Extended Family
Back in the 1980s, Dr. Joseph Wong became troubled by the fact that many frail Chinese seniors were ailing in isolation, in need of care and connection, and often stymied by a language barrier. [ read the entire article ]

This November Celebrate National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month
The statistics are staggering when considering what an impact Alzheimer's disease has on many American lives. Already nearly five million people in this country alone have been diagnosed with the disease, and the number is expected to triple by mid-century. [ read the entire article ]

Donation and Fundraising Benefits Lodge Residents
Miramichi Lodge residents suffering from dementia will be able to ignite their senses in a Snoezelen Room thanks to successful fundraising campaign of the gala committee and Miramichi Lodge Foundation. [ read the entire article ]

Snoezelen Room for Miramichi Lodge
The room is located on one of the dementia care home areas, 1B, and is designed to be a calming and relaxing environment for residents. [ read the entire article ]

Therapy Site Helps Anxious Kids Regain Calm
A strange-sounding therapy of flashing lights, music, water bubble tubes and other fascinating sights and sounds is helping young psychiatric patients learn how to contain agitated, aggressive, angry or anxious minds. [ read the entire article ]

Clouthier Family Leaves Legacy at Marianhill
The family of Edna and Louis Clouthier has given back to the long-term care facility that cared for them in their final years. [ read the entire article ]

Snoezelen for Alzheimer's Multi-Sensory Stimulation Enhances Life of Dementia Patients
Snoezelen is a painless, potentially fun method for treating people who have Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia. [ read the entire article ]

Sensing a Difference With Snoezelen Therapy
Nurses at Southampton (Pa.) Estates have seen how some patients with dementia grow calmer as they watch plastic fish bob in bubble lamps or listen to calming music. [ read the entire article ]

GoodWill Multi-Sensory Room Has Therapeutic Results For Participants
Goodwill Columbus has installed a state-of-the-art multi-sensory room that offers a therapeutic experience for individuals with mental retardation, autism and dementia. [ read the entire article ]

Multi-Sensory Environments Provide Relief, Escape
A room with bean-bag chairs on the floor and psychedelic light patterns reflecting off the walls might seem like a rec room circa 1968. [ read the entire article ]

Caledon Centre Boasts Close To 2.5 Million Visits
The Caledon Centre for Recreation & Wellness is not your typical municipal recreation centre. Expected to surpass 2.5 million visits this spring, the Caledon Centre is the cornerstone of the Town of Caledon’s recreation service to the community. [ read the entire article ]

Program Offers Special ED Students Life Lessons
Ironically, Bryan De Sousa and the rest of the staff in the school’s Planning for Independence Program (PIP) spend most of the time trying to stretch the boundaries of their students. [ read the entire article ]

Snoezelen Therapy Comes To St. Joseph's Villa
St. Joseph's Villa hopes to improve the quality of life for hundreds of seniors, with a new form of relaxation and stimulation therapy. [ read the entire article ]

Improving The Quality Of Life
St. Anthony Home’s Snoezelen Room stimulates residents’ primary senses through the use of visual projectors, aromatherapies, a variety of foods, textured tactile materials and soft music or soothing sounds.
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New Monarch School For Children With Autism Opens
When Bellefaire JCB's Monarch School for Children with Autism opened in 2000 in a former cottage, converted bedrooms served as classrooms. Storage closets became art and music rooms, and corridors were narrow with multiple turns. Every space, from the gross motor area to the lunchroom, was make-shift. [ read the entire article ]

Book Of Dreams: Special Satchel Carries Hope
Over the years, lupus robbed him of the ability to speak or feed himself. He lost most of his vision, suffered a stroke and had frequent seizures. Maria Andrade, activity coordinator for Health for All, sometimes saw him crying. She knew Rodriguez had once worked, that he'd raised a family. She understood his frustration at losing his independence.
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Service For Disabled Children, Families Opens
A quality of life service for disabled children and family members opened the doors to their new location Thursday evening.
Located at 2702 First Ave., Tangible Alternatives is a new group seeking non-profit status that specializes in massage, music, art, and movement based activities. The group of volunteers had been operating for two years as a travel-based program. Their new location not only provides a space to work, but also establishes a headquarters to those who need assistance. [ read the entire article ]

New Sensory Complex At Escambia Westgate Brings Hope And Light To Mentally Handicapped.
Lacey A. Collier, a member of Nativity of Our Lord Parish and retired U.S. district judge and naval aviator, never expected to be captivated by the students when his fellow Navy veteran scuba-diving buddy invited him to visit a public school that serves profoundly mentally handicapped children and young adults. The friend, St. Joseph parishioner Joe Denmon, is the behavior specialist at the facility, Escambia Westgate School. [ read the entire article ]

Next Generation Pediatrics Business Case
Erik Cohen MD from Next Generation Pediatrics first came across interactive floor technology at a movie theater with his son, and was amazed how the children were completely enthralled with the virtual game play.
Dr. Cohen’s son along with many other children played on it for 30 minutes stopping only when he dragged him away to see the movie. After the movie, his son insisted on playing again. Dr. Cohen quickly realized an interactive floor would be a terrific thing to have in the new pediatric office he was starting. [ read the entire article ]