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Museum in a nursing home

It’s really amazing what MOMA and other museums are doing now – offering educational programs in art to people with dementia and their families.  But a NYT’s article today explores a… more →

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Museum in a nursing home — 1 comment

Anne Basting wrote 3 weeks ago: It’s really amazing what MOMA and other museums are doing now – offering educational pro … more →

Tags: Art, Public Education, Disability, Alzheimer's, Art Museum, nursing home, Riverdale, hebrew home

Social Networking Keeps Elders Connected

Anne Basting wrote 1 month ago: At last…people are discovering social networking as a way to keep elders connected.  We know t … more →

Tags: Public Education, Disability, dementia, Memory Loss, social networking, Elders

Post Think-Tank Thoughts — 1 comment

Anne Basting wrote 1 month ago: Finally.  I had a day (sitting in my hotel room in LA) to just think and research and write about al … more →

Tags: Art, Public Education, Disability

NPR story of a painter with early on-set

Anne Basting wrote 1 month ago: A really lovely story on NPR’s All Things Considered today about a painter in NYC (Ken Rab) in … more →

Tags: Art, Public Education, Alzheimer's, Memory Loss, NPR's All Things Considered, representations of dementia

Bridge Game Irony — 1 comment

Anne Basting wrote 1 month ago: A really fascinating article today in the NYT’s about the “super-memory” study of … more →

Tags: science of memory, Disability, Alzheimer's, Memory Loss, super memory, 90+ study, Cards

Cebar/Greenberger concert - hear all about it

Anne Basting wrote 1 month ago: Some lovely press for the concert on May 13th. NPR’s Joe Shapiro did a lovely story on Weekend … more →

Tags: Public Education, Music, dementia, paul cebar, Memory Loss, david greenberger

Episode One: HBO's Alzheimer's Project — 1 comment

Anne Basting wrote 1 month ago: I didn’t hate it!  Nick Doob is a phenomenal cameraman – and he and Shari Cookson direct … more →

Tags: film, Art, Public Education, Disability, Alzheimer's, creativity and dementia, HBO Alzheimer's Project, Episode One

"Hope at the expense of caution": NYT's reviews HBO's Alzheimer's Project — 2 comments

Anne Basting wrote 1 month ago: I’ll watch the HBO series with an open heart and mind – I swear I will. But the reviews … more →

Tags: film, Medicine, Public Education, Alzheimer's, Memory Loss, forget memory, HBO Alzheimer's Project, NYT's review

Transforming Activities in Long Term Care

Anne Basting wrote 2 months ago: Activities.   The word makes me think of things people don’t really want to do, but are coaxed … more →

Tags: Art, Public Education, Music, Disability, Alzheimer's, dementia, Memory Loss, david greenberger, HBO Alzheimer's Project

The Pre-Game to HBO's Alzheimer's Documentaries — 2 comments

Anne Basting wrote 2 months ago: And now we learn, in the 2 weeks before the release of HBO’s new Alzheimer’s Project on … more →

Tags: film, science of memory, Public Education, Disability, Alzheimer's, dementia, Peter Whitehouse, David Shenk, Naomi Boak

Social Isolation as Torture? — 1 comment

Anne Basting wrote 2 months ago: I first started reading Atul Gawande’s piece on solitary confinement in the New Yorker because … more →

Tags: Disability, Atul Gawande, dementia, Isolation, Memory Loss, Torture

Cognitive Enhancement in the Age of Dementia — 2 comments

Anne Basting wrote 2 months ago: I just read a fascinating article called “Brain Gain” in the most recent New Yorker.  At … more →

Tags: science of memory, Public Education, history of memory, Disability, Adderall, carl elliott, Memory Loss, neuro enhancers, Peter Whitehouse

Stigma and Worry Worsens Memory

Anne Basting wrote 2 months ago: Saw an interesting article today based on a study from NC State.   Dr Tom Hess found that older adul … more →

Tags: science of memory, aging, MEMORY TESTS, stigma of memory loss

Song from HBO Trailer

Anne Basting wrote 2 months ago: I’m seeing lots of traffic of people looking for who sings the song on the trailer to the HBO … more →

Tags: Disability, film, Music, HBO Alzheimer's song

Blocking and Unlocking Memory

Anne Basting wrote 3 months ago: Today’s NYT’s article on the memory research at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brookly … more →

Tags: history of memory, Public Education, science of memory, memory research, NYT's article on memory

Change is in the Air... — 1 comment

Anne Basting wrote 3 months ago: And I don’t think it was just the fragrance of cherry blossoms wafting through DC this week. M … more →

Tags: Art, arts and dementia, national center for creative aging, CreativitY Matters, training in dementia care, arts and Alzheimer's

HBO's Alzheimer's Project to Begin May 10th — 4 comments

Anne Basting wrote 3 months ago: The big headline on the HBO Alzheimer’s Project says HOPELESS with the LESS crossed out. This … more →

Tags: film, Public Education, Memory Loss, HBO Alzheimer's Project, Television

Concert Date Set!!!

Anne Basting wrote 3 months ago: I’m so excited…we set the date for the CD Release concert for David Greenberger and Paul … more →

Tags: Art, Music, dementia, paul cebar, Memory Loss, david greenberger, center on age and community, pabst theater

Photo Essay — 1 comment

Anne Basting wrote 3 months ago: It’s such an exciting time…so many new images of dementia are coming out.  Here’s … more →

Tags: Books, Art, Disability, Memory Loss, Phillip Toledano, photo essay on dementia, images of aging


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