|
Funny Friday...Friday Laugh...
A little humor to end the week
February 10, 2012
How does a renowned physician deal with the diagnosis of dementia? How does it feel to travel from the world of healer to patient? Thomas Graboys' memoir chronicles his struggle with Parkinson's and Lewy Body's Dementia. Graboys, a distinguished Boston cardiologist whose personal and professional life was successful and fulfilling, was severely impacted by the illness and death of his wife of 35 years to cancer. Despite this tragedy, he was lucky to fall in love and marry a second time. He began having symptoms of Parkinson's, however. In denial, he struggled with the diagnosis. His greatest fear was realized when he had to retire from his practice, giving up a central part of his identity as a physician. Throughout his book, Graboys talks about the physical difficulties of living with Parkinson's. He also speaks of having purpose and enjoying life. He says, "I no longer save my best clothes for special occasions. Now, every day is a special occasion." This is a book that helps us enter the mind of an intellectual grappling with the meaning of every day and struggling physically to carry on the tasks of getting through the day. Here, Graboys writes a eulogy for his former self: the athlete who played tennis, the quick minded cardiologist, the physician who gave his home phone number to all his patients, the husband able to do a slow dance and the man able to do the many things we take for granted (like driving). As patient and physician, he sums up his feelings about his Parkinson's and expresses all of our own desires in finding the right care: "...Parkinson's may not be unique to me, but I am unique to my Parkinson's. I am not a collection of symptoms to be managed; I am a complex person, and I want caring physicians who see all of me and who are willing to walk down the path of Parkinson's with me." In the end, he has a prescription for all who may follow in a similar path: live life as fully as possible, exercise, use your faith in God,
have a life plan, and laugh through the moments of pain and sorrow.
Please check our activity calendar on a regular base. Our weekends are getting busy with live entertainment on every Saturday and Sunday. In February we will start booking some of our entertainers for a night show from 6:30pm to 8pm. Feel free to stop by and join your loved one. We are going to introduce a new and unique line of professionals that will sing, dance and more importantly, keep our residents fully engage and entertained.
View the February 2012 Activity Calendar By Clicking Here.
Since the weather is very stable recently (and I hope it will stay this way) we started our outing earlier this year with a trip last week to Packachoag music scholl in Auburn for a musical. Pictures to follow in our facebook and website soon.
Stay tune for more outing coming soon. For more information, or to check about specific program, please email m.shalev@dodgepark.com.
Continue Laughing
You don't stop laughing because you grow old. You grow old because you stop laughing! Dodge Park Funny Friday GCFJ is an acronym for the Good, Clean Funnies Jokes. We hope you will enjoy our Friday morning jokes before the start of your day that you will want to share with your family and friends.
Hope to see you all at our upcoming events.
Have a blessed and safe weekend and enjoy your family.
From Micha Shalev, Ben Herlinger and Carrie Lindberg,
at Dodge Park Rest Home and Day Club
If you like Dodge Park Rest Home and Day Club Funny Friday edition, let us know. If you don't, you might be too serious, and you can easily unsubscribe from our Funny Friday newsletter.
|
|
|
|
| Dodge Park Rest Home Alzheimer's / Dementia Caregivers Support Group | | |
 Childrens of parens with demenia Tuesday February 14, 2012 at 6pm (2nd Tuesday of each month).
Spouses of individuals with Dementia -Tuesday March 6, 2012(1st Tuesday of each month).
The support group meeting is FREE and open to the public.
Please call (508) 853-8180n to find out more information.
The support group leader at both program will be Elaine Kapperman, LICSW. Ms. Kapperman has many years of experience with grief counseling, elder and caregiver issues, coping with illness, EMDR, relaxation techniques, child treatment. She is running Dodge Park support group since 2007. |
| Classic George Carlin Jokes | |
Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
A house is just a place to keep your stuff while you go out and get more stuff.
Religion has convinced people that there's an invisible man? living in the sky, who watches everything you do every minute of every day. And the invisible man has a list of ten specific things he doesn't want you to do. And if you do any of these things, he will send you to a special place, of burning and fire and smoke and torture and anguish for you to live forever, and suffer and burn and scream until the end of time. But he loves you. He loves you and he needs money.
You know the good part about all those executions in Texas? Fewer Texans.
Atheism is a non-prophet organization.
"No comment" is a comment.
If a man smiles all the time, he's probably selling something that doesn't work.
The reason they call it the American Dream is because you have to be asleep to believe it.
How is it possible to have a civil war?
Can vegetarians eat animal crackers?
If you ate pasta and antipasti, would you still be hungry?
Why do they put Braille on the drive-through bank machines?
What was the best thing before sliced bread?
| |
|
| Jerry Seinfeld Jokes |
| What the hell were they doin' with a car on the g-d damn moon? You're on the moon already! Isn't that far enough? |
| I'll tell you what I like about Chinese people... they're stickin' with the chopsticks |
| What's with the cab drivers and B.O.? Just how long are these shifts? It's like they just get in the cab and drive 'til they are dead. Then they always have that cherry popit on the dashboard. Like that's suppose to be some kind of an improvement. Now you've got the cherry flavored B.O. I can't even imagine fruit going that long without a shower. |
| Men want the same thing from their underwear that they want from women: a little bit of support, and a little bit of freedom. |
| Dogs are the leaders of the planet. If you see two life forms, one of them's making a poop, the other one's carrying it for him, who would you assume is in charge? |
There's very little advice in men's magazines, because men don't think there's a lot they don't know. Women do. Women want to learn. Men think, "I know what I'm doing, just show me somebody naked."
Why do people give each other flowers? To celebrate various important occasions, they're killing living creatures? Why restrict it to plants? "Sweetheart, let's make up. Have this deceased squirrel." |
| What's with the people who put carpeting on the lid of their toilet seat? What are they thinking -- "Gosh, if we have a party there may not be enough standing room; I'd better carpet the toilet too." |
What's with this weird hotel custom of leaving a piece of chocolate on the pillow? I awoke thinking my brain had hemorrhaged some sort of fecal matter.
| |
|
| BIlling | A doctor and a lawyer were talking at a party.
Their conversation was constantly interrupted by people describing their ailments and asking the doctor for free medical advice.
After an hour of this, the exasperated doctor asked the lawyer, "What do you do to stop people from asking you for legal advice when you're out of the office?"
"I give it to them," replied the lawyer, "and then I send them a bill."
The doctor was shocked, but agreed to give it a try.
The next day, still feeling slightly guilty, the doctor prepared the bills.
When he went to place them in his mailbox, he found a bill from the lawyer. | |
|
| From a mother with love.... | Dear Child,
I am writing this slow because I know that you can't read fast.
We don't live where we did when you left home.
Your dad read in the paper that most accidents happen within 20 miles from your home so we moved.
I won't be able to send you the address, as the last family that lived here took the house numbers when they left so that they wouldn't have to change their address.
This place is real nice. It even has a washing machine. I'm not sure if it works too well though.
Last week I put a load in, pulled the chain, and haven't seen them since.
The weather isn't too bad here., it only rained twice last week, The first time it rained for three days and the second time for four days. The coat you wanted me to send you, your Uncle Steve said it would be a little too heavy to send in the mail with the buttons on, so we cut them off and put them in the pockets. We got another bill from the funeral home.
They said if we don't make the last payment on Grandma's grave, up she comes. John locked his keys in the car yesterday. We were worried because it took him two hours to get me and Shelby out.
Your sister had a baby this morning but I haven't found out what it is yet, so I don't know if you're an aunt or an uncle. If the baby is a girl, your sister is going to name it after me, she's going to call it Mom.
Uncle Pete fell in a whiskey vat last week. Some man tried to pull him out but he fought them off and drowned. We had him cremated and he burned for three days.
Three of your friends went off a bridge in a pick-up truck. Ralph was driving. He rolled down the window and swam to safety. Your two friends were in the back. They drowned because they couldn't get the tailgate down.
There isn't much more news at this time. Nothing much has happened.
PS, I was going to send you some money but the envelope was already sealed. | |
|
| Dodge Park Rest Home $25 Weekly Riddle |
|
No winner yet for Dodge Park Rest Home last week riddle;
Here it is again:
Three individuals A , B , and C are called, in some order, True, False, and Random. True always speaks truly, False always speaks falsely, but whether Random speaks truly or falsely is a completely random matter.
Your task is to determine the identities of A , B , and C by asking three yes-no questions; each question must be put to exactly one person. The individuals understand English, but will answer in their own language, in which the words for yes and no are "da" and "ja", in some order. You do not know which word means which.
| |
Please email your answer to m.shalev@dodgepark.com. We will raffle a $25 gift certificate to Starbucks between all individuals who solve this puzzle. |
| |
|
| Dodge Park At Home- A Unique Model for Caring at Home | |
Your parents have always provided patience
love , reassurance, and protection through all of life's ups and downs. Now it's your turn to be there for them .
Dodge Park at Home Personal Care specializes in dependable, affordable in - home care for seniors. From a simple helping hand to 24-hour care, we can tailor a program to suit your family needs.
Let us provide a better quality of life for your loved one, and peace of mind for you.
Call us today and find out about our special rates.
Please Like us on facebook by clicking on this link.
|
|
| Dodge Park Rest Home
Worcester Premier Rest Home Facility and a Supportive Social Model Day/Night Club Program for Seniors
101 Randolph Road
Worcester, MA 01606
e-mail: m.shalev@dodgepark.com
508-853-8180 |  |
|
|
