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Photography: Many Windows into Memories

Dr.Michael Gordon Michael Gordon, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Medical Program Director, Palliative Care, Baycrest Geriatric Health Care System, Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON.

It was magical: the images coming to life at the bottom of the plastic tray filled with Kodak developer. First the blacks came and then the grays, as they coalesced into the picture I witnessed the excitement anticipated from scanning the negative and then the contact sheet that had all 24 pictures from the roll of film on it.

How Vivid are Your Memories

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Most health care professionals involved in eldercare have had the experience that some of those we look after seem to be able to recall past experiences with a degree of intensity that may be very disquieting and may even lead to what gets interpreted as agitated behaviour.
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Most health care professionals involved in eldercare have had the experience...

Most health care professionals involved in eldercare have had the experience that some of those we look after seem to be able to recall past experiences with a degree of intensity that may be very disquieting and may even lead to what gets interpreted as agitated behaviour. These same individuals may have had the personal experience as I have from my own life experience, some memories; even those very distant, when recalled are almost as vivid as when they first occurred.

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The Wonders of Wood: Cognitive Impairment Not a Barrier

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As I entered the living room, I could see the small walnut side table my wife emailed me about while I was away.
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I returned from a medical conference overseas...

I returned from a medical conference overseas. As I entered the living room, I could see the small walnut side table my wife emailed me about while I was away. It was placed in front of the gas fireplace, next to my favourite "relax" chair and was the perfect colour and size to fit there, waiting for a cup of coffee, a portable phone and the controller for the small stereo next to it.

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