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Stimmig!
This is the German word for 'coherent' and was the title of an event John was part of recently in Stuttgart. It was organised by Demenz Support and was a flagship event focusing on the participation of persons with dementia and the arts as a way of supporting people.
John was talking particularly about the poetry work with persons with dementia, and also present from Scotland was James McKillop, founder member of the Scottish Dementia Working Group.
It was also a pleasure to meet Richard Taylor, a man from the US diagnosed with dementia, who we first met in Michigan in 2007. Richard is very active in the dementia world and you can find out more about him here.
John made a particularly exciting connection with Peter J Whitehouse, a neurologist from the US who now advocates strongly for the primacy of psychological and social support for persons with dementia. We will be featuring more of Peter's ideas on Dementia Positive over the coming months.
It is so rare to get good pictures of an event, but there was a professional photographer involved, and so we have made a collage of some of the many excellent shots taken.
You can find out more about the event here.
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