Kudos to Kate Swaffer and her co-author, Dr. Linda Steele, for this article recently published in Health and Human Rights Journal, a publication of Harvard University. Linda and Kate are Dementia Justice researchers. Deep-felt thanks for their tireless efforts to advance the human rights of people living with dementia. Linda [...]
Kate Swaffer is a well-known activist, independent researcher, and leader in the international community who was diagnosed with a form of younger onset frontotemporal dementia in 2008. Her bio can be found here on ABeautifulVoice.org with other esteemed Influencers. Sexual Assault in Residential Aged Care In this video (6:57 [...]
The SELFIE PROJECT page has undergone a recent renovation. Always "under construction," we are in the process of upgrading and expanding the GALLERY and we are ready for your submissions! Learn more here. WHAT: Celebrating being together – via a Selfies “photo op.” WHO: You and a favorite elder or [...]
Dear friends, We are holding this space for “transforming thoughts” - featuring actionable ideas from past and present thought leaders. This column presents beliefs articulated not only by the voice, the laptop, the mic, the megaphone of today’s great authors and thought leaders – but also the quill pen and [...]
"Prayer of the children" Performed on June 5, 2022 by the First Community Church Choirs & Orchestra, Columbus, OH Conducted by Dr. C. Andrew Blosser, Director of Music, leading the combined choirs of two campuses This performance followed the recent tragic events at Buffalo and Uvalde – while the war [...]
"Domination Systems have superior/inferior relationships and view power as 'power over.' Partnership Systems have egalitarian relationships and view power as 'power with' and 'power to' (creative power)." Author: Riane Eisler, JD, President, Center for Partnership Systems Author: Susan Troyer, BA, MS As a child, Riane Eisler, JD, fled [...]
Memory loss, brain fog, and fuzzy thinking can be scary and frustrating. You lose confidence and just can’t get as much done as you used to. And, you might worry that these symptoms mean you’re on your way to getting dementia or even needing 24/7 care. Backed by the most [...]
"It is natural for the West to pin a great many hopes on Zelenskyy, in his resistance to the authoritarianism of Putin. The West should, however, not forget the most central lesson of democratic politics – that the leaders are no better, morally speaking, than those they lead." Author: Michael [...]
Can eating just one cup of greens per day add 11 healthy years to one's life? A 2017 study from Chicago's Rush University involving 1,000 adults came to some stunning conclusions. The researchers found that people who ate just one serving of leafy greens per day (think spinach, kale, collard [...]
It was 2012 - the first Food Revolution Summit had been presented to an online audience in April of that year and I was excited to be present! For a period spanning 14 years, I had been with my parents in my hometown in their final years. I had made every [...]