Kathy Dreyer, Ph.D., AGE-u-cate® Training Institute Federal and state initiatives aimed at culture change and person-centered dementia care are calling upon providers to equip care partners with practical tools. Those tools must generate knowledge in providing person-centered care that creates… Read more
Category: Editorials and Opinions
The Magic of Music in the Chaos of Long-Term Care
Donna K. Woodward, CNA Originally printed in Singing Heart to Heart Connecting Through Music: Music Resources for Dementia Care and Activity Professionals (https://singinghearttoheart.com/home) Being a new CNA is challenging. Yes, in training I learned how to make a hospital bed… Read more
Lessons Learned as we were Making it Happen – Tidbits of Learning from the 2019 Conference
Joan Devine, Director of Education, Pioneer Network Working behind the scenes, the conference staff doesn’t get to many sessions, and yet the learning abounds! I’d like to share with you a few of the lessons I learned while in Louisville…. Read more
Current Controversies in Dementia Care
Juliet Holt Klinger Senior Director of Dementia Care Brookdale Senior Living If you are trying to keep up with what’s new in dementia care these days you’re probably as busy as I am. There is a lot going on. It… Read more
A Manifesto For Radical Inclusion
Dr. Al Power, Geriatrician, author, educator and ChangingAging Contributor My manifesto will not be as world changing as Karl Marx’s, it will hopefully do more good than Ted Kaczynski’s I have decided to coin a new philosophy around the support of… Read more
Thoughts about Alzheimer’s Disease — Up-Close and Personal
WHY? WHEN? HOW? Reprinted with permission from our friend Brian LeBlanc’s blog, Alzheimer’s: the Journey. I Have Alzheimer’s BUT, it Doesn’t Have Me! When looking at diseases that affect the daily lives of millions of individuals each and every day,… Read more
Hit hard by aging? Exploring why Facebook’s latest challenge should be challenged.
Facebook’s latest challenge started with a negative question about aging and it went viral. That’s a problem. Paul Weiss Pundits and social media watchers are calling it the first viral trend of 2019, and anyone participating on Facebook over the… Read more
A Thanksgiving Message
Penny Cook, President & CEO, Pioneer Network What comes to mind when you think of Thanksgiving? Family, friends, turkey, pie, football, travel, Black Friday, Christmas decorating (that’s true for some people!)? This coming Thursday, those of us in the United… Read more
Sometimes You Just Have to Shake it Up!
Joan Devine, Director of Education, Pioneer Network “I like stirring the pot – I think it’s part of my duty, to shake people up a bit – make them look at things in a different way.” Nina Bawden … Read more
A New Culture of Aging — Making it Happen
Penny Cook, Pioneer Network President & CEO Advocating for change is what Pioneer Network is all about. Not just any change, but deep and meaningful change. It’s what we ask of others, and it’s what we have to ask of… Read more
