The big headline on the HBO Alzheimer’s Project says HOPELESS with the LESS crossed out. This made me excited for this unprecedented, three-part series on this most important of issues. But then I watched the trailer. And it was HOPELESS. I will watch and I’m sure hoping to find a little more hope – that [...]
Archive for March, 2009
HBO’s Alzheimer’s Project to Begin May 10th
Posted in cultural phenom, film, public education, tagged film, HBO Alzheimer's Project, memory loss, television on March 27, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Photo Essay
Posted in art, books, cultural phenom, disability, Uncategorized, tagged images of aging, memory loss, Phillip Toledano, photo essay on dementia on March 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
It’s such an exciting time…so many new images of dementia are coming out. Here’s one – I read about it on the Speaking of Faith website. Phillip Toledano’s Days with My Father is a going to be coming out as a book, but for now is a web-based photo essay about his father’s memory loss [...]
The Healing Power of Alzheimer’s
Posted in cultural phenom, tagged alzheimer's, healing, memory loss, Modern Love on March 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Granted, this well-written essay in the Sunday, March 22nd NYT’s Modern Love column is written by a grandson who doesn’t appear to do any of the day to day care…but he makes important observations about the potential healing power of Alzheimer’s. In his family’s case, the disease disrupted deeply rooted rituals of disdain between mother [...]
Import the Drama
Posted in art, cultural phenom, Uncategorized, tagged drama and nursing homes, theater and nursing homes, theater veder on March 4, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Some might say there’s already plenty of drama in a nursing home. But it can also feel like nothing is happening except the clockwork distribution of medications. One nursing home in England is trying a unique way to bring a little intrigue into the home – drama residencies. This winter, I was lucky enough to [...]
Now available: Zeisel’s I’m Still Here
Posted in art, books, tagged alzheimer's, dementia, environment, I'm still here, John Zeisel, treatment on March 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I remember sitting in a conference hotel (which hotel was that? which city?) and meeting (oh! I remember, it was Atlanta…) John Zeisel for the first time. Meeting John is not something you forget (the city, now that’s a different matter). John’s engine revvs at an unnaturally high level and doesn’t seem to stop. At [...]
