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The focus of this chapter is on the capacity of persons diagnosed with dementia to exhibit flexibility in their actions, thinking, attitudes, and creative capacities. The overall intent of this focus is both to provide evidence of flexibility in these persons and simultaneously to combat negative stereotypes about persons with dementia and the way we think about dementia in general.
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I wish to thank the many persons with dementia, their family members, their friends, and their professional caregivers for providing us with these examples of hope and flexibility. They are, quite literally, too numerous to mention but we believe that their stories will live on, inspiring those who read this to build upon their achievements. Thanks also to the many colleagues who have worked with me over the years and who also provided so many examples and inspiration. A merely partial list includes friends and partners with AG&D in France (Veronique Durand and Jerome Erkes, especially), Mallory Jenkins, Vince Antenucci, Michelle Bourgeois, Alice Roberts, Tim Fickenscher, Ross Wilkoff, and Marina Sanchez. This chapter is dedicated to Mary Crist, who has Alzheimer’s disease and is the mother of Linda Camp.
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Camp, C.J. (2017). Flexibility in Persons with Dementia. In: Sinnott, J. (eds) Identity Flexibility During Adulthood. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55658-1_6
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