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From the Ted Talk by Anne Basting: How to meaningfully reconnect with those who have dementia

Unscramble the Blue Letters


It turns out that aicle had taught me that everyone has a story. Everyone has a stroy. The challenge for the listener is how to invite it into being, and how to really hear it.

Now, Alzheimer's and dementia, these are two words that, when you say them in front of people, you can wcath a cloud descned over them. You can imagine me at dinner pteiras. "What do you do?" "Well, I invite people with Alzheimer's and dementia into expression. Where are you going?"

(Laughter)

Fear and sgitma wrap themselves so tightly around an enerpceixe that affects 47 million people across the world, and they can live with this diagnosis for between 10 and 15 years, and that number, 47 mlioiln, is supposed to triple by 2050. Family and friends can fade away, because they don't know how to be in your company, they don't know what to say, and suddenly, when you need other people the most, you can find yourself really painfully alone, unsure of the meaning and the value of your own life.

Open Cloze


It turns out that _____ had taught me that everyone has a story. Everyone has a _____. The challenge for the listener is how to invite it into being, and how to really hear it.

Now, Alzheimer's and dementia, these are two words that, when you say them in front of people, you can _____ a cloud _______ over them. You can imagine me at dinner _______. "What do you do?" "Well, I invite people with Alzheimer's and dementia into expression. Where are you going?"

(Laughter)

Fear and ______ wrap themselves so tightly around an __________ that affects 47 million people across the world, and they can live with this diagnosis for between 10 and 15 years, and that number, 47 _______, is supposed to triple by 2050. Family and friends can fade away, because they don't know how to be in your company, they don't know what to say, and suddenly, when you need other people the most, you can find yourself really painfully alone, unsure of the meaning and the value of your own life.

Solution


  1. million
  2. alice
  3. parties
  4. watch
  5. descend
  6. experience
  7. stigma
  8. story

Original Text


It turns out that Alice had taught me that everyone has a story. Everyone has a story. The challenge for the listener is how to invite it into being, and how to really hear it.

Now, Alzheimer's and dementia, these are two words that, when you say them in front of people, you can watch a cloud descend over them. You can imagine me at dinner parties. "What do you do?" "Well, I invite people with Alzheimer's and dementia into expression. Where are you going?"

(Laughter)

Fear and stigma wrap themselves so tightly around an experience that affects 47 million people across the world, and they can live with this diagnosis for between 10 and 15 years, and that number, 47 million, is supposed to triple by 2050. Family and friends can fade away, because they don't know how to be in your company, they don't know what to say, and suddenly, when you need other people the most, you can find yourself really painfully alone, unsure of the meaning and the value of your own life.

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