Friendship, Community, and Dementia

Featured speakers at this talk, the first of the 2012 Wisconsin Academy Age On Series in Menasha, are Susan H. and John T. McFadden. Susan McFadden (PhD) is  a psychology professor at the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh.  Her current research addresses late-life relationships, especially among people who have dementia.  John McFadden (MDiv), is an ordained minister of the United Church of Christ who served in parish ministry for 34 years, including 23 years as senior pastor of First Congregational United Church of Christ in Appleton. He recently retired as the first workplace chaplain for Goodwill Industries of North Central Wisconsin. The couple’s book, Aging Together: Dementia, Friendship, and Flourishing Communities, was published by Johns Hopkins University Press in 2011. This talk was recorded on April 26, 2012, in James W. Perry Hall at UW–Fox Valley in Menasha, WI.