By Christy Byrne Yates, California, USA We’re thrilled to share highlights from our very first AlzAuthors Film Festival, celebrating 10 years of connecting, educating, and inspiring the dementia community through personal stories
Alder Allensworth, Florida, USA I cared for my mother who had Alzheimer’s disease. My niece Olivia (age 7) and nephew James (age 5) only saw their Gran on holidays from school. On
By Marianne Sciucco, New York, US We’re thrilled to invite you to join us for the 2024 NYC Dementia ARTS Festival on Thursday, April 11th at the Marjorie Deane Little Theatre in
By Marianne Sciucco, New York, USA The science and art worlds tell us that music, art, and dance may help us engage with people who have dementia, whether they are in the
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 Christina Britton Conroy When I was twenty-seven, my sixty-year-old mother died of cancer. I was left to care for my temperamental, over-controlling, eighty-year-old father. While grieving for my mother, I was
By Deborah Shouse Fingers on the Keyboard, Heart on the Page As my mother moved deeper into dementia, I treasured every moment of connection with her. Often it was only a minute
By Ron Cooper Every day in the Alzheimer’s ward of Mom’s nursing home, she and her fellow residents engaged in exercises to strengthen their minds. One day, the activities aide held up
