Day care centers serve Alzheimer’s, dementia patients
The Post-Star - Sun Nov 29, 10:26 pm ETPeter Bondzinski, a pastor at Pine Knolls Alliance Church, knowsthat caring for relatives with Alzheimer's disease or dementia isno easy job.
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Wabash Valley doctor says use of a nutritional prescription supplement may help in treatment of dementia
Terre Haute Tribune Star - Sat Nov 28, 11:11 pm ETWhile Terre Haute resident Scott E. Jones had long suffered from Parkinson’s disease until brain surgery stopped his tremors, his memory and ability to talk were unaffected.
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A family’s simple plea: Remember the horror
Boston Globe - Sat Nov 28, 9:45 pm ETEvery few years, something happens that, for the Rober family, brings back their worst day in the most vivid way. That day was Oct. 11, 1986, when the body of the oldest boy in the family, Paul Jr., was found in a wooded area in Plymouth.
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Life in a Year: In old age, getting better every day
Saratoga News - Sat Nov 28, 9:06 pm ETThey are the liver-spotted gray panthers, the elder-hot cougars, the silver foxes and the not yet senile septuagenarians who are making old age new again. And members of America's fastest growing demographic are the subject of this 11th installment of the Mercury News' 12-part series 'Life in a Year.' Watch video Series: Life in a Year
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Body Of Missing Alzheimer's Patient Found
LEX 18 Lexington - Sat Nov 28, 8:35 pm ETA sad end to the search for a missing Alzheimer's patient in Lawrence County. County officials confirm the body of Florence Tkack was found in the Big Sandy River just before noon Saturday. The 79-year old was with her son visiting extended family for the holidays. Officials say she wandered away from the home Wednesday. Crews had been searching for her for four days with helicopters, boats ...
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UPDATE: 69 year old man with Alzheimer's found in Indiana
CW Arkansas - Sat Nov 28, 8:14 pm ETMervin Glenn Nichols, 69, was found in Indiana. He has Alzheimer's and was last seen Thursday after telling family he was going to Michigan. He has not been heard from since he left.
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Valley Stars
Walnut Creek Journal - Sat Nov 28, 7:39 pm ETChelsea Long, of San Ramon, was recognized as a dean's scholar at Georgian Court University in Lakewood, N.J. In addition to dean's list honors, Chelsea was one of 19 undergraduates inducted as a charter student member of Omicron Delta Kappa, the National Leadership Honor Society.
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Bernard Farstad, optician and adventurer
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - Sat Nov 28, 7:31 pm ETThe St. Paul shop owner had traveled all over the world.
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News in brief
West Salem Coulee News - Sat Nov 28, 5:48 pm ETHere are a selection of brief news items from this week’s paper edition, and possibly a few news briefs that didn’t make it in the paper.
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Alzheimer's Patient Missing
KOLR - KSFX Ozarks - Sat Nov 28, 5:22 pm ET(Marked Tree, AR) Arkansas State Police need your help finding a man missing since Thanksgiving.
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Tracking of Alzheimer's patients grows
Louisville Courier-Journal - Sat Nov 28, 4:37 pm ETThe Alzheimer's Association is adapting technology developed for monitoring prisoners to let caregivers track where their loved ones drive or walk — and alert them if they go beyond the virtual fences each family can set.
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69 year old man with Alzheimer's missing
CW Arkansas - Sat Nov 28, 4:14 pm ETMervin Glenn Nichols, 69, is missing. He has Alzheimer's and was last seen Thursday after telling family he was going to Michigan. He has not been heard from since he left.
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Missing Alzheimer's Patient Found
WBAL-TV Baltimore - Sat Nov 28, 12:28 pm ETA missing Alzheimer's patient who disappeared for day is located unharmed.
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Adult day care groundbreaking Monday
The Lake Wales News - Sat Nov 28, 10:53 am ETIt’s right around the corner. Lake Wales Adult Day Health Care Center breaks ground Nov. 30 and, according to local officials, a representative from Florida Gov. Charlie Crist’s office is expected to pay a visit. It was originally believed that Crist himself might attend, but those plans were changed earlier this week.
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Missouri Governor Nixon Makes Appointments to Boards and Commissions
Kansas City InfoZine - Sat Nov 28, 10:36 am ETState Interagency Coordinating Council, Missouri Planning Council for Developmental Disabilities, Missouri Dental Board, Missouri Board for Architects, Professional Engineers, Professional Land Surveyors, and Landscape Architects, Governor's Council on Disability, Corrections Officer Certification Commission, Alzheimer's State Plan Task Force, Administrative Hearing Commission
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Briefly: Nov. 28
Old Colony Memorial & Plymouth Bulletin - Sat Nov 28, 10:14 am ETRead about what's happening in and around Plymouth.
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Former Rockettes Give a Kick for Charity
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