Patty Baker
@pattyabak.bsky.social
Upper School World History Teacher, Sailor, Floral Designer, Gardner, Environmental Lover, Medical Historian, Former Professor of Classics and Archaeology, British and American.
A lesson from history in this article demonstrating that modern lifestyles and work patterns are problematic for our mental wellbing. Should we return to pre Industrial Revolution hours?
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#workhours #cognitivedecline #alzheimers #sleeppatterns #lessismore
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#workhours #cognitivedecline #alzheimers #sleeppatterns #lessismore
Insomnia and Dementia Prevention: What the Two Sleep Method Teaches Us
Insomnia raises dementia risk, but history’s Two Sleep Method may hold clues for better brain health, natural rhythms, and restorative rest.
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November 10, 2025 at 10:45 AM
A lesson from history in this article demonstrating that modern lifestyles and work patterns are problematic for our mental wellbing. Should we return to pre Industrial Revolution hours?
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#workhours #cognitivedecline #alzheimers #sleeppatterns #lessismore
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#workhours #cognitivedecline #alzheimers #sleeppatterns #lessismore
When our pets suffer, even cognitive decline, we feel empathy & compassion towards them. What can we learn from them to help us understand and cope with #cognitivedecline in others?
#Alzheimers #cats #dogs #dementiasupport #CaregiverSupport #caregivertips
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#Alzheimers #cats #dogs #dementiasupport #CaregiverSupport #caregivertips
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When the Cat Forgets: Breaking the Dementia Stigma through Feline Eyes
Cats can develop dementia; their vulnerability can help us rethink the myth of perfect memory, reduce stigma, and embrace aging with greater empathy and care.
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November 3, 2025 at 10:09 AM
When our pets suffer, even cognitive decline, we feel empathy & compassion towards them. What can we learn from them to help us understand and cope with #cognitivedecline in others?
#Alzheimers #cats #dogs #dementiasupport #CaregiverSupport #caregivertips
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#Alzheimers #cats #dogs #dementiasupport #CaregiverSupport #caregivertips
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#Caregiving shifts to different roles as needs change. In this week's article, Todd Mei writes about how the work of the philosopher Hans-Georg Gadamer’s reflections on play can assist in making caregiving flexible.
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#dementiacare #alzheimers #Caregivingsupport
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#dementiacare #alzheimers #Caregivingsupport
Caregiver Adaptability in Dementia: Lessons from Roleplaying
Discover how role play and caregiver personas help build adaptability and resilience in dementia care, easing stress and improving support.
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October 28, 2025 at 9:28 AM
#Caregiving shifts to different roles as needs change. In this week's article, Todd Mei writes about how the work of the philosopher Hans-Georg Gadamer’s reflections on play can assist in making caregiving flexible.
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#dementiacare #alzheimers #Caregivingsupport
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#dementiacare #alzheimers #Caregivingsupport
Reauthoring stories we tell abour our lives may help to alleviate symptons of #dementia and #alzheimers. We learn not to repeat life stories but alter them depending on the situation, helping our brains stay flexible.
#cognitivedecline #narrativetherapy
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#cognitivedecline #narrativetherapy
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Rust on the Brain: How Iron Build-Up May Contribute to Alzheimer’s
Excess brain iron is linked to Alzheimer’s. Learn how re-authoring life stories builds resilience, preserves identity, and supports brain health.
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October 21, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Reauthoring stories we tell abour our lives may help to alleviate symptons of #dementia and #alzheimers. We learn not to repeat life stories but alter them depending on the situation, helping our brains stay flexible.
#cognitivedecline #narrativetherapy
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#cognitivedecline #narrativetherapy
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#Cognitivdecline is confusing for both the sufferer and carer, specifically with fragmented memories. This article gives practical advice for identifying and dealing with decline through clinical and narrative markers.
#palliativecare #dementia #alzheimers#memorycare
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#palliativecare #dementia #alzheimers#memorycare
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#dementiacaregiving | Lucidity
We've developed a bit of a mini guide for those involved in #dementiacaregiving -- 3 Pillars of Support!
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October 13, 2025 at 10:02 AM
#Cognitivdecline is confusing for both the sufferer and carer, specifically with fragmented memories. This article gives practical advice for identifying and dealing with decline through clinical and narrative markers.
#palliativecare #dementia #alzheimers#memorycare
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This week Luminosity discusses how virtue ethics can be employed by caregivers to avoid caregivers creep, harmful to mental and physical wellbeing. #alzheimers #cognativedecline #dementiacare #wellbeing #virtueethics
#caregivers #caregivercreep
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#caregivers #caregivercreep
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When Caregiving Consumes the Caregiver: The Role of Virtue Ethics in Finding Balance
Learn about caregiver creep, how it leads to stress and burnout, and how virtue ethics and practical wisdom help caregivers find balance.
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October 7, 2025 at 9:31 AM
This week Luminosity discusses how virtue ethics can be employed by caregivers to avoid caregivers creep, harmful to mental and physical wellbeing. #alzheimers #cognativedecline #dementiacare #wellbeing #virtueethics
#caregivers #caregivercreep
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#caregivers #caregivercreep
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An insightful interpretation of the Myth of Sisyphus enligtens the reader about end of life care. Recording life stories & wishes about dignity and dying, help us avoid Sisyphus' burdon.
#deathwithdignity #endoflifecare #dementia #alzheimers #cognitivedecline
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#deathwithdignity #endoflifecare #dementia #alzheimers #cognitivedecline
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How the Power of Myth Can Help with Advance Care Planning
Discover how myth can guide advance care planning, from facing death wisely to creating legacy, clarity, and peace for loved ones.
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September 30, 2025 at 9:37 AM
An insightful interpretation of the Myth of Sisyphus enligtens the reader about end of life care. Recording life stories & wishes about dignity and dying, help us avoid Sisyphus' burdon.
#deathwithdignity #endoflifecare #dementia #alzheimers #cognitivedecline
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#deathwithdignity #endoflifecare #dementia #alzheimers #cognitivedecline
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#Empathy is a sign of love, but this article shows it can become harmful to #carers of people with #cognitivedecline. How can carers detach and navigate difficult processes and decisions with compassion for themselves?
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Dementia Prevention and Vulnerability: What Meaningful Work Can Teach Us about Strength through Weakness
Discover how vulnerability and the Capabilities Approach can strengthen dementia prevention and care by turning weakness into resilience.
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September 23, 2025 at 10:56 AM
#Empathy is a sign of love, but this article shows it can become harmful to #carers of people with #cognitivedecline. How can carers detach and navigate difficult processes and decisions with compassion for themselves?
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An exciting development for #Lucidity. See the landing page to find out more about guided discussions that help individuals determine what is a meaningful life and end of life decisions.
#dementia #endoflifecare #alzheimers #cognitivedecline #premptivecare #meaningfullife
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#dementia #endoflifecare #alzheimers #cognitivedecline #premptivecare #meaningfullife
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Lucidity | dementia prevention
Lucidity offers guided storytelling interviews to help aging adults preserve their life stories, values, and dignity. Our Narrative Dignity™ method supports families, caregivers, and advance care plan...
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September 23, 2025 at 10:38 AM
An exciting development for #Lucidity. See the landing page to find out more about guided discussions that help individuals determine what is a meaningful life and end of life decisions.
#dementia #endoflifecare #alzheimers #cognitivedecline #premptivecare #meaningfullife
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#dementia #endoflifecare #alzheimers #cognitivedecline #premptivecare #meaningfullife
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Ancient #medicalwriters, like #Galen in his work on Hygiene, stated that a #healthyregimen included education. Exercising the mind continues to be a way of making a person complete.
#history #dementia #dementiacare #deathwithdignity #alzheimers #alzheimerscare
Ancient #medicalwriters, like #Galen in his work on Hygiene, stated that a #healthyregimen included education. Exercising the mind continues to be a way of making a person complete.
#history #dementia #dementiacare #deathwithdignity #alzheimers #alzheimerscare
Beyond the Breakthrough: Why Cognitive Health Needs More than a Jab
Trontinemab offers hope as a new Alzheimer’s treatment, but true dementia prevention needs more than medicine. It requires story, identity, and connection.
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September 16, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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Ancient #medicalwriters, like #Galen in his work on Hygiene, stated that a #healthyregimen included education. Exercising the mind continues to be a way of making a person complete.
#history #dementia #dementiacare #deathwithdignity #alzheimers #alzheimerscare
Ancient #medicalwriters, like #Galen in his work on Hygiene, stated that a #healthyregimen included education. Exercising the mind continues to be a way of making a person complete.
#history #dementia #dementiacare #deathwithdignity #alzheimers #alzheimerscare
Although it sounds morbid, thinking about life's conclusion can prepare us for a #gooddeath. This has insightful thoughts on approaching the topic more deeply than preparing an advanced directive. #goodlife #cognitivedecline #advanceddirective #alzheimers #dementia
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What Is a Good Death? It’s about Being Ready
Discover what is a good death: living with dignity, readiness, and meaning through acceptance, the threshold of enough, and advance care planning.
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September 8, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Although it sounds morbid, thinking about life's conclusion can prepare us for a #gooddeath. This has insightful thoughts on approaching the topic more deeply than preparing an advanced directive. #goodlife #cognitivedecline #advanceddirective #alzheimers #dementia
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The #capabilitiesapproach is explored here as a way to find meaning through #cognitivedecline. It demonstrates a positive approach through vulnerabilities and offers carers and those with #dementia a way to find meaning through confusion. #meaningfullife #lucidity www.linkedin.com/pulse/dement...
Dementia Prevention and Vulnerability: What Meaningful Work Can Teach Us about Strength through Weakness
Discover how vulnerability and the Capabilities Approach can strengthen dementia prevention and care by turning weakness into resilience.
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September 3, 2025 at 9:50 AM
The #capabilitiesapproach is explored here as a way to find meaning through #cognitivedecline. It demonstrates a positive approach through vulnerabilities and offers carers and those with #dementia a way to find meaning through confusion. #meaningfullife #lucidity www.linkedin.com/pulse/dement...
Can resentment be a positive way to consider #dementia, #cognitivedecline, and #alzheimers? Through resentment we learn to look into a mirror of our own fears to consider how cognitive decline might affect ourselves as we age.
#dementiacare
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#dementiacare
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The Dementia Stigma: Why Resentment Is Better than Optimism
Dementia stigma shapes how we prepare for aging. Explore why optimism bias blinds us to risk and how resentment may protect dignity and justice.
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August 25, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Can resentment be a positive way to consider #dementia, #cognitivedecline, and #alzheimers? Through resentment we learn to look into a mirror of our own fears to consider how cognitive decline might affect ourselves as we age.
#dementiacare
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#dementiacare
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Can talking about death be a means to living a meaningful life? This is a powerful piece, discussing how opening to the subject gives us agency and peace.
#deathwithdignity #meaningfullife #meaningfuldeath #endoflifecare
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#deathwithdignity #meaningfullife #meaningfuldeath #endoflifecare
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Why Talking about Death Improves Quality of Life and End-of-Life Care
Discover why talking about death improves quality of life and end-of-life care. Explore how to create open and meaningful dialogue.
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August 18, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Can talking about death be a means to living a meaningful life? This is a powerful piece, discussing how opening to the subject gives us agency and peace.
#deathwithdignity #meaningfullife #meaningfuldeath #endoflifecare
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#deathwithdignity #meaningfullife #meaningfuldeath #endoflifecare
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I was fortunate to be asked to create some flowers for The Pine School yesterday after teaching. A fun way to spend a Friday afternoon.
August 16, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I was fortunate to be asked to create some flowers for The Pine School yesterday after teaching. A fun way to spend a Friday afternoon.
Spare dendrobrium orchids from a design (the floral market doubled an order, yay free flowers). Trying some things out with bright containers and Florida native and Florida friendly flowers and greens that grow in the garden.
#orchids #orchiddesign #floraldesign #nofloralfoam
#orchids #orchiddesign #floraldesign #nofloralfoam
August 16, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Spare dendrobrium orchids from a design (the floral market doubled an order, yay free flowers). Trying some things out with bright containers and Florida native and Florida friendly flowers and greens that grow in the garden.
#orchids #orchiddesign #floraldesign #nofloralfoam
#orchids #orchiddesign #floraldesign #nofloralfoam
How do you care for people suffering from #dementia, #cognitivedeclince, or #alzheimers? This article explores how #empathy through a #philosophicalthoughtexperiment can help #carers better understand and deal with the symptoms and realities of #memorycare.
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Understanding Dementia Behavior: How Empathy Can Transform Caregiver Stress
Discover how empathy can ease dementia caregiver stress by offering a deeper understanding of what loved ones may be experiencing.
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August 12, 2025 at 9:32 AM
How do you care for people suffering from #dementia, #cognitivedeclince, or #alzheimers? This article explores how #empathy through a #philosophicalthoughtexperiment can help #carers better understand and deal with the symptoms and realities of #memorycare.
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#Music, #storytelling, and #creative processes are preventative for #cognitivedecline.
#alzheimers #alzheimersprevention #narrative #memory #brainhealth #healthybrain #agingpopulation #agingworkforce
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#alzheimers #alzheimersprevention #narrative #memory #brainhealth #healthybrain #agingpopulation #agingworkforce
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Turning Gray: Aging Gracefully through Storytelling
Explore how storytelling and music support cognitive health and gray matter growth as we age. Learn what type of storytelling works best for brain health.
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August 4, 2025 at 2:49 PM
#Music, #storytelling, and #creative processes are preventative for #cognitivedecline.
#alzheimers #alzheimersprevention #narrative #memory #brainhealth #healthybrain #agingpopulation #agingworkforce
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#alzheimers #alzheimersprevention #narrative #memory #brainhealth #healthybrain #agingpopulation #agingworkforce
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Population is aging, and #cognitivedecline is increasing. In preparation for the inevitable questions that arise, #Lucidity employs a #narrativemethodology to help individuals think through and record their views on a #meaningfullife and #memorycare.
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#alzheimers #dementia
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#alzheimers #dementia
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July 28, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Population is aging, and #cognitivedecline is increasing. In preparation for the inevitable questions that arise, #Lucidity employs a #narrativemethodology to help individuals think through and record their views on a #meaningfullife and #memorycare.
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#alzheimers #dementia
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#alzheimers #dementia
A commission for a floral show in Jacksonville, Fl. It was a nice distraction from all the chaos.
April 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
A commission for a floral show in Jacksonville, Fl. It was a nice distraction from all the chaos.
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This is a national event. I can't get to Washington, but I am marching locally. The site has maps for marches around the country.
This is a national event. I can't get to Washington, but I am marching locally. The site has maps for marches around the country.
Hands Off! Palm Beach County Fights Back · Hands Off
**Donald Trump and Elon Musk think this country belongs to them.** PALM BEACH COUNTY is fighting back!
They're taking everything they can get their hands on—our health care, our data, our jobs, our s...
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March 25, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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This is a national event. I can't get to Washington, but I am marching locally. The site has maps for marches around the country.
This is a national event. I can't get to Washington, but I am marching locally. The site has maps for marches around the country.
Reposted by Patty Baker
The lives of American troops - and every American life - depends on the people in charge of our government taking their responsibilities seriously. But again and again, including with the incompetence that came to light today, they are demonstrating the opposite.
My full interview here:
My full interview here:
Pete Responds Live to Trump Admin’s Major Security Failure
YouTube video by Pete Buttigieg
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March 25, 2025 at 2:45 AM
The lives of American troops - and every American life - depends on the people in charge of our government taking their responsibilities seriously. But again and again, including with the incompetence that came to light today, they are demonstrating the opposite.
My full interview here:
My full interview here:
Reposted by Patty Baker
JUST A REMINDER ...
... of how close we are today ...
... of how close we are today ...
March 12, 2025 at 9:42 PM
JUST A REMINDER ...
... of how close we are today ...
... of how close we are today ...
Opti sailing. Jensen Beach, Florida.
March 8, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Opti sailing. Jensen Beach, Florida.
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Don't cut NPR and PBS funding!
Millions of Americans rely on public media for their news and educational programming. In many rural areas in our country, public broadcasting is their main avenue for receiving news, emergency ...
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March 6, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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