Showing posts with label care of the elderly. Show all posts
Showing posts with label care of the elderly. Show all posts

Thursday, June 11, 2009

The Alzheimer's Project

In case you missed this recent HBO series on Alzheimer's Disease, or you may well want to view them again, you can still access it and other excellent information from the HBO Alzheimer's Project website.
This four-part documentary series takes a "close look at groundbreaking discoveries made by the country's leading scientists, as well as the effects of this debilitating and fatal disease both on those with Alzheimer's and on their families."

Click on the title link to the excellent informational website, the streaming videos, as well as 15 short supplemental films on the topic.

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

The Grange Facility at Ottley's, St. Kitts


Our local SKN-Vibes takes a look at the history of the Grange Facility and the work of Dr. Patricia Richards-Leader. The Grange Health Care Facility was the first of it's kind in St. Kitts to offer nursing, residential and convalescent care to the elderly.
Our IUON student body have many a fine memory of their placements at the Grange!
Click on the title to read the full article.
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