Poetry and Dementia: A Practical Guide by John Killick Blue Diode Departing from Virgil’s Eclogues

Departing from Virgil’s Eclogues

her poems meet the male gaze with a female voice

or maybe not

Vona Groarke has published thirteen books with The Gallery Press

taking the reader through the difficult landscape of hope and futurity in the midst of an interminable

Poetry and Dementia: A Practical Guide by John Killick Blue Diode Departing from Virgil’s EcloguesPoetry is an engaging and inclusive activity for older people that can help develop memory, imagination and identity. This book provides guidance on setting up and monitoring poetry projects for people living with dementia in group care homes and individual families. It explains the benefits of creative expression for people with dementia, and shows how to facilitate poetry reading and writing groups in different environments. Specific techniques for