Poetry Matters workshop, Bell Trace Health and Living Center, 800 N. Bell Trace Circle, Bloomington, IN

Indiana University’s Center on Aging and Community presents Poetry Matters,
a two-day workshop series, offered October 25 & 26 in Bloomington, Indiana. Facilitated by Gary Glazner, the founder and Executive Director of the Alzheimer’s Poetry Project, this best-practice, award-winning program received the 2013 Rosalinde Gilbert Innovations in Alzheimer ’s Disease Caregiving Legacy Award and the 2012 MetLife Foundation Creativity and Aging in America Leadership Award in the category of Community Engagement.

Workshop #1 The Alzheimer’s Poetry Project
October 25, 2016, from 2:00 p.m.– 4:00 p.m. Hosted by Bell Trace Senior Living Community
Gary will share his experience in improving the quality of life of people living with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia by facilitating creative expression through poetry. Those who should attend are professionals serving people with dementia, family and friends of people with dementia, and poetry enthusiasts of all ages.