"We need to learn from what helps dementia patients to cope and to feel loved. We need to look at ourselves in society as patients in need of care, as patients who often cannot remember moment to moment why we should be together as a country, why we should take care of each other, or why we should be good to each other, regardless of political or religious stance."- Dr. Marc Gopin

Here are some of the things that work with dementia patients and also could work with our whole society when we forget to love and care for each other: 1. Greetings of care, 2. Focusing on positive emotions, 3. Deep breathing, 4. Smiles, 5. Making safe environments, and 6 Repeating ourselves again and again to reassure and guide. These ways of being with dementia patients are also lessons that we need to learn about ourselves when we are at our most vulnerable and confused, as we are today as a society. We must focus on the present, the here and now, the moment-to-moment gestures of compassion and care. We must be infinitely patient to build local and national politics together. Politicians' jobs are to fight for control, but our job as citizens is to band together and build a society that is safe, prosperous, and equal for everyone.

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