Love And Advocacy – Leaving A Legacy
Jody Mishan
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
Editor’s note: This article is excerpted from a presentation that Jody Mishan delivered at the Hawaii Pacific Gerontological Society Conference in September 2008. Mishan revised it last month for...
Home Away From Home – Setting The Standard In Memory Care
Kevin Kawamoto
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
The decision to place a loved one in a nursing home or some other residential care facility is rarely an easy one for family members, but there are times...
KIKU — Channel 9
PROGRAMS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE
“853 (TBS),” premieres on Thursday, Dec. 3, at 9 p.m.
853 refers to the precinct where Detective Shinnosuke Kamo used to work. But this was before he accidentally shot...
NGN3 December Movie Schedule
TUESDAY, DEC. 1
Midnight – Big Magnum Kuroiwa
1:50 a.m. – -Hibari’s Favorite
3:10 a.m. – Succession
5:10 a.m. – The Ambitious Youth
6:50 a.m. – White Snake Enchantment
8:50 a.m. – Tragedy in the Devil-Mask Village
10:20 a.m. – Seven...
Government Website Focuses On Brain Health
Kevin Kawamoto
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
“The only constant about your brain is that it’s always changing.”
That is one of the key messages on the federal government’s new website, BrainHealth.gov, which is part of a...
Helpful Hints For Caregivers
This list of common Alzheimer’s-related challenges and some basic-care suggestions was compiled in 1995 by then-Hawai‘i Herald writer Alan Suemori, who gleaned it from materials provided by the Alzheimer’s Association, Aloha Chapter. We asked...
Today’s Thought
by Rev. Paul S. Osumi
Reprinted with permission
Right Where You Are
The most exciting and interesting place is right where you are. If the grass is greener in your neighbor’s backyard, it usually is because he...
Alzheimer’s Advertorials
THE PLAZA ASSISTED LIVING
The Plaza Assisted Living offers a convenient month-to-month rental for Oahu’s seniors, which includes the following amenities:
• A variety of attractive apartment styles, each equipped with an emergency call system to communicate with wellness staff.
•...
Armed With Words
Editor’s note: Frances Kakugawa was a good poet and writer before Alzheimer’s disease attacked her mother and forever changed Frances’ life. She took her love for the written word and turned it into a...