January 2020 - A Beautiful Voice

A Sense of Place
Bird-watching and Your Essential Paraphernalia

It was not until I was a student at the same college which Mother attended for her first two years that I learned she had [...]

Susan Troyer2020-02-05T13:02:14-06:00January 30th, 2020|Categories: A Sense of Place|Tags: The National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds|Comments Off

Creating Community
Person-Centered Care – Ten Ways to Put It Into Practice

"Person-Centered Care for People With Dementia.” This was a forum offered during an annual conference of the American Society on Aging held in Chicago. Open [...]

Susan Troyer2020-01-28T11:00:03-06:00January 25th, 2020|Categories: Creating Community|Tags: "Person-centered Care for People With Dementia", 2015 Forum, American Society on Aging, Carl Rogers, Focused on values of the person living with dementia, individual preferences, Thomas Kitwood|0 Comments

Creating Community
How Domination and Partnership Shape Our Brains, Lives, and Future

Dr. Riane Eisler’s newest book, coauthored with anthropologist, Douglas P. Fry, PhD, is titled Nurturing Our Humanity: How Domination and Partnership Shape Our Brains, Lives, [...]

Susan Troyer2020-01-25T17:45:40-06:00January 21st, 2020|Categories: Creating Community|Tags: Center for Partnership Studies, How Domination and Partnership Shape Our Brains, Interdisciplinary Journal of Partnership Studies, JD, Leader in the movement for peace and economic equity, Nurturing Our Humanity, One of 20 "Great Peacemakers", Riane Eisler|0 Comments

Mindful Presence
Theologically Speaking

John Swinton, PhD, provides a perspective which offers a re-orientation from the conventional storyline of dementia care to person-centered care based on practical theology. According [...]

Susan Troyer2020-02-13T23:03:34-06:00January 10th, 2020|Categories: Mindful Presence|Tags: "Disability theology", Author: Dementia - Living in the Memories of God, Dementia pioneer, Dr. John Swinton, Medicine, Mindful Presence, Nursing, Pastoral carers, Pastors, Redescribing Dementia, Theology|0 Comments

Mindful Presence
Lessons in Living From Being With Dying

Roshi Joan Halifax is recognized as master teacher and a pioneer in end-of-life care. She is Founder, Abbot, Head Teacher of Upaya Institute and [...]

Susan Troyer2020-02-13T23:05:20-06:00January 9th, 2020|Categories: Mindful Presence|Tags: Author: Being With Dying: Cultivating Compassion and Fearlessness in the Presence of Death, Compassion, Death, Dr. Roshi Joan Halifax, Dying, End-of-Life, Hospice, Leadership, Medicine, Mindful Presence, Nursing, Pioneer|0 Comments

Mindful Presence
Why Study Dignity?

One of my mantras in the early days of our move to the ranch was, “It’s about dignity.” Those early days were fresh and [...]

Susan Troyer2020-02-13T23:06:12-06:00January 9th, 2020|Categories: Mindful Presence|Tags: Author: Dignity Therapy - Final Words for Final Days, Dignity, Dignity Therapy, Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry, Dr. Harvey Max Chochinov, Empirical study, Evidence-based, Generativity work, Legacy document, Palliative care, University of Manitoba|0 Comments

Mindful Presence
How a Friend’s Discernment Led to Dad’s Hospice Experience

In 2003, we were many miles apart but still in touch – two decades after being colleagues in a Chicago-area hospital. Stephanie Mayercik, my “wise [...]

Susan Troyer2020-02-13T23:07:18-06:00January 8th, 2020|Categories: Mindful Presence|Tags: Allied health, Caregiver, Caregiving, Chaplain, CNA, Dementia, Discernment, Hospice, Hospice team, Influencer, Leadership, Listening skills, Medicare regulations, Medicine, Mindful Presence, National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, Nursing, Palliative care, RN, Social worker, Stephanie Mayercik|0 Comments

Mindful Presence
Dr. Power Introduces New Model for Dementia Care

Introduced to Maslow’s Theory during my graduate studies, I have frequently had the theory come to mind in numerous work and personal relationships over [...]

Susan Troyer2020-02-13T23:09:03-06:00January 8th, 2020|Categories: Mindful Presence|Tags: Allied health, Author: Dementia Beyond Disease - Enhancing Well-Being, Bio-medical, Dementia Leadership, Dementia pioneer, Dr. Al Power, Drug-based interventions, Humanistic care, Maslow, Maslow theory, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacological, The Eden Alternative Domains of Well-BeingSM|0 Comments

Creating Community
The Myth of Alzheimer’s – How It Resonated

This well-researched 2008 publication covers the concept of Alzheimer’s disease from its intriguing history to the monumental challenge it has become today. The book’s [...]

Mindful Presence
Hope and Hopelessness – How A Friend’s Academic Research Contributes to Culture Change

We came from similar rural backgrounds in the Midwest, and eventually, we became part of some of the same networks. Following undergraduate studies at [...]

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