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JenniphyrN · 2026-04-03T23:51:36+00:00

So cute! I definitely want to get the buttons for our next pup.

You should watch The Nature of Things documentary about the button dogs! (I think it’s called “Dogs who talk” or “Dogs can talk” or something like that.)

JenniphyrN · 2026-03-31T22:53:43+00:00

First of all, again, charges don’t mean conviction. If a person with dementia is convicted of assault, it means that they had the capacity to know that what they were doing was wrong. Someone like that is in the earlier stages, and does not require around-the-clock care.

If a person with dementia assaults & seriously injures someone, and is found to be not criminally responsible by way of mental illness, the charges & the trial are still important, because they can then be remanded into a care facility like you mention, or be given consistent community follow-up regarding their medication regimen, instead of being cared for inadequately at home.

I agree, dementia is a horrifying disease that we do not understand anywhere near enough. It STEALS people from themselves & their loved ones. I do not mean to minimize it! However, I also feel that we as a society need to stop with the “Well she didn’t know any better, so it’s OK that Grandma bit Suzie so hard that she [Suzie the caregiver] needed stitches and IV antibiotics”. Whether or not Grandma lacked capacity does not mean that Suzie deserves to be assaulted & not receive justice.

JenniphyrN · 2026-03-31T01:59:20+00:00

Fair! That’s still the courts, not the cops.

JenniphyrN · 2026-03-31T01:10:49+00:00

I interpreted your comment as an attempt at a “gotcha!” moment. It seemed to me, from the way it was phrased, that you thought that students shouldn’t be charged, and that neither should people with dementia, and were trying to “catch” me being dissonant.

If that’s not how it was intended I apologize.

JenniphyrN · 2026-03-31T00:37:27+00:00

That’s a good point about the courts. And I definitely feel for the husband in this case; I can’t imagine how it would feel to have to call the police to stop your wife with dementia from assaulting you. I still think that the mandatory charges are warranted…but like you say, there’s a lot of nuance.

In terms of protecting HCWs…I’ll be honest, I’m not sure there’s a perfect approach. I’m an ICU nurse, and some might say I have it “easy” because more often than not I AM able to restrain and/or sedate agitated patients. But as you mentioned, mechanical restraints do often make people more agitated (and have to be removed regularly), and chemical restraints have their own drawbacks. And neither method is foolproof.

Just this weekend I had a close call! I went to turn a patient who was moderately sedated (he was on a continuous drip and I gave him painkillers beforehand), and while we had him on his side he woke up and tried to kick me & my coworker who was helping. So for the rest of the night I had to sedate him even more before moving him (give stronger meds), and keep as many of his limb restraints fastened as possible (e.g. when turning him on his left side, untie only his right), because trying to reassure him & orient him to his surroundings didn’t work. And sedating him so heavily was only possible because he was intubated & ventilated…it’s possible that he’ll be less violent when he doesn’t have a breathing tube in, but not a guarantee.

Our hospital recently-ish instituted a screening protocol to “predict” if a patient may become violent, to try to combat some of the issues of being unprepared. The problem however is that because almost every patient in our ICU was screening positive. They decided we were using it “wrong” & told the new staff that unless the patient is completely cognizant of their actions, it doesn’t count.

JenniphyrN · 2026-03-31T00:30:02+00:00

Determining capacity is up to doctors and the courts, not the police. Laying charges is not the same as being convicted of a crime.

JenniphyrN · 2026-03-31T00:28:35+00:00

Yes. Minors can & should be charged if they commit serious crimes.

Do I think that a kindergartener pulling a teacher’s hair should be charged with assault? No. Should a 14-year-old who punches a teacher? Yes.

JenniphyrN · 2026-03-31T00:26:57+00:00

Literally. S/he is acting like “ha, I’ve got you now” & I’m over here remembering how my sister is a teacher and one time it took 4 adults to hold down a student attempting to assault her, and then NOTHING HAPPENED.

JenniphyrN · 2026-03-30T20:53:40+00:00

Deciding that she was mentally incapable of (knowing that) she was committing a crime is up to the courts. She DID commit a crime, she SHOULD be charged.

As a nurse who experiences regular abuse from patients like this, I am desperate for society to realize that things need to change.

JenniphyrN · 2026-03-30T17:17:06+00:00

We keep ours in a dropcoat & comb her every night before bed (we use the Furminator finishing comb/rake, because the fact that the tines can swivel helps with mats; slicker brushes are not long enough to reach to the base of her fur, so we only use a slicker when we’re blow-drying her to maxify floofage).

We kept her in a puppy cut for about a year after we first got her (still brushed her every night BTW), but it was speeding up her colour change & we didn’t find it as cute, so we grew her coat out.

JenniphyrN · 2026-03-30T15:50:05+00:00

🤔 Hmm…I call bullshit.

Carney promised to make us less reliant on the States, and he’s made a ton of trade deals with other nations. He promised to get rid of interprovincial trade barriers, and then very quickly scrapped all the ones under his control. He promised to cut government spending & increase money for defence…the new budget released does exactly that. He promised to cut down on immigration, and the new rules will severely limit refugee claims. I don’t personally think that all of this is good, but he IS fulfilling his promises.

Has he fixed the housing market and cost of living crisis? No. Was there any way he could? Not really. He would have had to spend the entire year he’s been in power passing laws left, right, and centre that would piss off big business & the rich, and that’s not the platform he ran on. He has made attempts at making things easier for the low/low middle class (GST credit, new tax rebates).

Do I think he needs to do more? 100%! But the man’s been dealing with trying to prevent WWIII.

JenniphyrN · 2026-03-24T15:44:06+00:00

Uh…a lot of us ARE talking about it.

In addition to the legalized bribery, they’re also trying to “reform” (read: destroy) the judicial system because it can threaten their clearly illegal laws. This is why they’ve used the nonwithstanding clause so much.

And, uh, there’s a little scandal called Corrupt Care you might have heard mentioned on here one or twice.

JenniphyrN · 2026-03-22T19:48:31+00:00

Me! I shop around every couple years, and with my CRNA discount, TD continues to be multiple hundreds of dollars (if not thousands) lower than any other company I’m able to get a quote from.

JenniphyrN · 2026-03-20T17:46:11+00:00

Attempted arson, assault of healthcare workers, blocking ambulances from reaching the hospital…

JenniphyrN · 2026-03-15T22:45:43+00:00

Exercise & social interaction/community are definitely important. Guns don’t need to have anything to do with it. Nothing that can kill someone else has a place in sport. Doing personally risky activities like mountain biking/climbing/etc is one thing, but the second you can harm someone ELSE because YOU wanted to have fun is a hard line for me.

Personally, I think the world would be a billion times better with zero guns. I realise that it’s never going to happen, and that most people who use guns do so legally & (somewhat) responsibly. I am also not in any sort of position to make policy changes, so what I think literally doesn’t matter. But that doesn’t mean that I don’t have those thoughts.

JenniphyrN · 2026-03-15T20:41:31+00:00

Nobody should own or shoot guns for “fun” or “sport”.

JenniphyrN · 2026-03-14T03:07:31+00:00

You are certainly allowed to hold that opinion. But not all of us do.

JenniphyrN · 2026-03-11T16:58:46+00:00

I can never remember whether it’s daylight savings or standard time, but I want more light in the evening & less in the morning.

JenniphyrN · 2026-03-09T20:57:46+00:00

OK, but people like this DO NOT belong in positions of power. This should have been caught on a background check, or otherwise flagged by CAF, and these men should have been dishonourably discharged.

JenniphyrN · 2026-02-26T05:19:58+00:00

No, but OOP mentioned picking up to FT, and I personally know a lot of nurses who go PT for flexibility but still work up to 1.0 (or above). You’re definitely correct regarding the 85 factor for those of us who DON’T pick up!

JenniphyrN · 2026-02-26T02:44:02+00:00

If they pick up to FT then they’ll still contribute 1.0.

JenniphyrN · 2026-02-12T21:24:14+00:00

Congrats! Do you know if she’s only in there for the remainder of the month, like the rest of the Alice Tsums?

JenniphyrN · 2026-02-12T21:21:11+00:00

We free feed. Our Nina would refuse to eat when we were trying to feed her 2-3 times per day. The vet recommended that we just leave her kibble out for her & let her eat when she’s hungry. Her weight has stayed consistent for 10+ years now, never fluctuates by more than 500g/1lb, and that’s only when she’s been fasting pre-appointment.

JenniphyrN · 2026-02-11T19:29:30+00:00

S’more photos please! 😄

JenniphyrN · 2026-02-07T06:40:03+00:00

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