"#Music imprints itself on the brain deeper than any other human experience. Music evokes emotion and emotion can bring with it memory. Music brings back the feeling of life when nothing else can." ~ Dr. Oliver Sacks
Sharing our stories fights stigma, enlightens others and gives them permission to enter our world, and helps people on a similar journey feel less alone.
It is an honor to participate in the #Kensington#RedwoodCity Open House for #Caregivers. The event will take place on May 2, and if you are in the neighborhood, please consider coming. My #memoir -- Finding the Right Words -- which I wrote with #UCSF#neurologist Dr. Bruce Miller, will be the departure point for the discussion, which will lay the groundwork for a supportive conversation about #caregiving, #grief, #love, and #dementia.
A health thing everybody should know is that if an older person suddenly loses their entire mind, that’s not 24-hour-onset dementia, it’s a UTI. They need antibiotics and then they’ll be fine.
@waldoj. Good point. It's also the case that people with #dementia who develop #UTIs can experience #delirium, which they may not have experienced before.
If we celebrate what people living with #dementia are able to do, rather than dwelling on what they have lost, our world and theirs will be more colorful.
Honored to keep company with #neurologist, #DanielGibbs's #book about his own experience of #dementia. The tattoo in the title is the #brain bleed (aka #ARIA) that occurred while in #clinicaltrials related to anti-#amyloid drugs. He has no regrets & would do it all over again if it might advance brain science & help in the effort to #ENDALZ.
If you have read either my #memoir or his, please consider reviewing them on #amazon. In different ways, we both aim to inform readers & undercut #stigma.