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Lester Potts’s Art and Story are Highlighted in the LA Times
The art and story of Cognitive Dynamics President Daniel C. Potts’s father Lester E. Potts, Jr. was highlighted today in the Los Angeles Times, along with the art and stories of others afflicted with neurologic disease. Daniel C. Potts, MD and Cognitive Dynamics Advisory Board member Anjan Chatterjee, MD were both quoted in the article. Artwork of Lester Potts may be viewed in the article’s online gallery.
http://www.latimes.com/health/la-he-diseases-art-20110516,0,7746888.story
Pictures from “Health Matters With Edie Hand”
Edie Hand, Ellen Edmonds and me. These ladies have inspiring stories to tell about their care giving experiences.
Potts and Edmonds to appear on “Health Matters with Edie Hand”
Art to Life Celebration Honors Participants and Highlights Art and Life Stories
Tonight, at historic Judson College in Marion, Alabama, Art to Life participants and their family members were honored with dinner and a reception showcasing their artistic creations during the course, as well as their life stories. Cognitive Dynamics President and University of Alabama Honors College Course Director Daniel C. Potts, MD, Associate Honors Dean Jacqueline Morgan, and Honors Fellow and student course director Meg McCrummen addressed the group, after which the group viewed a DVD of the participants’ life stories and artistic creations. The participants and their familes were presented copies of the DVD, as well as framed copies of their art (they already possess the originals) and copies of The Broken Jar and The Turning Time by Daniel C. Potts. The course will resume for its second session during the fall semester at the University of Alabama.
Art to Life Final Reception to be Held May 13
The final reception for “Art to Life” will be tonight at Judson College in Marion, AL. We will honor our participants and families by displaying their artistic creations, and by sharing with them storybooks and DVDs of their life stories and art. Thanks to the University of Alabama Honors College, Sowing Seeds of Hope, and VSA Arts of Alabama for partnering with Cognitive Dynamics in this worthy cause. This will be the first of many editions of “Art to Life”!
Potts helps to represent AAN at the National Physicians and Dentists PAC Board Forum
American Academy of Neurology Legislative Counsel Mike Amery, Brain PAC Executive Committee Chair Anna Hohler, and Cognitive Dynamics President Daniel Potts
Cognitive Dynamics President Daniel C. Potts, along with American Academy of Neurology Legislative Counsel Mike Amery and Brain PAC Executive Committee Chair Anna Hohler represented the advocacy issues of the AAN at this weekend’s National Physicians and Dentists PAC Board Forum in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Drs. Potts and Powers appear on Alabama Public Television’s “For the Record”
http://aptv.org/VideoRoom/viewprogram.asp?FileID=1397
Dr. Potts Chosen One of America’s Most Compassionate Doctors
http://www.pitchengine.com/pitch/140685/
Dr. Potts featured in AAN Executive Director’s Address
Daniel C. Potts, Cognitive Dynamics President, was featured in the American Academy of Neurology Executive Director’s address at the AAN Annual Meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii last week. The feature may be seen at time 2:42 to 3:11 on the attached video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rL87SX_M0A8
More Press for the Alzheimer’s Art of Lester Potts
The 50 Plus Advocate.com from the Boston area just ran this story on expressive arts therapies in Alzheimer’s disease, using the story of Lester Potts as its centerpiece.
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To improve the quality of life of persons with cognitive disorders (such as Alzheimer’s disease) and their caregivers through education, research, and support of innovative care models which promote human dignity, especially therapies employing the expressive arts and storytelling.
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