Linda Austin Writes Poetry Inspired by Dementia
By Linda Austin Konnichi wa, obaasan, o-genki desu ka? My Japanese mother suffered from Alzheimer’s. She spent her last three years in a care home and I went there nearly every day
By Linda Austin Konnichi wa, obaasan, o-genki desu ka? My Japanese mother suffered from Alzheimer’s. She spent her last three years in a care home and I went there nearly every day
By Steph Jagger, Washington, USA I don’t like to be consumed by things. I think that’s the reason why I wrote Everything Left to Remember— why I chose to document, not only
By Y. Y. Chan, Hong Kong Grandma, It’s Me! is a fictional children’s book about dementia. The story is based on my experience with the closest grandmother I had ever had –
Up in the Sky So Blue By Lisa Graff When I was a young girl, sitting on a swing, I imagined I could vanish into another world if I swung high enough.
How did 7 years sneak up on us? This little project was meant to last 30 days and here we are, counting 7 years of sharing dementia stories from personal experience to
by Dominick Domasky Regret, anger, uncertainty, and guilt are just a few of the feelings and emotions that led me to writing My Name Is Sharon. My mother has Alzheimer’s, and I
By Christiana Egi, Toronto, Canada I am a Registered Nurse, and the motivation to write this story began in my first year as a student nurse. Our first mental health rotation was
THE STORY BEHIND FLOATING IN THE DEEP END By Patti Davis On a blue-sky November day in 1994 I walked into Central Park, which was near my apartment in New York. My
By S. G. (Sandy) Benson Most people, at some point in their lives, confront issues with aging parents. Whether the problems are medical, financial, logistical, emotional, or some combination of these, it’s
And I’ll Never Love Him Less by Candy Abbott I already knew there would be a book two as soon as I’ve Never Loved Him More came out. The minute readers finished
