Dementia-Friendly Living
Bill and Lisa Warren enjoy dining at The Meatball Shoppe, which sets aside hours for those with dementia.
Fallik left full-time reporting in 2007. Her freelance work has appeared in The New Republic, The Wall Street Journal. The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Magazine, Neurology Today, Poynter Institute and others. Fallik has written a series of author Q and As for the Inquirer, including Louise Erdrich, Diane Rehm, Erik Larson, Ann Patchett, and Wally Lamb. Her favorite interview was with “Little Life” author Hanya Yanagihara, who talked about the American “tyranny of happiness.” Asked if she, herself, was happy, Yanagihara replied, “I’m content, and that’s sometimes.”
Bill and Lisa Warren enjoy dining at The Meatball Shoppe, which sets aside hours for those with dementia.
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