Archive for spirit

WRITE TO OPEN YOUR HEART

Profile: Sr. Joan Chittister, writer, speaker, social activist, community builder; author of Gift of Years: Growing Old Gracefully; Tips for Writing; Creativity and Aging; Book Review: Strauch’s The Secret Life of the Grown-Up Brain: The Surprising Talents of the Middle-Aged Mind.

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WRITE TO CLAIM YOURSELF

PROFILE: Dr. Maya Angelou, 83, writer of memoir, poetry, music, film; REVIEW: LifeTimes-The Game of Reminiscence; Books, Websites and Quotations on Memoir.

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WRITE TO HEAL

PROFILE: Sterling Haynes, MD, writer of nonfiction, humour, and poetry. Family Caregiving – analyzing 3 recent books by daughters caring for mothers with Alzheimer’s disease. Book Review: Robert Atchley’s Spirituality of Aging.

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Contact Info
Ellen Ryan, webhost: info@writingdownouryears.ca
Gilbrea Centre for Studies in Aging, KTH – 226, McMaster University Hamilton, ON L8S 4M4
(905) 525-9140 Extension: 24449
Ellen B. Ryan Ph. D.
Working within the Communication Predicament of Aging Model, her research highlights predicaments experienced by vulnerable older adults with sensory, cognitive...
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