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Jun 2, 2018 - The Pioneer Post. Pioneer Village Independent & Assisted Living Newsletter. June 2018 Edition. P2 Alzh
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Pioneer Village Independent & Assisted Living Newsletter

805 N. 5th St. Jacksonville, OR 97530

Administrative Team:

Our mission is to create and sustain comfortable, caring environments for those who depend on us.

Dora Howard Executive Director Nita Brotton Resident Care Coordinator

Beondi Hewson Business Office Manager Liz Price Registered Nurse Lisa Ramun Food Service Director Matthew Buchanan Maintenance Director Peggy Dunphy Activities Director

June 18 is National Go Fishing Day! P2 Alzheimer’s Research Updates & Facts P3 Jacksonville and Southern Oregon History

P4 & P5 Activities Calendar Contact us at: 541-899-6825

P6 Resident & Employee of the Month, Social Media, & Highlights P7 Memories & Father’s Day P8 Mission & Team

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Alzheimer’s Research Updates and Facts

Memories in the Making!

This Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month, learn about current advancements toward eradicating Alzheimer’s. Advance: A change in definition. The Alzheimer’s Association shares that as of April 2018, scientists and the U.S. government propose we change the way we define Alzheimer's disease, focusing on brain scans rather than symptoms. This definition change is recommended to advance research using brain scans earlier rather than later, increasing chances for treatments sooner. Tests have not yet been validated for this, but if/when they are, many more people will likely be considered to have Alzheimer's because biological signs may show 15 to 20 years prior to symptoms.

Alzheimer's disease. These findings could pave the way to halting damage to the brain—perhaps before symptoms appear! There is much more research to be done, but the news is a step in the right direction.

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Advance: Alzheimer’s linked to poor sleep. 

Lack of sleep may be linked to risk factor for Alzheimer's, reports the National Institute of Health and Science Daily. Scientists found in a study that the protein in the brain which clumps together into plaques in those with Alzheimer's increased quickly after a night of lost sleep in 20 healthy subjects whose brains were scanned. Advance: Strides in treatment research. In the March 2018 Journal of Clinical Investigation it was reported that researchers found that an antibody targets APOE (an Alzheimer's protein found in amyloids) for removal in mice. Types of APOE are the single largest risk factor for

Mothers Day

Movie Night with the Mayor

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Americans who have Alzheimer's is growing. Every 65 seconds, someone in the U.S. develops Alzheimer's. 5.7 million Americans have Alzheimer's in 2018; 5.5 mil of those are over age 65. 1 in 3 seniors pass with Alzheimer's or Dementia. Alzheimer's and Dementias cost the U.S. $277 billion in 2018. 90% of what we know about Alzheimer’s has been discovered in the past 20 years. There are more than 5 drugs that may treat Alzheimer’s symptoms, but no cure for the disease yet. Early diagnosis can:



provide medical, emotional, and social benefits



facilitate participation in vital clinical trials enable individuals to be in control of their legal and financial wishes create significant cost savings in medical and long-term care For more facts, visit Alz.org/Facts

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High Tea and Fashion Show

High Tea

“Quite, self sufficient man” - Juanita

“His love of the outdoors” - Peggy D.

“Very giving, especially blood donations” - Archien

“Sense of humor & advice” - Joan K

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In honor of our dads, we asked around: What is something you have always loved about your fa-

June Highlights

Jacksonville and Southern Oregon History Judge Frank TouVelle

June 2: Fishing Trip

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June 4: Introducing Co-ed Poker June 6: Paschal Wine Tasting June: 7 “Thank You” Party for Ruch Students June: 12 Melody Makers June: 13 Wildlife Safari June: 17 Father’s Day Dinner June: 27 Art Gala

A duck from our creek Resident of the Month

Employee of the Month

We all know about the Judge Frank TouVelle House of today, one of Jacksonville’s most delightful B&Bs, but there is more to the story. The TouVelles had no children. When his wife Elizabeth died in 1931, Judge TouVelle turned their home on North Oregon Street into a home for neglected and underprivileged boys, offering them opportunity, training and education. When he died in 1955, Judge TouVelle left in his will a Trust Fund, the income from which continues today to help Jackson County boys who want to change the direction of their lives. In memory of Elizabeth, he gave 50 acres on the banks of the Rogue River to the state, the place we know today as TouVelle State Park. In an article she wrote for the Jacksonville Review, Carolyn Kingsnorth, Jacksonville historian, explained that although Judge TouVelle had graduated from a law school before he came West, he was not a judge in the legal sense. When he was elected Jackson County Judge in 1912, the county judge served in the capacity of today’s county commissioners. Jacksonville was the county seat, and all county affairs were conducted from the courthouse that still stands on Eighth Street. The courthouse now houses city offices. During his six-year term of office, Judge TouVelle was active in the Good Roads movement that saw sections of Highway 99 paved through Jackson County; he was instrumental in the development of the Jackson County Health Department and was appointed by the governor to the State Highway Commission. Judge TouVelle was known as a successful orchardist, businessman, politician and philanthropist, and “ as a gentleman of experience and broadmindedness; a Democrat, a Methodist, and an Elk.”

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Source of background information: Pioneer Profiles, March 2016, Jacksonville Review, by Carolyn Kingsnorth.

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