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Adventures in the Bulk Food Store

by Laura Bowley | Feb 9, 2018 | Advocacy, Dementia Friendly, Rights of People with Dementia | 4 comments

I had an experience at our local bulk food store yesterday. The store is basically the size of a Trader Joe’s, except that every aisle looks the same, lined with identical bins on the floor and various products on the shelves above. The colour scheme is yellow,...

Dementia: A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words

by Laura Bowley | Jul 20, 2017 | Advocacy, Dementia, Dementia Friendly, Story of Dementia | 7 comments

Between June 25 and 27, 2017, I had the pleasure of attending the Re-Imagine Life with Dementia conference, sponsored by Dementia Action Alliance (DAA) and held in Buckhead, GA, just outside of Atlanta. As part of the Planning Committee for this conference, I knew...

Changing the Story of Dementia Starts with Sharing the Story

by Laura Bowley | Mar 15, 2017 | Advocacy, Dementia, Dementia Friendly, Story of Dementia

Storytelling is the social and cultural activity of sharing stories, often with improvisation, theatrics, or embellishment. Stories or narratives have been shared in every culture as a means of entertainment, education, cultural preservation and instilling moral...

Are you a gate opener or a gate keeper?

by Laura Bowley | Apr 20, 2016 | Advocacy, Dementia, Dementia Friendly, Rights of People with Dementia | 5 comments

Unusual for me, I’ll just get right to the point: If you work in the dementia field–be it on a project, a campaign, a dementia-friendly community, in long-term care, as a personal support worker, or one-on-one with a family member as a care...

See Me in Dementia

by Laura Bowley | Apr 6, 2016 | Advocacy, Dementia, Dementia Friendly, Rights of People with Dementia, Story of Dementia | 4 comments

What happens when you don’t see the “me” in dementia? If you don’t see the “me,” you see the dementia instead, and when you see the dementia, the “me” or the “I” becomes an “it.” You’re...

Dementia and retirement homes: Not a good mix

by Laura Bowley | Jan 5, 2016 | Advocacy, Dementia, Dementia Friendly, Psycho-social interventions, Uncategorized | 1 comment

Here’s a quote from an article I enjoyed today with my morning tea: Facing a growing wave of dementia so violent it’s led to 12 homicides in two years, Ontario (Canada) nursing homes are pleading with the province to pay for a key tool now available to fewer...
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