by Bonnie Burman | Jan 15, 2020 | Uncategorized
This year, my husband, Bob and I continued our tradition of spending New Year’s Eve at the Inn at Honey Run, a small, tranquil retreat in the heart of Amish Country in Millersburg, Ohio. We have been coming here yearly since we were married here in 2008. This year was...
by Jennifer Brush | Jan 15, 2020 | Uncategorized
Standard dementia care often focuses on management of responsive behaviors and keeping a person safe. With the current structure of elder care, people living with dementia frequently become passive recipients of care and spend long periods of time sitting, which leads...
by Bonnie Burman | Dec 10, 2019 | Uncategorized
I grew up in Rochester NY, the home of the Eastman Kodak Company. Almost everyone I knew had a family member who worked there. In fact, when I was a teenager, Kodak actually commanded 90% of film sales and 85% of camera sales in the United States. But camera sales...
by Bonnie Burman | Nov 12, 2019 | Uncategorized
For the past fifteen years, I have dreaded the end of daylight savings time. Sure, an extra hour of sleep is great, but I have a complicated set of memories attached to this time of year. Let me explain. To the best of my recollection, it all started early in the...
by Bonnie Burman | May 29, 2019 | Uncategorized
Remember last month’s blog post about Sadie lady where I learned my lesson about problems that can occur by only seeing someone in one way? Well, here I am with an update. I just came back from Sadie’s 5th birthday party which, perhaps predictably, was a princess...
by Bonnie Burman | May 28, 2019 | Uncategorized
We are all familiar with the story of Goldilocks and the three bears. Whether it had to do to with the feel of the bears’ beds or temperature of their porridge, Goldilocks was not pleased by the extremes. She wanted something that was “just right” for her. If we are...
