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WWII Survivor Remembers Hardship, Human Kindness as Refugee
Lyudmila was four years old when the war started. On June 22, 1941, Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union with a massive army of more than three million soldiers. Lyudmila’s father was conscripted to fight in the Soviet resistance. As...
Barbara Finally Able to Breathe Easy
Barbara Hayes used to be afraid to sleep in her own bed for fear she’d stop breathing and not wake up. Her doctor told her she stopped breathing 20 times in one night. So, she moved to her living room...
Mary Celebrates 109th Birthday
Ask Mary her secret to living to be 109, and she’ll pause for a minute to think about it. Not because she has trouble speaking, it’s just that she’s not really sure the secret to her longevity. “Well, I had...
Learning from Annalise
At three and a half months old, Annalise had her first seizure. “We didn’t know what it was, so we took her to Riley,” said Annalise’s mom, Myriam. The doctors at Riley Hospital for Children ordered a CT scan. While...
Disaster Planning and Dementia
Only a couple of decades ago, the concepts of “emergency preparedness” and “disaster planning” were rarely discussed in public. Of course, all of us have experienced the required drills at school or work (practicing evacuations for fire, extreme weather, or...
Medical Residents Shadow CICOA Care Managers to Understand Environmental Challenges of Seniors
St. Vincent Health medical residents are getting real-world experience that most young doctors—or even veterans physicians—don’t get to do. They’re shadowing CICOA Aging & In-Home Solutions care managers to better understand the environmental challenges that low-income seniors face. It is...
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