Reimagining Dementia: A Creative Coalition for Justice is an international group of dementia activists and allies – health professionals, people living with dementia (young and old), carers/care partners, family and community members, advocates, artists, academics, policy makers and others – who share a diverse and humanizing vision of care and support that promotes inclusion, relationality, creativity, […]
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I’m sure when Destiny’s Child came out with “Say My Name,” they never meant for it to be used as an example such as this post, but here we are! We all have a name and I’m sure we’d prefer it to be used, over names that don’t quite “suit” us. I’m also sure none […]
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A terrific special section of July 25th’s New York Times was devoted to the 30th anniversary of the passage of the Americans With Disabilities Act. There is no mention of age or ageism. It would be convenient to attribute that omission to the fact that most older people are not disabled (true but complicated). But you sure wouldn’t […]
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GG’s Story Grandma Louise was the hardest working and sassiest person I have ever known. As a child I knew that she loved me dearly in her own unique way. She was active in our family and appreciated the everyday sweet things in life, from a cup of coffee to a game of solitaire. She […]
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The COVID-19 pandemic has been devastating to nursing homes around the world. Despite temporary mandates and visitation restrictions that have been put in place to prevent the spread of the virus, St. John’s has pivoted while facing these new realities to continue protecting against what Dr. Bill Thomas described as the “Three Plagues of Growing Older.”
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Artists create resources for all to advocate during COVID-19 and beyond
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Image by Petra Eriksson from @artists4longtermcare is a social action initiative that uses art and storytelling to raise awareness of the crisis facing residents and staff in long-term care facilities during the Covid-19 pandemic I continue to marvel at how very blind we, as a society, are to ageism. Doesn’t anyone else notice that when […]
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How improvisation gives us a powerful tool for moving from “How things should be” to “What can we create given what exists?” – and the most humanizing shot at relating to the strangeness, the fluidity and the uncertainty of dementia (and pandemic life) in ways that promote intimacy and growth rather than frustration and humiliation.
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