COVID-19

Being countercultural
Creating rich relationships engaging with older people

The words in this meme were spoken by Rev. Lynn Casteel Harper in an interview conducted by Judith Graham, a journalist and contributing columnist with Kaiser Health News (KHN). The article is titled "Minister for Seniors at Famed Church Confronts Ageism and the Shame It Brings." Judith Graham [...]

A spiritual deficit in society
Minister for Seniors at Famed Church Confronts Ageism and the Shame It Brings

"I’ve learned how real and pervasive ageism is... It reflects poorly that our imagination is so stunted and limited when it comes to aging — that we can’t see all the gifts that are lost, all the creativity and the care and the relationships that are lost when we don’t [...]

Creating Community
What are our core values?

"It's time for a new ethic of care to replace the stigma of dementia... Specifically, we need an ethic that challenges stigma by broadening the duty of care to include fully supporting the capacity of individuals living with dementia for creativity, imagination and other positive potentialities.” Authors:  Alisa Grigorovich, PhD, [...]

A Sense of Place
Preventing COVID-19 from decimating nursing home residents requires spending money and improving infection control

This article was originally published March 28, 2020. It's republished here for a retrospective look at the challenges in planning for future outbreaks. The authors state: "To prevent more deaths in nursing homes, the nursing home industry must begin to aggressively advocate for their patients through increased reimbursement and resource [...]

A Sense of Place
We need an ethical compass for fixing long-term care during the COVID-19 crisis

"Without clear ethical standards for long-term care, this won’t be the last tragedy or crisis... Health care, including long-term care, is a human right and a public good. Likewise, people have the right to participate in the decisions that affect them. It is deeply troubling to see the rights of [...]

Creating Community
Coronavirus public health restrictions shouldn’t mean dying alone

Beautiful Voice editor's note: This article was originally published one year ago - May 28, 2020 - prior to the availability of vaccines. The author, Barbara Pesut, PhD, is a nursing professor in British Columbia, Canada. A retrospective review of the article provides the reader with insights about dying alone [...]

Creating Community
Coronavirus shows how ageism is harmful to health of older adults

"The COVID-19 emergency has given us a chance to look again at the way Americans view and treat older people. ... Indeed, the World Health Organization acknowledges ageism as the last socially-accepted form of prejudice.  And this impacts the kind of care they receive and the health care outcomes they [...]

Creating Community
Cultural narratives, ableism and ageism dehumanize people with dementia

This article focuses on a culture of care which is an issue not just for Canadians. Nor is it an issue just for health professionals and residential care providers. It is for the whole of society.   "Over 80 per cent of Canada’s COVID-related deaths are associated with nursing homes, with the [...]

Creating Community
COVID-19, stigma and the scandalous neglect of people living with dementia

Cultural narratives, ableism and ageism dehumanize people with dementia, and present their lives as disposable.  Authors:  Alisa Grigorovich, University of Toronto and Pia Kontos, University of Toronto   Originally published: August 5, 2020 Over 80 per cent of Canada’s COVID-related deaths are associated with nursing homes, with the majority of [...]

Creating Community
Coronavirus: we’re in a real-time laboratory of a more sustainable urban future

This article is a fascinating look at how we have responded to the coronavirus with common sense actions which could eventually build more sustainable cities. Dementia care partners, this is for you. See "Ten ideas to improve cities" - the final discussion on this page. It concludes with "#10 - [...]

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