October 2014
Heritage Harold
943 N. Cascade Dr. Woodburn, OR 97071 Phone number (503) 982-1506
Celebrating
October
Halloween Safety Month
Talk About Prescriptions
Month
Roller Skating Month
Spinning and
Weaving Week
October 6–10
Freedom of Speech Week
October 19–25
Balloons Around
the World Day
October 1
Blessings of the
Fishing Fleet Day
October 5
Handbag Day
October 10
World Origami Days
October 24–November 11
Mule Day
October 26
Checklist Day
October 30
Things you need to know!!!
We hope you are all are enjoying this
beautiful Fall.
We will be passing out candy for
Halloween, as always, so please feel
free to stop by with your little ghost or
goblin!
We will also be having Crazy Carnival
Day to celebrate Halloween. So if you
have the time, stop by, play games,
eat junk food, and hang out in your
PJs!!
A big THANK YOU goes out to the
family members who joined us on our
zoo trip last month. The weather was
perfect, the animals were beautiful,
and a good time was had by all.
We are beginning to plan our Holiday
season. To ensure that we can
prepare our Thanksgiving meal
accordingly, can you please let us
know if you will be joining us for
Thanksgiving dinner, or taking your
loved one out. If you could do this no
later than November 13th it would be
very helpful. Thank you and we hope
you all have a wonderful, safe
Halloween!!!
October 2014
A Good Egg
good things in small packages
Every year, the second
Friday in October is World
Egg Day. Why should we
celebrate the egg? There
are at least a dozen good
reasons. First off, eggs are
incredibly healthy. They
contain some of the highest
quality proteins of any food.
For this reason, they are an invaluable food
resource. Egg farmers around the world have
joined the Good Egg Project, both to educate
people about the goodness of eggs and to donate
over 22 million eggs to hungry people worldwide.
no, this isn’t an editing mistake. october 14 is
lowercase day. the rules of capitalization are so
confusing, we all deserve a break from them for
one day. so feel free to not capitalize proper
nouns, like days of the week, months, titles, or
medical conditions named after a person.
But what about cholesterol? Aren’t eggs supposed
to be high in this unhealthy substance? While it is
true that eggs contain a lot of cholesterol, 200
milligrams to be precise, it is largely a myth that
eating eggs will raise your cholesterol to
dangerous levels. The body produces its own
cholesterol, far more than is eaten in an egg, so
the eating of eggs does little to harm the body.
Furthermore, cholesterol is vital to repairing cells
and balancing certain hormones.
What about egg yolks? Aren’t they high in fat?
While yolks do have about five grams of fat per
egg, yolks are also full of protein; vitamins A, D,
and E; and choline, a nutrient essential to brain
development. When you skip the yolk, you miss
out on half the nutritive value of eggs.
Hens typically lay an egg in the morning
between the hours of 7 and 11. It takes 24 to 26
hours to develop an egg, and once the egg is
laid, a hen begins to produce another egg 30
minutes later. Some people say that the deeper
the color of the egg yolk, the better the egg.
Yolk color depends on the pigments in the
hen’s feed. Farmers may even feed their
chickens marigold flower petals to enhance the
golden color of their egg yolks. So how best to
celebrate World Egg Day on October 10? Try a
fried, scrambled, hard-boiled, soft-boiled,
deviled, or poached egg, of course.
perhaps the poet e. e. cummings began this fad
back in the early 20th century. cummings was
known for both signing his name and writing
entire poems strictly in lowercase letters. some
say he did this because he simply wanted to be
different. others contend that he wanted all
words and thoughts to bear an equal weight and
importance. using all lowercase letters was a
way of establishing an equality of words, where
readers could decide what was important. as
cummings wrote:
“if you like my poems let them
walk in the evening, a little behind you”
if you like writing and reading in lowercase
letters, let those lowercase words wander
wherever they wish for one day.
Heritage House
Team
AM
Randi J ~ Flor D ~ Karina G
PM
Lucy N ~ Raechel O ~ Yuri R
NOC
Patty C ~ Maria G ~ Maria M
ON CALL
June S ~ Cindy V ~ Maria T ~
Lucina S~ Maria C ~ Karen M
Maintenance
~ Daryl H ~
October 2014
What is Dementia With Lewy Bodies?
Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is one of
the most common types of progressive
dementia. The central feature of DLB is
progressive cognitive decline, combined with
three additional defining features: (1)
pronounced “fluctuations” in alertness and
attention, such as frequent drowsiness,
lethargy, lengthy periods of time spent staring
into space, or disorganized speech; (2)
recurrent visual hallucinations, and (3)
parkinsonian motor symptoms, such as rigidity
and the loss of spontaneous movement.
People may also suffer from depression. The
symptoms of DLB are caused by the build-up of
Lewy bodies – accumulated bits of alphasynuclein protein -- inside the nuclei of neurons
in areas of the brain that control particular
aspects of memory and motor control.
Researchers don’t know exactly why alphasynuclein accumulates into Lewy bodies or how
Lewy bodies cause the symptoms of DLB, but
they do know that alpha-synuclein
accumulation is also linked to Parkinson's
disease, multiple system atrophy, and several
other disorders, which are referred to as the
"synucleinopathies." The similarity of symptoms
between DLB and Parkinson’s disease, and
between DLB and Alzheimer’s disease, can
often make it difficult for a doctor to make a
definitive diagnosis. In addition, Lewy bodies
are often also found in the brains of people with
Parkinson's and Alzheimer’s diseases. These
findings suggest that either DLB is related to
these other causes of dementia or that an
individual can have both diseases at the same
time. DLB usually occurs sporadically, in
people with no known family history of the
disease. However, rare familial cases have
occasionally been reported.
Is there any treatment?
There is no cure for DLB. Treatments are
aimed at controlling the cognitive, psychiatric,
and motor symptoms of the disorder.
Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors, such as
donepezil and rivastigmine, are primarily used
to treat the cognitive symptoms of DLB, but
they may also be of some benefit in reducing
the psychiatric and motor symptoms. Doctors
tend to avoid prescribing antipsychotics for
hallucinatory symptoms of DLB because of the
risk that neuroleptic sensitivity could worsen
the motor symptoms. Some individuals with
DLB may benefit from the use of levodopa for
their rigidity and loss of spontaneous
movement.
What is the prognosis?
Like Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s
disease, DLB is a neurodegenerative disorder
that results in progressive intellectual and
functional deterioration. There are no known
therapies to stop or slow the progression of
DLB. Average survival after the time of
diagnosis is similar to that in Alzheimer’s
disease, about 8 years, with progressively
increasing disability.
What research is being done?
The National Institute of Neurological Disorders
and Stroke (NINDS) conducts research related
to DLB in laboratories at the NIH and also
supports additional research through grants to
major medical institutions across the country.
Much of this research focuses on searching for
the genetic roots of DLB, exploring the
molecular mechanisms of alpha-synuclein
accumulation, and discovering how Lewy
bodies cause the particular symptoms of DLB
and the other synucleinopathies. The goal of
NINDS research is to find better ways to
prevent, treat, and ultimately cure disorders
such as DLB.
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Heritage House of Woodburn
943 N. Cascade Dr. Woodburn,
OR 97071
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2268 Williams Hwy.
Grants Pass, OR 97527
Administrator: Becky Scriber
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: Shelly Boatman
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3042 Hyacinth St.
Salem, OR 97301
Administrator: Kirshanna Jaramillo
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1635 Kellenbeck Ave.
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Administrator: Christina Stanley
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3062 Hyacinth St.
Salem, OR 97301
Administrator: Michele Nixon
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3465 Lone Pine Rd.
Medford, OR 97504
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