Shannon Simcox

Captured Humanity

"Falling Into The Day" is a seven-year photography series chronicling the slow progress of Alzheimer’s disease.

Finding the good ‘through the looking glass’

“Aliceheimer’s” marries the story of a mother living with dementia with graphic illustrations made from pages of Lewis Carroll’s “Alice’s …

Memory or Memor-x

“The Vicissitudes of Travel” puts on stage the fear of "losing" a loved ones who is still alive.

Fractured Portrait

As Ria Hills visited her mother in the nursing home, she began to notice other residents fade away.

Making Sense of Alzheimer’s is a creative space for people to understand the past, present and future of Alzheimer’s disease. It is an evolving forum, a gallery of ideas, a museum without walls.

Making Sense of Alzheimer’s features stories and ideas that tackle the many and changing understanding of what Alzheimer’s disease is and how we try to make sense of it in our own lives. The voices of patients, scientists, writers, caregivers, students, singers, doctors, and artists are expressed here through words, images and sounds.

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