by TWIMC | Jan 25, 2024 | Dementia Friendly Communities, Inclusion of People with Dementia
The inclusion of people living with dementia in their families, friend circles, and communities is fundamentally about slowing down. In our society, where speed and efficiency are valued, slowness is often perceived as a weakness. However, the experiences shared by...
by TWIMC | Jan 17, 2024 | Impact of TWIMC Performances
Videos of puppies and babies inundate social media! Having experienced both the joy of caring for puppies and the challenges of raising babies, I’m struck by the immense effort both demand. Despite the sleepless nights (thanks to babies and puppies alike), the...
by TWIMC | May 4, 2023 | Uncategorized
Here’s something you don’t hear often: One hundred and fifty people listened for an hour to four people living with early-stage cognitive loss as they told their stories of getting and sharing the diagnosis, adapting to life with dementia, reactions of...
by TWIMC | Oct 17, 2017 | Dementia Friendly Communities, Impact of TWIMC Performances
By Laura Bowley, TWIMC Partner and Director, Mindset Centre for Living with Dementia So many times products and systems are designed without consulting with the people who will use them—the end users if you will. How many times have you heard a bank teller, customer...
by TWIMC | Sep 13, 2017 | Impact of TWIMC Performances
By Rev. Dr. Bill Matthews “What It’s Like…” I’ve heard my wife, Maureen, the Founder of To Whom I May Concern®, ask this simple question “What is it like?” more times than I can count. I’ve been to every TWIMC performance since the first in 2006, where answers to that...
by TWIMC | Aug 30, 2017 | Support group for people with dementia
– Maureen Matthews, RN, PhD, Founder of To Whom I May Concern® People of a certain age might remember the weekly sitcom Cheers, about a Boston watering hole where the ‘regulars’ showed up for some beer and companionship. The bartender welcomed everyone and...