When people log in to join a Jewish Family & Children’s Service memory cafe online, they might hear from an Afro-Latin music expert about…
This article is part of the series Diversity & Dementia, produced by Being Patient with support provided by Eisai. After Kunle Adewale’s stepmother had a stroke,…
As we kick off the holiday season with Thanksgiving, we revisit past wisdom from caregiving consultant Linda Jenkins about how to celebrate the holidays…
Earlier this year, when the House of Memories mobile museum visited a Liverpool nursing home, an older woman with dementia who had become withdrawn…
If you have access to a garden — be it a community garden, local botanical gardens, try it out this Earth Day. Even just…
Music touches our lives in profound ways. Songs that remind us of meaningful life moments, big or small, can evoke deeply-rooted emotions and memories….
As science continues to uncover the wonders of music for the mind and body, music therapy is increasingly recognized by the medical community as…
While isolation and loneliness have become a massive public health concern on their own over the past 14 months, new research brings a little…
Expressive arts like music, painting, and even dance have the potential to evoke powerful emotion and long-buried memories in people living with Alzheimer’s. For…
Interactive gaming consoles like the Nintendo Wii and Xbox Kinect have become popular platforms, offering family-friendly exercise-related games — ‘exergames’ — such as dancing…
Horticulture is the science and art of growing fruits, vegetables, flowers, or ornamental plants. For centuries, the focus of horticulture has been finding ways…
At the age of 46, John Wood was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, but it wasn’t until about a year later that his diagnosis was revised…
Coloring is an honorable hobby with major benefits — often us as adults have not colored in decades, outside of keeping kids entertained while…
As we age, memories of long past events become more important, especially with each passing decade of late midlife and old age. Studies show…
During the coronavirus pandemic, residents in home care and long-term care facilities alike are experiencing immense feelings of isolation and loneliness. Isolation and loneliness…