| Runner focuses on finish line to recover from brain injury
She had been running marathons for more than 10 years, but now, the 51-year-old Davenport resident is finally crossing the finish line of an even more difficult accomplishment -- beating the odds of her brain injury. Eugenia "Geny" Meyer will return home Sunday with her husband, Davenport firefighter Charlie Meyer, after nearly a year of treatment and physical therapy at Rosewood Care Center in Moline, and at hospitals in Iowa and Nebraska. "It's a miracle story," said Kathy Seeforth, administrator at Rosewood Care Center, adding that Mrs. Meyer's fighting spirit, family support and faith in God worked together with the convalescent center staff team to help the determined lady come out of the almost-vegetable-like state she was left in after a cerebral aneurysm and subsequent stroke.
To protect, serve and never let go
Portland police Officers Michael Schmerber and Homero Reynaga raced into a Southeast Portland assisted living center, finding two staff members stretched out a third-floor window desperately clinging to a 72-year-old, 240-pound man teetering on a ledge below. The officers pushed their way into the narrow window: Schmerber stood on a large cushioned chair to gain leverage, grabbing the man's left wrist. Reynaga, his foot leaning against a wall, gripped the man's right wrist. The man suffered from dementia and could not fully grasp the danger he was in. He also couldn't maneuver himself, his legs immobile because of heavy dressings on each. So the two young cops found themselves supporting his full weight, the only ones standing between the man's life and death.
Gunther legislation would save nursing home beds in Sullivan County
Albany -- Assemblywoman Aileen Gunther of Forestburgh has introduced legislation which seeks to prevent the Berger Commission from cutting back 40 beds at the Achieve Rehabilitation & Nursing Facility in Sullivan County. Gunther, a former nurse and chair of the Assembly Subcommittee on Women’s Health, called the legislation a necessary step to maintain quality health care for the region. "We know from the state’s analysis that Sullivan County is short 137 nursing home beds," Gunther said. "Increasing the shortage by another 40 beds will further stress county services and residents." Couple that with the growth in the county and that will mean more residents, said Gunther. "In Sullivan County, we are the fastest growing county in New York State, so we are going to see an increase in population, not a decrease in population, so probably in the future, we will need more beds." The Senior Legislative Action Committee of Sullivan County concurs with Gunther.
Inn holds fashion show
ACTON — Once a year, the lobby at the Inn at Robbins Brook becomes a runway where residents can strut their stuff in affordable clothes from local retailers. Linda Kiernan, the inn’s director of activities, and Maura Ferrigno, the executive director, gear up for two hours of fashion and shopping for the 89 residents of the assisted living facility at 10 Devon Drive in North Acton. The inn hosts seniors with Alzheimer’s and other memory impairments and those in need of lifestyle support. Seven residents sported clothes from Talbot’s, Liz Claiborne, Chico’s and other brands available in Acton at an event that allows these seniors to participate as well as shop. This year’s show was supplied by Trading Clothes Consignment, a Chelmsford-based store run by former nurse’s assistant Sharon Arden.
Palestinian deal faces global critique
Prusher | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Page 1 of 2 JERUSALEM - The threat of a Palestinian civil war is slowly subsiding, following a power-sharing deal reached in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, late last week that should pave the way for the leading Hamas party to work in sync with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who belongs to rival Fatah. But that doesn't necessarily mean that the chances of a Palestinian peace with Israel are quickly ascending, nor that the international community's marginalization of the Hamas-led government will come to an end. .
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