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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 PostTreasure Hunt Acquaints New Student Interns with Bayside Park
We lucked out! AgeSong Bayside Park was awarded 14 new Student Interns who are both taking classroom training at the AgeSong Institute and who will be applying their training by supporting residents and their families from now through mid-July, 2013.
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).
Tweet This PostThe Happiest Place on Earth – Disney Watch Out!
“I Know What Touches People’s Hearts”
2012-2013 AgeSong Institute Students Asked, “What If We Couldn’t Wait To Grow Old?”
2002 – 2013 AgeSong and Pacific Institute’s Counseling Interns kicked off the new school year at AgeSong of San Francisco July 19-22, 2012, with a celebration and three-day intensive training which focused on the phenomenological, existential and process work approaches to counseling.
Tweet This Post“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
