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“Cycling Without Age is a movement started in 2012 by Ole Kassow. Ole wanted to help the elderly get back on their bicycles, but he had to find a solution to their limited mobility. The…

“Argentum honors extraordinary individuals and companies who serve older adults in senior living communities.” https://www.argentum.org/research-and-initiatives/awards-recognition-programs/

St. Jean “began her career in the senior living industry as a resident care nurse, and then as the director of Greystone Farm’s memory care neighborhood. After completing Benchmark’s Emerging Leaders Program in 2015, she…

“Each of these individuals and organizations has worked tirelessly to improve quality in long-term care and preserve the rights of individuals receiving care and services.” Read about the winners here: http://theconsumervoice.org/news/detail/latest/2017-consumer-voice-leadership-award-winners

The website “produces daily brainteasers and word search puzzles every day, which can be downloaded from twitter.”  Ronan has “found that people with challenging behavioral issues” were usually “calmed down during an event” after introducing…

“No matter how hard anyone tries, they cannot bring back the short term memory of someone living with Alzheimer’s. They can however, take hold of those long term memories and use them to create joy,…

Bonnie Schechter, CDP, is the program director for the Jonathan and Nancy Littman Memory Center at the JCC MetroWest.  Schechter holds sessions that are “exercises in remembrance for people with failing memories.”  Limited seating has…