Seeing Dementia differently in celebration of World Alzheimer’s Day
This article, which appears here with minor edits, originally appeared at http://mindsmatter.co.za on the 1st of March 2021 under the title “What if…”. I wonder what would have happened if we considered dementia to be an “altered state”, reframing it not as a syndrome or an illness, but rather a different way of being in […]
Of loss and love … journeying with a loved one living with dementia – Alice Ashwell PhD
Has your life been affected by dementia? Are you in the early stages of the condition, or are you the care-partner of a loved one with dementia? An attitude of acceptance and a practice of mindfulness helped one woman to transform the experience of her mother’s dementia journey from a story of loss into a story […]