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The Dance of Wellness
b y Mi ch el l e P ea r so n a n d D o r ot h y W i l l i am s

If true wellness requires attention to both the body and the spirit, dance is an excellent way to address both simultaneously. Here is the story of how seniors at two communities, with help from an organization that has brought the benefits of dance to seniors for more than a generation, are learning new things about themselves and life.

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ance Exchange received a note this past summer from Suzanne Weber, an 80-year-old resident at St. John’s On The Lake in Milwaukee, Wis. She wrote that she and her husband, also 80, felt more “sprightly” after participating in our five-day visit to their community. Her message strikes a familiar chord. During the 35 years that Liz Lerman

Wesley Theological Seminary

Pamela Wedd Brown (foreground), a resident at Ingleside at Rock Creek, performs a dance duet with Chaplain Ruth Kent at “A Time to Dance”—a concert at Wesley Theological Seminary in November. The duet was about the meaning and persistence of love between two people when one is developing dementia.

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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Leading Age - January/February 2011

Vision
From the Editor
A Process, Not a Destination
Wellness: The Challenge of Measurement
Affordable Wellness
An Odyssey of Empowerment
The Dance of Wellness
Wellness and Leadership Must Go Hand-in-Hand
Releasing Potential for Wellness in Mind, Body and Spirit
Strategies for Successful Onboarding: Derailment or Success?
Ideas & Innovations
Synergy
Index of Advertisers
Organizing Effective Resident Advocacy
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Leading Age - January/February 2011 - C1
Leading Age - January/February 2011 - C2
Leading Age - January/February 2011 - 1
Leading Age - January/February 2011 - 2
Leading Age - January/February 2011 - 3
Leading Age - January/February 2011 - Vision
Leading Age - January/February 2011 - 5
Leading Age - January/February 2011 - From the Editor
Leading Age - January/February 2011 - 7
Leading Age - January/February 2011 - A Process, Not a Destination
Leading Age - January/February 2011 - 9
Leading Age - January/February 2011 - 10
Leading Age - January/February 2011 - 11
Leading Age - January/February 2011 - Wellness: The Challenge of Measurement
Leading Age - January/February 2011 - 13
Leading Age - January/February 2011 - 14
Leading Age - January/February 2011 - 15
Leading Age - January/February 2011 - Affordable Wellness
Leading Age - January/February 2011 - 17
Leading Age - January/February 2011 - 18
Leading Age - January/February 2011 - 19
Leading Age - January/February 2011 - An Odyssey of Empowerment
Leading Age - January/February 2011 - 21
Leading Age - January/February 2011 - 22
Leading Age - January/February 2011 - 23
Leading Age - January/February 2011 - The Dance of Wellness
Leading Age - January/February 2011 - 25
Leading Age - January/February 2011 - 26
Leading Age - January/February 2011 - 27
Leading Age - January/February 2011 - Wellness and Leadership Must Go Hand-in-Hand
Leading Age - January/February 2011 - 29
Leading Age - January/February 2011 - Releasing Potential for Wellness in Mind, Body and Spirit
Leading Age - January/February 2011 - 31
Leading Age - January/February 2011 - Strategies for Successful Onboarding: Derailment or Success?
Leading Age - January/February 2011 - 33
Leading Age - January/February 2011 - 34
Leading Age - January/February 2011 - Ideas & Innovations
Leading Age - January/February 2011 - 36
Leading Age - January/February 2011 - Index of Advertisers
Leading Age - January/February 2011 - Organizing Effective Resident Advocacy
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