This website and blog will bring together mindfulness, dementia, and care. It will explore ways and means to care for others and ourselves as we confront the challenge of living well with dementia and caring for those who have dementia. I am convinced that the art of care and the science of attachment and connection can guide us as caregivers in this labor of love.
As a trained spiritual care provider (chaplain) who has also researched spiritual care, I feel strongly that skillful care combines artistic and creative expressions with detailed and nuanced scientific work. Sciences teach us the basic contours of human wellbeing, and artful compositions of care and compassion embody this care in everyday life in a world we build together through our interactions.
I will be exploring stories of care, reflecting on the artistry of careful living, and adding analytical insights from the neurobiological and social sciences. I welcome you to join me in this storytelling endeavor and add your creativity to our dialogue by posting a comment.
