While I am fortunate in that I have no family or friends suffering from dementia (well, unless you consider starting this site…), I found this New York Times article about a nursing home that finds drugging residents and treating them as less than people is much more difficult and expensive than caring for them using more humane methods.

A very good read to start out the new year.  Unless you’re Chinese, when the year of the Rabbit will start February 3, 2011. 除夕