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Talking With a Home Care Early Innovator

August 14, 2010

Posted By Dr. Deborah Bier | Comments (1)

I had lunch with my mother at her home earlier this week. She also invited Tillie Sweet, whom I know from Concord’s Medical Reserve Corps, but hadn’t seen for quite some time. Tillie is a registered nurse who’s had a varied and fascinating career, and it was a delight to see her again and to hear her stories.

It turns out that Tillie had been a part of early innovations in home care. She told us that around 1981, she answered an ad from BayPath Elder Services. They were looking for their very first RN to be part of a brand new, innovative program. Those crazy kids were going to try to keep seniors in their houses and out of nursing facilities by delivering personal care and homemaking services right where they lived! (more…)

Re-engaging in life’s passions

August 2, 2010

Posted By Jim Reynolds | Comments (0)

Toot your horn!

This is what it’s all about! On the heels of our 100-mile Alzheimer’s Memory Ride fund-raiser, here is the story of a man whose efforts cast ours in a pale light. Carleton-Willard Village resident Bob Sawyer of Bedford, MA, is an active cyclist approaching 90 who might easily have given up when his health declined.

But he didn’t, and those around him didn’t, either. In a recent article in the Boston Globe, Sawyer’s physician describes his “recovery as a case in which the presence of friends, the efforts of medical professionals, and the patient’s inner drive conjoined to turn a dire situation around.”

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Massachsetts Alzheimer’s Memory Ride Report

July 26, 2010

Posted By Jim Reynolds | Comments (1)

Alzhiemer's Memory Ride 100 mile group

“So what’s it like to ride 100 miles with 4400 feet of vertical climb on a really hot, humid day in July?”

That’s the question I heard most often following Saturday’s Alzheimer’s Memory Ride. And I’d like to answer it here: like many athletic challenges, the key to success is psychological – you have to be crazy! Fortunately, I was the right man for the job, and was joined by more than 50 similarly-minded folks. I’m not a skilled cyclist – Concord has dozens of people who ride faster and farther and more challenging routes than I do – but I do it enough that I knew I’d be fine, and I really enjoyed the ride.

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