Age and mental health
Andrew Backhouse reports on a stimulating event
What do Quakers do about mental health? Where is the spiritual drive? Obviously, we have some good history from The Retreat in York – but an Area Meeting looking at dementia? Is this part of a welcome step forward? What do you dread most about getting older? I have always wanted to die in my sleep and I certainly don’t want to get dementia. It’s not something we talk about too much, except how we should best help the Friend who was slowly losing her faculties and yet remained lovely and smiling.
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