September 2025 - A Beautiful Voice

Singing Transforms Us
4 Reasons Why Singing is Good for the Brain (at Any Age)

#Views to date: 635

When people are diagnosed with dementia, their caregivers often insist on lots of peace and quiet [...]

Susan Troyer2025-10-21T02:39:02-05:00September 29th, 2025|Categories: Music as Medicine|Tags: Music and dementia care, Reducing brain fog, Singing and the brain, Singing promotes verbal skills, Singing protects our brains, Singing transforms dementia care|0 Comments

6 Expert Tips from South Asia
How to Arrange Celebrations with Family

#Views to date: 607

Gathering with cherished family members and friends to celebrate occasions and holidays is a heartwarming [...]

Susan Troyer2025-10-21T02:38:31-05:00September 28th, 2025|Categories: Mindful Presence|Tags: creating family memories, Expert tips for celebrations in eldercare, family celebration for older loved one|0 Comments

Stitching Hearts Together
Threads of Time – Weaving Memories in the Heart of a Village

#Views to date: 676

It's incredibly wonderful to picture that peaceful village in rural Pakistan, where the traditions of a close-knit [...]

Susan Troyer2025-10-21T02:37:57-05:00September 26th, 2025|Categories: General|Tags: Embroidery and the arts in dementia care, Maintaining cultural traditions in eldercare|5 Comments

A Lovely Sense of Place
Bird-watching and Our Simple but Essential Paraphernalia

#Views to date: 636

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

Susan Troyer2025-10-21T02:37:46-05:00September 25th, 2025|Categories: A Sense of Place|Tags: Bird-watching in eldercare, Experiencing joy in dementia care, Poetry and discovery in nature, Soul care enrichment, Sparking memories in dementia care, The National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds|0 Comments

Nourishing Body and Soul
Memory in Meals: The Role of Shared Meals in Dementia Care

#Views to date: 817

There's a certain magic in shared meals. It's when we sit together, eat, laugh, and share stories. For families [...]

Susan Troyer2025-10-21T02:37:25-05:00September 24th, 2025|Categories: Food For Life|Tags: Families cooking and eating together, Families sharing meals with the person living with dementia, Sharing meals and memories provides comfort, What is soul care?|0 Comments

Gardening Nurtures Well-Being
A Therapeutic Venture Promoting Quality of Life

#Views to date: 441

Did you know gardening can improve attention span, reduce agitation, and instill a powerful sense of purpose? [...]

Susan Troyer2025-10-21T02:37:12-05:00September 24th, 2025|Categories: General|Tags: Gardening and dementia care, Gardening and well-being, Physical activity for people living with dementia|0 Comments

Opening Doors to a Richer Life
Nature’s Role in Nurturing People Living With Dementia

#Views to date: 446

Dementia care often centers around medication and structured indoor activities. We find solace in the familiar [...]

Susan Troyer2025-10-21T02:38:15-05:00September 22nd, 2025|Categories: Mindful Presence|Tags: Association between dementia and nature, Experiencing joy in dementia care, Nurturing social bonds in dementia care, Soul care enrichment, Sparking memories in dementia care, Stimulating cognition in dementia care, The natural world and well-being|0 Comments

A Physician's Insight
Embracing a multidisciplinary approach that transcends medical interventions

#Views to date: 516

The unprecedented advent of COVID-19 has revealed glaring disparities in our healthcare system, particularly [...]

Susan Troyer2025-10-21T02:36:46-05:00September 21st, 2025|Categories: Creating Community, General|Tags: Challenges in long-term care homes, Combatting stigma through the arts, Elevated mortality rates in elderly dementia patients, Holistic support for dementia patients, Impact of COVID-19 on dementia care, Neoliberal-driven structural limitations, Solitary confinement due to isolation, The imperative for systemic change|0 Comments

Caregivers as invisible frontline
Our Stories Still Matter in the Wake of the 2024 Election–Part II

#Views to date: 768

The Carters’ Legacy and the Work Ahead In Part I, we explored storytelling as a tool to heal division. Now, [...]

Susan Troyer2025-10-21T02:35:04-05:00September 14th, 2025|Categories: Creating Community|Tags: caregivers' voices, caregiving stories, elder care reparations, institutional neglect, Kate Swaffer’s Dementia Justice Report, oppose Medicaid and Medicare cuts, systemic disregard for women's voices|0 Comments

Silence is complicity
Our Stories Still Matter in the Wake of the 2024 Election–Part I

#Views to date: 797

The 2024 election is over, but its wounds are fresh. The chasm between us feels wider, the rhetoric harsher, and [...]

Susan Troyer2025-10-21T02:34:48-05:00September 14th, 2025|Categories: Creating Community|Tags: Dementia community, healing in caregiving, storytelling confronts misogyny, storytelling honors caregiving, storytelling in caregiving, valuing truth and clarity|0 Comments

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