Mr. Arettines was nominated by NCNR for his program, Songs of Yesteryear. This monthly program was developed by this volunteer with the goal of bringing the Residents back to a place and time, eliciting pleasant and meaningful memories via song. Along with the Residents, staff, family members and fellow volunteers as well look forward to this heartwarming program.

Mr. Arettines will be honored at NCNR’s annual Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon on April 25th, 2012.

Nesconset Center for Nursing & Rehabilitation provides high quality skilled nursing services and rehabilitation (Occupational, Physical and Speech Therapies) to persons effected by a heart attack, stroke, diabetes, arthritis for both short term rehabilitation (sub-acute rehab) as well as for long term care stays. We accept medicaid, Medicare and a host of private insurances.

“Women are more likely than men to give up sleep to care for children and others,” states Charity Brown in the Washington Post.

Women are 2 ½ times as likely as men to interrupt their sleep to care for others, according to a new study by researchers from the University of Michigan. And once they’re up, women are awake longer: 44 minutes, compared with 30 minutes for men.

For the study, which is slated to appear in the journal Social Forces, researchers analyzed data collected by the U.S. Census Bureau via the American Time Use Survey: more than 20,000 time diaries kept by working parents from 2003 to 2007.

Among dual-income couples with a child younger than 1, 32 percent of women reported sleep interruptions on a given 24-hour period, compared with 11 percent of men. For those with children ages 3 to 5, 3 percent of mothers and 1 percent of fathers experienced interrupted sleep. Overall, after controlling the data for differences in work commitment, partnership status and other factors, Burgard said, mothers took “the night shift of caretaking” about 21/2 times as often as fathers.

Previous research into women’s lack of sufficient sleep noted problems such as undiagnosed sleep apnea and depression, she said, but this study sheds light on another factor: gender-defined responsibilities.

Whether the woman was the “primary caregiver, primary breadwinner, it didn’t matter,” says Burgard. Among parents of children younger than 1, 28 percent of women who were the sole earner in the couple reported getting up in the middle of the night to take care of children, compared with 4 percent of men who were the sole breadwinner.

“The primary care responsibilities still belong to females regardless of other obligations,” says Burgard.

The brain is an astonishingly intricate and malleable mass of tissue that continues to amaze and baffle doctors and scientists with its flexibile adaptability.

This organ consists of about 100 billion densely packed nerve cells, each of which is connected to 1,000 or so other nerve cells, called neurons. Those connections form circuits that are the foundation of the brain’s activity, and a traumatic injury damages neuron connections – disrupting function. Depending on what circuits have been affected, victims may have difficulty reasoning, finding words, remembering things, recognizing faces, understanding what’s said to them, or they could have problems walking, reaching, getting dressed or feeding themselves.

It’s an open book that scientists are still unraveling, but one thing that’s clear is that the brain has the astounding ability to rewire itself, bypassing damaged circuits and strengthening existing connections. Guided by doctors and therapists, patients undergo neurological rehabilitation where they learn compensation strategies to reclaim their cognitive abilities. The road to recovery is a long haul and most people with such injuries have some level of impairment for the rest of their lives. However the most dramatic recovery usually takes place within the first year, with approximately a third of patients who survive severe injuries showing improvement by the end of that time.

As Gabby Giffords regains her voice, we wish her well and a complete recovery.

Just trying to do the right thing and checking the page ranking of clients. I log in, and am summarily stopped. Nothing doing before I successfully copy the hieroglyphics squashed in this tiny box below.

Despite myself, my heart beats a little faster; I’m stymied by a tricky squiggle that looks like a stylized Seven, but I’m just not sure.

I’m starting to wonder why I’m having such difficulty…ostensibly this stuff is easy enough for any Human, or they would be a Bot, wouldn’t they?

With trepidation I submit my best attempt at humanity. Enter

I fail. This Bot is relegated to the trash heap of humanity, as the following appears:

ERROR: You submitted a wrong anti-bot code from the verification image on the previous page. Please make sure to submit a correct code to verify that you are a human, but not a bot.

Please click here to go back and try again.

Oh, no! Not me…I’m going elsewhere. This Bot can take no more abuse!

As we grow older, we also grow wiser, however.  So we realize that things that seem too good to be true, usually are. Unfortunately, anti-aging creams now seem to fall into this infamous category.  This week, in an article published by MedPage Today, we learned that the most popular anti-aging creams do not contain much, if any, protection from UV-A1 rays–rays that, in addition to UV-B, have been directly linked to photoaging and skin cancer.

The article points out that unlike UV-B rays, UV-A can penetrate windows.  So, protection from UV-A becomes even more important for those who are indoors or driving a lot.   Just looking at SPF isn’t enough because there currently are no label laws specific to how much UV-A protection is in the product. In other words, an SPF of 50 may simply apply to UV-B rays and provide no coverage from UV-A, leaving your skin susceptible to damage whether you are indoors or out!

So, ladies…before spending upwards of $50 on your favorite anti-aging cream, it may pay to do a little research first.  If you do, you just might be one step closer to that fountain we’re all searching for.  Happy hunting!

Family Care-giving offers eight one-hour classes to help you provide the best care you can for your loved one and gain a better understanding of safety, nutrition, personal care, and legal and financial issues. The modular program lets you pick any session you want to attend. Normally, there is a nominal fee; however, NCNR will provide the series for FREE. We hope you will take this opportunity to attend these enlightening classes, and find camaraderie among others who share the same issues you may be facing. We must cap the classes at 50 participants; therefore, it is first come first serve. Please make sure you sign up for any program you are interested in. Please call the receptionist at 361-8800 if we have extreme weather conditions, to make sure your class isn’t cancelled. In addition, please call if you need to cancel, so the spot can be offered to an alternate participant.

Please feel free to contact Arline Behret, LMSW at (631) 361-8800 X218 / arlinbe@ncnrehab.com