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  1. Oh, and those candies in the bottles, mmm mmm they look tasty. What they aren't candy! They're pills? Perception problems abound.
  2. Have a gas stove? Doesn't the burner flame look pretty? It looks like a blue flower, doesn't it? That's what a dementia sufferer sees.
  3. @theholidaze Try to catch my show on your local WYOU station. It's the little station that never gives up.
  4. Holiday Help: It is a great time to diplomatically dispose of outdated foodstuffs from cabinets and shelves.
  5. Speaking of holidays: Let Mom be the head chef, while you be the essential sous chefs.
  6. Here come the Holidays! Here is a great gift idea. Pull out the dishes and pans your mom will use to avoid her reaching and falling.
  7. Bathroom Confession: I use the shower grab bars we had installed for my mother in law every day. Should be standard for all bathrooms.
  8. It was fun marking the world record for nuns in a gym by selling $800 of 3 ounce Guinness drinks. (2 nuns downed guinness too.)
  9. Another favorite auction moment? Marking the world record of most nuns in a high school gymnasium on Saturday Night at Ladywood HS.
  10. A favorite auction moment this last weekend? Turning a $100 bottle of single malt scotch into $2500 to benefit Spectrum Human Services.
  11. Senior Drivers: Help seniors get to their destinations on rainy or snowy days. let them drive themselves other days.
  12. Senior Driving: Speak about your driving close calls as conversation starters with older drivers. http://vimeo.com/channels/6...
  13. Senior Driving: A better use of hands is at 4 and 8. Better control and easier for seniors. http://vimeo.com/channels/6...
  14. Watch for a future episode of Graceful Aging with Professor Boyle as our guest on Graceful Aging. Join us: http://vimeo.com/channels/6....
  15. Well lit walking paths encourage everyone to walk and feel safe. This is an ageless principle.
  16. Professor Robin Boyle of Wayne State Univ. illustrated how good walking paths aid seniors and stroller bound parents. Sensible planning.
  17. What works? Aging Friendly Communities? Aging in Place? Senior Communities? I was struck again with how labels segregate us.
  18. Mich Society on Gerontology conference yesterday grappled in part with how policy makers are labeling the coming age tsunami.
  19. I have been trying to say a clear easily heard hello to people passing by in life. This is our community.
  20. nyt (continued): "they fade into into the background, mentally Photoshopped out."