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OHSU Circle of Giving directly benefits research on women’s health
By MAGGI WHITE BOOMER & SENIOR NEWS
Financial donations from women have made possible an early scientific discovery that could have an impact on Alzheimer’s research. It brings new hope to the fight against this and related diseases wreaking havoc on those with memory loss. Dementia has emerged as one of the great medical challenges of our time. Women account for twothirds of those with dementia, as well as the majority of caretakers. A research grant from the Circle of Giving, and a donation from the board of the female-owned McGee Wealth Management firm, have led to two more grants for OHSU scientist Philip Copenhaver, PhD, to continue his research. He is the scientist chosen by the Circle for their
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Judith McGee (far right) is joined by her daughter Linette Dobbins and Travis Harper, all part of McGee Wealth Management firm in Lake Oswego. donations. Copenhaver is a professor of cell, developmental and cancer biology, and director of the cell and developmental biology graduate program at OHSU. His basic research is showing promise in possibly protecting brain neurons against toxic proteins linked to Alzheimer’s. He works in collaboration with scientist and
neurologist Dr. Joseph Quinn, who coordinates clinical trials at OHSU and is director of the Movement Disorder Center.
Funding for women Circle of Giving was conceived to meet the needs of the OHSU Center for Women’s Health for funding specifically about the female body. It is a group of like-minded women who each contribute $5,000 a
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year to underwrite basic research. “It’s only been 20 years that researchers have focused on women’s bodies,” says Linette Dobbins, president and COO of McGee Wealth Management. “Women have different hormones and require different treatments for strokes and heart attacks.” Dobbins’s mother, Judith McGee, operates as CEO of McGee. Jennifer Currin Gutridge is a senior advisor. They are native Oregonians — and together they are the first corporate sponsors to the Circle of Giving. They also have a personal stake in women’s health research. Dobbins and McGee are breast cancer survivors, and McGee’s grandmother died of breast and lung cancer. “Research is a passion of mine,” Dobbins says. Funding for Alzheimer’s research is in dire need because, by 2050, caring for victims could bankrupt the healthcare system, Copenhaver says.
Discoveries in dementia Along with his collaborators, Copenhaver is investigating the potential of STX, a novel selective activator of estrogen receptors that may protect the brain against brain disease. STX is a new type of selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM) that lacks estrogen risks.
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The ultimate goal of their research is to see whether STX can be used as an alternative to estrogen for protecting against dementia in both women and men. Copenhaver says that he and Quinn would not have started this research without the suggestion from their colleagues, the husband and wife team of Dr. Martin Kelly and Dr. Oline Rønnekleiv. “They were doing research on developing new drugs for estrogen replacement therapy, and found that STX might also be beneficial for protecting the brain in a variety of diseases,” Copenhaver says. “They said we should test it as a potential treatment for Alzheimer’s disease. They should be credited with the idea.” The good news, he says, is they found that STX does protect isolated brain cells (in mice) against the toxic effects of amyloid, which many people think may cause Alzheimer’s disease. Their first experiments in animals (mice) have also found that it can be safely given orally for many months. These simple tests are the first steps in a long process. The results are “so far, so good,” Copenhaver says. “We are years away to see if it works perfectly on humans —at least seven to 10 years if
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on the fast-track. STX has promising effects, but we make no claims for a cure of Alzheimer’s. We hope it does.” Their work was published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease in 2016. They are now testing whether STX can pre-
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Old idea brings a new lifeline to shut-ins
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By B. LEE COYNE, MSW
Nobody knows in advance which of us seniors will end up being homebound. It could be those we least expect. The needs of our shut-ins often get marginalized. That may be because our lawmakers seek votes with the “well” elderly in senior centers but have virtually no personal contact with the homebound seniors. They’re almost treated like invisibles. But this must end. As a geriatric social worker now semi-retired, I’m devoting this first column to our homebound friends out there. You can readily expect some fresh ideas. In my opinion, isolation is the foe to overcome. Back in the 1980s in
Queens, New York, two ladies active in our senior forum suddenly developed heart problems. They were given meals-on-wheels deliveries. But that wasn’t enough. Deborah called to appeal for some mental stimulation,
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vent the loss of ATP production (the source of cellular energy) in the brain. If so, STX might be used to block the vicious cycle that makes brain cells sick and die in Alzheimer’s disease. Although increased toxic amyloid in the brain is strongly linked with Alzheimer’s disease, no one really un-
yet I had no instant remedy to offer. Then, the district Social Security rep came knocking on my door. He wanted a date to speak to our senior center forum. His topic: Medicare upgrades in services provided.
derstands what triggers the build-up of amyloid or how to prevent it. Current clinical trials are testing whether modified antibodies can be used to reduce amyloid levels, but this approach may not be enough to prevent the progression of dementia. STX might therefore provide another tool for preventing or treating Alzheimer’s and related brain diseases, Copenhaver says. In the meantime, the good news is
I asked the speaker-to-be to also consider homebound seniors. “I can’t go around door to door,” he responded, and I had to agree. Then I introduced the possibility of using conference calling. He loved that idea. We called it “Sunshine Line.” Here’s how it works: 1. Seniors are alerted in advance of the day and call time. 2. A conference call operater is supplied with the names and numbers of participants. 3. At the assigned time, the social worker introduces the group and the guest. This could come after the guest has already spoken to the senior center group. 4. The speaker shares information, followed up by a Q&A session over the phone.
that there are things we can do to protect ourselves, he says. Moderate, regular exercise and eating a healthy, balanced diet can help maintain brain health. There is also evidence that keeping our brains active and stimulated with new challenges may increase our “cognitive reserve,” which helps strengthen resilience of the brain. Many doctors believe that when it comes to the brain, “use it or lose it.”
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5. At the 15-minute mark, the operator states that call will close in five minutes. This supplies a closure device. Sunshine Line proved to be a huge success. It was later duplicated in Virginia, and written about in the Washington Post. We have yet to see this happen here out in the West. But I want Oregon to be the pioneer. Can you imagine how many more people we could reach through a pilot program? We could bring “sunshine” into the lives of shut-ins. Tell your legislator to support this at a small cost to taxpayers. May those dim days begin to brighten for everyone. ■ (Lee Coyne lives in Salem. He can be reached at luckycoyne@yahoo.com.)
Staying mentally and physically active can benefit the brain in many ways: it helps maintain a healthy blood supply to the brain, reduces the risk of inflammation, and stimulates nerve cell connections, he says. Unfortunately, current drugs for treating Alzheimer’s disease help manage symptoms but don’t slow the progression of the disease; so new tools for early diagnosis and treatment are critically needed. ■
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■ Artist Chrissie Forbes explored her creative side after her retirement
By BARRY FINNEMORE BOOMER & SENIOR NEWS
Retirement for Chrissie Forbes meant the end of teaching, but it opened the door to a colorful new beginning as an artist. This avid artist explores color on canvas and creativity with found objects, especially her “robot art.” She’s dabbled in watercolor, but prefers oils, which she says help give her paintings the desired color depth and vibrancy. She’s done plein air, but typically paints from her own photos of landscapes. The walls of her Vancouver home feature many of her paintings — among them scenes from the Portland Japanese Garden, Victoria, B.C.’s iconic Butchart Gardens, peaks of Washington’s Olympic National Park, and breaking ocean waves. She also has painted pieces inspired by the dramatic images captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. Finding her creative side Forbes, now 65, grew up in southern California, where she was a good student who also enjoyed embroidery, weaving and pottery. She graduated from high school early, and
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Artist Chrissie Forbes (above right) dabbled in watercolors, but found her true calling in painting oils, such as this one titled “Springtime in Brenham” (above). She’s also had fun creating “robot art” with found metal objects, such as the “Robot guys with eyes” (on page 5). accompanied her older sister on a road trip, traversing the United States in a camper van and visiting national sites, from the NASA space centers to Niagara Falls. Her family moved to Monroe, Oregon, when Forbes was 16 because her father sold his
slide rule company and bought a 2,000-acre ranch. She attended the University Oregon, where her professors deemed her as most likely to succeed at teaching. After graduation, Forbes stayed in Eugene, teaching elementary education for 30
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She realized she had to “be willing to make mistakes,” she says. “When you’re loose, you tap into your creative energy and it feeds your soul.” Another of Forbes’s teachers, who focused on watercolors, told her that she wouldn’t totally “get it” as a painter until she had created 100 paintings. “That was freeing,” she says. “You don’t have to create the masterpiece. I could appreciate one aspect of one of my paintings.” The Impressionists, particularly Vincent van Gogh, are major influences of hers. Forbes’ painting and scope of art shifted gears when she moved to Austin, Texas, where she began painting longhorns, birds and dramatic landscapes showing sweeping skies and wildflowers. Soon, her neighbors were buying her paintings and Forbes had several art shows. She used the money from her art sales to return to the Northwest, where she could be close to her daughter’s family. But first, she began creating robots out of metal objects with another artist friend. They scoured secondhand stores for items in all sizes, and Forbes learned to use a variety of tools to create the pieces. The “robot art,” she says, “really fits my need to create and the need for whimsy. The elementary school teacher in me attracts me to the whimsical.” Forbes, who sells her art at an annual fair in downtown Vancouver’s Esther Short Park and at chrissieforbes.com, creates a tag for each robot piece featuring its name and an accompanying story. Some pieces are relatively small, such as a coffee pot with critters climbing from the top. Others are large — including an 8-foot-by-8-foot chess board using linoleum tiles for the squares, and metal creatures from found objects for the pieces. A workspace in her home, which also features her painting studio, includes hundreds of single metal objects on shelves waiting to be transformed into art. Forbes has only one rule for her found object art: “If it makes me laugh, I know I’ve
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HEALTHY Vibes
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Causes, remedies of bad breath
By ANDREI MIHAILESCU DMD, PRIME DENTAL CARE
Nothing feels more embarrassing than having bad breath. We all know the feeling. While most people would say that their morning breath necessitates an early morning tooth brushing session, some people struggle with bad breath, or halitosis, all day long.
What causes bad breath? When you boil down all the biochemistry that causes bad breath you end up with really only three causes: 1. Smelly substances we put in our mouth. These can be something as simple as eating garlic and onions and other spices. Some other obvious culprits are smoked and
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got it.� It’s also an eye-opening creative outlet. “If you turn something upside down, it’s completely different,� says Forbes, picking up a simple teapot. “This could be a head. Every painting and critter is a
cause periodontal disease, but it causes bad breath (similar to how bacteria in our armpits causes them to smell). If age alone wasn’t enough, we often face some health conditions and take many medications which cause reduced saliva flow and dry mouth (Xerostomia). There is less saliva to rinse away bacteria so bacterial plaque concentrates and causes bad breath.
smokeless tobacco, alcohol and coffee. 2. Medical conditions. For example, GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease) causes partially digested food and stomach acid to leak up the esophagus and sometimes into the mouth. 3. Bacteria. More exactly, byproducts of bacterial metabolism are by far the most common causes of bad breath. At 98 degrees with 100 percent humidity and no deadly UV light (it’s also very dark), the inside of your mouth is a perfect place for bacteria to grow. Not only does the bacteria
So, what can we do about the bad breath? Food residue, rotting teeth and infected gums are the main issues to target here. ■Rinse your mouth with water after each meal or drink. Limit snacking. This takes the “food supply� away from the bacteria. ■Brush teeth (and den-
problem to be solved. And I like to solve problems.� She’s always had a thirst for learning. In the midst of her teaching career, she returned to school, where she learned how to work with both learning disabilities, and talented and gifted. She also took an astronomy class, “just because I wanted to learn more about it.�
Forbes says she used her creative energy to raise two children and work full time. These days, that energy goes into her art and spending time with her three grandchildren, ages 3 to 6. She says art is all about being inquisitive and having fun. “I’m just really curious about learning things,â€? she says. â–
caries. Xylitol is a natural sweetener extracted from birch trees and is known to kill oral bacteria. ■Take care of any existing caries and gum disease with your dentist. ■Talk to a health care professional if you take multiple prescription medications or know you have a dry mouth, have GERD or wake up with “sour mouth� in the morning. ■Stop using tobacco. Watch your intake of strongsmelling foods. Everyone faces “morning breath� but following the above suggestions can help alleviate the bad breath that can follow us all day long. ■(Andrei Mihailescu, “Dr. Andrei� practices dentistry at Prime Dental Care in Milwaukie.)
tures) well. If manual dexterity is an issue, investing in an electric brush is a good choice. â– Floss regularly. I strongly recommend complementing it with a Waterpik. Flossing disrupts the plaque and food debris between your teeth and in the gum pockets but a Waterpik actually rinses the stuff out and can reach even the deepest areas where floss is ineffective. â– Brush your tongue. This one is very big. Better yet, invest in a cheap but very effective tongue cleaner and use it. â– Use baking soda toothpaste. Baking soda has long been known as an odor absorber. It does a great job of it in your mouth as well. â– Avoid mints and lozenges that contain sugar as it feeds bacteria and causes
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home, as well as have a device and consistently use it. But millions of other older adults are too intimidated by technology to even take their smartphones out of the box. Of a record 46 million seniors living in the United States today, 58 percent don’t own a smartphone, and 33 percent of those aged 65 and over don’t use the internet at all. About half of seniors use the internet, but don’t have access at home. Those who do use technol-
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ogy have discovered a variety of ways in which their lives are easier and more fun. Whether it’s online Scrabble games, Facebook groups specific to their community, or easier bill paying and banking, technology is becoming a greater part of all our lives. Johnnie Mullin, 68, teaches residents at the Eugene Abbey how to use technology. “Most of them think they’ll never use it,” Mullin says. “Some of them just don’t want
to. But I find if they come and they sit for a while they usually acquiesce quite easily. I quickly get rid of the myth that they’re too old to learn something new, and I don’t use a bunch of techie talk.” Mullin can even teach residents with the beginnings of Alzheimer’s and dementia how to successfully use devices like a Kindle. It just may take more repetition to help them remember where the
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The AARP Smart Driver course, offered by AARP Driver Safety, is designed for drivers age 50 and older. However, the course has a lot to offer drivers of any age. By taking the course, you will learn the current rules of the road, defensive driving techniques, and how to operate vehicles more safely in today’s driving environment. In addition, you’ll learn:
■ How to minimize the effects of dangerous blind spots. ■ How to maintain the proper following distance behind another car. ■ Proper use of new technology found in cars. ■ Ways to monitor your own and others’ driving skills and capabilities. ■ The effects of medications on driving. ■ The importance of elim-
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inating distractions, such as using a cell phone. As an added bonus, you may be eligible to receive a multi-year auto insurance discount upon completing the course (consult your insurance agent for details). AARP membership is not required to take the course and there are no tests to pass. Courses are available either in the classroom or online. If you enjoy interaction
TECHIE CONTINUED FROM PAGE 6 on/off switch is. “I primarily teach how to use email, but I also teach games because certain games tap the brain,” she says. “That keeps their brain working. They love card games and puzzle games. They also want to learn how to take pictures and how to send pictures over email. Also, music — they love Pandora because it’s free music.” Mullin believes that learning from someone other than a family member is often the best approach for older adults who are eager to get started. There’s less frustration and more enthusiasm with a teacher. Public libraries often offer regular classes geared to increasing technological literacy, as do the local community centers. The classes offered by Campbell Community Center in Eugene are primarily for hobbies and recreation, but a growing number of those classes are geared toward technology. During his nine years as the Campbell Center director, Tom Powers has noticed some correlations between seniors and technology. “First, there was a huge economic divide that exactly aligned with people’s access to and using technology,” he says. “Next, there was a divide between people who use mobile versus desktops.” Powers, 50, uses a smartphone but he prefers using a tablet because it’s easier to see with declining eyesight. His 17-year-old daughter is an avid user of technology, and he can see the difference between the generations. “What’s intuitive to my daughter is not intuitive to me, or to other seniors,” he says. “For older folks, there’s a whole new set of symbols you have to learn.” That includes power buttons on electronic devices, which no longer include the self-explanatory “on” or “off.” Instead, it’s a circle intersected by a small line. If you’re taking an electronic device out of the box for the first time, you may not know how to get started. One of the Campbell Center’s most popular uses is the internet access available in the lobby or on the benches out-
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Mike Smith, 60, frequently watches "how to" videos on YouTube and appreciates the wealth of free knowledge that is available online. Page 1: John Horne, 75, uses the computers at Campbell Community Center in Eugene to keep in touch with his employers.
side. “People hang out on our front bench for hours after we close, working on their tablet or laptops,” Powers says. The center also has a room
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with others, taking the classroom course is for you. Cost is $15 for AARP members and $20 for non-members. Either class is six hours in duration. The classroom course is held during the week, on weekends, day and evening, either in two threehour blocks or one six-hour block. Find courses near you at aarp.org/findacourse. If you are looking for a rewarding volunteer opportu-
nity keeping drivers safe, AARP Driver Safety would love your help. If you have access to a computer, some basic computer skills, and a knack for speaking in front of groups, you are already a fit. All necessary training is provided, and there are plenty of opportunities for advancement to leadership. For more information, please visit aarp.org/volunteernow. ■
Recently, John Horne, 75, used the computers to check his email. “I’m in the construction business and I use it to keep in touch with various contractors,” he says. “They’re faster and easier and the security is better on these than what I’d have at home.” Mike Smith, 60, was using the computer to watch videos about training mules because he’s trying to relocate to Montana for a mule packing school. “There’s knowledge on there that’s free,” he says. “In the past you’d have to send away for a how-to book and wait six to eight weeks to get it. I really enjoy the aspect that all this knowledge is on here and it’s free.” Smith has no interest in social media, but for many other older adults, keeping in touch via Facebook is a prime motivator. Paying bills, banking and getting tax forms is much easier online. Powers says So-
cial Security no longer mails out printed statements, leaving recipients with online as their only choice to receive information — or take hours out of their day to visit a Social Security office. Ironically, registering for classes at Campbell is easiest online — you can register about 45 days ahead of the printed recreation guide. But it means those who don’t use a computer can miss out on popular programs that fill quickly. Powers says he’s working to correct this disparity, but there’s no doubt that internet access provides an advantage. Mullin loves giving older adults a glimpse into how technology can enrich their lives. Once they learn the basics and are no longer afraid that they’ll “break something” when they push a button, they can see just how much is available to them. ■
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(also March 10, 16-17) Annual Rummage Sale and Lunch, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., The Ten O’Clock Church, 23345 S. Beavercreek Road, Beavercreek. Lunch from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. 503-655-0700.
(through March 11) Tualatin Valley Gem Club, Rock and Mineral Show, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Washington County Fairplex, 873 NE 34th Ave., Hillsboro. $1. Tvrgc.org.
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Oregon Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra fundraiser, 6 p.m., Finley-Sunset Hills, 1950 SW Camelot Court, Portland. Opaco.tiptopauction.com.
Genealogical Society of Washington County Oregon, “Place Out: The Story of America’s Orphan Train Children,” 10 a.m. to noon, Hillsboro Brookwood Library, 2850 NE Brookwood Pkwy. 503-716-8029. Cider Rite of Spring, 1 to 6 p.m., Left Bank Annex, 101 N. Weidler St.
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Viking Pancake Breakfast, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Norse Hall, 111 NE 11th Ave., Portland. $8/$4.
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Song Circle, 6:30 p.m., Cedar Mill Library, Portland. 503-6440043.
Ed Edmo, a Shoshone-Bannock poet and storyteller, 7 p.m., Elsie Stuhr Center, 5550 SW Hall Blvd., Beaverton. $5. Historicbeaverton.org.
Tuesday Night Nourishment Book Group: “The Diver’s Clothes Lie Empty,” 7 p.m., GHCL Annex, 7306 SW Oleson Road. 503-245-9932.
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Board Game Night, 6 to 8 p.m., GHCL Annex, 7306 SW Oleson Road. 503-245-9932.
A Year of Firsts and a Year of Giants in the Willamette Valley, 7 p.m., Tualatin Heritage Center, 8700 SW Sweek Dr. $3.
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Film Night: “Suffragette,” 7 p.m., GHCL Annex, 7306 SW Oleson Road. 503-245-9932.
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(also March 17) Irish Beer Festival, noon to 1 a.m., Kells Brewery, 210 NW 21st Ave., Portland.
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Opening reception for fiber artists Maria Winner and Genie Stewart, 5 to 8 p.m., Currents Gallery, 532 NE Third St., McMinnville.
Comedian Brian Regan, 8 p.m., Keller Auditorium. BrianRegan.com.
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Voices in Verse: Open mic poetry, 10:30 a.m., Cedar Mill Library, Portland. 503-644-0043.
Spring Splendors and Seed Exchange, 1 to 3 p.m., GHCL Annex, 7306 SW Oleson Road. 503-245-9932. Offbeat and Low-Cost Travel, “Varieties of Travel,” 9 a.m. to noon, Dayton Community Center, 606 4th St. Free. Daytonoregon.org, or John Francis, 503-8643933.
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(through March 27) AARP Smart Driver, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Neighborhood House, 7688 SW Capitol Hwy., Portland. Small fee. 503-2445204.
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Owl Book Group: “Swing Time” by Zadie Smith, 10:30 a.m., Cedar Mill Library, Portland. 503-644-0043.
Oregon Sinfonietta, 3 p.m., Sunnyside Seventh-day Adventist Church, 10501 SE Market St., Portland. Free. Cmsomus.org. CALM: Coloring and Listening Moments for Adults, 6:30 p.m., Cedar Mill Library, Portland. 503-644-0043.
Rainy Day Documentary Film Series: “The Eagle Huntress,” 2 p.m., GHCL Annex, 7306 SW Oleson Road. 503245-9932.
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■ Phyllis Yes pens play about her experience caring for her aging parents
within families that didn’t happen in hers because no one wanted to talk about death.
By MAGGI WHITE BOOMER & SENIOR NEWS
Phyllis Yes has taken the real-life challenge of caring for her aging parents and turned it into a screenplay that examines the issues facing adult children as caregivers. “Good Morning, Miss America” runs March 10-31 at Coho Theatre in NW Portland. With candor, humor and pathos, Yes’s play delves into serious health issues, conflicted family dynamics and memory decline — all issues Yes had to deal with. Family caregivers are faced with emotional baggage, as well as decisions about finances, safety, legal documents, housing and the healthcare system. “The play is based on my personal experience,” she says. “For over 14 years, my mother’s health steadily de-
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Phyllis Yes (right) has been meeting at a coffee shop for several months with director and actress Jane Fellows (left) in preparation for the March performance of her play, “Good Morning, Miss America.” clined. And my stepfather’s wasn’t far behind, with increasingly poor judgment, progressive memory loss and growing distrust of others.” Over the years, Yes found her role transitioned from a frequent visitor and overseer,
to the singlehanded navigator of a most challenging time. Adding to the challenge was that her mother and stepfather lived in the Midwest. She knows it’s an experience millions of adult children face as their parents age. Un-
fortunately, she says, “we sometimes act surprised, like we didn’t see it coming.” The play doesn’t provide answers to all the questions these situations present, but Yes hopes it provokes conversation and communication
Conflicted relationships Yes admits to a bit of sibling rivalry with her younger sister, whom she believes was favored by their mother because she was “a cute little blonde who got to stay out late and do whatever she wanted, and who made me always realize that I wasn’t perfect.” After Yes’s biological father died of a brain tumor, her mother began taking classes at a junior college, where she met her second husband, a professor whose own wife had died of cancer. They dated 13 years and finally married when Yes was 50 years old. As the years went by, and her mother’s health declined, Yes and her sister did not agree on their mother’s care. “Let them alone, they’re adults,” Yes says her sister would comment about their mother and stepfather. “But she didn’t see the lapse of judgment, forgetting to take pills, the falls and my stepfather unable to pick her up. Nor did she know of his forgetting which bank he was using or not remembering he owned the home they lived in for 50 years. She did not see the
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severity of what was going on.” Her mother wanted to live to be 100 years old. When they talked, she would say “if” I die, rather when “when” I die. Now, Yes wishes she and her mother had taken more time alone to discuss her later years. “But she deferred to whatever my stepfather said,” Yes says. Thus, the screenplay emphasizes the need for early planning. “People need power of attorney and to know the wishes of their parents.” She admired the role her stepfather took as his wife’s health declined. “I never thought my stepdad would want to take care of my mom when she went downhill, but that was a great surprise,” Yes says. “He loved her so much. He would greet her in the morning with ‘Good morning, Miss America’ and she loved to hear him say that. He would get her cleaned and dressed, and get her in her chair. Both were interested in appearance and he encouraged her to keep coloring her hair and using lipstick. She always kept a mirror beside her to check how she looked.” In fact, Yes’s mother never revealed her age until she turned 90, “and she then enjoyed people telling her she didn’t look it,” Yes says. “My mother told me she wanted to
marry a man with hair and who looked good in a bathing suit. She looked good in one when she was 75.” Yes was at the hospice when her mother was dying. “I wished I’d missed it, but I know she was glad to know I was holding her hand,” Yes says. “I would have preferred not seeing her suffer. I’ll never know if my feelings were obligation or love, or her feeling for me an obligation or love, because it was a conflicted family. I have come to the belief that she loved me … I think.”
Play writing It took Yes, a retired art professor at Lewis and Clark College, and internationallyknown artist, four years and more than 30 rewrites to complete the play. She notes that women write only 17 percent of plays that make it to production, despite the predominance of women in the audience. “It’s wonderful to have a woman’s story,” Yes says. “I am so grateful to the theater community who took me under their wings.” When she first realized her circumstances could be turned into a play, she began taking notes, rather than relying on memory. “I taught myself,” she says. “I went on the internet to learn the format. Theater was not new to me because I acted in plays in junior college and, at Lewis and Clark, I took 12 to
13 students with me to New York every fall term. I hired a theater professor and an architecture professor an d e v ery week we went to Broadway and o ff - B r o a d w a y plays. It was part of an off-campus program.” She also spent a year writing a blog for a bank website — critiquing theater, music and visual arts. The hardest part of writing was getting the right dialogue, she says. The easiest part was understanding the situation. “I kept the screenplay close to what really happened,” says Yes, who also networked with members of local theater groups. They offered ideas and connected her with others who could provide the knowledge she needed to write and produce a play. They held readings in living rooms, and the Lewis and Clark, and Coho, theaters. “I was having coffee all over town, getting to know
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these interesting people,” she says.
Doris Mendel, the mother of Phyllis Yes, always felt it was important to keep up her appearance, no matter her age. She always kept a mirror by her bedside. Courtesy photo
“It felt like it was synchronicity, that it was meant to be.” Remembering her mother’s final days as a “sad, sad thing,” Yes calls her play premiere a “recent dream come true. I’ve since talked to so many people who have had such different experiences tending to aging parents. Some found it terrible, and others considered it a blessing, a gift.”
She believes the topic of aging parents is important and her sponsors agreed. She has secured funding from Legacy Health, Providence Health, Ronni Lacroute, McCoy Millworks, VanderVeer Center, The Johnson Family and Leading Age. “When OHSU came on, it gave me confidence that they would think the topic was im portant,” Yes says. ■
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By MARY OWEN
BOOMER & SENIOR NEWS
A health practice birthed in the early 1950s is catching on in the Northwest. Flotation therapy was developed by John C. Lilly, a medical practitioner and neuropsychiatrist who studied the effect of sensory deprivation on the human brain and mind. What he found was that taking a break away from gravity in a float tank releases endorphins — nature's pain relievers — and is a salve for stress. “Floating is a sensory deprivation in that it allows your mind and body to get a chance for rest,” says Joe Thomas, owner of Soak Float Center in Salem. “You are in an environment without distractions or stimuli.” Thomas has been into sports his whole life — snowboarding, mountain biking, and racing dirt bikes motocross and off-road endurance racing. In June 2015, he was in a near-fatal motorcycle accident while racing at Portland International Raceway. The collision broke his shoulder,
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This little pod shows one type of sensory deprivation tank used in flotation therapy.The water is warm and is saturated with medical-grade Epsom salt, creating a buoyancy that is said to help heal what ails you. back and every rib on his left side, collapsed both lungs, and severed 40 percent of his left lung, requiring its surgical removal. After a week on life support and several surgeries later, Thomas faced an extensive and painful time of recovery that consumed his life. “A friend mentioned flotation therapy,” Thomas says of
floating, a therapy he dismissed as something for other people — meditators, yoga enthusiasts, Zen seekers — but not for him. “But I was willing to try anything to seek the slightest relief,” he adds. After his first float, Thomas was able to sleep more than he had slept in three months. And after several more sessions,
the magnitude of relief he felt was so powerful that he wanted to share the concept. In August 2016, Thomas opened his own float center, with state-of-the- art float tanks and a heart to help others. A float tank is essentially a spa tub, holding about 10 inches of water, saturated with 1,110 pounds of medical grade Epsom salt, creating “a solution more buoyant that the Dead Sea,” he says. “Epsom salt is a natural, pure mineral compound of magnesium and sulfate, two of the most important minerals in our body,” Thomas says. “The pain relief from the magnesium in the Epsom salt helps with inflammation and pain from arthritis and fibromyalgia.” Floating is said to also help relieve discomfort related to pregnancy, sports injuries, headaches/migraines, and other painful conditions. As the mind unwinds, brain waves shift from beta to alpha, theta and even delta, restoring sound sleep, diminishing depression, fear and anxiety, improving concentration and memory, and increasing cre-
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MARCH 2018 • nwboomerandseniornews.com
DIGGIN’ IT!
By GRACE PETERSON MASTER GARDENER
True confession: Last summer I was a somewhat lazy gardener. Yes, I know you find this hard to believe considering that my desire to putter through the pathways is about tops on my favorite thing to do list. But it’s true. I neglected some of my gardening chores. It was those fast-growing perennials that got ahead of me. Seemingly overnight, my phlox, asters and daisies went from short little bits of green to 4-foot-tall billowy masses. A little rain and wind and they were leaning, if not collapsing, all because I didn’t take care of them at the beginning of the season when they were short — like smart gardeners do. The most common method for dealing with leaning plants is to provide support via the tie-up method. It’s quite simple. You put a stick in the ground, grab some string and tie the offending leaner to the stick and hope this set up is not too obtrusive. This is what
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Cindy is a pretty black-andwhite 14-year-old cat and happens to be the oldest cat resident at the Oregon Humane Society at this time. She is with us because her owner is moving and cannot take the cat along. She has only been here a very short time, since the first of February, and is happily living in one of the colony rooms with three other cats. Cindy has a successful history of living with another cat, but not for the past two years. She and her cat friend were able to share one litter box without any issues. She has also lived just fine with two large dogs. Her past owner also would recommend that she could be in a home with children old enough to be catsavvy and treat her with the respect deserved by a senior citizen. She has very soft medium length hair and is very fond of cheek, chin and ear scratches and will lean into them so much that she was about to roll out of the comfy cat bed she was occupying. She can be very active, talkative, affectionate, independent and shy
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I was forced to do, and it was quite obtrusive. But there is a smarter method — pruning. Did you know that you can cut back perennials early in their growing cycle to make them grow strong and bushy? It means they won’t need support when the wind and rain come.
The timing for this is critical and why Tracy DiSabato-Aust’s book, “The Well-Tended Perennial Garden: The Essential Guide to Planting and Pruning Techniques,� is so valuable. Last fall I got my hands on the latest edition of this handy reference and was happy to
see that the author included several more perennials since the earlier edition. The book still starts out with basic gardening information, perfect for the beginner, and then delves into the generalities of pruning perennials. It then includes an encyclopedia of perennials detailing the method for pruning each specific perennial. For example, I can turn to “phlox� to learn when best to prune them so they will grow bushy and yet still bloom. And you’re right if you assume I’ll be paying more attention this year. No more floppy phlox. After the encyclopedia portion of the book is a quick reference list of perennials with specific maintenance needs, such as perennials that do not respond well to pinching (or pruning), perennials that will or won’t rebloom if deadheaded, perennials that will re-seed, and several more topics. Finally, the book ends with timely seasonal to-do lists. “The Well-Tended Perennial Garden� is published by Timber Press and you can find
to visitors. We have found her to be happy to take up residence in a vacant lap. To adopt Cindy (shelter number 213772) or other cats, dogs, rabbits, birds or rodents visit the Oregon Humane Society, 1067 NE Columbia Blvd., Portland 503-285-7722. Viewing hours are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday to Wednesday, and 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday to Saturday. Adoption hours end 30 minutes before closing. Her special senior adoption fee of $15 includes spay, microchip ID, collar and OHS ID tag, initial vaccines, and plenty of support and information from OHS. For more information call 503285-7722 or visit oregonhu-
mane.org. The Oregon Humane Society recognizes that a pet can not only make you feel young at heart, but pets may help keep you healthy. Researchers have documented that living
with pets is associated with lower blood pressure and less anxiety. Twenty pets are selected each week by looking at personality traits that will be a good fit for a mature household. If a perfect match cannot
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umorist and author Bill Bryson has been sharing his observations and opinions about Britain for several decades in a series of popular books. In his latest, “The Road to Little Dribbling,” he writes emphatically, “Nothing — and I mean really, absolutely nothing — is more extraordinary in Britain than the beauty of the countryside.” He might have added that no place in Britain demonstrates that better than the Cotswolds. This region, located about an hour and a half northwest of London, encompasses 80 square miles of farmlands, rolling hills, pastures and woodlands. It is England’s largest designated “Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.” Augmenting the charming landscape is a series of historic hamlets and small towns with welcoming pubs, impressive parish churches, and twee cottages surrounded by flowers and gardens. Honey-colored building stones bind it together, and give the region its distinct appearance. During the 14th century, great wealth came to the Cotswolds thanks to a breed of sheep known as the Cotswold Lion. Their long and strong, yet soft fleece produced what was then considered the best wool in Europe. Wealthy wool merchants funneled their money into grand churches and manor homes, building attractive market towns to accommodate the livestock trade.
Footloose in the Cotswolds The Village of Lower Slaughter (above) is much more attractive than its name lets on. Footpaths around Cotswold (left) are wellsigned, but it can be easy to get lost. Photos by Pat Snider
But, with the Industrial Revolution and rise of cotton fabric, the wool industry began to collapse, and the area drifted into a new existence as a sleepy backwater. Decades passed, and time seemed suspended. It wasn’t until the development of the automobile that people “rediscovered” the region.
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way, and private land owners still must comply. Therefore, it is not unusual to find a wide swath of unplanted crop running through the middle of a wheat field. In fact, most of the footpaths in the Cotswolds traverse farm fields, pasture land, and other private property. With over 3,000 miles of footpaths in the region, the choices and combinations seem endless. One possibility is to choose a single, long-distance trail such as the Cotswolds Way, which stretches 100 miles from Bath to Chipping Camden, with plenty of villages (and accommodations) along the way. Another option is to base in one central town such as Winchcombe or Broadway and do day hikes from there. However, most visitors prefer circular walks which offer a variety of scenery and villages. Planning such a trip from abroad would be a daunting task, but numerous organizing companies, both British- and American-based, make it easy. They arrange all the accommodations from B&Bs and small hotels, to upscale, historic inns. They also organize taxi transfers of luggage so only a light day pack with water, snacks, and rain gear is required. The following companies offer self-guided walking arrangements, and there are many others as well. British based: cotswoldwalks.com, cotswoldjourneys.com, inntravel.ltd American based: countrywalkers.com, backroads. com. ■
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Playtime in the ‘60s
Kids growing up in the 1960s didn’t spend all their free time in front of the TV, except for Saturday morning cartoons and special shows like “Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color” on Sunday nights. Most kids spent their time playing games with other kids, at home, on the playground or down the street in an open field. As long as everybody was home by the time the streetlights came on, kids could play pretty much anything they wanted anywhere they wanted.
Although playing outside was considered the best thing for kids, it wasn’t always possible. Bad weather and illness might keep a kid indoors, even on a Saturday. If so, games such as Monopoly, Scrabble, Life, checkers and chess would be brought to the kitchen table from the game closet. Sometimes just the kids would play, but often the whole family joined in. Card games, including gin rummy, hearts, old maid, fish, war and crazy 8s also were often part of the game mix. Marathon games of war with double decks were my favorite. If kids had too much energy to play sedentary activities while indoors, games that required physical movement, such as “I spy” and charades kept everyone
entertained. An active party or group game that came along in the second half of the decade was Twister, which is still popular today. On the playground during recess, kids ran around and occupied themselves with games like dodgeball, kick ball, tetherball, foursquare and baseball. Adults stood by to deal with any problems. Playground equipment like ladder bars, jungle gyms, swings and slides offered lots of creative play for youngsters. Hopscotch, marbles, jump rope and kick-the-can were games played by our parents that kids in the ‘60s played as well. If we had chalk or marbles we could have hours of fun. After school and on weekends, neighborhood kids often organized informal games of baseball or kick ball. Other group games were popular as well, such as red rover, tag, swinging statues, freeze-tag and hide-and-seek. There was almost always a game of fly-
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16 PORTLAND METRO/VANCOUVER EDITION By JOYCE TAYLOR
Many people believe that if you are elderly, you should not even be thinking about love. That it is something that is only for the young. Are you ever too old for love? I do not think so. Age is a state of mind, and so is love. One of my fondest memories is of an elderly couple, both over 90 years. The music was playing, and I saw them in the corner. They were cuddled and dancing, swaying to the music. The sight was of “pure lasting love.” My mother, who lived to be 90 years, never gave up on love. My father shared a 40-year marriage with her, until his death at the young age of 67. She met her second husband at a retirement facility, where she was entertaining with music. He was a jolly man and loved to put on his clown costume and dance. They had a very happy eight-year marriage. Next, she began seeing a man who had been a friend of our family all of
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my childhood. He was a fine-looking man and she loved seeing him in his safety patrol uniform. Mom was an excellent cook and he loved heavy, fatty foods. The doctor warned him, but suddenly he passed away from a heart attack after they were married for only two years. She was devastated. However, she wasn’t ready to give up yet. She met husband number four at a church dinner. They were soon married and he seemed in good health. He had a beautiful modern home. My mom said, “Finally, I am going to have a really nice home.” In six weeks, it was discovered that he was full of cancer. He only lived two more weeks. The day after the funeral, his children evicted my mother because they wanted to sell the home
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