Dementia care, in plain language
For the one who handles everything.
Plain-language dementia help from a physician who makes house calls — what to watch for, what to ask, and what to say at the next appointment. No jargon, no fear-mongering.
Start free with the one-pager caregivers keep on the fridge: When to Call the Doctor vs When to Go — the calm traffic-light guide for the worrying moments. Plus short, practical letters.
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The Care Binder
Everything the care team needs to know — in one place, in your hands.
A practical, fill-in binder for families caring for someone living with dementia. The family member with a binder changes the appointment: care gets better, visits get shorter, fewer things fall through the cracks.
- Our Team — every name and number you need on one page
- Medications — a master list plus the eight questions to ask at every review
- When to Call, When to Go — a traffic-light guide for worrying moments
- The Hospital Transfer Sheet — the one page you hand the emergency team
- Behaviour & Symptom Logs — including the one-week behaviour tracker clinics use
- Goals of Care — a gentle, values-first guide to the conversation that matters most
- Legal & Planning Checklists — separate pages for Canada and the United States
- Your Own Oxygen Mask — a section that is only about you
The Dementia Stages Series
A guide for every stage of the road
Three physician-written guides — plain language, large readable type, built to be read in the moment. Buy the stage you're in today, or get the set and have the next one on the shelf before you need it.
What to do after the diagnosis — the paperwork that's really about love, the driving conversation, home safety, and planning while you can still plan together.
8 pages · instant PDF downloadThe daily battles, one clear page each — sundowning, bathing, aggression, wandering — built to be read at the bathroom door, at 5 p.m., in the moment.
21 pages · instant PDF downloadMemory care, comfort care, and the final months — gentle, permission-giving guidance for the decisions nobody prepares you for.
8 pages · instant PDF downloadThe complete series — Early · Middle · Late
All three guides for CA$59.99 — save over 40% vs buying separately. One calm voice for the whole road.
The letters
Start here — the questions caregivers ask first
Short, practical letters written from the hallway, not the lecture hall. Free to read, no sign-up needed.
A calm traffic-light way to think about the moments that frighten you: green, amber, red.
Why weight falls and food gets refused, what fixes it — and the honest answer on feeding tubes.
Dementia doubles the risk. The causes nobody checks — medications, blood pressure, vitamin D — and what to do in the hour after.
Mild, moderate and severe — what actually changes, and what to prepare in each one.
Why the facts don’t help, what does — and what to do when they ask for someone who has died.
Why the wheels come off at 4:30, what genuinely helps, and when it isn’t sundowning at all.
The warning signs that matter, how physician reporting works in Canada, and how to avoid a war.
The safety questions, the caregiver questions, and the promise that makes this so hard.
The five differences we look for on house calls — and what to do with a “maybe.”
The transfer sheet that changes the worst night of the year, and where it should live.
Eight words to say at your own doctor’s appointment — and why they open doors nothing else does.
Who this comes from
Written from the hallway, not the lecture hall
The Dementia House Call is created by a Canadian physician who makes dementia house calls — in care homes and living rooms, with the families doing the real work. These tools are the ones we reach for in practice, translated into plain language for the kitchen table.
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Short, practical letters for caregivers
What to watch for, what to ask, and the occasional permission slip — plus the free one-pager, straight to your inbox. Free, no spam, unsubscribe anytime.
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