About the Author

Gary Glazner is the founder and Executive Director of the Alzheimer's Poetry Project (APP). NBC's Today show and NPR's Weekend Edition, Voice of America, and New Zealand National Radio have all featured segments on the APP. These broadcasts and news stories have reached over 20 million people and have helped keep the issue of quality, innovative care for people living with Alzheimer's disease in the public's mind. Harper Collins, W.W. Norton and Salon.com have published his work. Glazner was the Managing Director of Bowery Arts and Science, the non-profit wing of the Bowery Poetry Club in New York City, 2007 to 2010.

Reviews

" our grasp of language has a beginning in poetry. To see it used at a very different stage of life, and to such effect, was deeply moving." -- Natasha Trethewey "U.S. Poet Laureate"

"As an early supporter of the Alzheimer's Poetry Project, the Alzheimer's Foundation of America is pleased to see how far Gary's message of creative arts enrichment has spread over the years. This book will deliver that message even further, directly into the hands of both family caregivers and professionals so they can engage people with dementia. -- Carol Steinberg "President, Alzheimer's Foundation of America"

"Gary Glazner gives us valuable lessons in in how to engage those with dementia using creativity and poetry. If you are open to having fun when caring for others, Dementia Arts: Celebrating Creativity in Elder Care can shift your care culture as you meet the needs of those you serve." -- Lori La Bey "founder of http: //www.AlzheimersSpeaks.com"

"In Dementia Arts: Celebrating Creativity in Elder Care, teaching artist/slam poet Gary Glazner has created a cook book of recipes to guide caregivers in nursing homes, assisted living facilities, memory care centers or their own homes. In so doing while teaching us dementia-friendly communication skills he helps us participate in building a better -- Esther Altshul Helfgott, Ph.D., author of Dear Alzheimer's: A Caregiver's Diary & Poems (Cave Moo "(http: //blog.seattlepi.com/witnessingalzheimers/2014/05/09/dementia-arts-celebrating-creativity-in-elder-care-by-gary-glazner/)"