BATL Chicago

Pairing students & adults with dementia, together in art therapy. Building empathy. Funded by High Socks for Hope and the Alzheimer's Foundation of America.

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Last tweet for the day! We'll be tweeting with our students using the hashtag #BATLingAlz Feel free to follow along and reach out!

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@CMSSChicago thank you for having us!

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@CogDynamics #CultureOfCompassion #BringingArtToLife #CognitiveDynamics

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Thank you to Justin at @StoryCorps for his excellent workshops and all his help #BATLingAlz

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Then we had @StoryCorps come out and teach us about interviewing & interview equipment! We can't wait to interview our partners. #BATLingAlz

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Great day! 1st we screened @CogDynamics documentary "Do You Know Me Now?" The students enjoyed it, esp @anthroangie 's cameo 😎 #BATLingAlz

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We're thankful that our program, @BATLChicago has received a Bi-Annual Grant from @alzfdn - Thanks AFA! #BATLingAlz
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We're here, @CMSSChicago !

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Today is the day! We finally meet our participants with #Alzheimers and we are so excited! Stay tuned! #BATLingAlz #Alz #cultureofcompassion

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@BATLChicago "I tried to talk to myself to remember better, but I couldn't hear myself, so I couldn't even process my own thoughts."

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"It's important to remember the other way: it can be very hard and hurtful to have a parent to not remember the adult version of you."

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@BATLChicago "It was helpful to be in an unfamiliar environment. That's how it is for adults with dementia so appreciated that."

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@BATLChicago "As soon as it started my heart started leaping & I felt scared. I thought it would be easy because I was young but it wasn't."

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@BATLChicago "I expected it to be a lot easier than it was. Then I went into it and I struggled to remember even one thing."

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@BATLChicago "I didn't realize how much more there was to dementia than memory loss."

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"The goal with the #VirtualDementiaTour is to grow compassion and an increased sensitivity to the struggles of #dementia" #BATLingAlz

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"Imagine how they feel & how you want them to feel. That is most important w/ #Alzheimers and #dementia" #BATLingAlz #VirtualDementiaTour

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"Her brain is broken. Yours is not. Take the high ground, my friends." #VirtualDementiaTour #BATLingAlz

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"Say the things that make them feel safe and like they know what they're doing." #VirtualDementiaTour #BATLingAlz

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@BATLChicago "Easy tasks were hard and it felt like an anti morale booster ... Demoralizing."

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@BATLChicago "Ashamed I couldn't remember."