Public Lecture with Dr. Stephen Post

Jessica Luh, MAREP's Associate Director of Research, listened to and met Dr. Stephen Post last night at a free public lecture put on by the Alzheimer Society of Hamilton and Halton in partnership with the Cilbrea Centre for Studies in Aging, McMaster University. The theme of his lecture was 'hope and continuing self identity: finding meaning in the care of those with memory loss'.

Dr. Stephen Post is a professor of preventive medicine at Stony Brook University and the author of two bestselling books, "the Moral Challenge of Alzheimer Disease" and "The Hidden Gifts of Helping".

Dr. Post's perspective is very much aligned with MAREP's as he openly discussed the importance of "accepting, affirming, connecting, and respecting" and how a person's personhood is still ever present even in the later stages of the illness.