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Finding our compassion
Aiding her dying husband, a geriatrician learns the emotional and physical toll of caregiving

"Reading about caregiving of this kind was one thing. Experiencing it was entirely different." - Dr. Rebecca Elon, an experienced geriatrician, speaking with author Judith Graham. Author: Judith Graham May 18, 2021 The loss of a husband. The death of a sister. Taking in an elderly mother with dementia. [...]

Susan Troyer2022-08-02T23:56:52-05:00July 27th, 2022|Categories: General, Mindful Presence|Tags: Aging, Caregiving, Dementia, End-of-Life|0 Comments

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 [...]

Susan Troyer2022-05-14T12:56:49-05:00April 12th, 2022|Categories: Creating Community, General|Tags: Ageism, Aging, Alzheimer's, COVID-19, Dementia, Invisible older people in our culture, Promoting storytelling with older people, Societal response to older adults|0 Comments

Not for women only
The reality of caring for someone with dementia – stressful but rewarding too

"Of course, no one would deny that dementia care is stressful, but it’s clear that many carers have successfully adapted to their role. They draw on their own individual characteristics and resources within their immediate and wider social environment to build their capacity for resilience ... By promoting resilience and [...]

Susan Troyer2022-02-15T15:18:33-06:00July 26th, 2021|Categories: Mindful Presence|Tags: Dementia, Dementia caregiving, Dementia treatment|0 Comments

Music as Medicine
How music can help relieve chronic pain

"Despite what we have learned and what we are now beginning to practice, there has been little work on chronic pain. This area of growing importance refers to pain either from an ongoing disease or that continues beyond the normal time that a wound usually takes to heal." Author: [...]

Susan Troyer2022-02-15T13:44:56-06:00July 21st, 2021|Categories: General, Music as Medicine|Tags: Alzheimer’s disease, Arthritis, Author - Don Knox, Chronic pain, Dementia, Music, Music therapy, Pain, Preventing chronic illness|0 Comments

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, [...]

Susan Troyer2021-08-06T19:07:44-05:00June 25th, 2021|Categories: Creating Community|Tags: Ableism, Ageism, Cognitive decline, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Dementia, Elderly, Future, Geriatrics, Interdisciplinary, Long-Term Care, Stigma|0 Comments

Mindful Presence
How reducing the number of stressful events in our lives could help beat dementia

"But is the onset of something as complex as Alzheimer’s disease likely to come down to a simple numbers game, in which one too many stressful events mean it’s game over?" August 9, 2017 | Author: Claire J. Hanley, PhD, Swansea University Stress is bad for our physical and [...]

Susan Troyer2021-12-27T14:57:48-06:00June 18th, 2021|Categories: Mindful Presence|Tags: Alzheimer’s disease, Brain function, Cortisol, Dementia, Maintaining brain health, New research on Alzheimer's and dementia, Stress|0 Comments

Mindful Presence - body, mind, spirit
Drug prescriptions in older adults with dementia: NIA-funded study finds increased risk of side effects and cognitive decline

At a Glance: An analysis found that almost 14% of older adults with dementia had long-term prescriptions for three or more medications that affect the nervous system. Such drug combinations can raise the risk of dangerous side effects, and in some cases hasten cognitive decline. Author: Sharon Reynolds, NIH’s National [...]

Susan Troyer2021-06-20T21:22:58-05:00June 4th, 2021|Categories: Mindful Presence|Tags: 3+ medications, Dangerous side effects, Dementia, Effect on nervous system, Hasten cognitive decline, Loss of memory, Prescriptions|0 Comments

Mindful Presence - body, mind, spirit
Could ‘love hormone’ oxytocin help treat Alzheimer’s disease? Here’s what researchers currently know

"The study investigated what role oxytocin had in memory." - Author: Eleftheria Kodosaki, PhD, Cardiff Metropolitan University, United Kingdom July 27, 2020 Oxytocin is often called “the love hormone” because of its role in social bonding, reproduction and childbirth. This hormone may also affect our memory – though in [...]

Susan Troyer2021-05-28T23:46:15-05:00May 24th, 2021|Categories: Mindful Presence|Tags: Alzheimer’s disease, Cognitive decline, Dementia, memory, Oxytocin|0 Comments

Food for Life
Your gut microbiome may be linked to dementia, Parkinson’s disease and MS

"Our stomach and brain are connected through the 'gut-brain axis' . . . It might be time to look outside the skull to understand the cause of some brain conditions." Date of publication: November 10, 2020 Authors: Lynne A Barker, PhD, Sheffield Hallam University and Caroline Jordan, PhD, Sheffield [...]

Susan Troyer2021-05-17T17:11:03-05:00May 13th, 2021|Categories: Food For Life|Tags: Alzheimer’s disease, Dementia, Gut bacteria, Gut microbiome, Microbiome, MS, Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's disease|0 Comments

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 [...]

Susan Troyer2021-06-26T10:45:15-05:00May 13th, 2021|Categories: Creating Community|Tags: Ableism, Ageism, Cognitive decline, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Dementia, Elderly, Geriatrics, Long-Term Care, Stigma|0 Comments