A Sense of Place

A Sense of Place
Preventing COVID-19 From Decimating Nursing Home Residents

"Without adequate training of personnel, appropriate equipment and rigorously enforced regulations, coronavirus outbreaks at nursing home facilities could become common." -  Kathryn Hyer, University of South Florida; David Dosa, Brown University, and Lindsay J. Peterson, University of South Florida   At least 11 people have died from COVID-19 in New [...]

2020-03-29T02:05:19-05:00March 28th, 2020|Categories: A Sense of Place|Tags: , , , , |Comments Off on A Sense of Place
Preventing COVID-19 From Decimating Nursing Home Residents
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A Thing of Beauty – All Kinds of Gardening

“I cannot say exactly how nature exerts its calming and organizing effects on our brains, but I have seen in my patients the restorative and healing powers of nature and gardens, even for those who are deeply disabled neurologically. In many cases, gardens and nature are more powerful than any [...]

2020-03-12T01:44:07-05:00February 28th, 2020|Categories: A Sense of Place|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , |Comments Off on A Sense of Place
A Thing of Beauty – All Kinds of Gardening
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Bird-watching and Your Essential Paraphernalia

"Every elder should have a chance to live in a garden." - Bill Thomas, MD, pioneering geriatrician and transformational voice in elder care It was not until I was a student at the same college which Mother attended for her first two years that I learned she had been a [...]

2025-06-30T17:39:47-05:00January 30th, 2020|Categories: A Sense of Place|Tags: |Comments Off on A Sense of Place
Bird-watching and Your Essential Paraphernalia
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Dr. Bill Thomas and The Power to Transform

A voice for change, Dr. Bill Thomas was featured in the very first regional Alzheimer’s Association publication, Spring 1999 issue, which I received after my hometown arrival in late ‘98. It was an unforgettable moment in which his compelling words totally resonated. Even today, two decades later, his words [...]

2020-01-10T18:14:03-06:00January 5th, 2020|Categories: A Sense of Place, General|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |0 Comments
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