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Dec 16, 2024 | 
scotsman.com | Julie Kennedy
Kirk Lane Nursing Home transformed a previous derelict site in Livingston Village - and now, three years later, it has been named a winner at a prestigious industry awards ceremony. The home beat off strong competition to be crowned Regional Care Home of the Year Scotland 2024 at the Caring UK Awards on 5th December.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
source.washu.edu | Julie Kennedy |Claire Gauen
Walking 7.5 miles in the rain to gather information from a fishing village in Madagascar isn’t every college student’s cup of tea. But the nine sophomores in the Pathfinder Fellows in Environmental Leadership program were ready for this type of challenge.
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Aug 6, 2024 | 
source.wustl.edu | Julie Kennedy |Leslie Gibson McCarthy
Seth Graebner has long been fascinated by borders and the areas around them. “In graduate school and since then, I have crossed a lot of borders,” says Graebner, associate professor of French and of global studies in Arts & Sciences.
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Jul 17, 2024 | 
ncoa.org | Julie Kennedy
More than 53 million Americans identify as family caregivers—over 34 million are caring for adults age 50+.1 If you’re like many of them, you may view the support you provide as a labor of love. But that doesn’t mean it’s not valuable. Sure, there’s the obvious value to the care recipient. But your work also saves health systems and health insurance providers millions of dollars every year, by keeping more aging adults out of hospitals and emergency rooms.
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Jun 14, 2024 | 
ncoa.org | Julie Kennedy
Okay, Willy Wonka fans: remember when young Charlie Bucket looked down into the storm grate and found the shiny coin that allowed him to buy the Wonka Bar that was wrapped in the fifth golden ticket? Talk about found money making a big difference for a family. Incidentally, a family that included four aging parents and the daughter who cares for them.
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Jun 13, 2024 | 
ncoa.org | Julie Kennedy
It takes more than love and commitment to care for an aging parent or family member. Any family caregiver can tell you that it also takes money. At first, you might not notice the incidental costs of the gasoline that gets you to and from their doctor appointments or the prescriptions you’re paying for. But as their needs intensify, so does the cost of caring for them. An AARP study found that the average family caregiver spends over $7,200 a year to provide care.
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May 29, 2024 | 
baytobaynews.com | Julie Kennedy
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May 1, 2024 | 
baytobaynews.com | Carolina Rodriguez |Carolina Díaz Rodríguez |Julie Kennedy
CAMBRIDGE – Before we share our exciting upcoming events schedule, we want to let you know of some upcoming closures to help better plan your visit with us. Both branches will be closed for the Maryland/Delaware Library Association Conference for professional development on May 9. Both branches will also be closed in observance of Memorial Day on May 27. Did you know that May is both Asian American Pacific Islander Month and Mental Health Awareness Month?
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Apr 18, 2024 | 
baytobaynews.com | Julie Kennedy |Carolina Rodriguez |Carolina Díaz Rodríguez
CAMBRIDGE – Both the Cambridge and Hurlock branches of the Dorchester County Public Library were scheduled to be closed April 16 for a Professional Development Day. We are focusing on communication styles and differences, honing valuable public customer service and interpersonal skills, and discussing best practices for handling a wide variety of often unexpected situations in our public-facing buildings.
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Apr 15, 2024 | 
source.wustl.edu | Julie Kennedy |Claire Gauen
“Facts don’t matter.”With this provocative statement, Eleanor Pardini grabs the attention of students in her science communication course. Pardini designed “Beyond the Evidence” after wrestling with this question: Why do facts about topics such as climate change and vaccines spark vastly different reactions among groups of people? At the same time, she noticed that her natural science students lacked knowledge that could make them better communicators.
