As mentioned on Golden Elders Adult Day Care website, I grew up on a family farm (pictured above).  The farm still exists today on River Road in Naperville.  Here’s a little more on the history of the farm that has been in the family since 1843.
History
The barn was built in 1905 and [...]

Lewy Body dementia is another type of dementia and accounts for approximately 20% of dementia cases. Lewy Body Disease is twice as common in males than in females, where Alzheimer’s is equally found in both genders.
Lewy Body Disease is comprised of a spectrum of diseases involving an array of dementia [...]

Early-stage Alzheimer’s (mild)
In early-stage Alzheimer’s, others notice deficiencies and problems can be measured in a clinical setting. Difficulties include:

Word or name-finding problems
Performance issues in social or work settings noticeable
Reading a passage and retaining little material
Decline in ability to plan or organize

Early-stage Alzheimer’s (moderate)

Decreased knowledge of recent occasions or current events
Decreased [...]

As mentioned in an earlier post on the types of dementia, Alzheimer’s accounts for 70% of dementia cases. In the progression of Alzheimer’s disease, one sees the individual go from no impairment to very severe cognitive decline.
Alzheimer’s patients experience the 4 As of Alzheimer’s: amnesia, aphasia, apraxia, and agnosia, where [...]

Dementia isn’t a specific disease. Instead, it describes a group of symptoms affecting intellectual and social abilities severely enough to interfere with daily functioning. It’s caused by conditions or changes in the brain. Alzheimer’s is the most common form of dementia, making up 70% of dementia cases. 
Memory loss generally occurs [...]

MAY and JUNE 2010 Update
Busy months at Golden Elders Adult Day Care

Gardening
Meeting new friends

BUT most of all planning our June get-together – TBA soon…
AND
Planning our JULY & AUGUST CALENDAR…
Watch for the fun!

As published in the Maplebrook II Newsletter…
Lynn Schopler’s roots run deep in Naperville. Her family tree can be traced back almost to the time of Joseph Naper himself. This heritage instilled in her solid morals, values and traditions. Caring for your elders is one of those family traditions. Growing up in Naperville when it was [...]

Article written by Barb Ceruti, Grace United Methodist Church
Some weeks ago, Grace Parish Nurse Pam Riley and the Grace Church Foundation led members of our congregation in a “Five Wishes” workshop that detailed how to identify and make known our wishes at the time of life’s end.  But as people [...]

I tell my classes at College of Dupage that every field of study has its own vocabulary. This is true of gerontology; the study of the social, psychological, and biological aspects of aging. This is also true of geriatrics, the branch of medicine that studies diseases of the elderly. 
Golden Elders [...]

June 6, 2009
D-Day…this date goes down in history!
If you are over the age of 50 or so, you may remember your father talking about this day in 1944. My father spoke of the war often. It was a very impressionable experience, at a very impressionable stage of his life. But [...]