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COVID-19, formally known as the novel coronavirus, was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization on March 11, 2020. It has become increasingly important…
![Dementia, Death, Sculptures, Anxiety, Courage, Creativity, Images, Psychology, Mental Health, Neoclassical art](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2019/07/36A69832-728E-45AC-913F-2A79126ABBAC-470x140.jpeg?x81652)
Yannoulis Chalepas is well-regarded as being the most notable sculptor of modern Greece. Born in 1851, Chalepas followed in his father’s footsteps by helping run…
![Caring for a Loved One with Alzheimer’s Brings Surprising Benefits](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2018/08/feature-1-470x140.jpg?x81652)
“I’m always in the present. I have to be one step ahead of David. Things go missing all the time in this house—the remote, mail…
![In Long-Term Care, Patient-on-Patient Violence on the Rise](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2016/11/Feature-470x140.jpg?x81652)
A January 2016 Vancouver Sun article reported on 16 seniors in British Columbia (BC) killed in the last 4 years from violence in long-term care…
![A Persistence of Memory](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2016/08/William-Utermohlen-_-1000-pixels-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Loyola University recently hosted an exhibit on the works of William Utermohlen, an artist who documented his battle with Alzheimer’s disease through self-portraits over a…
![Staffing Shortage Underserves Long Term Care Residents](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2016/05/Affifa6.Feature-470x140.jpg?x81652)
In the summer of 2014, I volunteered at a long-term care facility (LTC) in the Peel Region of Southern Ontario. Most of the residents who…
![Dementia Takes Front Stage](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2015/02/181156970-470x140.jpg?x81652)
Sue K. Green’s poem Dementia Takes Front Stage paints a graphic picture of the pain, loneliness, and confusion that sufferers of dementia go through as…
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“I will take my life today around noon. It is time. Dementia is taking its toll and I have nearly lost myself.” Gillian Bennett chose the…
![Unravalleling Bolero](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2013/10/dn13599-1_567-470x140.jpg?x81652)
By Anne Adams Unravelling Bolero was inspired by the music of Ravel. Both Adams and Ravel shared a fascination for patterns and both artists…
![Remember](https://trauma.blog.yorku.ca/files/2013/01/er3-470x140.jpg?x81652)
http://vimeo.com/56130535 Director / Editor / Eliot Rausch Producer / Preston Lee Executive Producer / Phyllis Koenig + Mark Schwartz Young Boy / Jonathan Woolsey Young…