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Pamela Atwood, M.A., CDP, is a member of the senior management team at Hebrew Health Care in West Hartford. As Hebrew Health Care’s Director of Life Enrichment & Dementia Care she is responsible for dementia care programs and staff specialty education, and she also manages the Life Enrichment/ Recreation department. She hosts a cable television show, For Health, For Life, and she is a regular guest on WTICAM1080 radio program Living Well CT. She is also an adjunct faculty member in the gerontology program at Saint Joseph College teaching: Systems & Networks that Support Human Development and Aging; Sexuality & Aging; and Cognition & Aging. Thomas Atwood, Sr., PT, specializes in what he calls “geriatric sports medicine.” As a licensed physical therapist, he believes that rehabilitation of older adults should go beyond functional goals to maintain lifestyle if possible. Tom is an outpatient therapist who works at six of Hebrew Health Care’s assisted living services sites. He has also worked in home care and other outpatient therapy offices. Tom’s specialty is balance and fall prevention.

• UNIT 1 Self: Functional (Physical) Well-BeingGross and Fine Motor SkillsBalanceConscious BreathingWalking and General ExerciseUNIT 2 Self: Psychosocial Well-BeingInner Peace and CopingReminiscence and Life ReviewGenerativity and WisdomUNIT 3 Self: Cognitive Well-BeingCognitive GamesVisual/Spatial OrientationPatterns and SortingCreative ThinkingUNIT 4 EnvironmentPlants and Pet CareThe Great OutdoorsFeng Shui/Living SpaceUNIT 5 Social NetworksFamily, Friends, and NeighborsCivic and Community ActionSpirituality and Religion

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