Every Sunday, Harvard pre-med student Ryan Christ goes to a Roslindale nursing home to visit the woman he calls his mentor, an 85-year-old physician named Sofia Itkis. Once, she mentioned something Christ really took to heart: She said there were a lot of people with Alzheimer’s disease on her floor who could use someone to talk to. It was particularly poignant since Itkis has Alzheimer’s herself. Christ launched the Alzheimer’s Buddies program to pair students and patients.
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Once while visiting my 93 year young grandfather in a nursing home as we sat watching a Red Sox game, I noticed he had his wrist watch on upside down. Being the eternal kidder i inquired, "Pop, what time is it?" He quickly glanced at his watch and then back to the ball game and recited the correct time. Puzzled I then realized that he could not see the numerals on the watch when he set the time and therefore even with the face inverted he could still tell the correct time!
Great article and a wonderful program.