Service-Assistance Dog
SrvDog Tasks, training, age, size, personality, breed, provisions, and professionals.
?Are YOU My Husband?
… It occurred to me that I felt like “Little Chicken” in the book, and maybe should walk up to each table asking, “Are you my husband?” It was a very scary, ALONE feeling …
My Blessing is almost 13
Tru here. Hope to get computer from shop sometime this week. Until then limping along without my FaceBook friends. So here is this week’s entry (without photo for now) kind-of unrelated to dementia symptoms, but when I sat down with pen this is what came out because this is what I am thinking about. Newfoundland […]
Animals and Dementia Symptoms Part3
This is last installment of answer to those who have asked about Service Dog issues. Includes benefits of certification, revised definition of “Service Animal” per Dept of Justice 2010, links from Joan Froling, Blessing’s Service Dog vocabulary at 2.5 years old and partial text from a speech that I gave about Value of Service Animal 2005, Aug 10.
Truthful Loving Kindness 