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COVID-19, or coronavirus, turned our lives upside down. A vaccine against this infectious disease has not yet been developed, and those over the age of 65 and over need special care during this pandemic. So how do we take care of our older adults? Read on to receive all your questions...
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Christmas is a special holiday that everyone wants to celebrate. Nobody wants to miss out on the fun, including seniors who have Alzheimer's disease. Here are some exciting Christmas activities you can do to make the holidays more fun. Engage Them in Gift-Wrapping Wrapping gifts is a soothing activity for seniors...
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Very few people of my age express themselves about such things and I will not purport to speak for them, but only for myself. Old age from day to day, sometimes hour by hour, is a kaleidoscope of feelings. These sentiments may be common to us, or they may be uniquely...
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As my younger son Ed, his wife Anna, and our granddaughters prepare for a cross-country move from New Jersey to Chicago, my mind goes back to 1974, the year our family also moved from the East to the Midwest. Husband John had accepted a position with Battelle Columbus Labs and begun...
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Chapt 5 1965-1968 Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio During ‘our” graduate school days, Keith and I had moved from Lawrence, Kansas to Champaign, Urbana, where Keith began his graduate studies in earnest at University of Illinois. Scott was a year old by then and soon would be...
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Professor of Physiology at Ohio State University During ‘our” graduate school days at U of I, we had lived very frugally on the...
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I started at Comprenew, an electronic and data security non-profit in September 2013 doing sales. I was responsible for contacting people, companies, organizations, to solicit their old electronic devices for recycling. About 2 years into the position, my job began to change to more community outreach. One of the outreach programs...
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I was a freshman at WSU (Wisconsin State University- Stevens Point) during the 1967 -1968 school year and living at home. I had money leftover from my scholarships and from working so I decided to enroll in summerschool at UW-M (University of wisconsin- Milwaukee). I wanted to experience what it was...
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If I were a super power: (My definition of a super power--- someone with unlimited funds to share and unlimited abilities to get things done.) I would fund Pre K and early childhood education throughout the US and other educational opportunities including all public educational facilities and maket universities free for...
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a test on my life- chaeos and confusions
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The friendship between Dad and I grew stronger during Mom's illness. We attended prayer meetings on Wednesday nights together in our church. And though Mom was not recovering, her illness brought all of us closer to God and to her. On July 16, 1978, in the early morning following my 19th...
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The Gift of Life… It Ain't What It Used To Be … I work with a great guy, and he is the first one to volunteer to help around the community. He has his reasons for not supporting some organizations, as he will tell you. But get him launched on...
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Among the memories I cherish most are those of the hours I spent flying small airplanes. I earned my Private Pilots License late in life – in my mid-`40’s - and I flew regularly until I was in my early `70’s; amassing a total of just over 2,000 hours in the...
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Judith tells us about working in Brisbane with her first professional job in the Department of Air. She flatted with her brother and his friends and they had many an adventure travelling to and from Nambour along the Bruce Highway in her brother's Triumph Herald. She also shares a story about...
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