dangle & dot
Hello!
We would love to hear from you!
Welcome to dangle & dot!
We are so glad you are here to join us on a new journey with dementia! We feel we can change the negative image and stigma of dementia by creating a social enterprise that is ran by people actually living with and caring for people living with dementia. What better way to rewrite perceptions of people living with dementia than to provide them opportunity to live, work and play in a new way. A chance for them to “dangle” with new ideas and “dot” a new path for the care partner team.
And we start this concept with ourselves!
As co-founders living with dementia in our own lives, we are daring to do something different for dementia by launching this social enterprise. We want to empower and support people living with dementia by talking about it in a new and uplifting way.
Why Our Name?
Our name dangle & dot was inspired by Nancy discovering she was accidentally wearing two, mismatched earrings. She enjoyed her family’s reaction and comments so much so, that she intentionally began to wear two different earrings. She playfully relished the reaction of people who noticed and let her know that something was “amiss” and also those who quietly observed, looking puzzled, yet refrained from comment.
One shiny day, while bumping into Kat at an Alzhiemer’s event, Nancy emphatically exclaimed, “we must do something as a sign, a silent message about dementia with these mismatched earrings!” The synergy of the moment struck both of them with such passion to try to “dare to do something different” (a favorite phrase of Kat’s Dad) for people living with dementia.
Then, after much girl talk, it was decided a “dangle” style of earring would represent those living with dementia and a solid “dot” would represent the dementia care partner, giving name to a fun, new way to describe life with dementia …. dangle & dot.