Remember This!
Thoughts, Inspirations, and Life Lessons
Seivah on the Seekers of Meaning Podcast: “All human communication is guesswork”
“All human communication is guesswork…Being with people with dementia challenges our notion that we all share the same signifiers and signifieds.”
Small World! And Growing.
Seivah has been not just a single service provider, but a resource empowering sibling institutions and individuals, both Jewish and otherwise, to create their own models of care for people affected by dementia.
How Sweet It Is! Seivah adds another sweet program
The table has been full! It is a joy to spend an hour out of time, singing, laughing, talking about things that matter.
Please Don’t Be Patient
We’re prone to say “dementia patient” in casual conversation, even when we’re not referring specifically to someone’s medical condition or its treatment.
Remembering the Living: Yizkor and People with Dementia
Her father was still alive, but she wanted to say Kaddish for him anyway.
“I Love Looking into Your Voice”: Cathie Borrie’s The Long Hello
Ten years ago Lisa Genova self-published her novel Still Alice, because as recently as 2007 no establishment publisher would touch a story about a woman with early-onset dementia. Then Still Alice became a best-seller and a popular film, and actress Julianne Moore won...