Most of us Baby Boomers were and still are influenced by the music of our youth. I’m not ashamed to admit I listen to my own personal jukebox (in my head) on a regular basis. Just the other day I mentally listened to *Riders on the Storm. I was visiting a memory care unit where people were staring off into space and aimlessly wandering around looking for home. It reminded me of a news feed of an Oklahoma tornado victim picking through a pile of rubble. Pajama clad and confused, wondering what the heck just happened, “All I know is, it sounded like a freight train…”
Alzheimer’s/Dementia is the stormageddon none of us saw
coming. And even if we did, there’s no safe place to hunker down to hide from it. We need to establish better long term “shelters”
for those permanently displaced in its aftermath. If you see substandard eldercare, don't just look the other way and utter a prayer of thanks that you're not living there. Use your voice to speak for those who can't speak for themselves. Disaster recovery seems to bring out the best in us, so roll up your sleeves and get involved! The sooner, the better.
I hope you enjoy this classic:
*Riders on the Storm - The last song Jim Morrison ever recorded with The Doors
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lS-af9Q-zvQ
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