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Special Care A look at care for Alzheimer’s and dementia patients here in the LewistonClarkston Valley / Page 10
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Senior lunch menus — Page 3
Volunteer of the month — Page 15
Senior Talk — Page 16
House Call — Page 17
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Thought for the month “No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars or sailed an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit.”
INDEX: Social Security Q&A................... Page 4 Catching up with ......................... Page 4 Briefs .......................................... Page 5 Birthdays .................................... Page 5 Reader poetry .............................. Page 9 Crossword solution .....................Page 12 Sudoku solution ..........................Page 12 Volunteer opportunities ..............Page 15 Sudoku ........................................Page 18
—Helen Keller
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Senior lunch schedules Senior Roundtable Nutrition Program
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The Lewiston meal sites for the Senior Nutrition Program serve hot lunch at noon Mondays-Wednesdays at the Lewiston Community Center, 1424 Main St. and the United Methodist Church, 1213 Burrell Ave. Suggested donation is $4 for seniors age 60 and older. There is a charge of $5 for those younger than 60.
Clarkston meals are served Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays at the Pautler Senior Center, 549 Fifth St. No. F. Asotin meals are served Tuesday and Thursday. There is a salad bar at 11:30 a.m. Fridays only. Suggested donation is $3 for those 60 and older. Cost is $6 for those younger than 60.
Moscow meals are served at noon Tuesdays and Thursdays in the Great Room of the 1912 Center, 412 East Third St. Suggested donation is $4 for people age 60 and older and $6 for those younger than 60. Salad bar is available at 11:30 a.m. The dessert bar is year-round.
Monday, June 4
Meatloaf / mashed potatoes and gravy / vegetable salad / corn / roll
tuesday, June 5
Tuesday, June 5
Chicken-fried steak / mashed potatoes and gravy / baby lima beans / muffins / apricots
Tuesday, June 5
Sweet and sour pork / rice / coleslaw / peas / muffin
Thursday, June 7
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Thursday, June 7
WED., June 6
Fried chicken / mashed potatoes and gravy / Jell-O salad / carrots / roll / dessert
Friday, June 8
Monday, June 11
Lasagna / vegetable salad / carrots / French bread / cookie
Tuesday, June 12
Tuesday, June 12
Turkey and noodles / Jell-O salad / broccoli / roll / pudding
WED., June 13
Baked breaded fish / potato patty / cook’s choice salad / bread / pears
Spaghetti and meatballs / garlic bread / vegetables / soup Tuna loaf / mashed potatoes and gravy / vegetables / soup
Tuesday, June 12
Barbecue riblet / baked beans / vegetables / soup
Meatloaf / mashed potatoes and gravy / green beans / biscuit / peaches
Thursday, June 14
Chicken cordon bleu / rice pilaf / vegetables / soup
Thursday, June 14
Spaghetti with meat sauce / vegetables / fruit Jell-O / cheesy bread sticks / pudding
Tuesday, June 19
Stuffed cabbage / mashed potatoes and gravy / soup
Roast beef / mashed potatoes and gravy / fruit salad / green beans / roll / dessert
Friday, June 15
Broccoli-cheese soup / cook’s choice salad / pears / crackers
Thursday, June 21
Omelets and bangers / vegetables / soup
Monday, June 18
Chicken-fried steak / potatoes / coleslaw / broccoli / roll
tuesday, June 19
Biscuit with pork-sauage gravy / beets / carrots / applesauce
Tuesday, June 19
Beef stroganoff with buttered noodles / pea salad / carrots / biscuit / ice cream
WED., June 20
Roast pork / potatoes / vegetable salad / corn / roll / dessert
friday, June 22
Beef stew / cornbread / cook’s choice salad / peaches
tuesday, July 3
Monday, June 25
Baked ham / scalloped potatoes / applesauce / green beans / cornbread / cookie
tuesday, June 26
Roast pork / mashed potatoes and gravy / peas and pearl onions / orange wedge / roll / cake / ice cream
thursday, July 5
Tuesday, June 26
Beef chili mac / vegetable salad / mixed vegetables / roll
thursday, June 28
Sweet and sour chicken / rice / broccoli / vegetable Jell-O / biscuit / pineapple
tuesday, July 10
fRIDAY, JUNE 29
Hamburger on a bun / lettuce / tomato / onion / potato patty / cook’s choice salad / pears
thursday, July 12
WED., June 27
Barbecue chicken / potato salad / baked beans / carrots / roll / dessert
thursday, June 21
Baked ham with pineapple / sweet potatoes / peas / roll / brownies
Tuesday, June 26
Swedish meatballs with noodles / vegetables / soup
Thursday, June 28
Hamburgers with all the fixings / vegetables / soup Pizza party / salads / desserts
Fried chicken picnic / vegetables / salads / desserts Bratwurst / mashed potatoes / vegetables / soup Lasagna (meat or cheese) / vegetables / soup
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$3,000 or less in countable resources.) Not all of your resources count toward the SSI resource limit. For example: The home you live in and the land it’s on do not count. Your personal effects and household goods do not count. Life insurance policies may not count, depending on their value. Your car usually does not count. Burial plots for you and members of your immediate family do not count. Up to $1,500 in burial funds
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Catching up with ... SONNY NUMMI
Kamiah resident Sonny Nummi, who was featured in Golden Times last year for his efforts to raise money for juvenile diabetes by lifting a total of one million pounds in one day, has repeated his feat. Nummi, 71, lifted 1,492,740 pounds in six hours 45 minutes at the Valley Fitness Center gym in Kamiah, raising $2,000 for Camp Hodia, run by the Idaho Diabetes Youth Programs. He said the number of pledges increased to 73, up
from 38 last year, with most of the donors from Kamiah, Kooskia and OroďŹ no. He was presented with a plaque of appreciation April 27 at the Clearwater Valley Hospital and Clinics Auxiliary’s annual wine tasting event in OroďŹ no. After competing in a power-lifting event in Missoula, Mont., this spring, where he took ďŹ rst-place age-group honors in dead lift and bench press, Nummi said he felt good going into his marathon lifting session. “My shoulders are a little sore, so I had to go a little light on the bench press,â€? he said. “But I made up for it on the leg press.â€?
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Good Samaritan will have barbecue MOSCOW — A barbecue for seniors will be from 4 to 6 p.m. June 21 at Moscow Village, 640 N. Eisenhower St. This is the sixth year of the event, which is held in honor of National Older Americans Month. There is no charge for those age 55 and older. The menu consists of hamburgers, bratwurst, potato salad, baked beans, chips, desserts and cold drinks.
It’s time for North Idaho Senior Games The annual senior games are June 18-23 in the LewistonClarkston Valley. Seniors, age 50 and older, will compete in 14 events with medals awarded in all age groups of each event. Competitions will be held in track and field, archery, horseshoes, 5K run/walk, bowling, tennis, swimming and more. The WA-ID Volunteer Center manages the games and registration, which
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AARP driver safety classes being held
Senior fair taking place in Moscow MOSCOW — The 2012 Senior Fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday at the Palouse Mall here. The event will include workshops, vendors and door prizes. The workshop schedule is as follows: l 10-11 a.m., Fit and Fall Proof. l 11 a.m. - noon, Identity Theft: How to avoid it and what to do if it happens. l Noon-1 p.m., Cooking with grains and greens. l 1-2 p.m., Advocating for yourself. l 2-3 p.m., What’s new with Medicare? l 3-4 p.m., Sail — Stay active and independent for life.
Friendly Neighbors closes for repairs The 1912 Center, where Friendly Neighbors Senior Center and meal site is located, will be closed the first week of July for floor maintenance. All senior activities at the center are canceled for the week (July
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There are two AARP driver safety classes scheduled for June. The first will be held June 1213 at Gritman Medical Center Conference Room, 700 S. Main St. in Moscow. The class is from 8:30-11 a.m. each day. The second class is in Clarkston from 1-5 p.m. June 15 and 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. June 16 at TriState Memorial Hospital Community Room on Highland Avenue. Both days of classes must be attended to receive a certificate. Cost is $12 for AARP members and $14 for non members. Advance registration is encouraged and can be done for the Moscow class by calling Claudine Planck at (208) 882-2098, and for the Clarkston class by calling Dave and Sharon Muda at (509) 7582871.
May 28 Jerome Peer Jerome Peer of Lewiston was honored Saturday at a reception hosted by his children for his 90th birthday. He was born May 28, 1922, in Winchester, to Alphonso and Margaret Peer. He attended schools in Reubens, Winchester and Orofino. He and Jean Rugg were married Dec. 26, 1945. The couple have four children, 10 grandchildren and 14 greatgrandchildren. He served during World War II from 1942-1945, being stationed in North Africa, Italy, France and Germany, and participating in four beach heads.
Through the years he worked at various saw mills in the region, he also farmed in Winchester, and sold farm equipment in Lewiston and on the Prairie. He retired in 1984. He served as president of Winchester Federal Credit Union in 1971 and was president of Winchester Saddle Club in 1972. He has been a member of the Elks for 43 years in Lewiston and was past president. He is a life member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion. He is also an elder at Congregational-Presbyterian Church in Lewiston. He is a former Twin City Twirler and Boy Scout leader.
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ď ˇ Lila Zimbauer Lila Zimbauer of Orofino celebrated her 91st birthday Friday. She was born June 1, 1921, at Central Ridge, above Peck, and has lived in the area all her life. She married Paul Baugh in 1941 and the couple had three children. He died in a logging accident. She later married Tim Zimbauer. In her younger years she enjoyed working in her yard and garden, but due to health issues she can’t do as much anymore.
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ď ˇ Herman (Sonny) Schillings Herman (Sonny) Schillings of Orofino celebrated his 92nd birthday Saturday. He was born June 2, 1920, in Dekalb, Ill. In 1936, he joined the Civilian Conservation Corps, which brought him to Idaho. He married Annabell Pearsall in 1941. He worked for the U.S. Maritime Commission during World War II. Later, he worked as a bus driver and a gas truck driver for 20 years. He was president of the Clearwater Senior Citizens for many years and is still active in the organization.
ď ˇ Bob Clark Bob Clark of Lewiston celebrated his 80th birthday at an open house Saturday. He was born June 3, 1932, to Hazel Beaumont. He graduated from Clarkston High School in 1950 and served in the U.S. Navy from 1951 to 1955. He
was stationed on the USS Jason in Japan. He and Barbara were married in 1955 in Lewiston. The couple have two children and one grandchild. He was a mechanical contractor and former owner of Lewiston Refrigeration, Heating and Air Conditioning. He retired in 1997. He is a member of the Kelly Creek Flycasters and is a director for Lewiston Orchards Irrigation District. His favorite pastime is building bamboo rods.
June 5 ď ˇ Nellie Chase Nellie Chase of Orofino will have her 83rd birthday Tuesday. She was born June 5, 1929, in Seminole, Okla. She has lived in Idaho since 1930. She married Levon Chase June 4, 1950. They moved to Orofino in 1954. He died in 2008.
She has three children, four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. She is a member of the P.E.O. Chapter AW and is on the Area Aging Advisory Council. She volunteers at the Orofino Senior Center and the meal site, the Clearwater County Senior Citizens and for the WA-ID Volunteer Retired Senior Program.
June 7 ď ˇ Corrie Shriver Corrie Shriver of Orofino will turn 85 Thursday. She was born June 7, 1927, in Orofino and grew up in Grangemont. She married Wayne Shriver in 1947 and they celebrated nearly 65 years of marriage before he died in January. She has three children, 12 grandchildren and 20 greatgrandchildren.
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JUNE 8 EDMUND RICARD
four children. The family moved to Lewiston Edmund Ricard of where he and his wife Lewiston will celeraised their kids on brate his 93rd birthday fruits and vegetables Friday. they grew. They also He was born June 8, grew flowers. 1919, on a farm north His wife and a daughof Uniontown and grew ter died. up there. He is known as the He served in the Dahlia Man by many. U.S. Army during World His dahlias and other garden War II. After his service, he and treasures can be seen yearly at Cecilia were married and had the Nez Perce County Fair.
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She married Stanley Cramer. Her husband later Barbara Thomas of Orofino died. will turn 83 on Friday. She married Jim Thomas. She was born June 8, 1929, She has three children and in Clarkston. four stepchildren.
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Arlene Elizabeth McDole Scott of Orofino will turn 83 Friday. She was born June 8, 1929, in Eugene, Ore., the oldest of four children born to Elroy McDole and Myrtle Brownlee McDole. She received her schooling in Ontario, Ore., graduating in 1947. She married Dale Scott
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made their home in Orofino. dren, five grandchildren and several step-grandchildren. She worked at Watkins Dry Goods. Her hobbies include quilting, baking cookies and taking care of her husband.
JUNE 9 ROY KENNEDY Roy Kennedy of Clarkston will celebrate turning 85 during the Brushy Flats class reunion in Riggins. He was born June 9, 1927, in Canfield, Idaho, to Angus and Ethel Kennedy. He attended schools in White Bird, John Day,Ore., Brushy Flats, Riggins and Clarkston. He graduated from Clarkston High School in 1945. He served in the U.S. Army for two years beginning in 1945 with the 2nd Army Division. He married Ilene Carroll Jan. 17, 1947, and they were married for 45 years at the time
JUNE 10 GORDON THIESSEN Gordon Thiessen of Orofino will turn 87 on Sunday. He was born June 10, 1925, in Tillamook, Ore. He married Lillie Snyder, and they have two daughters, eight grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. They had a son who died. He enjoys taking care of his flowers.
of her death in 2001. He has six children, 12 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. He worked for Asotin County Housing Authority as the maintenance supervisor until retiring in 1989. His wife owned The Silver Dollar Cafe, where he helped out with whatever she needed him to do — except cooking. He enjoys his morning coffee with the guys and all the talk. He is a 25-year member of the Clarkston Eagles Lodge, where he is the treasurer. He also takes pride in being the chairman of the Brushy Flats school reunion.
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JUNE 11 ď ˇ JENETTE (JETT) GORDON Jenette (Jett) Gordon of Culdesac will be honored by family and friends from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1443 in Lewiston. The occassion is to celebrate her 70th birthday. She was born June 11, 1942, in Kyle, S.D. She married Leroy Gordon Feb. 29, 1988. She has three children, four stepchildren, 14 grandchildren and seven greatgrandchildren, with another on the way. Her hobbies include being an avid hunter and ďŹ sher, mushroom and huckleberry
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picking, and just spending time in the woods. She enjoys time in her vegetable garden, and machine embroidery and quilting. She enters her wares in the Nez Perce County Fair each year. In the past, she has enjoyed doing needle work and cake decorating. She is an active member of the Grubby Knuckles Garden Club and the V.F.W. Post 1443 Women’s Auxiliary. She served as past president of the auxiliary and was also past district auxiliary president. She has served as judge for area county fairs and is superintendent of gift baskets at the Nez Perce County Fair.
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Marvin Sieler of OroďŹ no will celebrate his 81st birthday June 12. He was born in Plevna, Mont., June 12, 1931. He married Irene Dawson May 3, 1952, in Billings, Mont. They have two daughters, six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. He was an Assembly of God minister for more than 40 years.
Rowena J. Nelson of Lewiston will turn 90 on June 20. She was born to William and Alice Millage in Nezperce on June 20, 1922. She and Loren Bolen were married Sept. 1, 1940, in Peck, where they lived for a short time before relocating to Pierce. He died in 1951. She married Albert Nelson and they celebrated 50 years of marriage before he died in 2001. In her younger years she loved spending time in her kitchen cooking and canning, and was known for her pies. She also enjoyed having a garden, especially her ower garden. She has three sons, 13 grandchildren, 22 greatgrandchildren and six greatgreat-grandchildren. She currently resides at Royal Plaza Care Center.
JUNE 18 ď ˇ PEARL RENFREW Pearl Renfrew of Moscow will celebrate turning 98 June 18. She was born June 18, 1914, to William and Lizzie Murphy in Moscow, where she grew up and received her schooling. She married Alfred Renfrew in 1933. Her husband died in 1976. She worked for Psychianna, Majors Clothing and retired from the University of Idaho physical plant. She has two children, four grandchildren and six greatgrandchildren, with another on the way In her younger days, she was active with the Royal Neighbors of America, Rebeccas, Moose Lodge and the Lady Eagles. Until a few years ago, her hobbies included bowling, which she only gave up at age 92.
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They’ve walked on the old U.S. Flag again And they burned it last night in the street Lucille Magnuson, 92, Moscow That it really airn’t tearthin by time. before God took you in His Two kids were molested on drops we’re seeing arms, Priscilla Armitage, 77, Kendrick Friday Reflections In the Statue of Liberty’s eye and carried you away. Where Second and Porney Howard Norskog, 79, Lewiston Mary Ann Pavel, 69, Clarkston How sweet it is to reflect the Infant Road meet time that has come and gone I used to fish down in that and now you are alone. Iris guard the little stone creek there Blue-Veined Hands Butterfly Friend There were children who that marks your place on But the water’s not fit played at your feet and you earth, anymore Blue-veined hands with Waiting for that warm sunny felt them such a treat to be the stone that has a single Soldiers are browbeat and wrinkled skin, day that comes in May. with you. chastised date worn by time till seeMy flowers are smiling up at I reflect on time and I see the The ones who came home to note both death and through thin. blue sky to say, change as the children move from the war birth. Once they held a lover’s “Hurry please, and show us on into their world. A man killed his father and Did you get to take a breath, spring’s really here to stay.” hand, It’s their time away as they mother to feel your own heart beat? My butterfly friend and red later on a wedding band. The judge set him free just move away from your world Did someone hold your little They gently stroked a breast robin will play today you begin to reflect on time. hand, newborn’s head, at the feeder and birdbath They threw out about all of then closed in prayer beside and rub the bottoms of your When will they reflect? all the early day. the evidence feet? her bed. As I marvel at their winged Yvonne Carrie, 68, Lewiston A small technicality they say To ask that God would lead Did your mama get to hug My boy he was caught with you, the way, some drugs here and kiss your baby face, in guiding her through life Just 13 years down here or did they whisk you out of each day. from heaven sight, They labored daily — sun Folks say that I’m lucky away from her embrace? to sun, regardless So why no given name, with little rest till tasks were Most kids get hooked about just “infant” on your stone? done. 799-5767 seven Were names so precious Yet found the time to aid a A man shot four punks on THANK YOU... then, friend, the subway they could not spare you and gave with joy when Fraternal Order of Eagles, Nez Perce Auxiliary Cause they wanted what one? asked to lend. No. 631 for their recent donation and gold that he had And yet you left your tiny A lifetime written line by And the judge said he’s Coleman Oil and Big Country 97.7 Radio mark, line, really a hard core We are looking for volunteer drivers to deliver meals to our seniors on blue-veined hands worn though here for just one day, A boy who had gone to the and home bound clients. We have over 150 clients that need food. bad Some say it was raining this Call 799-5767 today and morning “help us keep the wheels turning Some said that the fog with your donation.” seems to lie
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Seeking peace of mind Caring for elderly family members can be challenging — especially if they suffer with Alzheimer’s or dementia By Mary Tatko
center for 2½ years would have been helpful when her mother was diagnosed. So when people contact WedgeMoving a parent or grandparent to wood Terrace, which has a 24-bed a care facility can be heart-wrenchsecure unit, about care for a family ing for families. Guilt about placing member with Alzheimer’s, Faller a loved one with Alzheimer’s or dementia symptoms in a locked facility knows to expect a certain amount of confusion and guilt. designed to prevent wandering can “I can honestly say, ‘I know how make the decision much more difyou feel,’ ” she said. “To them, it’s ficult. foreign: ‘Where did my mom go? “A lot of people have misconcepWhere did my dad go?’ ” tions about Alzheimer’s care, espeLearning what to expect helps, cially if (the unit is) secure,” Becky Faller, marketing director at Wedge- she said. “Fear is not being educated.” wood Terrace Assisted Living in She recommends families start Lewiston, said. with a list of 10 warning signs of Faller does her best to reassure Alzheimer’s compiled by the Mayo families that seeking professional Clinic and available on its website care within a secure facility – one with key pads or other security mea- at www.mayoclinic.com/health/ warning-signs-of-alzheim sures at exit doors – doesn’t mean their loved ones will be prisoners. In ers/MY01036. Making the journey from fear fact, she said, reducing the overto understanding is an emotional whelming stimulation from a world process, and the facility’s employthat has become confusing often affords those with Alzheimer’s a sense ees can’t help but become close to patients and their families. of freedom. “These people do become your “They’re really secure in there,” she family,” Faller said. “Their family said. “They can be themselves.” becomes your family.” Before they learn more about In her 13 years at Life Care Alzheimer’s disease and care, famiCenter of Lewiston, admissions lies often fear their loved one will be and marketing director Julie King “locked up.” Learning about what’s normal for Alzheimer’s and dementia has learned a good deal about what patients and how a secure unit meets the facility does to meet the needs of residents with Alzheimer’s and detheir needs goes a long way toward mentia, down to the smallest details. easing everyone’s mind, Faller said. For example, she explained, a Nearly every family member feels special matte finish on the floors guilty when they first approach a helps reduce fear of falling among care facility, she said, speaking not just from her interactions with fami- residents, because shiny, glossy surlies at Wedgewood Terrace, but from faces appear wet to many people with Alzheimer’s disease. personal experience with her own Many residents at Life Care Cenmother, who died about five years ter’s 115-bed skilled nursing facility ago. She said what she knows now after working at the assisted living have Alzheimer’s or dementia, King Of Target Publications
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Medical technician Krystine Grluck plays balloon volleyball with several Alzheimer’s residents at Wedgewood Terrace in Lewiston. said, but not all have the specific needs that require placement in the 24-bed secure unit. Those at risk for elopement and for whom special Alzheimer’s care can be a benefit are most likely to reside there, she explained. While those unfamiliar with Alzheimer’s and dementia care might focus most on the secure aspect of the unit – all those locked doors – what’s most important is what goes on behind the doors, King said. As Life Care Center’s activities
director, Teresa Senefsky oversees a program within the secure unit tailored specifically for Alzheimer’s and dementia patients. “We do a lot of what are called normalizing activities,” Senefsky said, explaining these are everyday skills such as folding laundry and polishing silverware. “Those kinds of activities always stay in the brain,” she said. “You’re not forcing unfamiliar things.” Meal preparation is a multi-sensory experience, combining familiar,
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Alzheimer’s Support Group Guardian Angel Homes, an assisted living center in Lewiston, specializes in Alzheimer’s and dementia care and offers an Alzheimer’s support group at its “community barn” the second Wednesday of each month from 7 to 9 p.m. Those interested in more information about the support group can call Maggie at (208) 743-6500. routine tasks with comforting aromas, such as freshly baked bread. Many personal-care activities are dual-purpose as well: Hair brushing, nail care and massage can calm and soothe, helping residents look and feel better. The unit opens onto an enclosed courtyard where outdoor activities, such as raking leaves are possible. “And then we do a lot with music,” Senefsky said. “Something that touches the soul of all of them.” Though there’s a lot to do within the unit, residents aren’t limited to the secure area. Activities in other parts of the facility are a regular part of daily life, Senefsky explained. At Wedgewood Terrace, just under half of the 50 or so residents live in the facility’s secure Stepping Stones unit. Within the unit is a family room, television room, dining room, common area and outside courtyard. Activities director Ann Julias said the stages of the residents’ illnesses help determine what they like and are capable of doing. “Most of our people right now enjoy more one-to-one time,” she said. Julias and the Stepping Stones residents have started a garden in the courtyard, a project that provides fresh produce for the unit’s twice-daily snacks in the summer months — and the occasional unexpected lesson. “One year, one of the residents picked all the tomatoes, and they were all green,” she said. The harvest did not go to waste, though: A resident instructed her in making fried green tomatoes.
“A sense of humor is very, very important,” she said. “You have to be able to go with the flow.” As at Life Care Center, food preparation is a popular activity at Wedgewood Terrace. “They like to smell it, and then they like to eat it,” Julias said. “They’re all very good eaters.” Maintaining a calm atmosphere helps keep behaviors from escalating, and being able to think on one’s feet can do a lot to defuse the situation when a resident becomes frustrated. Julias gave an impromptu demonstration of these skills in the Stepping Stones common room: As other residents participated in a balloon toss, one woman moved away from the group, suddenly agitated. Taking the resident in her arms, Julias began swaying rhythmically
from side to side, leading her in a dance. Though their lives have been changed by their illness, the residents aren’t defined by their symptoms, she said. “Their personalities still shine through.” Julias, who has worked at Wedgewood Terrace for four years and in Alzheimer’s care for about 10, was a nurse in Scotland before moving to the United States. She said families starting down the path of seek-
Skilled Nursing vs. Assisted Living Life Care Center is a skilled nursing facility, meaning a registered nurse is on staff 24 hours a day, seven days a week and all the aides are certified nursing assistants. Wedgewood Terrace is an assisted living center, where an RN is on staff Monday through Friday, eight hours a day, with nurses on call the rest of the time. Residents who need medical interventions such as IVs or injections can get that care at a skilled nursing facility. Assisted living centers generally provide help with daily living. NOTE: A sidebar to this story on other care options can be found on page 13.
ing help for an Alzheimer’s or dementia patient sometimes think their loved one’s behavior will seem shocking to the care staff, but she reassures them that’s never the case. “I think sometimes we’re looking after their loved ones, but we’re also taking care of their families,” she said. Tatko can be reached at mtatko@lmtribune.com or (208) 848-2244
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ABOVE: Nurses and medical technicians care for the needs of Alzheimer’s patients at Lewiston’s Wedgewood Terrace. BELOW: Jerry Bowlin, executive director at Wedgewood Terrace consoles an Alzheimer’s patient.
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Families of frail seniors call sensors a godsend
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MINNEAPOLIS — When 80year-old Paul Marrs arises each morning, nine sensors in his Belle Plaine, Minn., senior apartment begin tracking his activity and dispatching an array of data to a computer in Mendota Heights, Minn. Did he go back to bed, use the toilet, open the refrigerator? It’s a high-tech solution that is transforming services to frail seniors in Minnesota and across the country by spotting problems while they’re small. For some seniors and their families, it’s raised some privacy concerns, but for others, such as Marrs, it’s a godsend. For two years, it has helped keep him in his lower-cost apartment at the Kingsway Senior Living complex and out of the adjacent assisted-living unit. That $900 annual service saves him $22,000 a year. Thousands of elders are able to stay healthier, and delay or avoid
institutional care, under the 24-hour-a-day attention of pressure sensors, motion detectors, pill dispensers, personal-alert pendants and other devices. “We’re really at the edge of major change,” said Majd Alwan, who heads the Center for Aging Services Technologies, a coalition of companies, care providers and universities that develop and use new systems. “There are barriers, but we are demonstrating that this works,” he said. “We can improve lives for the elderly and their families.” Several major chains of care providers in Minnesota are among national leaders in the change, including Ecumen, Presbyterian Homes, Good Samaritan Society and Volunteers of America. The array of sensing devices at Kingsway in Belle Plaine was developed by Healthsense of Mendota Heights, which is working with 50 other senior housing providers in Minnesota and an equal number in other states. At Kingsway, each of the 22 assisted-living units have the full array of sensors included in its monthly fee. Like Marrs, about half of those in the 45 independent apartments buy the service at a reduced rate of $75 a month. Its home health agency also is taking the devices into the community, sometimes just for a few weeks after surgery, or longer term to help
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people with chronic illnesses stay in their homes. They pay the full cost: one-time fees of $1,500 to rent and $550 to install and program the system, and a monthly monitoring fee of $150. “That sounds expensive, but it’s about the same as two weeks in a nursing home,” said Sharon Blume, director of family services and technology at Kingsway. “The savings start pretty quick.” Government agencies are beginning to pay providers for using the technology with low-income people and are offering grants to help. Some preliminary findings are promising, say leaders of Volunteers of America, which is coordinating a project from its Eden Prairie, Minn., office to install equipment in a range of facilities nationwide: Assisted-living care costs averaged $828 in a specific period, compared with $3,236 in a control group, by early detection of urinary tract infections and other health problems. Sleep monitors in nursing homes found that a third of residents were being wakened unnecessarily. Assisted-living nurses made 40 percent fewer phone consultations because the data from sensors allowed quicker diagnosis and treatment. Now the focus is less on new gadgets and more on better ways to interpret and act on the information they generate, said Bryan Fuhr, Healthsense vice president of business development. “This is not just an exercise,” he said. “Innovation ... is coming from nonprofit providers whose mission is to improve lives. That’s what this technology has to do.” The Healthsense Wi-Fi system also can check a resident’s blood pressure, blood sugar and other vital signs, track a resident moving through the building, and send out a cellphone alert to staff if there are signs of trouble. And for families who want it, such as Marrs’ son and daughter, the system sends out daily all-is-well emails. “I didn’t realize how worried I’d been about Dad until I started getting the emails,” Dianne Cutter said on a recent Friday from the airport in Scranton, Pa. Traveling weekly for business, she’s more apt to get the message in Thailand or France than at her home in Chaska, Minn. “I feel like I can relax. I can go online to look at the details,” she said.
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Jacquelyn Haight Jacquelyn Haight of Lewiston is the June Senior Volunteer of the Month for the WA-ID Volunteer Center. Volunteer work: She volunteers at the Lewiston Civic Theatre 30 to 40 hours a week. She has been volunteering since she was a student at Lewis-Clark State College in 1972. She currently keeps track of the vast array of costumes the theater owns. For the last 24 years she has also been volunteering with the Children’s Studio Workshop. Her work at the theater has also included time spent on the board of directors where she served as president for three years. She was the first person to be awarded the Fred Scheibe Volunteer Appreciation Award. Other volunteer work includes time with the Lewiston Historic Preservation Commission, the Beautiful Downtown Lewiston Design Committee and Modie Park. Career: Haight retired from teaching full time at Culdesac High School but does still substitute teach now and then for Clarkston High School, where she began her teaching career. She also worked as a drama coach at Potlatch and Lewiston high schools, Nez Perce Tribal School, YWCA summer program and Clearwater Valley High School through the years. Hobbies: Haight loves to cook gourmet dishes, sailing, and all things theater-related; she is the official Civic Theatre historian, having put together more than 75 volumes of clippings and photos from shows. She told the Tribune she enjoys the theater because she gets to see stories develop. “Watching the story grow from down here to put costumes on a person, they go upstairs into this make-believe set and it becomes a story. It’s just really interesting.” When asked her favorite part of volunteering, Haight replied: “I guess being around the kids, the young people. A lot of people in the show have been in my workshop. I’ve had kids come to my workshop for 10 years, every year, every summer.”
Volunteer opportunities The WA-ID Volunteer Center located inside the Lewiston Community Center at 1424 Main St. provides individualized volunteer opportunities for those wishing to serve in Lewiston, Clarkston, Asotin, Pomeroy, Moscow and the Orofino area. The phone number is (208) 746-7787 or toll free at (888) 546-7787. The center can also be found online at www. waidvolunteercenter.org. The following are a few of the volunteer opportunities available in June.
ing for an additional host for Monday afternoons, and Tuesday and Thursday mornings, as well as people to fill in for other hosts when needed. Host duties include answering the phone, making coffee, washing coffee cups, and just being available at the center. For more information on this opportunity call the Moscow Senior Center at (208) 882-1562.
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tation in Nez Perce and Asotin counties. Care-receivers are picked up at their homes by volunteers using their personal vehicles and given rides to appointments and back home. Mileage is reimbursed. Other opportunities exist for one-time yard work, small in-home electrical or plumbing repairs, moving assistance, and the construction of wheelchair ramps are available. All volunteer opportunities are offered each week on “The Monday List” at www.interlinkvolunteers.org. Volunteer applications are also available on the website. More information is available by calling (509) 751-9143 or emailing interlink@clearwire. net.
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PULLMAN — Things are lively at the Pullman Senior Center, situated on the first floor of Pullman City Hall. It was a sunny Friday morning when I made the drive from Lewiston to Pullman, but not nearly as sunny as the dispositions of the seniors at the center that morning. Arriving at 11 a.m. I figured I would get settled in and meet a few of the seniors before lunch was to be served, but, much to my surprise, this group of seniors was already getting musical. The Kitchen Band was playing tunes while audience members sang along and some even bounced to the tune through the aisle. Now this isn’t any typical band — they’re much more fun — and they happen to make music with some unusual “instruments.� Playing the tin can was Tania Dreyer, on the metal bowl with a clanging metal spoon was Delores Heidenreich, Eileen Ankerson was playing a rattle on this day but told me later she usually plays a washboard, and Beverly Cook played a pie pan with a wooden spoon. Also in the band is “Slinky the Clown�
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since 1991 and focused on the precise brain changes linked to Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementia. Pathologists examined the brains of 852 men born between 1900 and 1919, about 20 percent of whom were diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. In the cases carrying an Alzheimer’s diagnosis, two-thirds of the brains exhibited the types of lesions closely linked to Alzheimer’s. Half of those featured other problems, as well, such as scarring on the hippocampus, the part of the brain responsible for memory, White said. That didn’t mean that those without the Alzheimer’s lesions were otherwise healthy, “but what we’re calling Alzheimer’s is very often a mixture of different disease processes,” White said. Lichtenberg said his concerns about misdiagnosis in no way lessen the enormity of Alzheimer’s impact.
The Alzheimer’s Association estimates that 5.4 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s. Lichtenberg’s grandmother had the disease. A picture of her, dancing, sits in his office at Wayne State. But understanding how often Alzheimer’s and other dementia are misdiagnosed is hard to quantify. Sometimes, that’s because loved ones have not yet noticed a decline; sometimes, they don’t want to face the possibility, Lichtenberg said. Rosenfeld’s most pressing problem was severe sleep apnea that had aggravated the more manageable symptoms of undiagnosed Lewy-body dementia. Lewy-body dementia causes a visual processing disorder, disrupts the ability to organize, plan and focus and can causes sleep problems and hallucinations. A breathing machine at night made a dramatic difference, said Shelley
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