Highlights and Photos from AAIC, Alzheimer’s International Conference Boston mid July 2013
Alzheimer’s Association International Conference held in Boston July 13-19, 2013 What a fun and interesting conference! Come to AAIC in Copenhagen July 12-17, 2014 ! I enjoyed attending the Alzheimer’s Association’s International Conference and participating in the Alzheimer’s Association’s new tag line for AAIC, “The Brains Behind Saving Yours”? It appears it will take all 5000 of us and more to meet the challenge of preventing and treating Alzheimer’s...
Read MoreChampions of Aging – Elma Holder – Nursing Home Reformer Honored by AARP in May, 2013
Elma Holder, Nursing Home Reformer In May 2013, in honor of Older Americans Month, the AARP featured 10 Americans who over the past 50 years, helped the outside world respect and protect its older citizens. This feature article called Champions of Aging & history section by Patrick J. Kiger on the AARP website. The 10 Champions include President Lyndon B. Johnson for establishing Medicare, Robert Butler for spearheading the National Institute on Aging, and Maggie Kuhn, leader of the Grey Panthers. One special...
Read More“Why Did Grandma Put Her Underwear in the Refrigerator?” By Max Wallack
The Brain Health and Wellness Center is pleased to announce that one of our favorite innovators, Max Wallack, has just published an amazing children’s book. The book is called “Why Did Grandma Put Her Underwear in the Refrigerator?” and is available at Amazon.com. It is authored by Max Wallack and Carolyn Given. 50% of the profits will go to Alzheimer’s causes. Readers may recall that Max Wallack is an inventor and developer of Puzzles to Remember that he created when he was only 14, now offered for...
Read MoreHear the Voice. Honor the Choice. Top Ten Reasons to Attend Culture Change Conference August 11-15, 2013
Pioneer Network Culture Change Conference CHANGING THE CULTURE OF AGING IN THE 21ST CENTURY Four Days and One Night of culture change enrichment and discovery lead by some of the most inspirational people you will ever meet. Our Sponsor Gallery will be filled with wonderful providers of services and products to assist you along on your culture change journey. During the Sunday Reception and the Wednesday Exhale with Exhibitors we will be giving...
Read MoreMorris Kaplan’s Call for Donations to Buy Elma Holder a “Tornado Safe” Room
Nancy Emerson Lombardo urges all those appreciative of Elma’s leadership in nursing home reform and culture change to answer Kaplan’s challenge for us to raise funds for a tornado SafeRoom for Elma Holder who lives in tornado alley, just outside Oklahoma City. Dear Friends of Elma, I am sure that you all were as shaken and awed by Elma’s harrowing tornado experiences as I was. The stories of destruction and terror, and of heroism and survival are breathtaking. I remember Elma telling me...
Read MoreElma Holder’s Description of Harrowing Experiences with Frightening Tornadoes this past June 2013
From: elmaholder728@gmail.com Sent: 6/11/2013 8:42:12 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time Subj: OK Tornadoes and my personal thanks Tornado near Oklahoma City June 2013 Dear Friends. I fully appreciated the many concerned, comforting messages during our recent OK tornado tragedies. Regrettably, my yahoo account was completely compromised about that same time. I lost all but a few e-mail addresses (which I had begun to record on a hard file), so I was unable to respond to most of the messages before my...
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