Life Is A Stage
Click to view slideshow. And at Eden Registry Member, The Canterbury Care & Rehab Center in Cedar Grove, NJ, all the Elders truly are players. Therapeutic activity director, Ricardo Pena has...
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When Person-Directed Care Really Works
A new study spreads good news about the use of antipsychotic medication. It’s going away. Tennessee ranked fifth nationally in dementia drug reduction following a two year study period. This success...
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Richard Taylor Checks In After Battling Cancer
Excellent reading: Dr. Richard Taylor writes about his personal experience with dementia and cancer. I am Richard Taylor, “long time no see.” It has been six months since last I sent out an epistle. I...
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Kentucky Joins Tennessee in Doing the “Right Thing”
CMP Funds Make Dementia Beyond Drugs Training Available to Hundreds Things are heating up in the race to reduce antipsychotic use. Three weeks ago, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services...
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“Who Am I? Why Am I Here?”
The above questions were posed by James Stockdale, a retired admiral and highly decorated Vietnam War veteran, to open his introductory remarks in the 1992 Vice-Presidential debates. They were meant...
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“Is It Safe?”
“Is it safe?” For those of a certain age, this line will forever be associated with a particularly harrowing scene from John Schlesinger’s 1976 film Marathon Man. In that scene, Sir Laurence Olivier...
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Time for Action
There are times in life when you say to yourself that there has been enough talk and now it’s time for action. I am an action-oriented person, and my inner voice says this to me all the time. I have...
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Defining Purpose, Meaning, & Growth
Today, as I celebrate another birthday, I marvel at life’s twists and turns. This has been another surprising year, another opportunity to grow and to engage meaningfully with the world around me. And...
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Rhythm for Unity: Drumming and Person-Directed Care
I hold dear a particular moment during the 2010 Eden Alternative International Conference in Denver. During the evening welcoming ceremony, residents from the North Star Community in Denver gathered...
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Creating Joy
As we begin the New Year, our webinar series draws to a close. We have discussed the limitations of a narrow biomedical view of dementia and have learned how even our efforts to be person-centered can...
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