Alzheimer’s

Creating Community
Stop pathologizing! Start humanizing!

“People without dementia are not used to enforced isolation, or social and physical distancing, whilst people with dementia experience it from the day we dare to [...]

Food for Life
[Ebook] Top 7 Brain Health Foods – Are These in Your Kitchen?

Did you know that many foods common in the standard American diet are actually damaging to the brain? Find out the best and worst foods [...]

2020-08-29T22:27:14-05:00August 26th, 2020|Categories: Food For Life|Tags: , , , , , , |Comments Off on Food for Life
[Ebook] Top 7 Brain Health Foods – Are These in Your Kitchen?

Mindful Presence
The Self in Dementia is Not Lost

I was offered a “pass.” It was a routine appointment approximately one year following Mother’s diagnosis of Alzheimer’s in late 1997.  The physician quietly handed [...]

Mindful Presence
Hygiene Matters – Our 2003 SARS Experience

2002-2003 Those were the SARS years, but communications were so different in the early 2000’s! The internet was still quite new – and most hospitals [...]

2020-08-01T21:41:14-05:00July 6th, 2020|Categories: Mindful Presence|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |Comments Off on Mindful Presence
Hygiene Matters – Our 2003 SARS Experience

Creating Community
Shortfall Of Comfort Care Signals Undue Suffering For Coronavirus Patients

"Some experts worry that a long-standing shortage of palliative care professionals ― who focus on the physical pain and mental and spiritual distress caused by [...]

2020-07-05T17:56:22-05:00July 5th, 2020|Categories: Creating Community|Tags: , , , , , , , , |Comments Off on Creating Community
Shortfall Of Comfort Care Signals Undue Suffering For Coronavirus Patients

Food for Life
Dementia: Eating Plenty of Apples, Berries and Tea Linked to Lower Risk

"Though this study doesn’t explain why flavonoids have this beneficial effect on Alzheimer’s disease, it’s clear that high, long-term dietary intake of a wide range [...]

2020-06-20T10:33:28-05:00June 19th, 2020|Categories: Food For Life|Tags: , , , , , |Comments Off on Food for Life
Dementia: Eating Plenty of Apples, Berries and Tea Linked to Lower Risk

A Sense of Place
This Disruptive Moment – Re-thinking Aging and Aging Services

“The senior living field has long been ripe for disruption. While the pandemic is causing incredible stress and suffering, it can also be a launch [...]

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 [...]

Creating Community
Human Rights Violations of Elders With Dementia Led to Suffering and Death

I was simply stunned. This time, it hit close to home. My deceased father had been in a highly invisible group of people ... [...]

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