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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 Views of the News and The Daily Blend with AC.
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