by Michael Goldman | Jul 30, 2019 | Uncategorized
זכרון צדיקה ברוך
The memory of a righteous person is a blessing
by Michael Goldman | Jun 27, 2019 | Caregivers, community building, Dementia Stories, End of Life, Family and Dementia, Sociology of Dementia, Uncategorized
Q: What is the thing you straight professionals who work with LGBT families with dementia need to understand?
A: Expand your definition of family.
by Michael Goldman | Jan 30, 2019 | Uncategorized
Photo: Steve Schnur, with parental permission It’s become something of an official ritual in Synagogues across the country that on Tu Bishvat, the Jewish celebration of tress and nature, children in the religious school decorate flower pots, fill them with potting...
by Michael Goldman | Sep 8, 2018 | Uncategorized
“All human communication is guesswork…Being with people with dementia challenges our notion that we all share the same signifiers and signifieds.”
by Michael Goldman | Jul 18, 2017 | Arts and Dementia, Caregivers, Dementia Arts, Dementia Memoirs, Dementia Narrative, Dementia Stories, Family and Dementia, Uncategorized
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...
by Michael Goldman | Aug 26, 2016 | Uncategorized
A grandmother’s dementia prevents her from traveling to her granddaughter’s wedding… So, why not bring the wedding to her?