Alzheimer's Archives - Vincent Ryan Ruggiero Official website - Author https://mind-at-work.com/essays/alzheimers/ Vincent Ryan Ruggiero - Author of books and essays Mon, 02 Feb 2015 13:23:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.3 https://mind-at-work.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/cropped-open-book-32x32.png Alzheimer's Archives - Vincent Ryan Ruggiero Official website - Author https://mind-at-work.com/essays/alzheimers/ 32 32 Elder Abuse, Government Style https://mind-at-work.com/elder-abuse-government-style/ Wed, 07 May 2014 21:06:53 +0000 https://mind-at-work.com/?p=924 There are many good reasons for recommending geriatric chairs for individuals in Assisted Living Facilities (ALFs), particularly those with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia. And yet the federal government and most state governments have classified the chairs as restraining devices and restricted their use. Good intentions notwithstanding, that action did a great disservice to our most [...]

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]]> A Special Kind of Giving https://mind-at-work.com/special-kind-giving/ Wed, 25 Dec 2013 15:08:28 +0000 https://mind-at-work.com/?p=721 The Christmas season encourages us to shift our attention from receiving to giving, and that is a blessing because it frees us for a time from the prison of ego. Today’s financial uncertainty, however, curtails the kind of giving that involves spending money, so people need to seek other kinds. One special form of giving [...]

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