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Can a slim 53-year-old Irish Catholic with a full head of hair convincingly portray a stocky 92-year-old balding Jew? If that seems improbable, add to the challenge an Austro-Hungarian dialect and a shaky tremor. If your answer is “highly …
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Irina Missiuro
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4/13/15
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Phyllis Solod is happiest when she is keeping busy. Not one to lounge in front of a TV, this senior prefers to be out and about – socializing, helping and volunteering – anything but being sedentary and alone. As of late, however, she has been …
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Irina Missiuro
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4/13/15
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At this time of year, we celebrate Passover, which recalls the exodus out of Egypt and commemorates our freedom from slavery. For those of us who work and volunteer with the elderly population, we have come to understand that in many ways, the …
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RABBI ETHAN ADLER
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4/13/15
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Melanie Duhamel, a senior at Hartwick College, in Oneonta, New York, offers the following comments on being a volunteer:
“The main reason I started volunteering at the To Life Center Adult Day Services and The Louis and Goldie Chester Full …
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4/13/15
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As a geriatric social worker, I am often asked how to speak to an aging loved one about driving and when it is time to limit or stop a senior from driving.
My great-aunt Mae would have called this a “touchy subject.” When and how we talk to …
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PATRICIA HARWOOD, LICSW
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4/13/15
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StatePoint – The use of opioid painkillers such as Vicodin and Oxycontin is on the rise, and this trend is taking its toll. Opioids account for 46 deaths each day in the United States – more than any other drug.
Is your pain medication the …
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4/13/15
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There are lots of reasons for seniors to stay physically active, including bodily independence and quality of life. Here’s a list of key tips from the J-Fitness team at the Dwares JCC: …
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4/13/15
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Are you over 60? (It’s OK to respond in the affirmative – no one can hear you.) Do you still pay for a landline? (So predictable!) Can you save a small forest by unsubscribing to all the junk catalogs you receive? (Why haven’t you done it …
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Irina Missiuro
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4/13/15
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From a recent conversation with a group of my fellow teaching volunteers, I have come to the realization that most Israeli teachers, administrators and staff (save for the school guard and maintenance man) are female. Though the extent of it feels …
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CHLOE J. NEWMAN
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4/13/15
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JTA – To the business press, the symbolism of Ruth Porat’s move from her position as chief financial officer of Morgan Stanley to her newly announced perch as Google’s CFO of the future couldn’t be more obvious – it represents a shift in …
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ANTHONY WEISS
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4/13/15
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