Links

Ageless Design   http://www.agelessdesign.com/
Ageless Design

Alzheimer's Association   http://www.alz.org
Alzheimer's Association

ALZWell - The Caregiver's Page  http://www.alzwell.com
ALZWell - The Caregiver's Page

American Health Assistance Foundation  http://www.ahaf.org/alzdis/about/adabout.htm
American Health Assistance Foundation

Caregiver's S.E.A.D.   http://neuro-oas.mgh.harvard.edu/sea/
Caregiver's S.E.A.D. Support & Education For Alzheimer's DiseaseS.E.A.D. Support & Education For Alzheimer's Disease

Creativity and Dementia  www.daliagottlieb-tanaka.com
Please visit my canadian friend and esteemed collegue Dalia's web site. She has a beautiful passion and wisdom about her work.

Extendicare  http://www.extendicare.com
Original funder of project

Green-Field Library and Resource Center  http://greenfield.alz.org/

National Center for Creative Aging  http://www.creativeaging.org

The Alzheimer's Disease Educationa and Referral Ce  http://www.alzheimers.org
The Alzheimer's Disease Educationa and Referral Center

The Pioneer Network   http://www.pioneernetwork.net
Changing the culture of aging in the 21st Century

Timeslips  http://www.timeslips.org

Yes And   http://www.yesand.com
The Improv Information Source That Cannot Denied

Reading

A Whack on the Side of the Head  Roger von Oech

Activity Focused Care   by Carly Hellen
The first step to "Activity Focused Care" is to understand that the purposeful use of time, a sense of belonging, and the satisfaction of doing for others give meaning to life.

Alzheimer's Disease: Activity-Focused Care  
Carly Hellen

Caring for People with Alzheimer's Disease: a training guide  
Gayle Andresen

Dementia Reconsidered  Tom Kitwood

Finding Flow: The Psychology of Engagement With Everyday Life  
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Flow  
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Gentlecare: Changing the experience of Alzheimer's  
Moyra Jones

Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre  
Keith Johnstone

Improvisation for the Theater  Viola Spolin

Keep Your Brain Alive  Lawrence Katz, PhD & Manning Rubin

Keep Your Brain Alive  
Lawrence C. Katz, PhD & Manning Rubin

Life Lessons  Elisabeth Kubler-Ross & David Kessler
Two experts on Death and Dying Teach us about the Mysteries of Life and Living

Living in the Labyrinth  
Diana Friel McGowin

Playing Along  
by Izzy Gesell: 37 Group Learning Activities borrowed from Imrpovisational Theatre

Present Moment Awareness: A Simple, Step-by-Step Guide to Living in the Now  
Shannon Duncan

Speaking our minds: Personal reflections from individuals with Alzheimer's   Lisa Snyder

The Best Friends Staff: Building a Culture of Care  
Virginia Bell and David Troxel

Theatre Games for Rehearsal: A Director's Handbook  
Viola Spolin

ThinkerToys  Michael Michalko

Understandiong Difficult Behaviors  A. Robinson, B. Spencer & L. White
Great resource for the Why's and What to Do's of behaviors.