THE MIRROR
October 2014
Volume 53
October 2014
Board and Residents Get a First
Look at Frasier Master Plan
IN THIS ISSUE:
Master Plan
Trustee Approval
Donate your Car
Iceland / Greenland
Legacy of the Stones
Mini-Biography
Health Care System
Lora Wright Retires
Age-ing to Sage-ing
Hoover Dam
Pig Kissing
Frasier Salon
Survey Results
Air Quality
Judge Matsch
Alzheimer Walk
Sustainability
History Corner
Resident Council #1
Piano-Viola Duo
Ask Assisted Living
Wellness Center
The Asiaphiles
Birthdays
Pastoral Care
New Residents
Exploring Mars
Peace Corp Partners
Refugees Rem.
Percival Concerts
Thanks-giving fund
Dining Services
Weiser—Activist
Dementia Clues
Advanced Directives
Movies
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F
rasier’s Master Plan was the subject of the August meeting of the
Board of Directors. Tim Johnson presented the plan to an audience of residents and Board members. The plan was long awaited by
the audience; questions and answers were numerous.
Colorful visuals were repeatedly described as early efforts of the Master Planning Committee. At this presentation, the Board had yet to
approve moving ahead with this first draft. “Place holders” was the
phrase often used to describe new features on images of the Frasier
property.
On the northeast corner of the property, featured in bright pink for
emphasis, was a new four story, 72 apartment Independent Living
structure. This seemed to be the most certain of the options because
its cost could be repaid quickly from fees. It would also serve as an
anchor for the rest of the plan.
Many residents were pleased at the inclusion of a one-story performing arts center at the front of the property. Clearly, the planners had
understood the inadequacy of our present Assembly Room. Its location would make it readily available to residents and visitors alike.
In the southwest corner of the property, a Clinic and Wellness Center
would also serve residents and neighboring clients. The clinic, a clear
departure from the present, would be full service. It would provide
primary physician care as well as allied health services such as dental, x-ray, podiatry and so on. Diagnostic care, urgent care, occupa(Continued on page 4)
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Words From Tim
by Tim Johnson, CEO
I
am pleased to report that at their September
meeting, the Frasier Board of Trustees approved the elements of the Master Plan and
recommended that we move forward with further study of the Plan. The next steps are to
meet with residents and other stakeholders to
get feedback and ideas on how to proceed, to
develop details, and to get suggestions and comments. We will provide information about focus groups and other meetings as they are
scheduled and look forward to getting your input.
In order for Frasier to remain the best it can
be, it is important that we keep up with changing demographics and the needs of the senior
population. The Master Plan was developed
with this in mind. It is our goal that Frasier
continues to be the premier retirement community in the Boulder area. I look forward to
working with the Board, our residents, and
other community members as we move towards
that goal.
Make a Difference by Donating your Car
J
ust last year, Frasier started accepting donated cars through the Vehicles for Charity
Program. Who knew we would have a flood
that would destroy a number of our cars? We
are grateful for the donated cars we have received over the year. The donors were able to
direct the proceeds of their gift to Frasier to a
fund of their choice. The proceeds from the
first car went to the Frasier Flood Relief fund.
The latest gift came this month and was designated to the Assisted Living Rebuild. We are
working with Kym Hansler, Administrator for
Assisted Living, on a list of items needed in
our new Assisted Living so this was a timely
gift.
If you are considering buying a new car and
have a used car to donate or just no longer
want to drive, you can donate your car by completing the online form through
www.frasiermeadows.org, or you may call 1-800
-833-3006 or 1-866-628-2277 to complete your
donation. If you call, please tell them that you
are donating your car through Frasier Meadows Retirement Community. It is simple and
easy. Vehicles for Charity will make all arrangements. If you need more information,
check out our most frequently asked questions.
 They accept cars, trucks, motorcycles, boats,
recreational vehicles, campers and more!
 Free pickup. They will come to your home
or office.
 Get an Income Tax Deduction. They provide the donation documentation that
you need for your records.
When you donate your vehicle through Vehicles for Charity, you can be assured that 100%
of the net funds generated from the sale of
your donation will be distributed to legitimate
501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations. Frasier
Meadows Retirement Community and Vehicles
for Charity, a division of the ARC Thrift
Stores, Lakewood, CO, also a 501(c)(3) organization, acts as the agent for Frasier. A split of
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Iceland and Greenland —
Just Before The Volcanic Eruption
O
n July 26, I joined thirteen other tourists
for a ten-day trip, organized by Overseas
Adventure Travel, to Iceland; eight of us continued on to Greenland for a four-day stay.
Throughout the trip we were accompanied by a
guide, familiar with the geography, mythology,
and history of where we were and what we
were seeing.
Iceland’s population dates
only from the ninth century with the Norse settlers. In the tenth century
they established the first
European parliament, the
Althing, and accepted Roman Christianity. Today,
with a population of
Jim Wolf
about 320 thousand, almost half of which lives in greater Reykjavik,
the economy is based on agriculture, aluminum processing, and increasing tourism. There
is much to see — from the pervasive geothermal activity, to the dramatic beauty of the
coastline, and to the glacial rivers broken by
awe- inspiring waterfalls. In our coach we
traveled west, north and south and stopped off
to whale watch and bird-watch by sea, river
raft, and hike up mountains to glaciers and
along the coast.
What we saw in Greenland was almost primeval with the mountains ending in the sea and
the sea dotted with enormous icebergs. With a
total population of about 56 thousand, Greenland is still controlled by Denmark, but with
self-government centered in Nuuk on the west
coast. We were on the under-populated east
coast, visiting two small Inuit villages. The
smallest, with about 120 people, is the site of
the airport, built during the second world war
by the U.S. for its radar stations.; the ===>>>
The Legacy of the Stones
H
asn’t it been interesting to follow the reports concerning the progress being made
in the construction of our new Assisted Living
facility? Have you heard about the legacy stone
project that has been conceived for the groundbreaking ceremony? The purpose of the project
is to give us a chance to create a lasting memento to everyone’s perseverance through the flood
and subsequent trials.
Some of you have been asking just what “legacy
stones” are. Well in this case, they are small
fist-sized stones that Frasier residents are busy
painting. Two mornings in September were devoted to these creative efforts, when everyone
was invited to come to the art room to do a stone
or two. Some of the painted stones bear the date
of the flood or the date of the groundbreaking.
Marilyn Russell has painted miniature landscapes on several of the stones. Maggie Vall
took a different approach with abstract designs.
There is one stone that reads simply “every day
is a new normal”. Other stones are decorated
with poems or personal sentiments. Linda Kessler plans to seal each stone before it is placed
outside in the garden and fountain areas.
Perhaps by late fall we will be able to go hunting for someone’s masterpiece. It will be exciting
to find a favorite stone among dozens of others.
Janet Grenda
larger town of 1,200 people is reached by helicopter for tourists (us) and small outboard motor boats by residents. Our group spent most of
its time in the villages learning about their
economy and their living conditions in the
winter when the sea access freezes and food
supplies are halted until the spring thaw. I returned to Boulder on August 8 very satisfied
with my trip.
Jim Wolf
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Mini-Biography
Volume 21 now available
F
or the last 21 years nearly all of the residents of Frasier Meadows have had one- or
two-page mini-biography compiled into an annual volume. These volumes provide a history
of those who have resided here and also give
all of us a chance to learn more about new faces we dine with or meet in other venues. Volume 21 of this series, which covers new arrivals from March 2013 to February 2014, is
now available. The information is available
in three forms:
 the Frasier resident website,
 the loose-leaf binder in the history room
across the hall from the central carpeted
stairway with alphabetically arranged
mini-bios of all current residents,
 or as hard copy of just Volume 21 at the
front desk.
The website contains a complete set of all 21
mini-biography volumes with an index of all
present and past Frasier residents and the volumes in which their mini-biographies are to
be found. This information can be accessed by
going to www.frasiermeadows.org, clicking on
“login” at the top line of the page, then clicking on “resident login” on the next page. You
will be asked for a username and password. If
you have forgotten these, check with the front
desk. Once you are in, click on “Resident biographies” followed by “Index – Start here.”
Then follow the directions to read the bio of
any current or past resident. In order to save
trees, the website or the loose-leaf binder are
the preferred way to go.
Pete Palmer and John Harris
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Health Care Information System
H
and-written care documentation in the
Frasier Health Care area may soon be a
thing of the past. Last year employees began
training to switch from pencil and paper notes
to using electronic touch-screens to enter data
concerning the patients in Health Care. As
different groups of Health Care workers became familiar with the system, work stations
were set up, and an August 1st date was set for
everyone, including visiting doctors, to be on
line. The system seems to be working very
well, and most workers are enthusiastic about
being able to enter information and also to retrieve care and medication information very
quickly and accurately. The program, called
“Answers on Demand,” has been fine-tuned little by little to be specific for Frasier’s needs.
Our facility should be proud to be part of leading edge technology!
Janet Klemperer
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tional (employee) health care, and underground parking would also be featured.
Another, more tentative feature of the plan was
a new building on the southeast corner of the
property. It would be a “place holder” for a new
and more sophisticated Health Care Center. It
would come into play in the event that the present Health Care space was needed for additional Assisted Living.
Of course, the devil is in the details (or perhaps
the angels). Only after the Board has authorized further work on the Master Plan will the
truly interesting part begin. All of us will be
wondering how much of the emerging plans we
will live to see realized. At any event, the ride
toward the future will be fun.
Kevin Bunnell
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Loretta Wright’s Retirement
O
n September 5 after 13 years of working
for Frasier Meadows Retirement Community as the Director of Rehabilitation, Loretta
Wright retired. FMRC had a going away party
on September 5 in the Town Grille and about
150 residents, staff and friends attended.
Loretta and her husband plan to celebrate her
retirement by going to Hawaii for an extended
vacation.
From Age-ing to Sage-ing:
A Revolutionary Approach to Growing Older
R
abbi Zalman Schachter-Shalom, holder of
the Chair of World Wisdom at Naropa University, pioneered, in the December of his own
life, the practice of “spiritual eldering” to understand how we come to spiritual terms with our
own aging. On September 16th, Rabbi Nadya
Gross, who studied with Rabbi Zalman, spoke
about spiritual eldering to Frasier residents in
the first of a four-part series.
What is spiritual eldering? It is willingness to
deal with life completion; to acquire the skills to
better know ourselves; to pay attention to body,
feelings, mind and spirit; to give a hearing to our
inner voices; to begin to do life repair, practically and by offering forgiveness; to contemplate the
meaning and purpose of our lives; to serve others
as guide, mentor, agent of healing and reconciliation; to prepare for a serene death and afterlife;
to do this nobly.
Loretta Wright
CEO Tim Johnson presented Loretta with a
book on US National Parks, and Loretta said
one of her retirement goals is to visit each one.
Loretta, a Boulder native, lives in the foothills
and enjoys hiking and camping with her husband Frank.
Loretta’s Mother Rhena Rhode is a resident of
FMRC, and we hope we see Loretta often when
she visits her Mother. Good luck Loretta.
Have a wonderful retirement and thanks for
all your service to the residents and staff of
FMRC. We will miss you.
Al LeBlang
Rabbi Nadya began sage-ing work fifteen years
ago and has created a learning program for the
work we can do now, not keeping eyes on the
past, but on the life to be lived with joy in the
years ahead. She has also trained leaders to facilitate learning the skills to harvest and ripen
this period of our lives. Beginning on October
8th, Age-ing-to Sage-ing classes will be held at
Frasier.
Margaret Picher
He Got the Bird
At an auction, a man finally bought a parrot
after some spirted bidding.
“Can he talk?” he asked the auctioneer as he
picked up the bird.
“Talk! Who do you think was bidding against
you all this time?”
Author unknown,
from the Summer 1994 Mirror
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What Happened Before the Dam?
T
he Westerners met in the club room on the
evening of Sept. 15 to view the photos taken by Boulder photographer Winthrop E. Davies during the little-known, essential preparations leading up to the building of Hoover
Dam. Jim Hester, Winthrop’s son-in-law, provided a detailed narration of the process enhanced by his memories of commentary by
“Win” himself.
Win photographed the colossal and necessary
preliminary achievement in abundant detail:
the diversion project. The Colorado needed to
be re-routed to provide a dry building site for
the dam. We saw three-storied scaffolding
In the 1920s it became clear that something
needed to be done to control the periodic rampaging and flooding caused by the Colorado
River. No less important was the clear need for
water to settle the arid west, to irrigate the Imperial Valley agricultural breadbasket, and to
provide electricity for growing cities, especially
Los Angeles.
The solution, a gigantic dam, would be built
either in Black Canyon or in Boulder, Nevada.
Even though the Black Canyon was the final
choice, the project continued to be called Boulder Dam until 1947, when it was officially
named Hoover Dam after the president who
had signed it into law in 1930.
Win’s photos of the early squalid tent cities
testify to the hundreds of desperate, jobless
men who flooded the area as soon as the project was announced, a year before any building
could begin or housing could be built.
The project was so enormous that six companies had to form a consortium to handle the
$49 million contract. A dam pier building was
built quickly on the site so that celebrities
could travel up the river in small boats and
have a look at this amazing dam-to-be. Win
provided lots of photos of this operation. Zane
Grey, one of the visitors, later wrote a book
called “Boulder Dam.”
Hoover Dam completed
balanced on truck beds that facilitated the
jack-hammering, then dynamiting of two 60
feet wide tunnels in the canyon walls, one in
Arizona, one in Nevada.
The story of the actual building of the dam
was not included in this program, though there
were some photos of the enormous concrete
forms (resembling huge, shallow wooden boxes) needed because the concrete couldn’t just
cure; it required a special, time-consuming
process. The building of the dam took five
years and 106 lives.
Jim Hester directed us to a PBS program
called “The American Experience” for a firstrate account of the building of the dam. The
Hoover Dam project ties in beautifully with
the segments of “The Roosevelts” on the Great
Depression. FDR dedicated it in 1935.
Trish Judd
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Pig-Kissing Event
Takes a Surprising Twist
The Frasier Salon:
Many Services, Open to Everyone
As Chaplain Bob Ritzen drove to work on
Tuesday morning, September 9, he knew it was
not going to be an ordinary day. He had received the most votes—in the form of contributions to the Alzheimers Association—in a
whimsical
contest to
choose
which of a
dozen Frasier staff
members
would kiss
a pig in
public, and
this was the
day it
would happen.
ave you been to the Frasier Salon? It
boasts a great combination of a lovely and
comfortable (inviting) atmosphere. The stylists and barber are there to meet any salonrelated needs you have…and more. Those who
work there are committed to great service however you need it because we’re all different.
The stylists and barber all have many years of
experience in their fields, especially in the retirement-community setting. This makes a
difference in the service you’ll receive.
Just to remind you, the Frasier Salon is available to anyone – whether you live here or not.
Please let your friends and family know because it’s a wonderful, well-priced community
resource.
The offering include:
 Comprehensive hair-salon services
(shampoos, cuts, styling, perms, color, highlights, etc.)
 Barber services (shampoos, haircuts, beard
trims, hot lather shaves)
 Manicure and pedicure services
 Esthetician (skin-care) services, including
facials and waxing
You can find newly-expanded hours and current prices posted outside the Salon. Stop in
and see what great service it is …Look for advertisements for an Open House in the fall.
What he
didn’t know
The Pig Kisser and “Miss Piggie” yet was that
Photo by Al LeBlang
the supplier
of the pig
had backed out at the last minute. What to do?
Enter our ever-versatile, multitasking CEO
Tim Johnson. How about “Miss Piggie” instead? A frantic trip to the costume shop ensued, and at the appointed hour a begowned,
bewigged, and besnouted Tim appeared, to the
cheers of the crowd gathered in the north
courtyard to watch the event.
Bob, also sporting a snout, approached Miss
Piggie with a porcine-appropriate gift, an ear
of corn, and serenaded her, singing “Sweet adel
swine, my adel swine, you’re the flower of my
heart sweet adel swine.” Then more cheers as
Miss Piggie planted herself on Bob’s lap to receive what perhaps could best be
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H
Whitney Garcia McCain
described as “almost a kiss.”
Thanks to all who took part in the voting. Your
contributions, combined with the proceeds from
other Frasier fundraisers throughout the
month, totaled $842 for the cause of defeating
Alzheimer's.
Phil Waggener
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Survey Results Explained to Residents
L
onger-time residents are familiar with
management’s interest in knowing how
folks feel about living here. Hence, inquiries
about resident satisfaction are conducted every
two or three years. This time a new survey outfit, Holeran, did the work. Their findings
were presented at a well-attended September
meeting featuring survey staff reporting by
conference phone from their headquarters
back East.
The report included highlights from among
the responses. For example, among the highest
scoring factors in the survey were:
 Friendliness of staff,
 Timely response to maintenance requests,
 Quality of fitness/wellness center and
program.
Among lowest scoring items were:
 Adequacy of new resident orientation,
 Accessibility of the Board of Trustees,
 Effectiveness of Resident Council.
Cody Madsen in the CEO’s office can provide
copies of the report.
A couple of features of the survey was especially interesting and may have accounted for the
decision to change surveyors. First, Holeran
has developed a proprietary database assembled
from all of their clients. This database summarizes responses to each question in the survey thus generating an average or norm for the
responses. This enables individual clients to
compare themselves to a large base of other retirement communities. In other words, are
you better or worse than the average?
Another characteristic of the Holeran surveys
is a statistic they call “Key Drivers.”
This statistic identifies specific questions that
are most closely associated with residents’ overall satisfaction with heir living experience. In
other words, a high score on these individual
variables will assure a high “overall satisfaction” with life at the institution. Examples of
Key Drivers from the survey are:
 Fulfillment of original contract,
 Quality of home health services,
 Opportunity for resident input,
 Accessibility of management.
A low score on a Key Driver should help to
sharpen the focus of efforts to improve quality
at the institution.
Looking to the future, it might be interesting to
ask questions like the following concerning especially low Key Driver scores. Here are a couple of examples from our recent survey.
What would Frasier look like if it had a high
score (rather than its actual low score) on
“Accessibility of administration,” or what
would it look like with a high score on
“Effectiveness of Resident Council”?
This is some food for thought. Maybe some
Frasier residents would like to get together and
brain-storm some answers.
Kevin Bunnell
An elderly woman died last month.
Having never married, she requested
no male pallbearers.
In her handwritten instructions for her
memorial service, she wrote,
“They wouldn't take me out while
I was alive,
I don't want them to take me out when
I'm dead.”
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FRAPPÉ is more than a special drink
F
rom mid-July to mid-August this summer
northern Colorado east of the Front Range
was the site of a major data-gathering project
by over 200 people to evaluate air quality. It
was focused particularly on ozone and the factors that contribute to unhealthy levels of
ozone during summer months. Two major projects cooperated to gather this data: FRAPPÉ
(the acronym for the Front Range Air Pollution & Photochemistry Experiment), coordinated by NCAR scientists in Boulder, and DISCOVER-AQ, a NASA endeavor. Gabriele
Pfister, one of the two lead scientists from
NCAR, explained this project to us at our Sustainability Seminar on September 24.
Prior to this effort, air quality modeling depended on data from a few ground sites and infrequent satellite measurements that limited
the precision of the modeling results. For this
project, simultaneous daily data was gathered
by 6 mobile vans, 4 specially equipped aircraft,
tethered balloons, sondes, and upward-looking
Lidar that primarily measured amounts of
ozone, volatile organic compounds (VOC), and
nitrous oxide (NOx) throughout the local atmosphere up to 25,000 feet. The VOC and NOx
interact chemically with sunlight to generate
ozone, which can be a health hazard if levels
get high enough. The NASA aircraft gathered
data up and down the Front Range as well as
spiraling upward through the atmosphere in
several locales; the FRAPPÉ aircraft ranged
more widely to sample pollutants in air to the
south, west and north to check on how much
pollution might be entering the Front Range
area from elsewhere and how much is locally
derived.
This data, which is now being analyzed, will be
used to test and improve air quality models and
allow more precise predictions about times
when ozone, particularly, may be at unhealthy
levels, despite our best current efforts to clean
our air. It will also improve interpretation of
satellite observations which look at everything
in the column of air below them without being
able to determine at what altitude in the column the dangerous pollution levels reside.
Some very preliminary results indicate that local pollution sources dominate the air quality,
and there is a strong outflow eastward to the
plains, as well as elevating ozone levels in the
mountains to the west in the afternoon or evening as warmed air rises. Also, better fixed datagathering sites have been identified. Anyone
interested in following the development of this
coordinated effort to learn more about the factors controlling our air quality can visit the
websites of both FRAPPE (www.eol.ucar.edu/
frappe/eo) and DISCOVER-AQ (http://discover
-aq.larc.nasa.gov)
Pete Palmer
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the net proceeds goes to both.
If you don’t want the expense of owning your
own car, please consider another new program
we started last year called eGo CarShare. Bill
Sabin is our resident liaison for the program
and can answer any questions. Many of our
residents last year decided not to replace their
cars and are pleased with being able to rent the
eGo Car parked at the front of Frasier when
they need to get out on their own.
Please call me at 303-877-8733 if you have any
questions. Donate your car and make a difference!
Kathy Pollicita
Vice President for Mission Advancement
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October 2014
Are You an Oyster or an Eagle?
O
ysters have security, safety, and limited
freedom of action. Eagles perch high,
have strength but little security, and above all
soar free with the winds. Richard Matsch,
U.S. Federal District Judge, in his Lyceum
lecture on
Wednesday,
Sept. 17, posed
this question
in terms of
our attitudes
as a country.
Are we changing from our
proud, emblematic eagle
status to the
restraints of
the oyster life?
The judge
avowed that
we are more
and more dominated by fear and criticized the
widespread use of the word “war” to describe
problems that don’t fit the actual definition of
war (a battle between nation states), citing
such ubiquitous, fear-inciting catch phrases as
the WAR on poverty, the WAR on drugs, and
now the WAR on terror. The war on drugs,
for example, resulted in a 761% increase in our
federal prison population between 1980 and
1990. We have a higher percentage of incarcerations than any other nation in the world.
Molly Briggs with her
Father, Judge Matsch
Fear allows undue manipulation of people’s
lives. Too much behavior has been criminalized, as evidenced by the 4,500 federal crimes
listed in statute books. The Uniform Criminal
Code imposed mandatory sentences for drug
users and sellers, removing judges’ ability to
exercise their best judgment in meting out
punishment. He mentioned a case in which,
under the code, his two sentencing choices were
probation or 25 years. You won’t be surprised
to learn that he has given up judging criminal
cases.
Striving for justice requires taking into account the multiple factors that distinguish one
case from another, not looking up the sentence
on a chart. We in the audience were glad to
learn that a task force has been appointed
to study this criminal code and make recommendations.
He reminded us that September 17, the very
day of his lecture at Frasier, marked the anniversary of the signing of our constitution by
most members of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia on 1787 (ratified in April
of 1788). The constitution was a structural document, not a document that described the
rights of citizens; the all-important first ten
amendments, which we call The Bill of
Rights, came later in 1791.
He called to mind Plato’s admonition that elders have the responsibility to understand
what is going on in difficult times and help
the younger generation to understand, pointing
out that in our time there are many younger
generations, not just one.
Not the least of Judge Matsch’s accomplishments is fathering a wonderful daughter whose
name is Molly Briggs. Thank you, Molly, for
making it possible for us to share a bit of the
wisdom your father has garnered in a long and
distinguished career of public service.
Trish Judd
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Walk for Alzheimer’s
rasier was well represented in the Walk to End Alzheimer’s Disease in Denver’s City Park on
September 20 by a contingent of residents, staff, and family members. Among the latter was 7month-old Magnus Timothy Chernisky, being held aloft by his proud grandfather, CEO Tim
Johnson.
Sustainability Seminar, October 22
T
he program for October will take advantage of the new sound and wiring system in the Assembly Room. It will be an updated and condensed Internet version of the
Chris Martenson Crash Course on a sustainable
future that we used to start this series several
years ago. The content is particularly relevant
as we think about the Master Plan and the future of Frasier. It should be a stimulating
evening.
Crif Crawford
From: The Very Best Totally Wrong Answers
By Richard Benson
Chemistry
What is a Nitrate ?
It is much cheaper than a day rate.
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An Expanding Continuing Care
T
.
he decision by Frasier Meadows to establish
health care for its elderly residents, a
marked revision of its initial objectives, meant
more than just a new facility and program. It
also meant that it would inevitably become influenced by the rapidly evolving changes in ideas about health care throughout the nation.
Once it thought of itself as a “continuing care”
institution it was continually challenged to add
more services to those already well established.
One of the first of these was a program to provide services for dementia patients. Sparked by
initiatives from a board member and with financial aid from a Denver foundation Frasier
established a segment of its Health Care Center
as a secure facility to care for those with dementia. This was recognized as the first such facility in Boulder and turned out to be the first
stage of a comprehensive program of “memory
care” that evolved in later years.
Far more extensive in its potential services and
the number of residents reached was the Wellness program, which had its minor roots earlier
but came to fruition in the 1990s and expanded
steadily in the 21th century. It began in a rather
simple way with exercise classes and programs
to encourage walking. Its most striking feature
was the exercise machine, which appeared first
in the 1990s with one in a room on the garden
level. This exercise space was moved to the main
floor in the east wing and enlarged in the latter
part of that decade, with the equipment expanded to a dozen machines.
The program provided various fitness classes as
integral parts of a “preventive” health program.
The wellness facilities were made available to
nearby Boulderites, a service that facilitated re-
cruitment of new residents.
Frasier’s attempt to curtail smoking, with its
manifold health consequences, was achieved in
persistent steps over a number of years. Initially
smoking was prohibited only in dining and Assembly Room areas; smoking in one’s apartments was considered then to be an “individual
right.” Employee smoking was confined first to
the “break room” and then to specific areas outside. Finally, only nonsmokers were admitted as
residents. By the second decide of the 21st century the institution was smoke free, all of which
was a major step forward in shaping Frasier as
a continuing care institution.
T
The Resident Council
Chap. 1 - What is it?
he Resident Council is a group of residents
(naturally) who are elected by other residents. According to our bylaws its purpose is “to
enhance the quality of life for persons residing
in the Independent Living section of FMRC”
and “to serve in an advisory capacity to the Administration.” It consists of an Executive Committee, five Floor Leaders, five Deputy Floor
Leaders, and five Floor Secretaries. Presently
there are five ex officio staff members: the President and CEO, the Health Care Center Administrator, the Assisted Living Administrator, and
the Independent Living Director of Enrichment
and Community Life, plus the two residents who
are on the Board of Trustees. There are 27 committees that report to the Resident Council.
Next time: "The Resident Council (2) -- Who is
it?"
Dick Leupold, Chairman
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October 2014
Piano-Viola Duo Plays
Modernist Works at Frasier
T
wo young musicians presented a concert
tilted toward 20th century composers.
Brightin Schlumpf, violist, and Amanda Riggers, pianist, met at the University of Colorado
when both were working on Master’s degrees in
performance. Both women graduated in 2012
and are career musicians. The two call their
ensemble Zwei.
Schlumpf sees herself as unique in that she is
equally at home playing two instruments, viola
and violin. She plays in orchestras and chamber groups, and she also teaches. Originally
from Vashon Island in Puget Sound, a fifteen
minute ferry ride from Seattle, she has lived in
“lots of places,” including Houston and Philadelphia. She received her B.A. from Cornell.
Riggers maintains a solo career that strives to
promote contemporary music. She teaches a
full schedule at the Parlando School for the
Arts in Boulder, and plays in the new music
ensemble MAD RANKS. (Someone better at
anagrams than this writer might decode that
title.) Riggers grew up in Idaho in a family
that was musical but untrained, began playing
piano and discovered it was her favorite thing
to do. She graduated Magna from The Lionel
Hampton School of Music and came to Colorado for her M.A. She has recently performed
avant-garde music at the Aquila Summer Music Series and the Open Space Festival of New
Mexico. She has played chamber music in the
Estes Park winter concerts and in Luxembourg. Riggers regularly sings and plays jazz
piano at Ace Gillett’s in Fort Collins. She is pianist at the Unitarian Universalist Church in
Boulder.
Zwei’s program included multi-movement piec-
es by Enesco, Bartok, Hindemith, and Britten. Riggers explained that most music for
the viola has been written in the 20th century. The works all made use of so much atonality that one audience member asked afterwards if the Hindemith had no key.
Schlumpf explained that the key was Dminor but with so many accidentals that it
often sounded as if it was key-less.
The young musicians approached each piece
with energy and brio. Frasier residents will
get much pleasure from watching their careers develop.
Nancy Tilly
Angels Explained By Children
Angels have a lot to do and they keep very
busy.
If you lose a tooth, an angel comes in
through your window and leaves money
under your pillow. Then when it gets cold,
angels go south for the winter.
Angels live in cloud houses made by God and
his son, who's a very good carpenter.
-Jared, age 8
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Just Ask Assisted Living
by Kevin Bunnell
There is a good way to learn all about what is
going on at Frasier. Just get a copy of the
minutes of the Assisted Living Resident Council meeting. Did you even know that Assisted
Living has its own Resident Council? And,
that Wil Bernthal is the President?
The last meeting of the Council was on Friday,
September 5th. Subjects covered were a discussion by Resident Trustee Ellen Cotts on concepts for the future of Frasier as embodied in
the Master Plan and story about a music group
involving AL residents and very young children in movement and lively action.
There was also an account of the values and
principles of the “Pioneer Network” which the
AL staff is adopting. These include getting to
know residents intimately and letting them
know the caregivers; allowing some risk taking
(safety not always first), and attending to the
person as well as the task.
In addition, of course there was the expected
report on progress in the AL remodel of the
former Health Care first floor. Special emphasis was on the relationship between completing
the floodwall and moving into the new quarters. (Tim later explained that flood mitigation
was running into so much bureaucracy that the
move-in could not wait for the wall. Instead,
trained personnel will be available at all times
to assist residents in case of another large
flood.)
Of course the AL staff never abates its concern
about the AL displaced residents who have yet
to come home to Frasier. Every Monday all
Golden West folks are offered a ride to Frasier
for an 11:30 lunch in the Grill. AL staff is
always there, and all residents are invited to
stop by to have lunch and renew old friendships.
Finally, you cannot encounter an AL staff
member without hearing about their new
plans for resident life in the new quarters.
Staff members are training themselves to be
more sensitive to the wants and needs of residents as they plan activities. They call it
“reading the residents.” As a result, classes
will be less routine and more flexibly attuned
to resident moods and needs. Memory care
will be even more flexible, incorporating the
garden into the lives of residents and fine tuning programs so they fit smoothly with the
needs of those whose memories are no longer
what they were.
A Sunday school teacher was discussing the
Ten Commandments with her five- and sixyear-olds.
After explaining the commandment to
“Honor thy Father and thy mother,” she
asked,
“Is there a commandment that teaches us
how to treat our brothers and sisters?”
Without missing a beat, one little boy answered, “Thou shall not kill.”
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Wellness Center:
Whitney Garcia McCain
Wellness Center Open House
P
ut Tuesday, October 7th on your calendars
and join the Wellness Center, Salon, and a
variety of
Wellness
service
providers
for an
Open
House
from 3:005:00 p.m. There will be appetizers and beverages as well as information tables for each Wellness service provider (i.e., massage, acupuncture, classes, Salon services, etc.). Our pr oviders will be there in person to meet you and
informally talk about what they offer here at
Frasier. (There are no formal presentations at
this event.)
It’s a wonderful opportunity to socialize and
learn about the programs the Wellness Center
has to offer you here at Frasier. The appetizers
and beverages will even be educational—
Wellness and Dining Services have been working together to provide healthier options, including more local and less processed foods. Dining
Services will showcase a few new ideas that you
might later find on the Frasier menu if you like
them.
The community is invited to this event. We
want to display our wonderful center and the
various resources that we provide here to seniors
throughout the Boulder community. Please join
us to learn more about the Wellness Center’s
programs, say hello to your friends and neighbors, and sample gourmet appetizers. We encourage you to invite someone you know from
the outside community to attend and possibly
join the Wellness Center to utilize our wellness
services.
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Dinner for 8 –
The Asiaphiles
T
he September theme dinner was held for
those residents who have lived in Asia.
Attending were Jan and Ted Grenda who
taught English and art, respectively, in Burma
and Indonesia; Pat Sewall, who lived with her
husband in Tokyo, Japan for three years and
visited China and Malaysia; Michael Yanowitch who moved to China from Russia with
his parents and spent thirteen years there before moving to the United States; Al and Pat
LeBlang who lived in Tokyo for ten years
where he worked for the Medical Division of
General Electric; Jane Crabtree who taught for
a while at the military base on Okinawa and
then moved to Kyushu, Japan where she
taught English for several years; and Jessma
Blockwick who lived with her husband in Sasebo, Japan, a U.S. Navy hardship post, for
four years, and led an English language class
for students at the local high school.
The group shared adventures and experiences
for two hours with great enthusiasm. They
might have gone on for two more hours if the
dining staff had not been eager to close.
What wonderful experiences many Frasier
Meadows residents have had!!
Jessma Blockwick
Angels Explained By Children
Angels talk all the way while they're flying
you up to heaven. The main subject is where
you went wrong before you got dead.
Daniel, age 9
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October 2014
ASSISTED LIVING
Alice Bowen ........................ 10.12
John Wrenn ........................ 10.16
HEALTH CARE CENTER
Emma Campbell ................. 10.06
Barbara Walker ................ 10.30
October Birthdays
INDEPENDENT LIVING
Al LeBlang ........................ 10.02
Lyle Quinby ........................ 10.02
Margot Pepper .................... 10.03
Opal Telleen ........................ 10.04
Roger Dennett..................... 10.05
JoAnn Joselyn .................... 10.05
Mary Axe ............................. 10.06
Jane Crabtree ...................... 10.11
Jan Stengel .......................... 10.12
Mark Taggart ...................... 10.12
Phyllis Shushan ................. 10.14
Kyi Kyi Tin ........................ 10.14
Harriett Vogel ................... 10.16
Robert McGinnis ................ 10.18
Justin Smalley ................... 10.19
Dean Boal ........................... 10.20
Dottie Joyce ........................ 10.22
Bill Ritenour ..................... 10.22
Robert Moench ................... 10.23
Louise Bradley ................... 10.24
Alice Wallace .................... 10.24
Gary Thomas ..................... 10.25
Ted Grenda.......................... 10.26
Priscilla Scholten .............. 10.27
Chuck Warden ................... 10.30
Llyn Lankford ................... 10.31
Nancy Nolte ....................... 10.31
THE MIRROR Monthly news of Frasier
Meadows Retirement Community, Boulder,
CO, is published monthly by residents to provide in-house news and general information
for residents.
PUBLISHER:
CO-EDITOR
CO-EDITOR:
PROOF READER:
PROOF READER:
REPORTERS:
Louise Bradley
Laura Fischer
Tricia Judd
Al LeBlang
Nancy Tilly
COLUMNISTS:
John Harris
Jo Ann Joselyn
Pete Palmer
John Tracy
Phil Waggener
Kevin Bunnell
Ted Grenda
Janet Klemperer
Margaret Picher
Phil Waggener
DISTRIBUTION:
Angels Explained By Children
My guardian angel helps me with math, but
he's not much good for science.
Henry, age 8
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October 2014
Pastoral Care
by Bob Ritzen
W
e have had a very good response and
will hold six of the “Age-ing to Sageing” classes here at Frasier. The classes are to
help transform the aging process from becoming elderly into becoming an elder. Learn how
to be a sage to your loved ones. Notebooks can
be purchased at the front desk for $20.00
(checks to Rosemary Lohndorf). Classes begin
weekly on Wednesday, October 8th, in the
Fireside Lounge from 10 to 11:30 a.m.
Come attend our forum on “Different Traditions” Views of Afterlife.” We have put together a panel of a Rabbi, a Buddhist chaplain,
and a Christian pastor to share the many different afterlife views within each of their traditions. There will be ample time for questions
to be raised. The forum is from 7:00 to 8:00
p.m. on Wednesday, October 29th, in the Assembly Room.
The Feast of Saint Francis is usually celebrated on the first Sunday of October and is often
the date for the “Blessing of Animals.” On
Sunday, October 5th, the 4:30 p.m. Vespers service will be held in the North Garden-level
Community Room. People with pets are invited
to bring them to this service for a special blessing. Everyone is invited to this festive service.
Thank you, Bob
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New Residents
M
oving from
her home in
Boulder and arriving in FMRC apartment # 422-FC is
Joan Sutter. Joan
was born in Dublin
Ireland on September 13th. She has
two children, Jody
in East Hampton,
N.Y. and Paul in Boulder. Joan was Administrator for Episcopal Charities. Her interests
are volunteering—church and arts. Her phone
number is 720-562-8106. We welcome Joan to
our community!
Update on Mars, October 15
C
uriosity has been exploring Gale Crater,
Mars, for over two years. After sampling
dust, sand, rocks and atmosphere at the Gale
Crater landing site, Curiosity has found the
strongest evidence to date that the very early
Mars environment could have provided a suitable habitat for life as we know it. This talk
provides an overview and tour of the findings
from Curiosity, featuring spectacular high-def
inition images, tantalizing mineralogical evidence for fresh water, and atmospheric isotopic measurements indicative of an ancient climate different from today.
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Peace Corps Partners
Refugees Remember
The flags of Kenya, Kyrgyzstan and Ukraine
currently exhibited on a shelf in the Frasier
display case symbolize the international service
of Ellen and Ron Cotts. After retirement, they
became Peace Corps volunteers in Kenya where
Ron taught science and ceramics and Ellen
taught finance. Following those two years, Ellen was hired as the Peace Corps Administrative Officer, first in Kyrgyzstan and then in
Ukraine while Ron worked for the American
Embassy in both countries. Still later, Ellen
worked as a Peace Corp “trouble shooter” in several countries for brief periods.
“Get to a higher level.” “It’s coming over the
sandbags.” “Get out now! Now!” A year after
the event, residents of the South and Central
garden level who were flooded from their
apartments gathered to recall that frightening
night. Jane Gilman, Trish Judd, Gale and
Ben Chidlaw, Bill and Louise Bradley, Patty
and Fred Roecker, Libby and Keith Kohnen
and (Louise and Bob Dudley not pictured)
Artifacts and crafts from the Cotts’ collection
are displayed for residents and visitors to enjoy
this month. Soapstone carvings from Kenya
share the shelves with painted Ukrainian eggs,
felt hats and traditionally costumed dolls. A
Kenyan pottery cook pot contrasts effectively
with a lovely white Kyrgyzstan porcelain tea
set. Intriguing objects: Matrioskas (nested
dolls) of Russian political figures, Balbals
(carved stone figures) and a VERY LARGE
ostrich egg reward the careful observer. Who
knew those crossed lines on the Kyrgyzstan flag
represent the frame of the overhead opening of
a yurt! The display case is interesting; a conversation with Ellen and Ron is an even better
way to learn of their experiences and enthusiasm for living in foreign lands.
Once again we are reminded of the diverse interests and life stories of our Frasier residents.
Thank you Mary Jane Hall and Display Case
Committee.
Louise Bradley
A year later: Frasier residents displaced by the Sept.
2013 flood recall their experience: Left to right: Fred
Roecker, Keith Kohnen, Trish Judd, Libby Kohnen,
Bill Bradley, Patty Reocker, Ben Chidlaw, Louise
Bradley, Jane Gilman, Gail Chidlaw. (missing: Louise
and Bill Dudley)
have shared dinner many times during the
past months. The first weeks the conversation
focused on the trauma of their abrupt dislocation. People were worried about lost possessions and anxious about returning to Frasier.
As the months went by common concern became bonded friendship. Happily resettled in
refurbished apartments, the refugees remember the good: How well Frasier handled the
emergency and relocated so many so quickly,
how hard staff worked to protect and store possessions. Missing items dimly remembered
seem insignificant compared to the friendship
of fellow refugees.
Louise Bradley
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October 2014
New Geneva Percival Project
Launched with College of
Music Faculty
This year Frasier residents raised funds to restore the 1913 Steinway piano donated by Geneva Percival. Money remaining from the restoration will be used to enrich the quality and
variety of music available for our residents.
We have had the great good fortune to meet
and work with a member of the College of Music faculty, Margaret McDonald PhD. Margaret is head of the Collaborative Piano faculty.
She works with piano students and the other
musicians they accompany in concerts. This
means that she is widely acquainted with faculty and students in all departments of the College of Music.
She has agreed to use her engaging personality
and wide acquaintance in the College to support our Geneva Percival Project. She will
bring to Frasier six recitals between now and
the end of the spring semester. The talent will
showcase many different instruments and some
of the best the College has to offer.
Thanks-giving Fund
opening soon
T
he annual Thanks-giving fund, which recognizes all of our hourly employees, including our cheerful dining room servers, for
their labors during the past year, will be accepting contributions beginning on Monday,
October 13th and closing on Wednesday, November 5th. The party for the employees will be
on Friday, November 21st from 2:30 to 4:00 in
the Grille area. Put it on your calendar.
Keith Kohnen
Puzzle
Ralph has five pieces of chain, each with
four links He wants to form a circle of all the
pieces. It costs 10¢ to open a link and 10¢ to
close it. Find a way he can make a circle for
only 80¢?
The inaugural Geneva Percival event will be
on Friday, October 3rd. in the Assembly Room.
Here are the names of the students who will be
performing. Diego Caetano, piano, Yen Meng
Tung, collaborative piano, Conrad Sclar, viola,
Leonardo Cubillo, oboe, Mark Hsieh, bass
trombone, and Suzanne Whitney mezzosoprano.
They will be performing works by Hector Villa
Lobos, York Bowen, Camille Saint-Sans, Eduard Lassen and, Johann Strauss.
When you read this, Friday, October 3rd will
almost be here.
Kevin Bunnell
Answer on page 20
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October 2014
From: The Very Best Totally Wrong Answers
By Richard Benson
T
wo special dinners are on the menu for October! Oktoberfest will be celebrated in our
dining room on October 14, featuring bratwurst, potato pancakes, apple strudel, and
Black Forest cake, among other delicacies. The
cost will be $13.50, but this is certainly more
convenient (and cheaper!) than flying to Germany to celebrate. The regular menu will also
be available. Look for a special menu on
Halloween evening, too.
New menu items will be available on October
5th throughout the Frasier campus. Health
Care residents will have six more choices for
their meals, and new choices will be added to
the Grill and main dining room menus. Prices
will go up on some items. The cost of buying
filet steaks, for example, has gone up three
times since the price was listed in our menus. Dining Services is budgeting for higher expenses in all aspects of food production and
serving, in order to stay competitive with other
Boulder resident communities. The Frasier
“Breakfast Meal Deal” will cost $8.00, the dinner buffet $13.50, and there will be a small surcharge for gluten-free items. Dining Services is
working hard to keep food costs reasonable but
still in keeping with residents’ expectations.
Don’t forget to bring your dining Passports to
be stamped so that you won’t miss out on a
chance to win a chef’s dinner for six. There
will be a lucky winner!
Correction from the September 2014 issue:
In the article about Heidi Wagner the name
"Laurie Demarine" is mis-spelled and should
be “Laurie Dameron.”
Define the phrase “ heavy industry”
An industry that sells tons.
Answer:
Disconnect all the chains from one group and
use them to put the other four chains
together.
Puns to Ponder
I wondered why the baseball kept getting
bigger. Then it hit me.
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October 2014
Ricky Weiser—Civic Activist
S
ept. 11. An evening program — Remembering Ricky Weiser, Boulder Legendary
Civic Activist — initiated this years’ Kaleidoscope of Colorado History series. Bob Cohen
orchestrated a multi-media presentation with
audio and visual clips featuring Martha
(Ricky) Weiser (1924-2002). Anne Dyni’s oral
history of Ricky
and video of
Ricky testifying
at City Council
illustrated her
deep interest and
involvement in
local government. Her parRicky Weiser—testifying ticular interests
were environmental preservation and long rangeland use
planning. Through the 60’s, 70’s, and 80’s
Ricky faithfully attended meetings of Boulder
City Council, Boulder County Commissioners,
and Planning Boards of city and county. She
took advantage of Citizen Participation on
most occasions, freely offering her suggestions
and criticisms to the elected officials. Her
comments were recognized to be well researched and eloquently delivered in her
Shakespearian trained voice. Hers was often
the most reliable “institutional memory” in the
room. She chose not to run for office preferring to “run those who did.” In her words, she
would rather be the burr under the saddle than
the horse.
The program concluded with a panel: Anne
Dyni, the oral historian, Ron Stewart, a former county commissioner, and remarks of
Spense Havlik, former city councilman, read
by Joyce Davies. Their conversation enforced
the idea that Ricky was indeed a Citizen
Watch Dog, a Bard of Bureaucracy, a presence
to be respected. Her lasting contributions
were to State Natural Areas legislation and
the Boulder Valley Comprehensive Plan. As
Ron Stewart said, “Her thoughts and ideas are
woven into what Boulder is today.” Boulder
County has honored Ricky Weiser by naming
a wetland in the Walden Pond area for her.
Ricky leaves us with a couple valuable ideas:
“You must not be afraid to question.” “One person can achieve something.”
A Frasier trip on Sept. 25 visited the Ricky
Weiser House and White Rocks Open Space,
her former beloved home on sandstone bluffs
above Boulder Creek northeast of town now
preserved as County Open Space.
Joyce Davies Ron Stewart Anne Dyni
Ironic footnote: The Daily Camera reported
that the Boulder County commissioners on
Thurs., Sept 11 approved the Planning Commission’s recommendations for updating the
county comprehensive plan’s goals and policies
about preserving and protecting environmental
resources. It noted that “No one from the general public showed up to speak.“
Louise Bradley
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Alzheimer’s Association Workshops: The Nuts and Bolts
O
n August 26th the Alzheimer’s Association
presented a free workshop at Frasier titled
“Orientation to Early memory Loss.” The information from that session is condensed here.
Dementia is a blanket term for memory loss and
disorientation. It is not a disease, but it can encompass diseases like Alzheimer’s. The Alzheimer’s Association supports patients and families
facing Alzheimer’s and related dementias.
“Normal” ageing can make it harder to filter
through information, causing a memory delay.
It may take longer to pull up memories, but it
doesn’t necessarily include memory loss. These
normal age-related memory changes don’t get
worse over time and don’t interfere with everyday activities.
It is time to call your doctor as soon as you have
concerns. Seeing your doctor can rule out reversible causes of dementia. If Alzheimer’s or
another dementia is diagnosed, early detection
means earlier medical treatment, the family can
begin to educate and prepare themselves for
coming changes, and the patient can be a part of
planning for the future.
The best things to do for your own brain health
right now are:
 Stay physically active and socially active.
 Eat a heart healthy diet.
 Stimulate your brain. Listen to music and or
sing.
The best things to do for someone with early
memory loss are; Add supports to facilitate success and continued independence. Ask about
their experience. Listen. *The Alzheimer’s Association offers free, private care consultations
to help determine appropriate support strategies. Support groups for patients and their caregivers are also available through Frasier and
through the Alzheimer’s Association.
While there is currently no cure for Alzheimer’s disease, there are medications available
by prescription that may slow its progression.
Drug studies are ongoing, and complementary
and alternative therapies are available. There
is no “over-the-counter” treatment available,
and no dietary supplements have been approved
by the FDA at this time.
On September 8th the Alzheimer’s Association
presented a free workshop at Frasier titled
“Conversations about Dementia.” The information from that session is condensed here:
The most important conversations to have can
be the most difficult. They include talking
about going to the doctor, deciding when to stop
driving, and making legal and financial plans.
Anyone can start the dialogue: parents, children, or partners.
When considering these conversations, sooner
is better than later. The changes that come
with dementia can make these conversations
harder. Don’t wait for a crisis. Fear, anger, and
stigma can be barriers to diagnosis, checkups
and medical treatment.
Prior to the conversation, develop a plan. Take
notes about the changes you see in the person’s
behavior. Practice what you will say in advance. Choose a time when you are both comfortable and relaxed to have the conversation.
Tips from people who have had to have these
conversations with loved ones include: Ask
friends how they talked to their parents or
children. Consider the consequences of not having the conversations. You may need to have
the conversations multiple times. If the person
with dementia is upset, do not force the topic.
Re-approach it at a later time. If the person
with dementia is resistant, you can defer to an
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October 2014
Preparing for End of Life:
What’s New with Advance Directives
W
oody Allen once remarked “I’m not
afraid of death; I just don’t want to be
there when it happens.”
However, we are going to be there, so it’s wise
to make decisions now, rather than count on
family or friends to guess what we might want
later, during what’s bound to be a stressful
time. But how do we know where to begin—or
how to ensure our wishes will be followed?
Bob Ritzen, Director of Pastoral Care at Frasier, and Linda Tuber, Social Worker and
Resident Relations Director, will present a
three part series of one hour programs called
Preparing for End of Life: What’s New with
Advance Directives.
These sessions will present an overview of the
process and components of creating your Advance Directives. We will look at the unexpected choices that may arise — emotional,
medical, and legal — when the time comes to
make critical end-of-life decisions. Being prepared can bring peace of mind to you and your
loved ones.
These sessions will be held in the Assembly
Room on Mondays, Oct. 6, Oct.13 and
Oct. 20 from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. Please join us
and bring your questions.
Oct 6 - An Overview of Advance Directives and
Medical Durable Power of Attorney
(MDPOA)
Oct. 13 - Quality of Life, Advance Directives
and Living Wills
Oct. 20 – : CPR, the MOST Form, and Staying
Current with Advance Directives.
Any questions? Call Linda Tuber at 720-5624372 or Bob Ritzen at 720-562-4315.
Linda Tuber
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authority figure such as a doctor or respected
colleague.
A doctor can order an exam that measures a patient’s reaction time and abstract thinking ability to help determine if he or she is safe to
drive. One such exam is the DriveAble Exam.
Every person with dementia will have a unique
experience. There is more than one right approach to having difficult conversations.
The Frasier Assisted Living Memory Care
house is developing a resource library for patients and families across the entire Frasier
campus. For access to resources or for the full
set of printed slides from any of the Alzheimer’s Association workshops, contact Isabelle
Kessler at 720-562-4483 or email to
[email protected].
The Alzheimer’s Association has a free 24 hour
helpline at 1-800-272-3900. Its website is rich
with a variety of resources for patients, families
and caregivers. The website address is alz.org.
Compiled by Isabelle Kessler,
Enrichment and Community Life Coordinator
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October 2014
Saturday October Movies (7:00 p.m.)
October 4
Juno
(2007)
“Facing an unplanned pregnancy while she's still in high
school, quirky teen Juno MacGuff (Ellen Page) devises a
plan to locate her unborn baby's perfect adoptive parents.
But the seemingly ideal couple (Jason Bateman and Jennifer Garner) Juno chooses still has some growing up to do.
Michael Cera co-stars in this offbeat coming-of-age comedy
with an Oscar-winning original screenplay penned by Diablo
Cody.” (Netflix)
October 11
Letters to Juliet
(2010)
“By responding to a letter addressed to Shakespeare's tragic
heroine Juliet Capulet, a young American woman vacationing in Verona, Italy, sets in motion a series of events that
leads her -- and the missive's lovelorn author -- in search of
romance.” (Netflix)
October 18
Kolya
(1996)
“In Soviet Czechoslovakia, middle-aged concert cellist and
bachelor Frantisek Louka (Zdenek Sverak) is strapped for
cash, reduced to playing funerals, when a chance relationship results in his caring for a 5-year-old Russian boy, Kolya
(Andrei Chalimon). Political turmoil is imminent on the eve
of the Velvet Revolution, while Louka's own emotional upheaval is just as unpredictable in this heartwarming, Oscarand Golden Globe-winning tale.” (Netflix)
October 25
The Book Thief
(2014)
“Young Liesel steals books to teach herself to read, giving
her refuge from the horrors of Nazi Germany and her cold
foster parents. When not reading, she forms a bond with the
Jewish man her adoptive family is hiding in their
home.” (Netflix)