In honor of Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month, guest blogger Sharon Parker shares her Alzheimer’s caregiver/spouse story of love: I met Lew Parker, my husband and soul mate, in my early 40s. Everyone said it was impossible to meet someone after age 40. I had a successful media consulting business. Lew had a money management […]
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At The Greens at Greenwich the arts are used therapeutically to reawaken confidence, pleasure and participation. The arts help, overall, in developing a cohesive community of support. The creative arts therapies are recognized throughout the world as healing and important complementary interventions in health and well-being. Though a natural and joyful human experience, the creative […]
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Feb
What is it to “walk in someone else’s shoes?” Would that be the only way to empathize? Can empathy be learned? Recently forty attendees listened intently with their hearts during a workshop presented by Andrew Witter, co-founder of EmpanyIQ, a provider of empathy training for healthcare and senior organizations. Becoming more empathetic can be learned. […]