Diane Roupe, 89, a memory-care patient at Edencrest at Beaverdale, took a bite down memory lane with friends and family members as part of the senior living facility's Dare to Dream program. Edencrest's team surprised Roupe with a three-course meal with recipes from her own cookbook at curbin_cuisine, a restaurant in Beaverdale. Roupe, who now is showing signs of dementia, is an award-winning cookbook author, having written "The Blue Ribbon Country Cookbook" and "Blue Ribbon Country Canning: Traditional and New Favorites." "What (the Dare to Dream program) enables is that every team member not only gets to know the residents on a health care level, but on a personal level," said Susan Babcock, community relations coordinator for Edencrest at Beaverdale. "That means learning about their past, learning about their dreams (and) learning about what they used to do." Tap the link in our bio for more on this story. #Beaverdale #Iowa #dementia