Sharing a family meal can help those with dementia connect

Sharing a family meal can help those with dementia connect
This image released by Netflix shows Tim Hollingsworth, chef and owner of Otium in Los Angeles appears in a scene from the cooking competition series “The Final Table.” Hollingsworth, who earned the James Beard Foundation’s Rising Star Chef of the Year award and served as chef de cuisine at French Laundry, learned to cook at home by his mother’s side. His mother, now struggling with memory loss, is not able to participate in the cooking, but being present for the preparation and eating of familiar dishes with her son helps bridge the distance that dementia can create. (Adam Rose/Netflix via AP)

Long before Tim Hollingsworth earned the James Beard Foundation’s Rising Star Chef of the Year award and served as chef de cuisine at French Laundry, he was learning to cook by his mother’s side at home. As a kid, Hollingsworth would…

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