Remember This!

Thoughts, Inspirations, and Life Lessons

How Sweet It Is! Seivah adds another sweet program

by Michael Goldman | Jul 1, 2018 | Arts and Dementia, Caregivers, community building, Dementia Arts, Music and Dementia, Palliative Care, Sociology of Dementia, Spirituality, Synagogues | 0 Comments

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

by Michael Goldman | Feb 24, 2018 | Dementia Stories, End of Life, language and dementia, Palliative Care, Sociology of Dementia, Spirituality | 0 Comments

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

by Michael Goldman | Sep 29, 2017 | Caregivers, End of Life, Family and Dementia, Palliative Care, Spirituality, Synagogues | 0 Comments

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

by Michael Goldman | Jul 18, 2017 | Arts and Dementia, Caregivers, Dementia Arts, Dementia Memoirs, Dementia Narrative, Dementia Stories, Family and Dementia, Uncategorized | 0 Comments

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...