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Taking care of Manual, an 84-year-old senior with Alzheimer's disease, was more than his daughter Mary Jo and her mom, Maria, could handle. | Grant Results Sidebars | 11/20/2009 |
Story of an Elder Couple, Both Disabled For Richard and Bev, married 57 years, the task of raising hundreds of foster children over a lifetime was easy compared to dealing with the health problems they have faced as they grew older. | Grant Results Sidebars | 11/20/2009 |
Estella's Macular Degeneration Estella set a potholder on fire because she could no longer read the burner knobs on her stove to tell if they were "on" or "off." | Grant Results Sidebars | 11/20/2009 |
Mae, Temporarily Too Weak After Surgery to Keep House or Eat Properly Before having heart surgery at the age of 78, Mae did OK. She was content to live alone in an apartment, managing her diabetes, and doing all of her own cooking, cleaning and driving. | Grant Results Sidebars | 11/20/2009 |
John had chronic physical health problems and mental health issues so bad that he could barely get dressed. | Grant Results Sidebars | 11/20/2009 |
Larry Wants to Take Care of Himself Like many low-income seniors in Minnesota, Larry wants to take care of himself, but he needs some help. | Grant Results Sidebars | 11/20/2009 |
People in Recovery Having a Say Tom Hill used his Developing Leadership in Reducing Substance Abuse fellowship to give voice to people recovering from alcohol and drug addictions. | Grantee profiles | 11/20/2009 |
Tailoring Substance Abuse Interventions for Minority Groups When Deborah McLean Leow was 15, she and her family moved from Guyana, South America, to the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, N.Y. | Grantee profiles | 11/20/2009 |
New Leadership for Older People Struggling With Addiction In her work with older people suffering from substance abuse problems, D'Agostino found herself turning many tenets of the alcohol treatment field upside down and inside out. | Grantee profiles | 11/20/2009 |
Neil Calman, M.D., one of the first recipients of the Robert Wood Johnson Community Health Leadership Award, has devoted his life to serving New York City's urban poor with high quality medical care. | Grantee profiles | 11/20/2009 |