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By Mary Fridley   I am pleased to share an edited excerpt of an article, “Emotional? Yes. Tragedy? No. My mom, Tom Kitwood, and me,” that was published on LinkedIn last month.  While I’ve chosen not to include in this post the sections about Tom Kitwood, I hope this quote…

By Mary Fridley   If you haven’t already, I urge you to take a few minutes to read “We May Soon be Telling a Very Different Kind of Story About Dementia,” a June 14 New York Times guest essay from respected author Lynn Casteel Harper. I am also proud that…

By Mary Fridley   It’s been a while since I last wrote a column for agebuzz. Unfortunately, an array of issues related to work and health has made it difficult to do little more than the basics.   While I’m doing much better, I probably would’ve mustered whatever energy it…

By Mary Fridley   Dementia is not easy on anyone. Does it help that dementia continues to be framed by a dehumanizing “tragedy narrative” perpetuated in a self-serving fashion by a biomedical industry that has few if any answers? Definitely not. But the rest of us – including the “us”…

By Mary Fridley   Happy New Year and best wishes to the agebuzz community for a healthy, peaceful, and creative 2024!   As anyone who has read my column knows, I love to share articles,  blogs, or interviews that help me grow. This was definitely my response after reading “Speak,…

By Mary Fridley   During a recent conversation with a member of the Reimagining Dementia Coalition (which I lead), Jennifer (not her real name) shared her frustration with how people related to her after recently being diagnosed with early-onset dementia. At one point in the conversation, she  asked, “How is…