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VIDEO When people just vanish
I'm in a rather blue mood right now, this may be depressive, or sound sour. Why write this? Teaching? We do need to interfere. To involve when something gets messed up. Unless we do it, people just simply go up in smoke, us wondering, What happened? Lost my neighbor at her 79 of age, she was a...- Pauli
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Idea to Help Seniors
Here's an idea for IT 'Enthusiasts', IT Pros w/ some spare time or retired IT Pros & Consultants. I am doing this & maybe others have not thought of it... Volunteer your time & services to your local 'old folks homes'. Many of the residents don't have a lot of money (we usually charge a...- Drew
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CANHR: Stop Nursing Home Drugging
This was sent to me by one of our moderators Celestra, who has been on the site for some time. CANHR is the California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform. CANHR, as an advocacy organization, and like many other sociological studies and investigations of nursing homes in the US, have found that...- Mike
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'Granny Pods' Keep Elderly Close, At Safe Distance
Courtesy N2Care The MEDCottage is a free-standing spare room in your backyard. Of all the elderly people he's visited, the Rev. Kenneth Dupin remembers a woman named Katie in particular. Katie had a houseful of treasured memorabilia, and she loved to regale him with stories of Washington...- reghakr
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