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10 Feb

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With Valentine's Day fast approaching, we're celebrating the love between some of our Memory Cafe participants. Jim and Helen met at a singles group at church in Minneapolis, MN. During a coffee break they started talking and Helen said “there was just something about Jim that...

10 Feb

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With Valentine's Day fast approaching, we're celebrating the love between some of our Memory Cafe participants. Robin and Don met at church when Don’s sisters encouraged him to come meet their friend. Don says “she caught my eye immediately.” He adds, “she’s still a nice looking...

09 Feb

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Love reaches beyond the bounds of time, age, and the challenges of memory loss. With Valentine's Day approaching, we're celebrating the love between some of our Memory Cafe participants. Today, we're celebrating John and Kelly's beautiful story of faith and commitment. John and Kelly met at...

08 Feb

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Love reaches beyond the bounds of time, age, and the challenges of memory loss. With Valentine's Day approaching, we're celebrating the love between some of our Memory Cafe participants. Jim and Walta met in college on a blind date between their sorority and fraternity. Jim says,...

14 Oct

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Extra grace is surely required IN all of us FOR all of us. Moral distress: the angst and weariness of knowing how it should be without the ability to make it so.   When I talk about moral distress with any of my senior professional colleagues, I...

08 Sep

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Last week, I met with Janis, a care partner, who moved her husband, Richard, to a memory care facility in January and hasn’t been able to hold his hand since March. The staff recently told Janis that Richard has declined so much that he now qualifies for hospice...

12 May

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With the onset of Covid-19, everyone in healthcare hopefully now knows well that masks are needed as we interact with our elders.   We've been asked our thoughts on this.  Our answer is:  We absolutely must comply with national scientific, state and local regulations to...

01 May

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IN RECENT DAYS, WE’VE ALL DISCOVERED WHAT MANY OLDER ADULTS, ESPECIALLY THOSE LIVING WITH DEMENTIA, HAVE ALREADY EXPERIENCED. HOPEFULLY, WE POSSESS GREATER UNDERSTANDING AND EMPATHY AS A RESULT What did we do when we were worried with all the bad news we were hearing? We focused on our physical...

31 Mar

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As social beings, humans thrive on interacting with one another. For people living with dementia and their caregivers, social interaction with other people is vital component to their health. “A lot of times when people get a dementia related diagnosis, people back away because they don’t...