Resources

Note: all of the listed resources have been mentioned in our podcast, this is not an exhaustive list related to dementia.

 

Arts & Dementia

Art Gallery

No Act of Love Is Ever Wasted: The Spirituality of Caring for Persons with Dementia by Jane Marie Thibault, Richard L. Morgan [book]

Bringing Arts to Life (BATL) is a program that brings art therapy and life story preservation to persons living with dementia

Alzheimer quilt project

Treasure for Alzheimer’s: Reflecting on experiences with the art of Lester E. Potts, Jr by Richard Morgan PhD and Daniel C. Potts MD [book]

Hey do you know me by Danny Potts performed by Lisa Brokop [song] 

Dr. Potts interview on arts and dementia

Cynthia’s Story: Unmasking the stigma of dementia

Intergenerational Choir – Circle of Music

Hear and Now: Intergenerational Orchestra 

Cathy Greenblat – photobook

Cathy Greenblat - Love Lives Here (film)

Journal article: Dancing With Dementia: Exploring the Embodied Dimensions of Creativity and Social Engagement (https://academic.oup.com/gerontologist/article/61/5/714/5903628) [see attached pdf]

link to the Sharing Dance site: https://oa.sharingdance.ca/

research project website: https://sdseniorsresearch.com/

https://www.dancingwithparkinsons.com

https://daanow.org/

Reimagining Dementia Website: https://www.facebook.com/reimaginingdementia/

Call to action: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tl4vF-62FGbHg42ierSiKPg9cvyRDDnp/view

Article: https://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-alzheimers-disease/jad210057

Lyrics to “Let’s Reimagine”
created by Reimagining Dementia: A Creative Coalition for Justice

Education for Local Businesses

The Blue Umbrella Program

LGBTQ2S+ & Dementia

https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/assets/info/pf/div/if-pf-div-continuing-care-situational-examples.pdf

https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/0432e7da-2884-4a39-8b17-6199cadd4b7b/resource/5aeb5c77-bd1f-4963-ae4c-893e7c738340/download/social-isolation-l

https://www.cmaj.ca/content/191/31/E851

https://xtramagazine.com/health/queer-trans-care-for-older-adults-18373

https://clri-ltc.ca/lgbtq/

https://www.virtualhospice.ca/2slgbtq/

https://egale.ca/

 

Medical Care/Clinics

Mint Memory Clinic

Newly Diagnosed

First Link Program