Often when aging and aging services are discussed, the focus becomes, intentionally or not, pathological aging, such as is experienced by any elder who is living with dementia. It is true that as one’s age advances the risk of dementia increases – until we’re 95 according to Dr. Snowden of the Nun’s Study, and then the risk for dementia decreases to almost ‘it’s not going to happen.’ However, aging and living with dementia are not interchangeable terms.
There is a very thought-provoking article in today’s New York Times entitled, “Finding Joy in Alzheimer’s.” The author believes that we should “reassess our thinking about the elderly and old age dementia” – that an important change in perspective is called for in how we view the changes that are going on in the affected elder.
The comments that follow the column enhance the already informed and perspective-rich article. I offer the link here for your convenience.
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/16/finding-joy-in-alzheimers/?ref=health
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