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Narrating Experiences Of Alzheimers Through The Arts
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Book Synopsis Drawn from Memory by : Elizabeth Jane Cockey
Download or read book Drawn from Memory written by Elizabeth Jane Cockey and published by BookPros, LLC. This book was released on 2007 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Disheartened by her son's illness and her own financial problems, Elizabeth Cockey begins to question the direction of her life. Yet, when one ninety-year-old dementia patient shows her there is a higher power, Cockey sees that help is available. The experience leads Cockey on a road to renewal, fostering an intense passion. Through art, she helps Alzheimer's and dementia patients realize that hope is never lost.
Book Synopsis Bringing Art to Life by : Daniel C. Potts
Download or read book Bringing Art to Life written by Daniel C. Potts and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2022-06-30 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: People diagnosed with dementia are still living and deserve the support needed to help them live as well as possible through the trauma and losses they face. To this end, the expressive arts play an important role. Enlightened by his father's artistic gift revealed in the throes of dementia, neurologist Daniel C. Potts tells how his father's creativity inspired the development of the Bringing Art to Life program, sharing stories of its participants, both persons living with dementia and their student partners, and of the power of art and authentic relationships to foster spiritual growth and make meaning even amidst life's greatest challenges.
Book Synopsis The Poetics and Politics of Alzheimer’s Disease Life-Writing by : Martina Zimmermann
Download or read book The Poetics and Politics of Alzheimer’s Disease Life-Writing written by Martina Zimmermann and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-06-07 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This is the first book-length exploration of the thoughts and experiences expressed by dementia patients in published narratives over the last thirty years. It contrasts third-person caregiver and first-person patient accounts from different languages and a range of media, focusing on the poetical and political questions these narratives raise: what images do narrators appropriate; what narrative plot do they adapt; and how do they draw on established strategies of life-writing. It also analyses how these accounts engage with the culturally dominant Alzheimer’s narrative that centres on dependence and vulnerability, and addresses how they relate to discourses of gender and aging. Linking literary scholarship to the medico-scientific understanding of dementia as a neurodegenerative condition, this book argues that, first, patients’ articulations must be made central to dementia discourse; and second, committed alleviation of caregiver burden through social support systems and altered healthcare policies requires significantly altered views about aging, dementia, and Alzheimer’s patients.
Book Synopsis Narrating Experiences of Alzheimer's Through the Arts by : Ana Paula Barbosa-Fohrmann
Download or read book Narrating Experiences of Alzheimer's Through the Arts written by Ana Paula Barbosa-Fohrmann and published by transcript Verlag. This book was released on 2023-05-31 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While Alzheimer's might be associated with a difficulty to express oneself, Ana Paula Barbosa-Fohrmann addresses this topic by examining experiences with Alzheimer's based on narratives. In this original contribution, she studies the nexus of life stories, subjectivity, fragmentation, and fiction. The philosophical basis of this research is phenomenology from the end of the 19th century to the middle of the 20th century, specifically that of Husserl and above all that of Merleau-Ponty. This work also draws on Proust's and Camus' literature as well as Beckett's dramaturgy.
Book Synopsis Connecting in the Land of Dementia by : Deborah Shouse
Download or read book Connecting in the Land of Dementia written by Deborah Shouse and published by Central Recovery Press, LLC. This book was released on 2016-08-29 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Innovative ideas designed so care partners can engage and connect with people living with dementia. On the dementia journey, each quality moment of connection is priceless. Deborah Shouse and dozens of experts in the field of dementia share ideas that engage the creative spirit so you can continue to experience those meaningful moments of connecting. These easy and adaptable projects--music, art, movies, cooking, storytelling, gardening, movement, and many more--can foster stronger relationships, renew hope, and ignite a sense of purpose for people who are living with dementia and their care partners. You don't need special skills to enjoy these expressive activities. Simply incorporate them into your daily routine and you'll enrich your time together. Deborah Shouse is a writer, speaker, editor, creativity catalyst, and dementia advocate. She has an MBA but uses it only in emergencies. Her writing has appeared in a variety of publications including The Washington Post, The Huffington Post, Natural Awakenings, Reader’s Digest, Newsweek, Woman’s Day, Spirituality & Health, The Chicago Tribune and Unity Magazine. Deborah has been featured in many anthologies, including more than four-dozen Chicken Soup books. She has written a number of business books and for years Deborah wrote a love story column for the Kansas City Star.
Book Synopsis Beyond the Great Forgetting by : Patrick Gruener
Download or read book Beyond the Great Forgetting written by Patrick Gruener and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-08-29 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on a selection of carefully curated autobiographical and fictional portrayals of the dementia experience, this book gives voice to some of the most pressing ethical issues that commonly arise in the context of a dementing disorder, and calls attention to various forms of narrative resistance in contemporary American literature on early-onset Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Based on the premise that the current public discourse on AD is largely dominated by an anxiety and fear-promoting conception of the illness, this multilayered inquiry strives to look beyond the widespread horrors of forgetting and loss in AD, and, in doing so, attempts to give a better, more accurate, and more balanced impression of what it means to be living with such a diagnosis.
Book Synopsis The Poetics and Politics of Alzheimer’s Disease Life-Writing by : Martina Zimmermann
Download or read book The Poetics and Politics of Alzheimer’s Disease Life-Writing written by Martina Zimmermann and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2018-05-12 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This is the first book-length exploration of the thoughts and experiences expressed by dementia patients in published narratives over the last thirty years. It contrasts third-person caregiver and first-person patient accounts from different languages and a range of media, focusing on the poetical and political questions these narratives raise: what images do narrators appropriate; what narrative plot do they adapt; and how do they draw on established strategies of life-writing. It also analyses how these accounts engage with the culturally dominant Alzheimer’s narrative that centres on dependence and vulnerability, and addresses how they relate to discourses of gender and aging. Linking literary scholarship to the medico-scientific understanding of dementia as a neurodegenerative condition, this book argues that, first, patients’ articulations must be made central to dementia discourse; and second, committed alleviation of caregiver burden through social support systems and altered healthcare policies requires significantly altered views about aging, dementia, and Alzheimer’s patients.
Book Synopsis Treasure for Alzheimer's by : Richard Morgan
Download or read book Treasure for Alzheimer's written by Richard Morgan and published by . This book was released on 2015-09-25 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the typical loss of memory and verbal skills in persons with Alzheimer's disease or other Dementias, Treasure for Alzheimer's clearly shows that art often reaches below the conscious level of existence to a hidden depth of meaning stored within. Dr. Richard Morgan used the art of Lester E. Potts, Jr., painted in the throes of Alzheimer's disease, to communicate and develop relationships with residents in a residential care facility who were similarly affected. This may well be the first time the art of a lay person with Alzheimer's has been used therapeutically with people who have the same disease or related Dementias. The amazing results show how connections and relationships were forged which formerly did not exist, and give hope to caregivers and others who seek to know the identities still deeply present inside each of us despite the loss of cognition.
Book Synopsis Memories in the Making by : La Doris
Download or read book Memories in the Making written by La Doris and published by . This book was released on 2011-03-03 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Memories in the Making is a program that features the art work of people living with Alzheimer's disease, using their art and often their few remaining words to share what is currently in their thoughts. This book dispels the common misconception that individuals with dementia are lost forever. Instead, we learn by reading their compelling stories and viewing their accompanying art, that they are still here, only in a different way.
Book Synopsis Enhancing Life with Alzheimer's by : Rachel Suniga Osborn
Download or read book Enhancing Life with Alzheimer's written by Rachel Suniga Osborn and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this research was to determine if incorporating individualized arts and art-making activities into the caregiving of persons with Alzheimer's Disease would help to improve their overall quality of life. To answer this question, I conducted an eight-week qualitative case study of two persons with Alzheimer's Disease. I visited the patients and their caregivers in their homes, and facilitated the incorporation of arts and art-making activities into their caregiving. These activities included painting with watercolors and acrylic paints, sewing, dancing, listening to music, collage, craftwork, storytelling, and sharing past art experiences. As a result of participating in this case study, the two persons with Alzheimer's Disease experienced increased confidence and self-esteem, a positive means of communication and social engagement, an opportunity to be validated and valued as persons with a rich life history and valuable remaining talents, and they developed new physical and mental abilities.
Book Synopsis The Poetics and Politics of Alzheimer's Disease Life-Writing by : Martina Zimmermann
Download or read book The Poetics and Politics of Alzheimer's Disease Life-Writing written by Martina Zimmermann and published by Saint Philip Street Press. This book was released on 2020-10-09 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book-length exploration of the thoughts and experiences expressed by dementia patients in published narratives over the last thirty years. It contrasts third-person caregiver and first-person patient accounts from different languages and a range of media, focusing on the poetical and political questions these narratives raise: what images do narrators appropriate; what narrative plot do they adapt; and how do they draw on established strategies of life-writing. It also analyses how these accounts engage with the culturally dominant Alzheimer's narrative that centres on dependence and vulnerability, and addresses how they relate to discourses of gender and aging. Linking literary scholarship to the medico-scientific understanding of dementia as a neurodegenerative condition, this book argues that, first, patients' articulations must be made central to dementia discourse; and second, committed alleviation of caregiver burden through social support systems and altered healthcare policies requires significantly altered views about aging, dementia, and Alzheimer's patients. This work was published by Saint Philip Street Press pursuant to a Creative Commons license permitting commercial use. All rights not granted by the work's license are retained by the author or authors.
Book Synopsis Art Making Practices for Groups of Individuals with Alzheimer's Disease by : Ellen Claire-Murray Coonrod
Download or read book Art Making Practices for Groups of Individuals with Alzheimer's Disease written by Ellen Claire-Murray Coonrod and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through the method of action research, this study reflects upon the individual practice of an art educator in facilitating visual art making experiences for a group of adults with dementia caused by Alzheimer’s disease. The study’s qualitative data consists of interviews with class facilitators, photos of the class environment and resulting artwork, and written observations, which were analyzed for emergent themes supporting the participants’ cognitive and social engagement. In adopting Kitwood and Bredin’s (1992) approach of person-centered care, the study connected their twelve indicators of relative well-being to observations of engagement in the class. The discovered themes include personal objects and stories, collaboration, mood, repetition, stimulating materials, multiple steps, individualized assistance, minimized distractions, and limited options. These described attributes could provide a resource for those designing and facilitating similar experiences for adults with Alzheimer’s disease.
Book Synopsis The Poetics and Politics of Alzheimer's Disease Life-Writing by : Martina Zimmermann
Download or read book The Poetics and Politics of Alzheimer's Disease Life-Writing written by Martina Zimmermann and published by . This book was released on 2018-01-15 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book-length exploration of the thoughts and experiences expressed by dementia patients in published narratives over the last thirty years. It contrasts third-person caregiver and first-person patient accounts from different languages and a range of media, focusing on the poetical and political questions these narratives raise: what images do narrators appropriate; what narrative plot do they adapt; and how do they draw on established strategies of life-writing. It also analyses how these accounts engage with the culturally dominant Alzheimer's narrative that centres on dependence and vulnerability, and addresses how they relate to discourses of gender and aging. Linking literary scholarship to the medico-scientific understanding of dementia as a neurodegenerative condition, this book argues that, first, patients' articulations must be made central to dementia discourse; and second, committed alleviation of caregiver burden through social support systems and altered healthcare policies requires significantly altered views about aging, dementia, and Alzheimer's patients.
Book Synopsis The Use of Art Therapy and Digistory with Older Adults Experiencing Dementia by : Melissa M. Newlin
Download or read book The Use of Art Therapy and Digistory with Older Adults Experiencing Dementia written by Melissa M. Newlin and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis When Words Have Lost Their Meaning by : Ruth Abraham
Download or read book When Words Have Lost Their Meaning written by Ruth Abraham and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Book Synopsis Finding Joy in Alzheimer's by : MD Faan Daniel C Potts
Download or read book Finding Joy in Alzheimer's written by MD Faan Daniel C Potts and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-11-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here's a hope-filled book about Alzheimer's caregiving. It was written by Marie Marley, PhD - a well-known author on dementia issues - and neurologist Daniel C. Potts, MD, FAAN, both experts on caregiving. With a Foreword by Maria Shriver, this groundbreaking volume will give you hope in the midst of the darkness of Alzheimer's and other dementias. You can come to terms with your loved one's condition and free yourself to experience joyous interactions. Part I covers a variety of issues, such as the authors' belief that people with Alzheimer's can still enjoy life, how to overcome denial, five especially difficult situations, the role of grief on the journey to acceptance, and letting go of resentment through making peace with God. In Part II the authors provide 55 helpful tips for visiting people with Alzheimer's. Part III consists of numerous short stories illustrating the authors' joyous interactions with their loved ones. The stories will warm your heart and light your way along the path to achieving true joy.
Book Synopsis Grandma HAS Alzheimer's But It's OK by : Marian Tally Simmons Brown
Download or read book Grandma HAS Alzheimer's But It's OK written by Marian Tally Simmons Brown and published by Litprime Solutions. This book was released on 2022-09-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grandma HAS Alzheimer's But It's OK is the true story of an ordinary family who keeps their mother after she develops Alzheimer's. Told through the voice of the family grandchild. This memoir expresses the value of a grandmother and the pain of how this disease affects all the family, even pets. This is a story of struggle, compassionate love, determination to keep a vow, and most of all, the power of active faith. This is about life lessons and how unconditional love overcome doubt, fear, uncertainty, and hesitancy and empowers you to stand and press forward when it looks like all Hope is gone.
