News in Art

Community members Jim and Jama Rand create glass artworks to keep Jim's memories within his reach.

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Categories: Clinical Care, Caregiving, News, Art

"The day was spectacular!" Seven sites celebrated a variety of fun, easy ways to promote brain health and wellness at any age or stage of life.

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Categories: News, Dementia-Friendly Community, Art, Dementia Friends, Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month

The Memory Hub brings together UW Memory and Brain Wellness Center (MBWC), the Frye Art Museum, the Alzheimer’s Association, Elderwise, and Full Life Care. Read on as our collaborators share updates and reflect on the growth at the Memory Hub.

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Categories: Caregiving, Dimensions Spring 2023, News, Art, Nature, Dementia Friends, Dementia Friends Spotlight, Tech Lab, Memory Hub Spotlight, Programs

Community educator Patti LaFleur writes about the how the act of connecting was an important part of her caregiving journey with her Mom.

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Categories: Caregiving, News, Art

Members of the Gathering Place collectively wrote these haikus to describe some of their most salient experiences receiving medical care and the challenging emotions that arose for them through their experiences living with dementia.

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Categories: Clinical Care, Art

By Emi Takayama, Junior, Lakeside High School and MBWC fall intern

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Categories: Caregiving, Community Champions, News, Art

Chapter 2 of My Journey from Disease into Advocacy by Kevin Kvarda

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Categories: Research, Clinical Care, FTD Disorders, Community Champions, News, Dementia-Friendly Community, Art

A space for community, collaboration and impact has never felt more vital.

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Categories: News, Dementia-Friendly Community, Art, Nature

How tai chi classes, taught by Master Joe Liao at a Bellingham memory care community, opened up ways for families to connect with loved ones during the isolation and stress of the pandemic.

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Categories: Profiles, Caregiving, Community Champions, News, Dementia-Friendly Community, Art

The UW Memory and Brain Wellness Center joins the Frye Art Museum and Aging Wisdom in presenting "On Dementia: Care, Community, and Creativity," a series of three conversations with leaders in elder care who have published books in 2020 that bring hope, connection, and joy to adults living with dementia, their care partners, families, friends, and those who provide support.

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Categories: Q&A, News, Dementia-Friendly Community, Art