Every single one of these photos is an absolute and soo touching work of art. I was very very moved by this talk, thank you for giving it despite the overwhelming emotion Mr Luciani
I lost my mom to Alzheimers a year and a half ago and I miss her dearly. I caregave for her for 4 years prior. I miss her so much. Thanks for sharing your story.
Brought me to tears. How beautiful you and your mother are. I love how you helped her become a part of this amazing creation. This is so helpful and inspiring. Bless you a million times over.
THANK YOU, I am a live-in caregiver....The texture of your talk is just how I feel about your paintings and photographs... This is Beautiful, as are you and Momma.
Wow, what a wonderful story plus the Photographs are beyond words. Tony while you were talking about your mum brought me to tears! You are an amazing son and so inspiring 🙏🏾❤️❤️
I lost my Dad to Alzheimer's 3-1/2 weeks ago. I felt your heart through your talk, photographs, and paintings. What a beautiful way to honor your Mom and to give the audience a glimpse into who she was before the dementia tried to erase who she was and who you know she is. Thank you for sharing.
Toni, as I watched your magnificently transparent telling of part of your story, my eyes welled with tears and I had a lump in my throat. Just recently, my Mama was diagnosed with some form of Dementia. Thank you for confirming what I felt in my heart... And you are an amazing son, which she knows very well. 🤗
What an AHA moment indeed! This is truly a story of adventure and incredible love between an elderly mother and a creative and loving son. Both so very blessed to have each other. Hearing the candid thoughts and conversations, seeing the photos and paintings brought on so many feelings. This story is an inspiration and gift to all of us. A well deserved standing ovation!
A TEDx Talk that is beautiful beyond words. The photographs are so sensitive and the interactive affection between mother and son is very moving to see. It was emotional to watch and I felt a connection having been a caregiver to my own mom there was deep empathy for how difficult this must have been for Tony to share his personal space in public. But it's very needed to create awareness and he has presented it in such a deeply heartfelt way
Hello Tony, I just read your comment of your mothers passing. Much peace and comfort to you and yours,🙏🙏. It was a pleasure to meet your mother ,and her fun quirky personality,I won’t soon forget her and your compassion. Perhaps this would be a wonderful thing to share with the board of education, as I learn by doing ,and I think our youth today can learn from this. I am a caregiver, I can tell you that my parents are my rock, funny how my husband & I moved to the same city ,to be here for them, & my husband became ill,was recently in a coma, & let me tell you ,they we here for me! My mother has dementia, and my grandmother had it too ,it’s tuff at times, but we keep on pushing forward, for everyday we find adventure. Thank you 🌺🌸🕊🕊🇬🇧🇨🇦M
Mamma passed away on August 25th in her 99th year. I was there in her final moments. I kept my promise to be with her. Elia Clementa Luciani (Celli), 1923 - 2021.
nice nice, one of the best Ted Talks ever, my momma is going thru this. She's turning 90. She thinks I work in the nursing home. Its ok. its ok. You did not disapoint. THank you for sharing, thank you so much.
My God, same story. My name is Suzka, a wild-child artist, a painter and last person one would think to be a caregiver. But when my mother was diagnosed with dementia I was drafted. I had to leave my bohemian art studio in California and move to the Chicago suburbs...in winter. I was lost looking for some book that didn't give me suicidal thoughts. Couldn't find the book I was looking for so I wrote one. 'Wonders In Dementialand'. Even the ending is great!
Thank you for sharing. If you read this Tony. I'm 33, an artist at heart, and caring for my 70 year old mother with late stage dementia. My heart is warmed by your story. My mom was an artist at heart, too. The dementia that has afflicted her affected her eyesight and well its a whole extra bag of worms. Maybe what I want to to say is that I will take those moments I have very dear. I get these ideas of works of art and I am very humbled that you were able to portray whats been going on in my mind and heart.
What a heartfelt and moving presentation of life. It truly was a reminder of so many forgotten life experiences. It was inspiring and so close to home, as my grandmother Maria Domenica Luciani also had a husband who died of phenomena leaving my grandmother to care for two young daughters in Castropignano. Her life hardships were evident in her face until she passed away 80 years later in Canada. You are truly and heartfelt and talented soul. Thank you for sharing part of your journey. Lina Van Esch
Thankyou for sharing this very personal time shared with you and your mother. I can empathy with you because I had a similar experience coming through a challenging time when my mother had a similar diagnosis. It brought with it some amusing times but also sensitive moments of what next? During the last 9 months of my mother’s full time care a poem read outside sisters office ....’Do not be alarmed at what you see this is our world and we are ‘Happy’ The care was outstanding and a comfort when leaving each time on our visits knowing she was in safe hands, a safe place to be! Being a professional nurse myself I appreciate all that you went through Tony and for a creative story through the eyes of those precious times with your lovely mum. 🌸
💖 I love this. Making "THE CONNECTION" with a loved one who has dementia is very precious. I'm very fortunate to say I have done so with my grandma. 💖 Blessing to you and your mom. 😎
👍👍👍👍👍 “In the long run, Suzka just lets her mother “be.” The book is full of insights about dementia without being saccharine or preachy in any way. It guides us on a valuable journey. Not only might this book be read for insight and/or entertainment, it strikes me that it would be a good companion assignment for university courses in gerontology, the life course, and aging.” - Amazon reviewer talks about 'Wonders In Dementialand'
Thank you so much for this really good video He has really good perspective to show us with photo how is the life of person who has alzhmier it's incredible
it was me and my father in his house, he lost all control of his body and his mind was going and he would make unrealistic demands, he would want to go to his chair in the living room...then the bed in his bedroom....the chair.... then the bed...chair bed...he would call out to me every 10 minutes to do this or that, over again despite doing what he wished all thru the night , he literally wouldnt sleep..while calling my name over and over again just to tell me things he had already said..well the last time as would happen I would fall asleep to him calling me from the other room and I woke up in the morning and I heard him calling as usual and went to the living room where the chair is to find him on the ground, he slid out of his chair at some point... I lifted him up and brought him to his bed where he was talking gibberish, and it got to the point we thought it might be a stroke. he went on to pass away they werent sure if it was his heart or a stroke, but I feel guilty that I wasnt there to help him when he slid out of his chair....I know he is in heaven, but if I went to him everytime single time he called me thru the night when I had to sleep I would be a zombie. these are things ytou never think will happen to you when you take on caregiving.
When will you all start taking it seriously? A zero hrs contract that hardly pays the bills. £12000per yr. Spend half the day travling without pay. I'm tired, should I get a new job? Should I let them down? The staff turnover is discussing.
