Why We All Need to Hear from People with Lived Experience of Dementia
What do you know about dementia? Fortunately, we live in a time where information on just about anything is readily available. Books, research, websites and videos created by those who have a formal education are abundant. Courses are available at many Alzheimer...Changing the Story of Dementia Starts with Sharing the Story
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...Seven A’s of Dementia
I first saw this article about the Seven A’s of Dementia on the Alzheimer Society (York Region, Canada) website and thought it was a brilliant. Click here to see the original article. I’ve since seen these “Seven A’s” elsewhere but no one...Are you a gate opener or a gate keeper?
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
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...In My World
In My World: Short Stories About Familiar People and Places is an activity for a person in the middle-to-late stages of dementia to enjoy with a reading partner or on their own.
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