Stolen Memories: An Alzheimer’s Stole Ministry and Tallit Initiative
Ebook
Overview
Dementia steals memories--creative stitchery crafts can hold memories. Stolen Memories: An Alzheimer’s Stole Ministry and Tallit Initiative describes the use of hand-sewn, individualized stoles and stole-style tallitot in advocacy for Alzheimer’s and related dementias. These beautiful pieces of liturgical art can increase awareness, prompt discussion, begin an educational process, promote dementia-friendly faith communities, and give honor to those affected by Alzheimer’s. Pastors wear them in the pulpit or as they conduct services, particularly during national days of awareness or remembrance of those affected by dementia or their caregivers and loved ones. Chaplains wear them in pastoral visits or special services for people in assisted living or memory-care units. Advocates wear them as they speak at churches, synagogues, conferences, or training sessions, or as they make visits to their representatives in Congress to lobby for increased funding for research, as well as treatment and care for persons living with dementia and their care partners. Included are simple step-by-step instructions and photos on how readers can piece and sew their own stoles and tallitot, along with many photos of clergy wearing them and their personal reflections on the stoles/tallitot and their meaning to them.
“Stolen Memories is obviously a work of love. I am
honored to have been a recipient of one of her beautiful stoles and
wear it with a deep sense of joy for those with whom I have worked
and loved who live with dementia, including my beloved mother.
Wearing this stole reminds me of our responsibility to live in
compassion with one another and to uphold the dignity of all
life.”
—Linn Possell, author of Alzheimer’s: A Beautiful Spirit
Celebrated
“People with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia are invisible
and forgotten by many faith communities; such isolation intensifies
loneliness and robs congregations of the gifts of those who live
with cognitive degeneration. . . . Stolen Memories
provides inspiring stories of those who live with and care for
people with dementia and a means of advocating on their behalf.
This is more than a creative book; it is an invitation to join a
movement to bring hope and healing to people stigmatized and
marginalized by society.”
—Kenneth L. Carder, Duke Divinity School
“Modern care partners with seniors experiencing Alzheimer’s disease
know that to engage the senior requires all of our senses. In this
text, the visual arts, specifically the symbols reflected in the
pastor’s stole or the rabbi’s tallit bring the visual
symbols of office and faith together with lived experience.”
—James W. Ellor, editor, Journal of Religion, Spirituality and
Aging
Product Details
- Title : Stolen Memories: An Alzheimer’s Stole Ministry and Tallit Initiative
- Authors:
- Everman, Lynda
- Wendorf, Don
- Publisher: Resource Publications
- Publication Date: 2019
- ISBN: 9781532683350
Lynda Everman is a former caregiver and passionate Alzheimer’s
advocate. She coedited Seasons of Caring: Meditations for
Alzheimer’s and Dementia Caregivers. With her husband, retired
psychologist and former caregiver Don Wendorf, she coedited
Dementia-Friendly Worship: A Multifaith Handbook for Chaplains,
Clergy and Faith Communities. Don wrote Caregiver Carols: A
Musical, Emotional Memoir, and together they edited Leader's
Guide for Seasons of Caring: Meditations for Alzheimer's and
Dementia Caregivers.