A visual diary: On dementia and caregiving | Tony Luciani | TEDxCambridge

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A three-year visual diary documenting a mother with dementia and her life forgotten, poignantly rediscovered through her son's touchingly created photographs. Artist Tony Luciani shows through a participatory caregiving process that we can all learn to be more willing to help others in times of need and discover profoundly fulfilling joy while doing it. Learn more at www.tedxcambridge.com Tony Luciani is a Canadian visual artist working in the mediums of painting and photography. He is known for his interpretive realist style and exploration of the themes of nostalgia, memory, and aging. Luciani’s early painting and drawing practice was highly influenced by the Renaissance Masters and often depicts scenes of rural Southern Ontarian life and landscape. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

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@catstitchstudio
@catstitchstudio 3 роки тому
This is the best TED talk I have ever seen. What a lovely man. He and his mother are so lucky to have each other.
@danielelizabethkelly6282
@danielelizabethkelly6282 Рік тому
This should be mandatory for aged care workers to watch! What a beautiful man, and fantastic mother. I have worked with dementia for years and this has touched me on a different level. Bless him
@erinhilliard9347
@erinhilliard9347 10 місяців тому
You got me in tears…”this is for you mom,” (photo clicks).
@joshgormally
@joshgormally Рік тому
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.
@ForSeraph
@ForSeraph 3 роки тому
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.
@LadyTeague
@LadyTeague Рік тому
"Make the time meaningful" YES!! 💛
@Feeble_cursed_one
@Feeble_cursed_one 6 років тому
It's too early in the day to be crying.... thanks for sharing
@mindfuleats4517
@mindfuleats4517 6 років тому
The photographs are amazing and have brought tears to my eyes... well deserving of that standing ovation.
@doritahenriques3641
@doritahenriques3641 Рік тому
How wonderful and profound talk, very well done 👏 ✔️
@marynolan3471
@marynolan3471 Рік тому
And without your Mom the pictures would be very differant. Your Mom is fun. God bless you ❤️
@sofiahabtemariam6628
@sofiahabtemariam6628 Рік тому
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 🙏🏾❤️❤️
@treeman8823
@treeman8823 2 роки тому
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.
@listentothis1
@listentothis1 Місяць тому
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.
@deniseleblanc9663
@deniseleblanc9663 6 років тому
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.
@gatorgirrrl
@gatorgirrrl 5 років тому
Thank you Tony. You honoured your mom so beautifully.
@randyw4984
@randyw4984 5 років тому
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.
@Dolphin7707
@Dolphin7707 6 років тому
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. 🤗
@rmsano
@rmsano 5 років тому
I could watch this 100 time - and still laugh and cry through the whole thing.
@yanl7843
@yanl7843 10 місяців тому
This is extraordinary, thank you for sharing.
@Dementialand
@Dementialand Рік тому
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!
@christinakim8925
@christinakim8925 Рік тому
That was beautiful, and I hope he is doing wonderfully
@jespace5193
@jespace5193 3 роки тому
The best Ted presentation I ever seen so far, so emotional and visually engaging. 🤝 wish I can meet this person. Thank you.
@lizherbst7393
@lizherbst7393 Рік тому
This is the most profoundly beautiful experience. Thank you for sharing. ❤
@cherryoctopi
@cherryoctopi 6 років тому
What an Amazing woman!!!!! ❤️❤️❤️
@TuwinDiane
@TuwinDiane 6 років тому
You're an amazing man, and you obviously get it from your mom. Thanks for sharing!
@narmadaiddamalgoda7691
@narmadaiddamalgoda7691 Рік тому
Best TED talk!
@ShellyKingston
@ShellyKingston 6 років тому
So inspiring. I do appreciate this story. As a caregiver, I am inspired.
@michellec2899
@michellec2899 2 роки тому
BRAVO!!!!!!!!!🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊
@Cmpisfly
@Cmpisfly 2 роки тому
Beautiful!!!!
@anniemody
@anniemody 6 років тому
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
@lornafoster8430
@lornafoster8430 5 років тому
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!
@thebeardmeister
@thebeardmeister 6 років тому
God bless you, this is just beautiful. Your Mum would be (is) so proud.
@michellec2899
@michellec2899 2 роки тому
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
@naturefoodlover5919
@naturefoodlover5919 6 років тому
You are great son and person Tears comes when I see your this video
@retiredmona2181
@retiredmona2181 2 роки тому
What a beautiful sensitive and raw video!!! Thank you
@nishithhegde3581
@nishithhegde3581 6 років тому
Your mom is lucky to have a son like you :)
@teresawatts9955
@teresawatts9955 Рік тому
I enjoyed this very much I work with people that has this disease
@mtlim9146
@mtlim9146 2 роки тому
It is a great deed done by a son !
@valwest5815
@valwest5815 6 років тому
OMG Tony this was the best. I am having trouble typing this through the tears in my eyes. Bravo you have outdone yourself...Thank you for this...
@peaceloving1
@peaceloving1 6 років тому
Very Inspirational and heart touching.
@priscillawong1808
@priscillawong1808 5 років тому
just love this! Amazing photos and amazing lives!
@jaderose5127
@jaderose5127 6 років тому
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. 🌸
@michelleoneill5141
@michelleoneill5141 4 роки тому
Amazing story & amazing people - such a strong emotional bond between them that will never die. Well done Tony & Mamma.
@vishaleah8667
@vishaleah8667 5 років тому
💖 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. 😎
@linavan56
@linavan56 5 років тому
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
@paula3280
@paula3280 6 років тому
What a beautiful son you are! Your mom knows that in her heart!
@CraigMansfield
@CraigMansfield 6 років тому
The guy seems really good at his crafts. I feel for him, for his pain. He's suffered too much, too close together.
@MD-vk8ed
@MD-vk8ed 4 роки тому
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.
@treeman8823
@treeman8823 4 роки тому
Thank you, MD. All the best on your voyage. Keep yourself open, and welcome it all in. The experiences are there for you.
@chrisburke2085
@chrisburke2085 6 років тому
JUST BEAUTIFUL, thanks for sharing
@colorfuldays921
@colorfuldays921 5 років тому
I cried cause she reminds me of my nana's.. beautiful work
@paulsauvan1015
@paulsauvan1015 6 років тому
Thanks for this really beautiful sharing !
@AirElegant
@AirElegant 6 років тому
Great story, inspiring presentation.
@Dementialand
@Dementialand Рік тому
👍👍👍👍👍 “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'
@martineemmons3206
@martineemmons3206 4 роки тому
Very good talk. My mom had dementia too - it's such hard road. Thank you for sharing :)
@kendunnmusic2307
@kendunnmusic2307 6 років тому
Thanks Tony!
@shauniebnaturalista6672
@shauniebnaturalista6672 6 років тому
Really extraordinary.
@VANITAS555
@VANITAS555 4 роки тому
So touching
@MorganBuchanan
@MorganBuchanan 6 років тому
That was beautiful! Thanks for sharing!
@hissendaud653
@hissendaud653 6 років тому
I Think Most People ARE Awesome I Love Humanity
@dythaticebilici
@dythaticebilici 6 років тому
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
@lixinzhang7586
@lixinzhang7586 6 років тому
Very genuine approach. Well done!
@taajhussein6929
@taajhussein6929 6 років тому
حلقة جدا رائعة بقدر ما هي مؤثرة.
@highereducation2018
@highereducation2018 6 років тому
its Amazing
@KIWI7707
@KIWI7707 6 років тому
Magnifique.
@ThexBorg
@ThexBorg 6 років тому
I hear ya Tony. I care for my mum as well.
@garlandfraley734
@garlandfraley734 6 років тому
Wonderful
@insaneniraj8406
@insaneniraj8406 6 років тому
I enjoy it and I loved it too
@Artauraiamnyc
@Artauraiamnyc 6 років тому
Love it !
@gorizirdo7
@gorizirdo7 6 років тому
Touched.
@tareksabbouh
@tareksabbouh 6 років тому
God bless you
@linobarata3615
@linobarata3615 6 років тому
very good
@carmenmendez5763
@carmenmendez5763 6 років тому
Muy bueno
@runneryg
@runneryg 6 років тому
My mum had it too.
@anonymous_23490
@anonymous_23490 6 років тому
Nice
@fauziyakhan1767
@fauziyakhan1767 6 років тому
Good
@anmolmathur3234
@anmolmathur3234 6 років тому
❤️💓💓💕💖
@captain_code
@captain_code 6 років тому
YOU CHANGED THE NAME!
@ankushtagore4299
@ankushtagore4299 5 років тому
Your mom is same like my grandma.
@vikiv.1352
@vikiv.1352 3 роки тому
Who's here after Everywhere At The End Of Time
@kalo667
@kalo667 6 років тому
👍
@sunrise145
@sunrise145 6 років тому
حلوه
@martingarcia6654
@martingarcia6654 6 років тому
Como puedo escuchar en español
@wesemikrf1719
@wesemikrf1719 6 років тому
Martin Garcia 8
@psychology_apprentics
@psychology_apprentics 6 років тому
2nd
@robertadefariajeronimo8061
@robertadefariajeronimo8061 6 років тому
What am I doing here??? O don" t speak english!! rsrs
@nonnaphatphunphoem7325
@nonnaphatphunphoem7325 6 років тому
Very Good 😂😂😂
@Margarinetaylorgrease
@Margarinetaylorgrease 6 років тому
15 mins later her pad was soaked.
@Margarinetaylorgrease
@Margarinetaylorgrease 6 років тому
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.
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