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High-sugar diets and health
Yes, too much sugar is bad for our health – here’s what the science says

"One of the most important global challenges in public health nutrition is halting the continuing rise in rates of obesity, cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Central to the debate on how best to meet this challenge is the issue of foods and beverages containing added sugars. But this focus on sugar [...]

Susan Troyer2023-06-12T21:34:31-05:00June 5th, 2023|Categories: Food For Life, General|Tags: Cancer, Dementia, Diabetes, Diet, Food and nutrition, Sugar, Sugar series|0 Comments

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 [...]

Susan Troyer2023-06-03T12:11:36-05:00May 31st, 2023|Categories: Creating Community, General|Tags: Ageism, Aging, Alzheimer's, COVID-19, Dementia, Invisible older people in our culture, Promoting storytelling with older people, Rev. Lynn Casteel Harper, Societal response to older adults|0 Comments

Our soul purpose
Research findings, media stories and articles to inspire new narratives about people living with dementia

Welcome to ABeautifulVoice.org...! Mission: A lifestyle digest amplifying ways to humanize the care of people living with dementia, including approaches from psychology, society and culture. The digest not only challenges the conventional model but also seeks to enlarge the discussion of soul care. It is created, curated, and compiled for all [...]

Susan Troyer2022-09-08T15:55:45-05:00September 8th, 2022|Categories: Creating Community, General|Tags: Alzheimer's, Dementia, Lifestyle digest|0 Comments

Mindful music support
The music app supporting dementia care at home

"Currently, the aged care sector is in crisis, with devastating outcomes reported by the Royal Commission into Aged Care. The Commission’s report highlighted the benefits and subsequent need for music therapy, and MATCH goes at least a part of the way to increasing access to the benefits of music therapy [...]

Susan Troyer2022-09-01T22:11:13-05:00September 1st, 2022|Categories: General, Music as Medicine|Tags: AGED CARE MUSIC, Alzheimer's, Dementia, Music therapy|0 Comments

Just the facts
End-of-life costs for dementia far greater than for other diseases

"Health care costs for dementia in the last years of life can be a huge financial burden for families as well as for society at large." Published: November 23, 2015 | Source: NIH.gov At a Glance Health care costs for people with dementia were significantly higher in their last [...]

Susan Troyer2022-08-22T14:44:18-05:00August 22nd, 2022|Categories: Creating Community, General|Tags: Aging research, Alzheimer's, Cost of chronic illness, Dementia, End-of-life-care, Financial burden for families, Health care costs, Public health|0 Comments

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