I reached out to Yolo Hospice after I found out they were doing film screenings of the moving documentary “Alive Inside,” throughout the upcoming year. At the first event, I learned that they were pairing the film with a dance lesson.

A peer-reviewed study by Oxford University has demonstrated movement and music stimulate memory in dementia patients.

Other events covered a variety of end-of-life topics including an introduction Advanced Care Directives and filling out a Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) form which both provided a cohesive list of end-of-life decisions by an individual. Once a person passes, this time can be very stressful and contentious for former caregivers without these documents in place.

I also documented their transition to YoloCares when the organization merged with WeCare in 2018.