Fear and Hope: Life After an Alzheimer’s Diagnosis These four people have Alzheimer’s disease. Here’s what they want you to know. By Samantha Costa Jan. 20, 2016, at 11:36 a.m. It was a Friday. Myriam Marquez was driving home from her job as a public defender for the Skagit County Public Defender’s Office in Mt. […]
By KATIE HAFNER – NY Times JANUARY 25, 2016 PORTLAND, Ore. — Ruth Miles, 83, sat in a wheelchair in a small exam room, clutching a water bottle, looking frightened and uncomfortable. She was submitting to the tender scrutiny of Dr. Elizabeth Eckstrom, who scooted her stool so close that she was knee to knee […]
Hope for ALS Treatment After Groundbreaking Study Results Article From ABC7 – www.abc7.com Monday, January 11, 2016 07:10PM There has been a potential breakthrough in the treatment of ALS, health officials announced on Monday. Until now, there have been no proven methods to slow the progression of Lou Gehrig’s disease, but a new treatment may help […]
The Regency Memory Care Club, a memory care social day club designed with the specific purpose of caring for those with memory impairment from Alzheimer’s to Dementia, opened its second location in New Jersey, in River Edge. The grand opening kicked off with a ribbon cutting ceremony with River Edge Mayor Sandy Moscaritolo.
RIVER EDGE, N.J. — The Regency Memory Care Club held a ribbon-cutting grand opening celebration in River Edge. The facility on eastbound Route 4 helps those with Alzheimer’s and dementia enjoy their lives. Regency says it uses innovative techniques and approaches “to create a place where members receive quality memory care but, more importantly, can […]
2015 Walk to End Alzheimer’s – Northern Regional, Paramus, NJ was hosted at Bergen Community College this past Sunday October 25. The Regency Memory Care Club was a proud sponsor of the event. It was a great success and there were thousands of people who came to ‘walk to end Alzheimer’s’ and over $300,000 was […]
One of our annual highlighted events every year is our June Wedding Celebration Day. All of our members and our staff dressed in their finest to commemorate their special wedding day. Our members brought in great wedding memorabilia, including their wedding albums. The day was filled with wonderful memories, fantastic food, and lots of dancing. […]
Earlier this year, the Alzheimer’s Association released their annual Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures Report. Among the findings: At present, an estimated 5.3 million Americans have Alzheimer’s disease. This number is projected to rise to 13.8 million by 2050. Alzheimer’s disease is the sixth-leading cause of death in the U.S., and fifth-leading cause for those age […]
For some people, art is a vocation. For others, it’s a pleasant hobby. But no matter what our reasons for drawing, painting, sculpting or doing needlework, creating art offers many benefits for our minds, bodies and spirits. Consider these cases: An 82-year-old man, recently widowed, is suffering from depression. Encouraged to join a painting class […]
In May 2015, one of our very own members, Mr. Charles Bloodgood, was awarded a Purple Heart. In 1953, during the Korean War, U.S. Corporal Charles Bloodgood was badly wounded from a mortar fragment that tore into his left hip, and was taken to a nearby army hospital. While laying in the hospital bed, a […]