Fabu Carter on Wisconsin Public Radio on the APP and how dementia effects the African American community. Fabu leads the APP in Wisconsin and works at the Wisconsin Alzheimer's Disease Research Center. Such an honor to get to work with her.
Please give the show a listen:Poetry And Alzheimer's
The Wisconsin Alzheimer's Disease Research Center is a unique program combining academic, clinical, and research expertise from the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health and the Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center (GRECC) of the William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin.
For Our Elders With Memory Loss
by Fabu Carter
(From Dementia Arts: Celebrating Creative in Elder Care)
Some call you seniors
I call you wise elders
Living long and learning much.
You should be honored
Your grey hair a symbol
Of victory and authority in life.
When your memory flees or hides
And every face seem strange
Remember the other signs of love.
The gentle touch, the kind voice
The spirit that welcomes you
Just as you are.
Reassure yourselves
That you know how love feels
For it will chase the fear of forgetting
away.