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Franklin Wine Club Franklin Senior Center Firsttein Country ! Winner Offers t s Program n CoUse of the Mother of the Year to New App Cares for Caregivers By J.D. O’Gara
Grant-Funded, Award-Winning Program Provides Respite -- Accepting New Clients By J.D. O’Gara Caring for a loved one who has Alzheimer’s, dementia or any significant chronic medical condition can be all consuming, requiring time and physical and mental effort. Caregivers often don’t get the breaks they need to take care of themselves or do simple tasks. In Franklin this past September, the Franklin Senior Center began Companion Caregiver Program, which offers 2-4 hours of respite care per week for full-time caregivers in the home, and they still have respite hours avail-
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The Franklin Senior Center’s Companion Caregiver Program, funded by a grant from the Metrowest Health Foundation, recently won an award for Innovative Program from the Massachusetts Council on Aging. The program offers a 2- or 4-hour break for caregivers of Franklin or Bellingham residents aged 60+ with Alzheimer’s, dementia or another serious chronic illness. Shown, from left, Companions Lisa Noon (l) and Karen Calabrese ( r) with their supervisor Elaine Owens (center)
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Franklin Liquors is bringing a cutting edge technology to its local Wine Club. Starting in June, the Franklin Wine Club began integrating “Quini”into the group’s wine education courses. They are the first organization in the state of Massachusetts - and the United States - to do so. “Quini is moving towards becoming the new standard in wine tasting, especially given the digital, connected world we’re living in”, says Mark Lenzi, CSW, CSS, CWAS and proprietor, Franklin Liquors and Wine Club., a 36-year-old family run business, with his brother, Mike. “I do a blog on industry news, and I saw that these people had a new way of doing wine education that incorporates technology as you taste and takes people through the five steps,” says Lenzi.
Quini, is an interactive wine tasting, rating and recommendations application and data solutions provider (www.quiniwine. com) for use with iPhones, iPads, wireless computers and tablets. With consumers spending more and more time on their mobile devices and computers, Quini is a natural fit and sets the wine education segment on a new course. Quini announced its school program in May. The program incorporates a comprehensive school partner support package that includes educator training, course materials and certification, technical support and school-branded student study materials and certification. The program is designed to augment and support rather than replace existing wine school curriculums.
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