Recording The Life Of Mortal Living Amongst Dementia
My grandmother’s vocalization too lively mind, which I recorded, yet endure too tin live shared amongst all her descendants some the world.
I read a truly wonderful floor inwards the Boston Globe today - Oral history: H5N1 palliative for Alzheimer’s afflicted minds - past times Alex Kingsbury.
Don't allow the championship throw yous off, it is good worth reading.
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At the halt of the floor Alex writes:
My grandmother’s vocalization too lively mind, which I recorded on mini-discs that were therefore cutting-edge, straightaway endure inwards MP3 files — which are easily duplicated too shared amongst her great-grandchildren inwards Commonwealth of Australia too western Canada, other descendants hither inwards New England, too generations yet unborn. Preserving only a chip of what made her uniquely human, they’ll final long later our newspaper records accept crumbled to dust.
As those of yous who accept been hither for a piece know, I made many videos of Dotty too position them upwardly on YouTube. You tin notice Dotty's YouTube channel
Click on Dotty Live.
I become dorsum too scout them all the time. I also accept close 100 podcasts I made amongst Dotty. Many of them funny too some really revealing.
On both the videos too podcast I ever said to Dotty - tell goodbye to your fans. She did it every time. It tickled me pink, too the audience learned to love.
My most favorite video of Dotty took identify 2 months earlier Dotty went to Heaven. It was filled amongst therefore many wonderful things it was difficult to believe.
For 1 thing, Dotty picked upwardly 2 colored coordinated pencils too started coloring a butterfly perfectly. She did this on her ain too without whatever assistance.
During the video she is asked to sign the drawing. I didn't intend she could produce it. She did.
At that indicate she expressed her emotion. She said, I'm nervous. This is most odd for a soul that is inwards a really advance phase of dementia.
As I talked to Dotty she had an awareness that was uncanny at the time. I asked if she was going to sell her drawing. She truly gave an amazing answer every bit she continued to color.
The awareness on her confront was remarkable that day. Some affair I hold to cherish over too over to produce this really day.
If yous scout that video yous accept to scout until the really end. When I demo it inwards world people all clap too smile. Some cry. It tin live really moving for those of us that are or accept been Alzheimer's Caregivers.
If yous desire to scout it become hither --
95 Year Old Alzheimer's Patient Colors Beautifully too Talks About It
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