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Paul Pepper: Lois Long, Persons with Dementia Advocate, "Embers"

Lois Long

Sometimes those with dementia who are living in a care facility need more than a 'hello' via text message as their means of communication with the outside world each day. Often times those same people have a lifetime of stories to tell - too much for a text message, natch - and so advocate/volunteer LOIS LONG is here to encourage that phone call, encourage that Zoom-like interaction before it's too late. Lois shares an original poem at [2:57]. February 5, 2021

Travis McMillen is the senior media producer at the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute. For KBIA, Travis oversees production of "The Daily Blend w/ AC."
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