The Joy of Dementia (You Gotta Be Kidding!) (Let’s Learn!)

Regardless of age, health or life circumstance, everyone has a relationship to dementia. Maybe we have a parent, a grandparent, a friend, a colleague or a neighbor who is living with dementia or cognitive decline. Maybe we’re worried that we’ll be diagnosed one day. Or maybe we ignore it all together because it’ll never “happen to us.” All of which is understandable, since the traditional view of dementia is overwhelmingly (and unnecessarily) negative and tragic.

But what if this didn’t have to be the case? What if we can come together to create new and more positive ways to embrace dementia? Or be more open and yes, even joyful, in sharing and building with our emotionality, uncertainty and fear? Or relate to diagnosis, not as the end of life but the beginning of opportunity and growth?

If you’re interested in playfully and improvisationally, exploring these and other questions, join us at The Joy of Dementia (You Gotta Be Kidding!), led by Mary Fridley, who also coordinates Reimaging Dementia: A Creative Coalition for Justice.

Part of Let’s Learn! The World as Classroom. Global Honors students can earn 5 Global Honors experience points for attending!

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