Excerpts from Julie’s Journal
By: Julie Trocchio, RN, M.S.,Senior Director, Community Benefit and Continuing Care, Catholic Health Association I sat in a doctor’s office while the urologist calmly and rationally drew me a picture...
View ArticlePerson-Centered Care in Urgent Care?
By: Penny Cook, Executive Director Colorado Culture Change It’s rare for me to write a personal article for our newsletter but I want to share a recent experience I had with our health care system. A...
View ArticleLonely Cowboy
By Martin Bayne:Martin has been an assisted living resident for more than 10 years, and credits many of his ideas to his experiences as a Zen Buddhist monk and an MIT scholar. His website is...
View ArticleAlzheimer’s Stole My Father’s Speech – Our Dog Brought It Back
by Lisa Abeyta: Founder, CEO APPCityLife Inc. Yesterday afternoon, I had the privilege of spending a little bit of time with my dad, who is in the advanced stages of Alzheimer’s. My parents have two...
View ArticleKate Swaffer – Dementia, My Story
Not all Dementias are due to Alzheimer’s, nor do they reveal themselves in the same way. CLICK ON THE TEXT BELOW TO VIEW KATE’S VIDEO BLOG. My name is Kate Swaffer, and I live in South Australia,...
View ArticleSay Hello to the Person
by: Dr. Heather Hill, facilitator/trainer in dementia care. She has worked for twenty-five years in dance therapy As dance therapist – or “the lady with scarves” as I think the nursing caregivers...
View ArticleThrough Our Eyes: a Life with Dementia
An important video of brief interviews with people diagnosed with a dementia, their reactions, advice and suggestions
View ArticleThere is No One Better Than YOU to Speak Up
by Michael Ellenbogen, Dementia Advocate I am going to start with the end in mind. You can do all this no matter what your challenges are. In 2008 I was given a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease after...
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