Anne Basting, PhD, is a leader in transforming aging and elder care and the recipient of a MacArthur "Genius" Grant. She is the founder of the nonprofit TimeSlips, which implements her innovative approach to memory care, and is the author of three previous academic books, The Stages of Age: Performing Age in Contemporary American Culture; Forget Memory: Creating Better Lives for People with Dementia; and The Penelope Project: An Arts-Based Odyssey to Change Elder Care. Her work as the founding director of University of Wisconsin Milwaukee's Center on Age & Community was featured in the PBS documentary, The Penelope Project.