Berna G. Huebner is the founder of the Hilgos Foundation in Chicago, Illinois which supports and encourages the ongoing process of artistic creation with people who have different forms of dementia including Alzheimer’s.

She is the co-director of I Remember Better When I Paint

I Remember Better When I Paint

I Remember Better When I Paint is a 2009 feature length international documentary film about the positive impact of art and other creative therapies in people with Alzheimer's disease and how these approaches can change the way the disease is viewed by society...

, a 2009 international documentary film

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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 also serves on the Boston University

Boston University

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 School of Medicine Alzheimer’s Board and is Director of the Center for the Study of International Communications in Paris, France. She is the former Research Director for Nelson Rockefeller

Nelson Rockefeller

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 when he was Governor

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 of New York

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 and then Vice President

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External links

• http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3790811/Berna Huebner at the Internet Movie Database
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• WBEZ Chicago Public Radio interview with Berna Huebner - Art Helps Evoke Memory for Those with Alzheimer’s
• Paris Writers News interviews Berna Huebner on groundbreaking Alzheimer's film
• Interview with Berna Huebner, BrookfieldNow Newspaper
• Event honors people living with Alzheimer’s Disease, Westborough Community Advocate
• Interview with Berna Huebner on Radio France Internationale
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