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Learning and Dementia – Rant #537
In the latest issue of Provider magazine, a new Dutch study is highlighted with the following cover teaser: “Alzheimer’s Finding Surprises Researchers”. So of course, I rushed to the article to find out what happened that was so shocking. Turns … Continue reading
This Is What It’s All About!
It has not been a smooth road for St. John’s in our efforts to build Green Houses® out in communities around Rochester. There has been a lot of resistance from Federal regulators who can’t imagine how we can keep 20 … Continue reading
Forty Years of Rochester Folk
Last night, Rochester’s Golden Link Folk Singing Society (http://www.goldenlink.org) celebrated its 40th birthday with a “Presidents’ Concert”. The club began in 1971, in the waning days of the folk music boom, as a group of stalwart music lovers began to … Continue reading
A Changing Melody
March 26th kicked off the latest edition of Alzheimer’s Disease International in Toronto with “A Changing Melody”: a pre-conference event that celebrates people living with dementia with an all-day symposium that is largely planned and presented by people with various forms … Continue reading
Thursday Thoughts…
I’ll be heading north and west tomorrow; first by train to Toronto for the Changing Melody conference (of and by people living with dementia), then to speak at Alzheimer’s Disease International on Sunday. Monday I head west for talks in … Continue reading
Antipsychotic Use in Denmark
During my last conference in Denmark, I learned of an interesting trend in antipsychotic use. After I quoted a 2003 Danish Medicines Agency report earlier in the week that showed a 28% prevalence of antipsychotic use in care homes, I … Continue reading
Denmark Conference #2
After attending the Denmark Eden Networking Days, I was invited to give two talks for a meeting of the National Knowledge Center for Dementia in Copenhagen on March 11th. My opening talk was a general overview of my “experiential” approach … Continue reading
Birkelund–Denmark’s Newest Eden Home
After the induction ceremony, we were all invited into a room that was decorated with the story of this marvelous home. Inside was a cornucopia of scrapbooks, photos, mementos, decorations and testimonials that were moving as well as inspirational for … Continue reading
Eden Denmark, Day 2
After a hearty breakfast–which seemed to come very soon after the wonderful dinner the night before–we were launched into Day 2 with the Danish Eden song, sung in Danish, English and German (close approximations accepted). After a local journalist spoke … Continue reading
Denmark – Part I
We arrived on Monday, March 7th–a day late, due to a plane breakdown in Rochester that forced us to miss our flight over. After a night in Newark and some fancy footwork, we managed to get another flight out on … Continue reading
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