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Rogerson House

Rogerson House sets the standard for assisted living residences and day programs for people with memory loss. Graciously situated on three acres of grounds in Boston's scenic Emerald Necklace and just minutes from Boston's teaching hospitals, the non-profit offers a continuum of care and programs for older adults which includes fitness programs, pastoral care and music therapy. Specially trained staff members help residents and day program participants become involved in activities that maximize their abilities and promote a sense of accomplishment and self worth. The building design takes advantage of the most recent research that shows how physical surroundings such as light, layout, and color can positively affect the lives of people with memory loss. Rogerson House is more than a safe, comfortable environment. It is a positive choice that provides a healthy community for people with memory loss and their families.

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  • This discussion by members of the Noonan Family (one of three families featured on the PBS program) is offered in connection with the broadcast of The Forgetting: A Portrait of Alzheimer's. The program is of particular interest to Alzheimer's professionals and patients, their families and caregivers. In 2004, millions glimpsed the Noonan Family's love of their sister Fran on the PBS special The Forgetting: A Portrait of Alzheimer's. Their love is not the fluffy, feel good stuff of fairy tales and romance novels, but the hard working love that paves the steep, unguarded, hair-pin curves of Alzheimer's disease. The Noonans survived Alzheimer's disease once, but they live it again and again knowing that each of them has a 50/50 chance of becoming a person with Alzheimer's disease themselves. Listen to the Noonans discuss their thoughts and feelings with a Boston audience, about what might be the end of their own lives to "the memory thief".
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