Archive for 2010

LATE BLOOMERS – WRITE RIGHT NOW

Late Bloomers – Some older adults become writers after the age of 50 or 60 or 89. Memoir through poems loved by Naomi Beth Wakan. To Be an Elder, original poem by Ione Grover. Web Resources on Positive Aging.

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WRITE ACROSS THE GENERATIONS

Intergenerational communication and respect is fostered by writing for and about family members and more general audiences from different age cohorts. Older adults can foster a sense of family connections, fun, history, and social responsibility among the young through their writings.

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WRITE TO RECLAIM IDENTITY IN DEMENTIA

As exemplified by Richard Taylor, writing makes it possible for an individual with dementia to engage with others in a dialogue that creates meaning and forms identity. Quotations from books written by Taylor and others living with dementia can teach much about the lived experience, including how caregivers might attend more carefully to personhood.

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Contact Info
Ellen Ryan, webhost: info@writingdownouryears.ca
Dep’t of Health, Aging and Society, KTH – 226, McMaster University Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1
(905) 525-9140 Extension: 27035
Ellen B. Ryan Ph. D.
Professor Emeritus,
McMaster University
Specialist in Aging: Psychology, Communication, Spirituality, Writing Facilitator
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