{"id":30,"date":"2026-02-09T19:45:29","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T00:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/livingwelldementiastories\/chapter\/my-bird-life\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T21:17:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T01:17:33","slug":"my-bird-life","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/livingwelldementiastories\/chapter\/my-bird-life\/","title":{"raw":"My Bird Life","rendered":"My Bird Life"},"content":{"raw":"<div class=\"textbox textbox--key-takeaways\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\r\n<h2><img class=\"wp-image-64 size-medium alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/livingwelldementiastories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2588\/2026\/02\/my-bird-life-cover-251x300.png\" alt=\"Front cover image of My Bird Life\" width=\"251\" height=\"300\" \/> Story Summary:<\/h2>\r\n<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\r\n\r\nFeatures Inez, an artist living in the heart of the city with her best friend Shirley. Inez shares her art with children in the community only to get that love and connection back ten-fold when it matters most. Her story is about moving through the dementia journey with a sense of agency and dignity all while learning to accept some help along the way.\r\n\r\n<em>Trigger warning: this story includes discussions of physician-assisted dying.<\/em>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--learning-objectives\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\r\n<h2>Hear the story:<\/h2>\r\n<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\r\n\r\n<span style=\"background-color: transparent;color: #222222;font-family: monospace;font-size: 1em\">[h5p id=\"4\"]<\/span>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--examples\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\r\n<h2>Hear and see the story:<\/h2>\r\n<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\r\n<div class=\"postbox h5p-sidebar\">\r\n<div class=\"h5p-action-bar-settings h5p-panel\"><code>[h5p id=\"3\"]<\/code><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Instructions to download this storybook, as well as the audio and video versions, are available at the following link:<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/livingwelldementiastories\/back-matter\/instructions-to-download-storybooks\/\">https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/livingwelldementiastories\/back-matter\/instructions-to-download-storybooks\/<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"textbox shaded\">\r\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/livingwelldementiastories\/\">Click to access the Home Page<\/a><\/h3>\r\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/livingwelldementiastories\/chapter\/the-bucket-list\/\">Click to access The Bucket List<\/a><\/h3>\r\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/livingwelldementiastories\/chapter\/the-music-plays-on\/\">Click to access The Music Plays On<\/a><\/h3>\r\n<\/div>\r\n&nbsp;","rendered":"<div class=\"textbox textbox--key-takeaways\">\n<header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-64 size-medium alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/livingwelldementiastories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2588\/2026\/02\/my-bird-life-cover-251x300.png\" alt=\"Front cover image of My Bird Life\" width=\"251\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/livingwelldementiastories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2588\/2026\/02\/my-bird-life-cover-251x300.png 251w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/livingwelldementiastories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2588\/2026\/02\/my-bird-life-cover-65x78.png 65w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/livingwelldementiastories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2588\/2026\/02\/my-bird-life-cover-225x269.png 225w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/livingwelldementiastories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2588\/2026\/02\/my-bird-life-cover-350x418.png 350w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/livingwelldementiastories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2588\/2026\/02\/my-bird-life-cover.png 402w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 251px) 100vw, 251px\" \/> Story Summary:<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n<p>Features Inez, an artist living in the heart of the city with her best friend Shirley. Inez shares her art with children in the community only to get that love and connection back ten-fold when it matters most. Her story is about moving through the dementia journey with a sense of agency and dignity all while learning to accept some help along the way.<\/p>\n<p><em>Trigger warning: this story includes discussions of physician-assisted dying.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--learning-objectives\">\n<header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<h2>Hear the story:<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n<p><span style=\"background-color: transparent;color: #222222;font-family: monospace;font-size: 1em\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"h5p-4\">\n<div class=\"h5p-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"h5p-iframe-4\" class=\"h5p-iframe\" data-content-id=\"4\" style=\"height:1px\" src=\"about:blank\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"My Bird Life (audio only)\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--examples\">\n<header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<h2>Hear and see the story:<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n<div class=\"postbox h5p-sidebar\">\n<div class=\"h5p-action-bar-settings h5p-panel\"><code><\/p>\n<div id=\"h5p-3\">\n<div class=\"h5p-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"h5p-iframe-3\" class=\"h5p-iframe\" data-content-id=\"3\" style=\"height:1px\" src=\"about:blank\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"My Bird Life\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/code><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Instructions to download this storybook, as well as the audio and video versions, are available at the following link:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/livingwelldementiastories\/back-matter\/instructions-to-download-storybooks\/\">https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/livingwelldementiastories\/back-matter\/instructions-to-download-storybooks\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"textbox shaded\">\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/livingwelldementiastories\/\">Click to access the Home Page<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/livingwelldementiastories\/chapter\/the-bucket-list\/\">Click to access The Bucket List<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/livingwelldementiastories\/chapter\/the-music-plays-on\/\">Click to access The Music Plays On<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"media-attributions clear\" prefix:cc=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/ns#\" prefix:dc=\"http:\/\/purl.org\/dc\/terms\/\"><h2>Media Attributions<\/h2><ul><li >My Bird Life Cover Image  &copy;  Heather Neale Furneaux and Sam Pineda    is licensed under a  <a rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-nd\/4.0\/\">CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives)<\/a> license<\/li><\/ul><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1292,"menu_order":2,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[49],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-30","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry","chapter-type-numberless"],"part":3,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/livingwelldementiastories\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/30","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/livingwelldementiastories\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/livingwelldementiastories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/livingwelldementiastories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1292"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/livingwelldementiastories\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/30\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":134,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/livingwelldementiastories\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/30\/revisions\/134"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/livingwelldementiastories\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/3"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/livingwelldementiastories\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/30\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/livingwelldementiastories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/livingwelldementiastories\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=30"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/livingwelldementiastories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=30"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/livingwelldementiastories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=30"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}