Author helps kids adjust when loved ones have dementia
As the senior director of a memory care community in Providence, Rhone Island, Doreen Putnam had a lot of exposure to dementia patients and their families. But in 2007, interactions
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As the senior director of a memory care community in Providence, Rhone Island, Doreen Putnam had a lot of exposure to dementia patients and their families. But in 2007, interactions
During her time as director of a memory-care facility in Rhode Island, former teacher Doreen Putnam began to notice the children who were coming to visit residents whose cognition had been affected by diseases such as Alzheimer’s. “They really didn’t understand what was happening to their grandma or grandpa,” Putnam
Saturday’s frigid temperatures may have kept many people from venturing outdoors to visit the Winter Market in Tarentum, but those who did brave the cold found a nice variety of locally made crafts and gifts from which to choose. The market, which benefits Central Presbyterian Church in Tarentum, was held