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Jim's Blog- 12/05/11 Birches Virtual Walk down Historic Route 66
As our Virtual Walk to Los Angeles continues, we keep seeing references to the importance of exercise and movement. To help promote walking and general movement, our Activities Department is sponsoring a ‘walk’ to Los Angeles, along Route 66. Many o...
Jim's Blog- 11/28/11 It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Wow, the decorations inside and out are shaping up, and it just looks great around the Birches. I can’t believe we’re entering the final weeks of another year. In a couple weeks, I’ll recap some of the th...
Jim's Blog-11/23/11 Permit to Operate Foodservice Establishment
We received our renewal “Permit to Operate a Foodservice Establishment” today, from the DuPage County Health Department. We’re blessed with a very good relationship with our county health department sanitarian, Mary Jo Kienzle. Mary Jo not only cond...
Jim's Blog- 11/10/11 Educational Event at Kellogg School of Management
I attended a very good all-day educational event yesterday at my alma mater, Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management, in Evanston. This was their 12 th Business of Healthcare Conference, and I've been to several. There were two keynot...
Jim's Blog-11/08/11 Severe cognitive loss is not a normal part of aging
There's more evidence out that severe cognitive loss is not a normal part of aging. Cognition ( awareness, perception, reasoning, and judgment) does decline on average in an aging population, but there is tremendous variation among individuals. The ...

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