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AgeSong at Lakeside Park Is Pleased To Welcome New Executive Director
CLICK HERE to listen to interview with New Executive Director.
Cheryl Martin brings years of experience to the Lakeside Park assisted living community. She has worked with elders in many capacities, ranging from care partner to administrator.
Cheryl talks about her background and motivation to work with elders:
Tweet This PostRHODA, Her first ninety years & After Ninety, What
You are welcome to join residents, family, and friends to meet Rhoda Curtis, author. Rhoda’s memoirs are direct, funny, wistful, but never regretful, and often pointedly political accounts of a long, eventful life.
Date: Thursday, August 16, 2012
Time: 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm
Where: AgeSong at Lakeside Park
RSVP: Anne Sanabria, annes@agesong.com or 510.444.4684
Tweet This PostAgeSong at Lakeside Park Offers “TimeSlips”
A time slip (also called a timeslip) is an alleged paranormal phenomenon in which a person, or group of people, travel through time via unknown means. As with all paranormal phenomena, the objective reality of such experiences is disputed. Some believe that the flow of time can change or even be reversed from place-to-place. In the Timeslip TV series, the children are able to travel backwards to visit their parents as young people and forwards to meet themselves as adults (Wikipedia).
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“Gemstone States of Cognitive Dynamics” Improves the Quality of Life for Individuals with Memory Loss
AgeSong at Lakeside Park applies a nonlinear neuro-dynamics model to support individuals with memory loss to find meaning in the world. To apply this model, individuals with memory loss are identified as one of the following five gemstones:
- Diamond: Goal-directed and independent on familiar tasks.
- Emerald: Still goall-directed on familiar tasks.
- Amber: Not goal-directed on familiar tasks
Giving Those with Memory Loss a “Hands-On” Way to Learn and Grow
Marsha Peoples, Community Enrichment Director at AgeSong, Lakeside Park in Oakland, has discovered a way for individuals with dementia to find a sense of purpose.
Marsha and her activity staff have created tactile boxes with the following themes:
- Flower arranging
- Baby theme
- Crafts, sewing and sorting
- Mailing, sorting, stuffing envelopes, bubble wrap popping
- Garage hardware
We Are AgeSong: Intergenerational, Multicultural Perspectives
We Are AgeSong, the quarterly newsletter published by AgeSong, is about becoming aware of and embracing different perspectives. We learn about the history of AgeSong San Francisco’s culturally rich neighborhood. Then we span the bridge into Emeryville, where we hear from individuals of diverse cultures. At a recent Bayside Park visit of Japanese caregivers, coordinated by Anastacia Corse, generations spanning 80 years share their wisdom. MORE…CLICK HERE to download PDF of “We Are AgeSong Summer-Fall 2012″
Tweet This PostAgeSong Creates Guide for Visiting Students
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD Visiting Students Guide
AgeSong welcomes visiting students from abroad. This summer, Myrianne and Matt are visiting medical students from Paris, who started out at AgeSong Bayside Park, and are now visiting other AgeSong communities in San Francisco (Hayes Valley and Laguna Grove) and Oakland (Lakeside Park). Following are topics covered in the guide:
- Introduction
- Central Vision
Poetry in the Garden
On sunny summer Thursday afternoons, AgeSong at Bayside Park and Lakeside Park hold poetry in the garden. Following are recent poems composed by residents…
I cleaned up some leaves the other day.
The sun is soft and warm on my skin.
The wind whispers gently as it goes by.
The wind whispers peace.
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