Pat Lotz

Pat Dept: Pat Lotz was neither the writer nor the editor, although she was skilled in both. She was the subject. Her husband Jim penned the piece, which dealt in part with the challenges of caring for Pat as she battled Alzheimer s disease, according to The Chronicle Herald. She was constantly renewing her interests and reinventing her career long before the working world demanded this of us all and last month, as part of our ongoing Opinions section series on health reform, we featured an article on the crucial yet largely overlooked contribution made by home-care workers. It is with sadness that we note the passing of Pat Lotz last week. Dementia robbed her of her spirit over the past five years, but in one small act of restitution, we d like to remember that spirit here today. As her obituary illustrated, she was an accomplished woman: librarian, public servant, researcher, journalist, published author, but most of all, a life-long learner. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.