Connecting in the Land of Dementia. Deborah Shouse

Connecting in the Land of Dementia

Alicia Ann Clair, PhD

Music Therapist-Board Certified Professor Emeritus, The University of Kansas, Lawrence

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Shouse, Deborah, 1949– author.

Title: Connecting in the land of dementia: creative activities to explore together / Deborah Shouse.

Description: Las Vegas: Central Recovery Press, [2016]

Identifiers: LCCN 2016019211 (print) | LCCN 2016026281 (ebook) | ISBN 9781942094258

Classification: LCC RC523.2 .S5395 2016 (print) | LCC RC523.2 (ebook) | DDC 616.8/31--dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016019211

Photo of Deborah Shouse by Jane Rogers. Used with permission.

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Publisher’s Note: This book contains general information about dementia, behavioral healthcare matters, and related issues. The information is not medical advice. This book is not an alternative to medical advice from your doctor or other professional healthcare provider.

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Cover design, interior design, and layout by Deb Tremper, Six Penny Graphics.

This book is dedicated to my parents, Frances and Paul

Barnett, and to my partner Ron’s parents, Mollie and Frank

Zoglin. These wonderful people offered us their support,

ideas, and guidance, plus a little home cooking and the

occasional joke. They showed us the true meaning of love

and creativity in the land of dementia. We miss them, yet

they live on in our hearts and in the pages of this book.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PREFACE: How My Desire for Connection Guided Me through the Land of Dementia

SECTION I: Creativity and Imagination Matter

CHAPTER ONE: Discover the Wonders in the Dementia Jungle