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	<title>Rona Barrett</title>
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		<title>Retarded Grandparents</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently received an e-mail from a friend. It was one of those chain letters that get passed around over the Internet, but this one was just wonderful. Every time I read it it brings a tear to my eye so I thought I&#8217;d share and see what everyone else thought of it. Please share &#160;&#160;&#187;&#160;<a href="http://ronabarrettfoundation.org/2012/02/retarded-grandparents/">Read more</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Pets and Seniors Stick Together</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 19:20:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Valley Community Newspapers, Inc.
Community News in Your Hands
Keeping pets and seniors together: Sacramento SPCA offers pet services to senior citizens
 By: Sally King, Valley Community Newspapers writer

Imagine an older woman in her wheel chair; leaving her Natomas home in the morning with her little dachshund bundled up on her lap, switching between light rail and &#160;&#160;&#187;&#160;<a href="http://ronabarrettfoundation.org/2012/01/pets-and-seniors-stick-together/">Read more</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Jayne Martin Book Signing in Solvang</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:23:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello Everyone,
Jayne Martin, author of her latest book Suitable For Giving: A Collection of Wit with a Side of Wry, will be signing books at the Solvang Book Loft on Tuesday, January 31 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:oo p.m. A $1.00 from every paperback sold will be donated to the Rona Barrett Foundation and if &#160;&#160;&#187;&#160;<a href="http://ronabarrettfoundation.org/2012/01/jayne-martin-book-signing-in-solvang/">Read more</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Aging for Women</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:42:07 +0000</pubDate>
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Women and aging: getting older, feeling better, untangling some answers
By: Evelyn Theiss
CLEVELAND, OHIO &#8212; Perhaps you&#8217;ve been feeling overwhelmingly tired, losing some hair and gaining weight. Or you are losing weight and don&#8217;t want to.
If you are a woman in your mid-30s or beyond, and you feel as though you are fighting an uphill battle just &#160;&#160;&#187;&#160;<a href="http://ronabarrettfoundation.org/2012/01/aging-for-women/">Read more</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Life of a Hospice Nurse</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:13:28 +0000</pubDate>
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By: Melanie Loth, Staff Writer

COLUMBIA — Dorothy Rainwater carries a closeable clipboard and two 3-inch binders exploding with papers into the office on a Tuesday morning.
Overnight paperwork sits on her desk. She reads through it quickly. The other hospice nurses are strolling into the office, chatting, laughing and discussing the day ahead.

Despite the noise, Rainwater’s eyes &#160;&#160;&#187;&#160;<a href="http://ronabarrettfoundation.org/2012/01/the-life-of-a-hospice-nurse/">Read more</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Homebound Seniors Watch Hanukkah Celebrations Online</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 18:12:39 +0000</pubDate>
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Festival of lights beamed into Queens seniors’ homes
Technology allows homebound residents to watch festivities
By: Clare Trapasso

A group of Queens seniors celebrated the beginning of Chanukah by getting some high-tech face time with their friends from the comfort of home.
The Selfhelp Austin Street Senior Center in Forest Hills broadcast its Chanukah festivities on Tuesday to home-bound seniors &#160;&#160;&#187;&#160;<a href="http://ronabarrettfoundation.org/2011/12/homebound-seniors-watch-hanukkah-celebrations-online/">Read more</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Eight Warning Signs of Alzheimer&#8217;s Disease</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 20:06:21 +0000</pubDate>
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By Paula Spencer Scott, Caring.com senior editor


Applying the word &#8220;Alzheimer&#8217;s&#8221; to someone close to you can be uncomfortable, even if the signs, or symptoms, have been adding up for some time. It&#8217;s much easier togloss over strange behavior: &#8220;Oh, Mom&#8217;s just getting older. &#8220;Or to rationalize: &#8220;Well, we all forget things sometimes.&#8221;
Only a qualified physician can &#160;&#160;&#187;&#160;<a href="http://ronabarrettfoundation.org/2011/12/eight-warning-signs-of-alzheimers-disease/">Read more</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bingo Aids Researchers</title>
		<link>http://ronabarrettfoundation.org/2011/12/1730/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 21:06:26 +0000</pubDate>
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Researchers Use the Game Bingo to Study Visual Search Deficiencies
Released: 12/13/2011 11:25 AM EST
Source: Boston University College of Arts &#38; Sciences
Newswise — In a paper published online in the journal Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, a team of researchers from Boston University and Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio) demonstrated how changing the way something looks – &#160;&#160;&#187;&#160;<a href="http://ronabarrettfoundation.org/2011/12/1730/">Read more</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Great Holiday Ideas for the Senior in Your Life</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:06:13 +0000</pubDate>
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By: Staff Reporter

CHULA VISTA, CA &#8211; The holidays are a wonderful time of year, where families and friends gather to share the old times and the new. Yet for seniors, the joy of thegatherings and the season in general can be a mixed blessing as eager anticipation can give way to additional stress. So this &#160;&#160;&#187;&#160;<a href="http://ronabarrettfoundation.org/2011/12/great-holiday-ideas-for-the-senior-in-your-life/">Read more</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Assisted Living Facility has Christmas for Residents</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:32:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This video is a great example of what we can do to help out our senior citizens in assisted living and memory care facilities, as well as nursing homes or in their own homes. Spread the holiday cheer and enjoy this wonderful video.
An assisted living facility in Greenville, North Carolina decided to treat their residents &#160;&#160;&#187;&#160;<a href="http://ronabarrettfoundation.org/2011/12/assisted-living-facility-has-christmas-for-residents/">Read more</a>]]></description>
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