Dates to Note
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Wednesday, October 12 - Johnny Carino's Charity Golf Tournament benefiting Marbridge
Lost Pines Golf Course
Sunday, October 16 - Renaissance Festival group outing
7am departure - Ranch birthday party
Winters Dorm
7pm
Tuesday, October 18 - Oak Leaves "Resident of the Month" party
Ranch Senior Dorm
10:30am - Village birthday party
Community Center
7pm
Thurs. - Sun., October 20 - 23 - Special Olympics Fall Classic
Bryan/College Station
6:30am - Softball, bocce teams depart
1pm - Aquatics, golf teams depart
Thursday, October 27 - Fall Fest at the Villa!
6:30pm
Sunday, October 30 - Halloween Costume Dance
Village Community Center
630pm
Looking Forward. . . - Sunday, November 6
Marbridge Special Olympics Sports Banquet
Creekside Pavilion
Noon
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Take me there!
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Service Star
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Liz Garcia recognized for 20 years of service to Villa residents Congratulations to Liz Garcia for her milestone accomplishment of devoting 20 years of service to the residents of the Villa. Liz is best known for her "heart of gold." She cares deeply for all of our residents and puts their needs above her own. Liz is highly motivated to do her job because she loves what she does and it shows in everything that she does. She gives of herself and doesn't expect anything in return. It is indeed an honor and a privilege to be associated with her. Thank you, Liz, for 20 years of service! |
Oops! We goofed
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Correction
In a story last issue about intern opportunities, we incorrectly identified Angela Felber as Andrea Durant. We apologize for the error. |
| A new employer partner! |
Congratulations to John Keady on his new job at Macy's!
We are thrilled to add Macy's Department Store at Barton Creek Mall as our newest employment partner. With the hiring of John Keady, Macy's becomes the 21st company in town to recognize the potential contributions that adults with cognitive challenges can make in the workplace. We salute Macy's and congratulate John on his new employment opportunity! |
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Embracing change
Marbridge supports caregiver culture change  Staff members attending the Texas Culture Change conference included, from left: Brian Haddock, Ranch director; Will Hoermann, admissions director; Jeff Tompkins, Villa director; Haley Koop, Villa activities coordinator; and Scott McAvoy, vice president of operations.
Staff members from across the Marbridge campus attended a symposium to advance a new standard of care for the elderly and disabled in Texas. The Texas Culture Change Coalition sponsored the all-day event, which was held on the Texas State University campus on September 23. The symposium attracted more than 300 members of the caregiver profession.
"The change being promoted is one of moving away from facilities that resemble a hospital setting to those that provide a homelike environment," said Scott McAvoy, vice president of operations. "This type of culture change is being implemented nationally for the elderly, and in Texas we took the additional step of including people with disabilities."
Marbridge already practices many of the changes advocated by the coalition, such as operating from a "people caring for people" philosophy. The Village cottages and the new Bridges Recovery Center both fit the culture change concept of providing a homelike environment.
"The conference gave us new ideas and introduced many in our staff to the culture change concept for the first time," said McAvoy. "This type of change needs to come from the bottom up, and I believe many staff will embrace the concepts presented."
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Our community partners
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Walmart employees
take us out to the ballgame
 Employees from the Ben White Walmart store formed a team with residents Robert Schmidt, John Alexander, Luke Stenftenagel and Obie Ebede for a fun softball scrimmage.
First the store began providing donations of socks, clothing and other merchandise. Then, the employees decide to get personally involved with the residents. So they organized an evening of softball scrimmage. A contingent of Walmart employees joined forces with a few residents to battle it out with a resident-only team. The result? "Fun" won the event over "Boredom" 50 to 0.
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Down Syndrome Research and Treatment Foundation announces early stage clinical trial First potential therapy designed to improve cognition and adaptive behavior in individuals with Down syndrome Roche recently announced the initiation of its first Phase 1 clinical trial to investigate the safety and tolerability of a molecule designed to address the cognitive and behavioral deficits associated with Down syndrome. This study will include adults between 18 and 30 years old, but the company believes that an earlier intervention in Down syndrome has the potential for a greater medical impact.
"While we are still at the early stage, we are confident that our drug's mechanism of action can potentially open the door to further promising investigations in upcoming years," said Luca Santarelli, Global Head of Roche Neurosciences Disease Translational Area.
Based on animal models, an imbalance between excitatory and inhibitory neurotransmission has been proposed among the underlying causes of altered brain function in individuals with Down syndrome. Roche's investigational drug is being assessed for its ability to address this imbalance.
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