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Tho' Much is taken, much abides
A Good Life Within Dementia
“What makes a good life in late life?” I think of photos and stories of older people running marathons and soup kitchens, start- ing organic farms. This response is right and proper. Older people can leverage wisdom and creativity and should be celebrated for doing so. But this happy picture is incomplete. We live longer than ever before, and with that long life, many of us can expect disability. We are less likely to die from cancer, a heart attack, or a stroke; we survive with chronic illnesses and their associated disabilities. A good life in late life, for many of us, will be a life with disability.Hastings Center Report, 48(5):2018.
Life Imitates Work
A piece of my mind. Life imitates work.
PATRICIA HAYDEN POWELL, THE MOTHER FOR WHOM I was named, died early one morning last October. As a middle-aged person and a physician, I can claim no surprise at the loss of an elderly parent. Many of my friends and contemporaries have recently faced the same loss, a natural consequence of the passage of time. As a bioethicist I have shepherded many families through discussions of impending loss and medical decision-making in the context of grief and uncertainty. I was in some ways better prepared than many other health care proxies. I was also a bewildered daughter, more like than unlike any other..JAMA. 2011 Feb 9;305(6):542-3. doi: 10.1001/jama.2011.98
Psychology Today
My Brilliant Friend: a scientist talks about dementia
My former medical school class mate, Hank Paulson, followed his Yale medical degree with a PhD. He has since become an internationally recognized neurology researcher and director of the Michigan Alzheimer's Disease Center. Edited and condensed, here are Hank's comments on dementia research and treatment.
