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Coming soon to Sacramento
Sacramento local author Joseph Voight is 11 years old, in the 5th grade in Grass Valley, and wrote the book "My Grandma has Alzheimer's too" -his experience with his grandmother and Alzheimers disease.Carlton Plaza of Sacramento is hosting a book signing in the living room on Sunday, June 22 at 2:00pm. He will spend some time talking about his book and his publishing experience. He will then be open for questions and the book signing, the books will sell for $12.95 each. Author Voight has been featured on CBS TV-13 (see the YouTube clip - click here). He is a Memory Walk Volunteer in Sacramento (http://www.alz.org/norcal/in_my_community_memorywalk.asp).
And, watch KCRA TV-3 on May 22, when a segment is currently scheduled to air about his book and story. |
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Aging Your Way
hosted by Al Hart
A new six-part weekly radio series on the public radio station of the San Francisco School District!
Mondays 8:00 - 9:00pm, KALW 91.7 FM
also streaming online, learn more at http://www.agingyourway.com/
4/21 Aging Today - The Myths and Realities
Dr. Cheryl Phillips, Chief Medical Officer, On Lok Lifeways
Dr. Anna Chang, Asst. Professor of Geriatric Medicine, UCSF
4/28 Sex Over 60
Part One - The Changing Body
Dr. Ira Sharlip, Clinical Professor of Urology, UCSF
Janis Luft, Associate Clinical Professor of Nursing, UCSF
5/5 Sex Over 60
Part Two - Connection and Intimacy
Dr. Patrick Arbore, Director, Senior Friendship Line, IOA
Dr. Doris Bersing, Executive Director, Pacific Institute
5/12 Road Map to Successful Aging
Part One - Practical Concerns
Terry Black, RN, Author of Caring is Not Enough
Anne Hinton, Director, Dept of Adult and Aging Services
5/19 Road Map to Successful Aging
Part Two - Coming to Terms
Donna Schempp, Program Director, Family Caregiver Alliance
Rabbi Eric Weiss, Director, Bay Area Jewish Healing Center
5/26 Saving the Best to Last
Staying Engaged in Meaningful Ways
Jim Emerman, Vice President, The Purpose Prize
Susan Hoffman, Director, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute |
Local Alzheimer's Association Advocates Storm Sacramento |
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Following is news on Special Opportunities of interest to Alzheimer’s families and professionals throughout Northern California.
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From Oakland (Monday, March 31), a two-hour live public radio broadcast of KQED’s Forum program with focus in the second hour (10:00am-11:00am) on Alzheimer’s caregivers. There will be a small audience, and feature guests will include: William Fisher (CEO for the Alzheimer’s Association in Northern California/Northern Nevada), Dr. Ladson Hinton (of UC Davis, and a member of the Alzheimer’s Association Chapter Board), Micheal Pope (from Alzheimer’s Services of the East Bay), and an Alzheimer’s Caregiver & Advocate.
See the KQED web site for more information – and to sign-up to attend this special live broadcast in Oakland on March 31 (limited seating) – http://www.kqed.org/programs/radio/forum/.
And, listen to KQED-FM 88.5, or stream live online at www.kqed.org – Radio section.
To get involved in the discussion beforehand, go to http://www.kqed.org/healthdialogues and share your own stories.
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KQED Public TV Science program QUEST will carry a segment on Alzheimer’s, debuting April 8, at 7:30pm. From the producers of the KQED-TV’s Multimedia Science and Environment Series QUEST –
QUEST will air a new short documentary about new research on Alzheimer’s disease on April 8 at 7:30pm on KQED-TV 9. Alzheimer's: Is the Cure in the Genes? By 2050, as our population ages, 15 million Americans will suffer from Alzheimer's disease – triple today's number. Researchers at San Francisco's Gladstone Institutes have found that a gene may hold the key to a cure. Discover more about the series here: www.kqed.org/quest. Watch QUEST TV every Tuesday night at 7:30 pm on KQED Channel 9 & KQED HD on Comcast 709. Listen Friday mornings to QUEST Radio at 6:30 am and 8:30 am on KQED 88.5 FM San Francisco and 89.3 FM Sacramento. On the web discover more at www.kqed.org/quest.
Note from Alzheimer’s Association:
Chapter staff and Alzheimer’s family members, as well as the esteemed colleague organizations ASEB (Alzheimer’s Services of the East Bay) and The Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease, assisted KQED-TV with the production of this QUEST segment. |
 First-Ever alzheimer’s Rally now organizing – 1,000 californians expected on Sacramento capitol steps TO PROTEST elected representatives’ Move to Cut Alzheimer’s Services
February 2008
(Sacramento, CALIF) March 13, 2008 – As the Alzheimer’s epidemic continues upward, wreaking havoc for increasing numbers of California families, the Alzheimer’s Association projects that the state’s already overwhelmed care and research infrastructure will shrink – and in some cases disappear – if Sacramento lawmakers complete proposed mid-year budget cuts. For more, click here |
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