Author: Ryan Winiarski

Music and Memory Program Brings Joy and Hope to Those with Dementia and their Caregivers

Bob Russell and his wife, Ann, have been married for 58 years. But most days she doesn’t know his name. Diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, Ann moved to UMRC’s Towsley Village Memory Care Center in 2015. Bob says it was “a major lifestyle adjustment” for both of them. “The first year was hard.” Ann is in […]

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Care “Giver” to Care “Partner”

Ten Resident Care Assistants (RCAs) at UMRC’s Towsley Village Memory Care Center recently took a giant step in their careers as caregivers. A Graduation Ceremony on October 23 honored these staff members with certificates of achievement and badge pins, signifying their successful completion of coach training in the Positive Approach® to Care (PAC), developed by […]

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Meet Our Donors – Colleen Dolan-Greene and Trey Greene

In 1972, University of Texas graduate student Colleen Dolan-Greene accepted a summer internship at Oakland University. Her assignments: help write the university’s affirmative action plan and participate on its bargaining team. This internship was the beginning of her career in human resources and labor relations; meeting her husband, Trey, a third generation Detroiter; and falling […]

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Focus on Faith: Rev. Brent McCumons, retired United Methodist pastor

Psalm 107: O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his steadfast love endures forever… Retired pastor from Midland First United Methodist Church, Rev. Brent McCumons and his wife, Marlene, a teacher, are thankful for the supportive Prairie Cottages community they have found at UMRC’s Chelsea campus: “As a pastor and former UMRC […]

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Celebrating Thome PACE Success Story during National Physical Therapy Month

October is National Physical Therapy Month and what better way to celebrate the vital role of physical therapists than to share the success story of Thome PACE participant-turned-graduate, Caroline D. Parker. To know Caroline is to appreciate the profound impact of PACE, or Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly. PACE serves low-income older adults, […]

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