The emotional challenge: caregiving compassion and mindfulness

Anxiety, depression and other adjustment challenges can overwhelm families as they try to adjust to the new realities in their lives. Jake F. Li, licensed independent social worker, Des Moines Pastoral Counseling Center, shares advice for meeting retirement or declining health, especially mindfulness for opportunities and new goals. Embracing Aging is brought to you by … Read more

Aging, Dementia and the Cultural Cure

There are 47 million people experiencing dementia across the world. With no cure on the horizon, Anne Basting explores the Cultural Cure – the many ways that the arts and culture can reshape the experience of memory loss to improve well-being. Anne Basting (Ph.D.) is an educator, scholar, and artist whose work focuses on the … Read more

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