Fly While You Still Have Wings
Profile: Dalai Lama; Centenarian-Grace Lee Boggs; Dementia Friends; Writing Exercise: Book Review: Joyce Rupp’s caregiving memoir Fly While You Still Have Wings; Shadow Photo
Read more...Aging in Community
Thich Nhat Hahn quotation; Aging in Community video (Ellen Ryan) and Resource Lists; Friendship and Dementia in Faith Community; caregiving; Book Review: Diane Millis, Conversation – Sacred Art; Shadow Photo
Read more...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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