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Dementia Caregiving Series offered online in December

MARQUETTE — The Dementia Caregiving Series, a three-part online program designed for caregivers of people with dementia, will take place via Zoom from 2 to 3 p.m. Eastern time on Wednesdays from Dec. 4 through Dec. 18. The three online sessions will provide participants with basic information about dementia and its effect on brain function, how to communicate more effectively with someone who has dementia, recognizing stages of dementia, how to provide meaningful daily activities based on the interests and abilities of the person with dementia, how to better understand and address ...

Coping with uncertainty, dealing with disappointments

NIAGARA, Wis. — We all have certain hopes and dreams about how our lives will turn out, and no one lives to old age without learning that those hopes and dreams are not always realized. Our hopes may extend beyond our own lives to the times in which we live. For example, we may have had hopes about the results of our recent election. We did our part by voting, but maybe our candidate of choice did not garner enough support from the rest of the country. Now we may be left with not only the disappointment of a lost election, but feelings of uncertainty over what the future may hold for ...

Dementia Caregiving Series offered online in December

MARQUETTE — Dementia Caregiving Series, a three-part online program designed for caregivers of people with dementia, will take place via Zoom from 2 to 3 p.m. Eastern time on Wednesdays Dec. 4 through Dec. 18. The three online sessions will provide participants with basic information about dementia and its impact on brain function, how to communicate more effectively with someone who has dementia, recognizing stages of dementia, how to provide meaningful daily activities based on the interests and abilities of the person with dementia, how to better understand and address ...

When life gives you lemons, make lemonade

NIAGARA, Wis — The title of today’s column is most likely familiar to everyone. I am sure we grew up hearing it; whenever we were disappointed with an event in our lives, this was the advice given by our parents. And I am sure most of us repeated it to our own children. No one has a life free of problems and challenges so it is important to learn how to deal with them. If we do not learn how to make that proverbial lemonade, we run the risk of allowing life’s challenges to get the best of us. But, as we all know, accomplishing this is much easier said than done. I think we can ...

Venditti gives presentation on bees to the Golden K

By JOAN JOUPPI For The Daily News KINGSFORD — October concluded with all kinds of trick-or-treat opportunities. It was time to reset the clocks as a foggy, rainy November rolled in. There was a definite chill in the air. The Golden K seniors made their way to the First Presbyterian ...

Pondering death and what comes after

NIAGARA, Wis. — My mother spent her final years at Maryhill Manor, dying at the age of 92 in 2019. Her physician had told me when it looked like her death would be imminent so I had time to notify siblings, and they came for their final visit with her. As I sat with her one day, I asked if she was afraid of dying. She simply answered, “I am afraid of losing people I love, but I am not afraid of my own death.” I was struck by the honest and matter-of-fact tone of her voice when she answered my question. She died peacefully in her sleep not too long after that conversation. Norman ...