Our July 30th, 2009 conference on Issues on Aging is full to capacity!
But, don't worry -- you can still stop in and experience our mini-trainings on the third Tuesday of every month from 2:00 - 3:30 at the United Way Building on 2200 Avenue A, Third Floor, Bethlehem, PA 18017.
Please call Cori Rolón at 610-807-5742 for more information!
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Sandwich Generation
July is Sandwich Generation Month!
Did you know?
* According to the Pew Research Center just over 1 of every 8 Americans aged 40 to 60 are both raising a child and caring for a parent.
* In addition, between 7 to 10 million adults are caring for their aging parents from a long distance.
* U.S. Census Bureau statistics indicate that the number of older Americans aged 65 or older will double by the year 2030, to over 70 million.
Lehigh Valley area babyboomers (ages 45-65) who are part of the ever growing sandwich generation are invited to attend this celebration and information event. Learn more about services available to you. This event commemorates your dedication, patience and caring for your children and your aging parents. Get resources and information at:
Devon House Assisted Living Facility
1930 Bevin Dr.
Allentown, PA 18103
Friday July 17th
1:00p.m.-2:00p.m.
FREE ICECREAM SANDWICHES
Learn more and celebrate!
Contact Terry L. Weber at
610-821-0821 or gsclehi@ptd.net for event details.
Sponsored by GRISWOLD SPECIAL CARE
Over 100 Offices nationwide
including Lehigh Valley and Lehigh Valley Northeast
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Alzheimer's Association Holds Memory Walk Committee Meeting
The Alzheimer's Association will hold a Memory Walk Commmittee Meeting on Monday, July 13th 3:30 PM at Lehigh Commons!
Where: 1680 Spring Creek RdMacungie, PA 18062-974, (610) 530-8089
Special Guest: Adam Recke and his family! Adam's dad, Sean will talk to our Committee about the Walk and what this local family is facing! We have asked the family to have Adam as our "Honored Guest" at this Year's Memory Walk..... and they have agreed! Adam Recke is a 4th grade student at Farmersville Elementary School in Bethlehem Township. He was diagnosed with Type C Niemann-Pick Disease (Childhood Alzheimer’s)...Adam's nowhere near 65, the age at which the risk of dementia starts to zoom.
Some of you may have never heard of Niemann-Pick Type C, or NPC .....
Did you know that kids with NPC lose their ability to walk, talk or even to remember the name of a favorite stuffed animal??
This incurable disease, which afflicts about 500 children in the USA, has been called the pediatric version of Alzheimer's, a disease that afflicts 4.5 million people — most of them seniors — in the nation today.
Alzheimer's is thought to be caused by abnormal brain deposits, almost identical to the deposits seen in children with NPC, says NPC researcher Steven Walkley of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx. Children who live long enough with NPC also can develop dementia, he says.
"A lot of us think that if we could really understand NPC, maybe it would help us understand Alzheimer's," he says. Consider coming out to find what this family is facing and how the Alzheimer's Association plans to work with them!
If you would like to attend the meeting, please contact Sara Drey 484-951-2330 or sadcelt@aol.com
Where: 1680 Spring Creek RdMacungie, PA 18062-974, (610) 530-8089
Special Guest: Adam Recke and his family! Adam's dad, Sean will talk to our Committee about the Walk and what this local family is facing! We have asked the family to have Adam as our "Honored Guest" at this Year's Memory Walk..... and they have agreed! Adam Recke is a 4th grade student at Farmersville Elementary School in Bethlehem Township. He was diagnosed with Type C Niemann-Pick Disease (Childhood Alzheimer’s)...Adam's nowhere near 65, the age at which the risk of dementia starts to zoom.
Some of you may have never heard of Niemann-Pick Type C, or NPC .....
Did you know that kids with NPC lose their ability to walk, talk or even to remember the name of a favorite stuffed animal??
This incurable disease, which afflicts about 500 children in the USA, has been called the pediatric version of Alzheimer's, a disease that afflicts 4.5 million people — most of them seniors — in the nation today.
Alzheimer's is thought to be caused by abnormal brain deposits, almost identical to the deposits seen in children with NPC, says NPC researcher Steven Walkley of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx. Children who live long enough with NPC also can develop dementia, he says.
"A lot of us think that if we could really understand NPC, maybe it would help us understand Alzheimer's," he says. Consider coming out to find what this family is facing and how the Alzheimer's Association plans to work with them!
If you would like to attend the meeting, please contact Sara Drey 484-951-2330 or sadcelt@aol.com
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