By Felicia Mitchell, Virginia, USA Years ago, I had a disconcerting dream. Downstairs in my childhood home, I was talking to my mother. When I looked up the stairs, there she was,
By Marianne Sciucco, New York, USA An Invitation April is National Poetry Month Please join us for a virtual celebration of poetry for the dementia journey on Tuesday, April 18th at
By Marianne Sciucco, New York Susan J. Farese, MSN, RN is the author of Poetic Expressions in Nursing: Sharing the Caring, poems written when she became a nurse poet in the 1990’s.
By Patrick J McTaggart, Scotland Our Dementia Journey is a collection of heartfelt and emotional poems about my family’s journey with dementia, including messages of hope and advice for those on the
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 Deb Bunt, England, United Kingdom In September 2020, Slow Puncture was published. Along with the elation which accompanied publication, there was also another, more visceral, emotion. Fear! What if people hate
By Mary Crescenzo, California, US After decades as a pioneer in working with persons with Alzheimer’s/dementia using the arts to achieve alternative, complementary ways of connection, I knew I had to share
By Susan J. Farese, MSN, RN I grew up in Northern N.J. during the late 1950’s in a quaint, predominantly blue-collar Polish town. I attended parochial elementary school until eighth grade, when
The Story Behind Gravel Road Ahead by Sue Fagalde Lick I don’t know how I would have survived my husband Fred’s journey through Alzheimer’s disease if I couldn’t write. All those difficult
By Caroline Johnson I began to write poetry related to caregiving when I started to observe the decline of my parents in the 1990s. My mother could never remember her lines
