A story to promote empathy in dementia care
Alice Munro was awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Literature. To mark the honour, The New Yorker republished one of her classic short stories — one set mainly in a nursing home.
Read the full article about what this story is about here:
A story to promote empathy in dementia care
The actual link (if you need to cut and paste) is:
http://www.mcknights.com/a-story-to-promote-empathy-in-dementia-care/article/317215/
As the piece points out, sometimes having a student read a piece of fiction about an issue, in this case residential aged care, may open their eyes more than just reading another research article...