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Patty Baker @pattyabak.bsky.social · 5d

#Cognitivdecline is confusing for both the sufferer and carer, specifically with fragmented memories. This article gives practical advice for identifying and dealing with decline through clinical and narrative markers.
#palliativecare #dementia #alzheimers#memorycare
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#dementiacaregiving | Lucidity

We've developed a bit of a mini guide for those involved in #dementiacaregiving -- 3 Pillars of Support! https://lnkd.in/e_27tmba

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Patty Baker @pattyabak.bsky.social · 11d

This week Luminosity discusses how virtue ethics can be employed by caregivers to avoid caregivers creep, harmful to mental and physical wellbeing. #alzheimers #cognativedecline #dementiacare #wellbeing #virtueethics
#caregivers #caregivercreep

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When Caregiving Consumes the Caregiver: The Role of Virtue Ethics in Finding Balance

Learn about caregiver creep, how it leads to stress and burnout, and how virtue ethics and practical wisdom help caregivers find balance.

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Patty Baker @pattyabak.bsky.social · 18d

An insightful interpretation of the Myth of Sisyphus enligtens the reader about end of life care. Recording life stories & wishes about dignity and dying, help us avoid Sisyphus' burdon.
#deathwithdignity #endoflifecare #dementia #alzheimers #cognitivedecline
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How the Power of Myth Can Help with Advance Care Planning

Discover how myth can guide advance care planning, from facing death wisely to creating legacy, clarity, and peace for loved ones.

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Patty Baker @pattyabak.bsky.social · 25d

#Empathy is a sign of love, but this article shows it can become harmful to #carers of people with #cognitivedecline. How can carers detach and navigate difficult processes and decisions with compassion for themselves?

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Dementia Prevention and Vulnerability: What Meaningful Work Can Teach Us about Strength through Weakness

Discover how vulnerability and the Capabilities Approach can strengthen dementia prevention and care by turning weakness into resilience.

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Patty Baker @pattyabak.bsky.social · 25d

An exciting development for #Lucidity. See the landing page to find out more about guided discussions that help individuals determine what is a meaningful life and end of life decisions.

#dementia #endoflifecare #alzheimers #cognitivedecline #premptivecare #meaningfullife

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Lucidity | dementia prevention

Lucidity offers guided storytelling interviews to help aging adults preserve their life stories, values, and dignity. Our Narrative Dignity™ method supports families, caregivers, and advance care plan...

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Patty Baker @pattyabak.bsky.social · Sep 16

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Ancient #medicalwriters, like #Galen in his work on Hygiene, stated that a #healthyregimen included education. Exercising the mind continues to be a way of making a person complete.

#history #dementia #dementiacare #deathwithdignity #alzheimers #alzheimerscare

Beyond the Breakthrough: Why Cognitive Health Needs More than a Jab

Trontinemab offers hope as a new Alzheimer’s treatment, but true dementia prevention needs more than medicine. It requires story, identity, and connection.

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Patty Baker @pattyabak.bsky.social · Sep 8

Although it sounds morbid, thinking about life's conclusion can prepare us for a #gooddeath. This has insightful thoughts on approaching the topic more deeply than preparing an advanced directive. #goodlife #cognitivedecline #advanceddirective #alzheimers #dementia
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What Is a Good Death? It’s about Being Ready

Discover what is a good death: living with dignity, readiness, and meaning through acceptance, the threshold of enough, and advance care planning.

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Patty Baker @pattyabak.bsky.social · Sep 6

But universities will pay millions for these half-baked reports...

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Patty Baker @pattyabak.bsky.social · Sep 3

The #capabilitiesapproach is explored here as a way to find meaning through #cognitivedecline. It demonstrates a positive approach through vulnerabilities and offers carers and those with #dementia a way to find meaning through confusion. #meaningfullife #lucidity www.linkedin.com/pulse/dement...

Dementia Prevention and Vulnerability: What Meaningful Work Can Teach Us about Strength through Weakness

Discover how vulnerability and the Capabilities Approach can strengthen dementia prevention and care by turning weakness into resilience.

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Patty Baker @pattyabak.bsky.social · Aug 25

Can resentment be a positive way to consider #dementia, #cognitivedecline, and #alzheimers? Through resentment we learn to look into a mirror of our own fears to consider how cognitive decline might affect ourselves as we age.
#dementiacare

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The Dementia Stigma: Why Resentment Is Better than Optimism

Dementia stigma shapes how we prepare for aging. Explore why optimism bias blinds us to risk and how resentment may protect dignity and justice.

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Patty Baker @pattyabak.bsky.social · Aug 24

..,because they don't belch out fumes and pollute the air. Rather, sailboats require skill, and a deep respect for nature and the elements. I know there are developments for solar sails for container ships, which makes so much sense. youtu.be/ue7naeu7WZU?...

How sail-powered cargo ships are charting a course to sustainability on the high seas

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Patty Baker @pattyabak.bsky.social · Aug 18

Can talking about death be a means to living a meaningful life? This is a powerful piece, discussing how opening to the subject gives us agency and peace.

#deathwithdignity #meaningfullife #meaningfuldeath #endoflifecare

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Why Talking about Death Improves Quality of Life and End-of-Life Care

Discover why talking about death improves quality of life and end-of-life care. Explore how to create open and meaningful dialogue.

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Patty Baker @pattyabak.bsky.social · Aug 16

I was fortunate to be asked to create some flowers for The Pine School yesterday after teaching. A fun way to spend a Friday afternoon.

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Patty Baker @pattyabak.bsky.social · Aug 16

Spare dendrobrium orchids from a design (the floral market doubled an order, yay free flowers). Trying some things out with bright containers and Florida native and Florida friendly flowers and greens that grow in the garden.

#orchids #orchiddesign #floraldesign #nofloralfoam

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Patty Baker @pattyabak.bsky.social · Aug 12

How do you care for people suffering from #dementia, #cognitivedeclince, or #alzheimers? This article explores how #empathy through a #philosophicalthoughtexperiment can help #carers better understand and deal with the symptoms and realities of #memorycare.

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Understanding Dementia Behavior: How Empathy Can Transform Caregiver Stress

Discover how empathy can ease dementia caregiver stress by offering a deeper understanding of what loved ones may be experiencing.

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Patty Baker @pattyabak.bsky.social · Aug 4

#Music, #storytelling, and #creative processes are preventative for #cognitivedecline.

#alzheimers #alzheimersprevention #narrative #memory #brainhealth #healthybrain #agingpopulation #agingworkforce
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Turning Gray: Aging Gracefully through Storytelling

Explore how storytelling and music support cognitive health and gray matter growth as we age. Learn what type of storytelling works best for brain health.

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Patty Baker @pattyabak.bsky.social · Jul 31

Thank you for checking! I am starting a cutting garden and am looking for unusual flowers. I will check if this grows well in Florida!

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Patty Baker @pattyabak.bsky.social · Jul 30

I love this. Do you know the variety?

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Patty Baker @pattyabak.bsky.social · Jul 28

Population is aging, and #cognitivedecline is increasing. In preparation for the inevitable questions that arise, #Lucidity employs a #narrativemethodology to help individuals think through and record their views on a #meaningfullife and #memorycare.
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#alzheimers #dementia

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Patty Baker @pattyabak.bsky.social · Jul 22

I am sorry this happened. Take care, and I hope you heal quickly.

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Patty Baker @pattyabak.bsky.social · Jul 11

So true. They load drugs on people here, too. In the UK, for example, I had strep throat and it was five days of antibiotics, the US it is two weeks. Both places, I was fine after five days. Who is making money?

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Patty Baker @pattyabak.bsky.social · Jul 11

I lived in the UK for 26 years & am a dual national. I returned to the states for family but was reluctant for had wonderful healthcare in the uk. I broke a bone in the states, my surgeon was excellent, but the rest was awful! The waiting times in the US are terrifying. UK is much better for care.

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Patty Baker @pattyabak.bsky.social · Jul 11

It costs a lot less in the long run because there will be a healthier population.

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Patty Baker @pattyabak.bsky.social · Jul 6

I won’t repeat what went through my mind, but suffice it to say, I am unimpressed, but not surprised.

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Patty Baker @pattyabak.bsky.social · Jul 5

I live in a red state and am definitely not red and neither are many of my friends, neighbours, and colleagues. Most are moderate and do care. We are all going to suffer from climate change, so compassion is one of the things we all need to be a better society.