Berna G. Huebner is the founder of the Hilgos Foundation in

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which supports and encourages the ongoing process of artistic creation with people who have different forms of dementia including

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. She is the co-director of ''

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'', a 2009 international

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which examines the positive impact of art on people with Alzheimer's and shows how the creative arts can help Alzheimer's patients re-engage in life. Huebner has served on the

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School of Medicine Alzheimer's Board and is Director of the Center for the Study of International Communications in

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. She is the former Research Director for

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when he was

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and then

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References

External links

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WBEZ Chicago Public Radio interview with Berna Huebner - Art Helps Evoke Memory for Those with Alzheimer's
* ttps://archive.today/20210927025613/http://archive.brookfieldnow.com/userstoriessubmitted/other/93927369.html Interview with Berna Huebner, BrookfieldNow Newspaperbr>Event honors people living with Alzheimer's Disease, Westborough Community AdvocateInterview with Berna Huebner
on

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