Bibliograph

Forget memory, creating better lives for people with dementia, Anne Davis Basting

Type

Label

Forget memory, creating better lives for people with dementia, Anne Davis Basting

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-200) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Forget memory

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

246198635

Responsibility statement

Anne Davis Basting

Sub title

creating better lives for people with dementia

Summary

Memory loss can be one of the most terrifying aspects of a diagnosis of dementia. Yet the fear and dread of losing our memory make the experience of the disease worse than it needs to be, according to cultural critic and playwright Anne Davis Basting

Table Of Contents

What is (and isn't) memory? : how a better understanding of memory might ease our fears about its loss -- The danger of stories : how stereotypes and the stigma of aging and dementia can hurt us -- Memory loss in the mainstream : tightly told tragedies of dementia with science as hero -- Tightly told tragedies of dementia : then versus now -- Not so tightly tragic : stories that imagine something more -- Not tragic at all : stories about memory loss without the old -- All of the above : Denny Crane as the clown of dementia -- StoryCorps and the memory loss initiative -- Memory bridge -- To whom I may concern -- TimeSlips creative storytelling project -- Songwriting works -- Dance : "Respect" and "Sea of heartbreak" -- The visual arts -- Duplex planet : the art of conversation -- The photography of Wing Young Huie -- Autobiographies by people with dementia

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