July 2014
J
“News and Views”
AUTUMN HOUSE OF GRANTS PASS
2268 WILLIAMS HWY, GRANTS PASS, OR
Administrator: Becky Scriber
Celebrating
Celebrating
July
Cell Phone Courtesy Month
Women’s Motorcycle Month
Ice Cream Month
Farriers Week
July 6–12
Zoo Keeper Week
July 20–26
Independence Day
July 4
World Kiss Day
July 6
Doughnut Days
July 6–7
Assistant Administrator: Melissa Skoglie
HAPPY
4TH
OF
JULY
COME JOIN US HERE AT
AUTUMN HOUSE
FOR
LUNCH ON THE 8TH AT 12PM.
WE WILL BE SERVING
PIZZA, SALAD AND
DESSERTS.
THE THREE RIVERS CHORALE WILL
BE HERE ON THE 22ND AT 2PM FOR
MUSIC FOR YOUR LOVED ONE.
Bald Is In
July 12
ALL OF US HERE AT AUTUMN
HOUSE WOULD LIKE TO SAY
THANK YOU FOR LETTING US TAKE
CARE OF YOUR LOVED ONE.
Caviar Day
July 18
BECKY, MELISSA, NANCY, BEV, TAMMY, THERESA,
ROCKY, ROSENDA,CORENE, TERRY, TRACY, LYLE AND
LESLIE
Talk in an Elevator Day
July 25
Rain Day
July 29
Younger/Early Onset
Alzheimer’s and Dementia
Alzheimer’s is not just a disease of old age. Youngeronset (also known as early-onset) Alzheimer’s affects
people younger than age 65. Up to 5% of the more than 5
million Americans with Alzheimer’s have younger-onset.
Many people with early onset are in their 40s and 50s.
They have families, careers or are even caregivers
themselves with Alzheimer’s disease strikes. In the United
States, it is estimated that approximately 200,000 people
have early onset.
Since health care providers generally don’t look for
Alzheimer’s disease in younger people, getting an
accurate diagnosis of early onset Alzheimer’s can be a
long and frustrating process. Symptoms may be
incorrectly attributed to stress or there may be conflicting
diagnoses from different health care professional. People
who have early onset Alzheimer’s may be in any stage of
dementia – early stage, middle stage or late stage. The
disease affects each person differently and symptoms will
vary.
Doctors do not understand why most cases of early onset
Alzheimer’s appear at such a young age. But in a few
hundred families worldwide, scientists have pinpointed
several rare genes that directly cause Alzheimer’s. People
who inherit these rare genes tend to develop symptoms in
their 30s, 40s and 50s. When Alzheimer’s disease is
caused by deterministic genes, it is called “familial
Alzheimer’s disease,” and many family members in
multiple generations are affected.
~Alzheimer’s Association
CONGRATULATIONS!!
Beverly is moving on to get her CNA
license and further her education. She
will be on call here at Autumn House.
KUDOS
TO THE STAFF AT AUTUMN HOUSE
MELISSA AND I APPRECIATE
EVERYTHING YOU DO!!
Meals on Wheels
With over 211,000 drive-thru restaurants in
America alone, it’s easy to see how much
people love picking up a meal at a window.
Maybe it’s because we’re so busy that we don’t
have time to order our meals inside. Or maybe
we’re just a little lazy. If you’re looking for an
excuse to grab some fast food, look no further
than July 24, Drive-Thru Day.
Jack-in-the-Box purports to have invented the
first drive-thru in 1951 at its San Diego eatery.
Others claim the drive-thru was conceived by
two Texans, one a tobacco salesman and the
other a doctor. They teamed up to open Kirby’s
Pig Stand drive-in restaurant in Dallas in 1921.
Whether you drive-thru or drive-in, people have
been eating in their cars ever since.
A Holiday
for Suckers
Lollipop. Sucker. Lolly. Sticky
pop. Whatever you call them,
Lollipop Day falls on July 20.
Scientists tell us that even
cavemen enjoyed these treats,
licking and sucking on honey on
a stick. We didn’t call them
“lollipops” until 1931 when George Smith,
owner of the Bradley Smith confectionary
company, named a stick candy after his favorite
racehorse, Lolly Pop. Some dispute this origin,
however, because in England the word lolly
means “tongue” and pop means “slap,” so
some think that the word lollipop, meaning
“tongue slap,” may have originated in England.
As to the invention of the actual lollipop itself,
some say that in 1905 the McAviney Candy
Company may have accidentally invented this
hard candy on a stick. The process of boiling the
hard candy required stirring with a stick. At the
end of the day, the owner brought the candycovered sticks home for his children. Three years
later, he finally realized he was on to something
and began marketing his “used candy sticks.”
July 2014
EVERY 67 SECONDS SOMEONE IN
THE UNITIED STATES DEVELOPS
ALZHEIMERS
~More than 5 million Americans are living with the disease.
~Alzheimer’s disease is the 6th leading cause of death in the United
States.
~There are approximately 500,000 people dying each year because
they have Alzheimer’s.
~1 in 3 seniors dies with Alzheimer’s or another dementia.
~In 2013, 15.5 million caregivers provided an estimated 17.7 billion
hours of unpaid care valued at more than $220 billion.
~In her 60s, a woman’s estimated lifetime risk for developing
Alzheimer’s is 1 in 6. For breast cancer it is 1 in11.
~There are 2.5 times more women than men providing intensive “on
duty” care 24 hours a day for someone with Alzheimer’s.
~Almost two-thirds of Americans with Alzheimer’s are women.
~More than 60 percent of Alzheimer’s and dementia caregivers are
women.
An estimated 5.2 million Americans have Alzheimer’s disease in 2014,
including approxiamately 200,000 individuals younger than age 65 who
have younger-onset Alzheimer’s.
Alzheimer’s disease is the most expensiv condition in the nation. In
2014, the direct costs to American society of caring for those with
Alzheimer’s willtotal estimated $214 billion, including $150 billion in
costs to Medicare and Medicaid. Despite these staggering figures,
Alzheimer’s will cost an estimated $1.2 trillion (in todays dollars) in 2050.
Nearly one in five dollars spent by Medicare is on people with
Alzheimer’s or another dementia. The average per-person Medicare
spending for those with Alzheimer’s and other dementias is three times
higher than for those without these conditions. The Average per-person
Medicaid spending for seniors with Alzheimer’s and other dementias is
19 times higher than average per-person Medicaid spending for all other
seniors.
The 2014 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures report contains data
on the impact of this disease in every state across the nation.
~The Alzheimers Association
MOVIE QUOTE QUIZ
“I could’ve had class. I could’ve been a contender. I
could’ve been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what
I am. Let’s face it… It was you, Charley.”
~Terry Malloy (Marlon Brando) in ON the Waterfront
(1954)
~Activity Connection
“She plucked from my lapel the invisible strand of lint (the
universal act of woman to proclaim ownership).”
~O. Henry
Mondo Fun
During July, in the green parks of Portland,
Oregon, you might hear deep and resounding
thuds along with the dainty tinkling of teacups. If
so, you may have discovered the strange world
of Mondo Croquet. The rules of this backyard
lawn game are almost identical to the original
game from England, complete with period
costumes and a picnic of tea and finger
sandwiches. But instead of mallets, players wield
sledgehammers, and in lieu of small croquet
balls, they knock bowling balls through massive
steel hoops. Sure, the occasional bowling ball
cracks under the pressure, but players are
allowed to continue their round using the biggest
remaining piece. And there is one additional rule:
once a player finishes a round, they are allowed
to continue play with the sole purpose of
knocking out other players’ balls. If that doesn’t
sound fair, it should be noted that fairness isn’t
the purpose of the game. The goal of the game is
to have fun, and when it comes to Mondo
Croquet, the bigger the fun the better!
Green Guardians
The International Ranger
Federation, a worldwide
consortium of park rangers
and uniformed
conservationists, was
founded on July 31, 1992.
In 2007, July 31 was
officially dedicated as
World Ranger Day, a day to honor all the
hardworking men and women who put their lives
on the line to protect the world’s wild places.
How should you celebrate? Visit a park and
thank a ranger in person. Donate to your local
park or conservation fund. Light a candle in
memory of all those brave rangers who have
died in the line of duty. After all, these rangers
have the responsibility of protecting over
100,000 parks and conservation areas around
the world. That’s more than 10 percent of
Earth’s entire landmass!
Postage
Information
Autumn House of Grants Pass
2268 Williams Hwy
Grants Pass Oregon 97526
PACIFIC LIVING CENTERS HAS SEVEN LOVING
HOMES FOR THE MEMORY IMPAIRED
Delivering Quality of Care, Enhancing Quality of Life
Northern Oregon Communities:
HERITAGE HOUSE OF WOODBURN
943 N. Cascade Dr
Woodburn, OR 97071
Administrator: Shannon Souza
HAWTHORNE HOUSE OF SALEM
3042 Hyacinth St.
Salem, OR 97301
Administrator: Kirshanna Jaramillo
HARMONY HOUSE OF SALEM
3062 Hyacinth St.
Salem, OR 97301
Administrator : Michele Nixon
Southern Oregon Communities:
AUTUMN HOUSE OF GRANTS PASS
2268 Williams Hwy
Grants Pass, OR 97527
Administrator: Becky Scriber
ARBOR HOUSE OF GRANTS PASS
820 Gold Court
Grants Pass, OR 97527
Administrator: Shelly Boatman
APPLEGATE HOUSE OF GRANTS PASS
1635 Kellenbeck Ave
Grants Pass, OR 97527
Administrator: Sherri Scott
BARTLETT HOUSE OF MEDFORD
3465 Lone Pine Rd
Medford, OR 97504
Administrator: Dora Howard