Join us for a special day of conversation!
Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, revered author of the bestselling The Hidden Life of Dogs will talk about her new book, Growing Old: Notes on Aging with Something Like Grace, a witty, engaging, life-affirming account of the joy, strength, and wisdom that comes with age.
"Growing Old is unlike anything you've read before about old age. It's not a chirpy guidebook to successful aging (often written by people in their forties and fifties—who haven't gotten there yet!) but something far deeper and revelatory. By turns hilarious, poignant, fascinating, and disturbing, every page is brutally honest. If you ever plan to grow old or know anyone else who's already there, you'll find insights here you'll see nowhere else."
—Sy Montgomery, New York Times bestselling author of The Soul of an Octopus
Anne Basting, a MacArthur Genius Grant recipient will talk about her new book, Creative Care: A Revolutionary Approach to Dementia and Elder Care, which offers a radical change in how we interact with our older loved ones, utilizing the creative arts to bring light and joy to elderly lives.
"Upends the bleak ideas of caregiving and dementia as a disease that robs us of our humanity. Basting shows otherwise. Together–caregiver and person with dementia–can create something meaningful. Caregivers will value this; it ought to be required reading for all clinicians and policymakers."
—Jason Karlawish, MD, co-director of the Penn Memory Center, University of Pennsylvania and author of The Disease of the Century
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