AUGUST 2016
Heritage Harold
Heritage House ~ 943 N. Cascade Dr. Woodburn, OR 97071
Things You Need To Know!
Celebrating August
We hope you are all having a safe and happy
Summer.
Read a Romance Month
Root Beer Float Day
Golf Month
As you can see, is Saturday August 6th.We would
like to invite all of you to stop by at 10am and
have a float with your loved one.
Family Fun Month
Bargain Hunting Week
August 1–5
Social Security Day
August 4
Root Beer Float Day
August 6
Purple Heart Day
August 7
Vinyl Record Day
August 12
Motorcycle Week
August 14–20
Senior Citizens’ Day
August 21
Kiss and Make Up Day
August 25
We will not only have Root Beer, we will have a
variety of different ice creams and sodas to
choose from.
It’s that time of year again! Our Annual Zoo Trip
is right around the corner. Tuesday, September
20th will be Senior Safari Day at the Portland Zoo.
If you would like to attend this event, free of
charge, with your loved one, please let us know.
Within the next couple of weeks we will be
sending out our sign up letter. If you are able to
join us, please do. A good time is had by all! Look
for more information in next Month’s newsletter.
Remember, August 21st is Senior Citizen’s Day,
so take this opportunity if you know a senior who
might need help, or just some company.
Shannon & The Heritage Staff
August 2016
By Any Other Name
Dubble Bubble
Many of us are familiar with
the work of the 19th-century
Irish writer Margaret Wolfe
Hungerford, although we may
not even know it. After all, she
was the one who first coined
the phrase “Beauty is in the
eye of the beholder,” in her
book Molly Bawn. Perhaps the reason she is not
well known is because she first began writing
anonymously and later wrote under the pen name
“The Duchess.” In honor of this writer, and the
many others who write under pseudonyms, August
27 is the Duchess Who Wasn’t Day.
What do penicillin, the microwave, potato
chips, and bubble gum all have in common?
They were invented by accident. Walter
Diemer was an accountant for the Fleer
Chewing Gum Company in Philadelphia.
When he wasn’t working on the books, he
spent his free time mixing new recipes for
bubble gum. The problem was that current
gums were too sticky and would break apart
too easily. He wanted to invent a gum that
was less sticky and could be blown into a
perfect bubble. In 1928, Diemer mixed a
successful batch but failed to write down the
recipe. He spent four months trying to
duplicate it. Then, in August of that year, he
succeeded. The only food coloring available at
the factory was pink, so that became the color
of his 300-pound batch of bubble gum. Pink
has been the standard color ever since. When
he brought the first 100 pieces to a candy
store, he priced his gum at one penny apiece
and sold out in one day. To help sell his gum,
Deimer taught store owners how to blow
bubbles so they could teach their customers.
The Fleer Chewing Gum Company called
Deimer’s gum “Dubble Bubble,” and in the first
year of production, earned $1.5 million.
Hungerford may not have been a real-life duchess,
but she was quite a success story. Historical
accounts show that she was a master at balancing
work and family. In addition to raising six children,
she also wrote nearly 60 novels and collections of
short stories, as well as newspaper articles. Her
fiction was typical of the Victorian time period: light
and romantic, entertaining and intensely popular in
Ireland, England, and abroad in America. Indeed,
Ireland’s foremost man of letters, James Joyce,
even referenced Hungerford by name in his
masterwork Ulysses.
What compels a writer to use a pseudonym?
Early women authors sometimes wrote as men in
order to have their work equally judged. Some
use pseudonyms to write fiction (such as crime or
horror) that may be less sophisticated or proper
than the award-winning type. Most of all, writers
use pseudonyms to place some distance from
earlier work. For example, J.K. Rowling, the world
famous writer of the Harry Potter children’s novels
about wizards and magic, wrote a series of new
books using the name Robert Galbraith. Why? To
find a new adult audience. Agatha Christie, that
master of mystery and suspense, wrote under the
name Mary Westmacott when she turned to
writing romance novels. Perhaps the most
famous pseudonym of all is Mark Twain. Before
Samuel Langhorne Clemens took the name Mark
Twain, he also wrote under the names Josh and
Thomas Jefferson Snodgrass. But truly, the more
famous one becomes, the harder it is to remain
anonymous.
HERITAGE HOUSE STAFF
ADMINISTRATOR
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Vascular Dementia
Treatment Of Vascular Dementia
Vascular dementia is widely considered the
second most common type of dementia. It
develops when impaired blood flow to parts of
the brain deprives cells of food and oxygen.
Because vascular dementia is closely tied to
diseases of the heart and blood vessels, many
experts consider it the most potentially
treatable form.
The diagnosis may be clearest when symptoms
appear soon after a single major stroke blocks a
large blood vessel and disrupts the blood supply
to a significant portion of the brain. This situation
is sometimes called “post-stroke dementia.”
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There is also a form in which a series of very
small strokes, or infarcts, block small blood
vessels. Individually, these strokes do not cause
major symptoms, but over time their combined
effect becomes noticeable. This type used to be
called “multi-infarct dementia.” Symptoms of
vascular dementia can vary, depending on the
specific brain areas deprived of blood.
Impairment may occur in “steps,” where there is
a fairly sudden, noticeable change in function,
rather than the slow, steady decline usually seen
in Alzheimer’s disease.
The person may have a past history of heart
attacks. High blood pressure, high cholesterol,
hardening of the arteries, diabetes, or other risk
factors for heart disease are often present.
Symptoms Of Vascular Dementia
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Memory problems may or may not be a
prominent symptom, depending on whether
brain regions important in memory are
affected.
Confusion, which may get worse at night.
Difficulty concentrating, planning,
communicating and following instructions.
Reduced ability to carry out daily activities.
Physical symptoms associated with strokes,
such as sudden weakness, difficulty speaking
or confusion Magnetic resonance imaging
(MRI) of the brain may show characteristic
abnormalities associated with vascular
damage.
(Continued in next column)
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Monitoring of blood pressure, weight, blood
sugar and cholesterol should begin early in
life. Managing these risk factors, avoiding
smoking and excess alcohol, and treating
underlying diseases of the heart and blood
vessels could play a major role in
preventing later cognitive decline for many
individuals. In some cases, active
management of these factors in older
adults who develop vascular dementia may
help symptoms from getting worse.
Once vascular dementia develops, there
are no drugs currently approved by the
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
to treat it.
Most of the drugs used to treat cognitive
symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease have also
been shown to help individuals with vascular
dementia to about the same extent they help
those with Alzheimer’s. However, in March
2006, Eisai Co. Ltd., manufacturer of
donepezil (Aricept), reported that in a clinical
trial of donepezil for vascular dementia, a
significantly greater number of deaths
occurred in study participants receiving
donepezil than in those taking the placebo
Heritage House of Woodburn
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943 N. Cascade Dr.
Woodburn, OR 97071
PACIFIC LIVING CENTERS HAS SEVEN
LOVING HOMES FOR THE MEMORY
IMPAIRED
Delivering Quality of Care, Enhancing Quality of
Life
Southern Oregon Communities
AUTUMN HOUSE OF GRANTS PASS
2268 Williams Hwy.
Grants Pass, OR 97527
Administrator: Tanella Valenzuela
Northern Oregon Communities
HERITAGE HOUSE OF WOODBURN
943 N. Cascade Dr.
Woodburn, OR 97071
Administrator: Shannon Souza
ARBOR HOUSE OF GRANTS PASS
820 Gold Ct.
Grants Pass, OR 97527
Administrator: Athena Cromwell
HAWTHORNE HOUSE OF SALEM
3042 Hyacinth St.
Salem, OR 97301
Administrator: Kirshanna Jaramillo
APPLEGATE HOUSE OF GRANTS PASS
1635 Kellenbeck Ave.
Grants Pass, OR 97527
Administrator: Stacey Smith
HARMONY HOUSE OF SALEM
3062 Hyacinth St.
Salem, OR 97301
BARTLETT HOUSE OF MEDFOR
3465 Lone Pine Rd.
Medford, OR 97504
Administrator: Christina Stanley
Administrator: Michele Nixon