2006 Issue #06 :: Cover Story

Don’t Look This Gift Horse In The Mouth: The Value Of Therapeutic Riding

Published Friday Jul 14, 2006 by admin

    “Nice job, Lydia!” I said, as the five-year-old vigorously kicked the horse. “Make him walk!”
    Lydia Miller of Haverhill, MA, has ligament laxity, a condition
caused by a weakening of the ligaments in her joints. “As a toddler,
she fell a lot,” her mother, Darlene, explained.

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Tuning In: Music Therapy Program Soothing Those With Alzheimer’s

Published Friday Jul 14, 2006 by admin

    According to Dianne Tow, when treating patients stricken with
Alzheimer's disease, music therapy frequently works when nothing else
does.
    Sherrill House in Boston, MA – where Tow directs the
Music Therapy program – has come to recognize this tendency.

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Distinctive Programs, Products Make Living At Home Unique

Published Friday Jul 14, 2006 by admin

    Following a devastating car accident, Earleen Belfsky was forced to
spend weeks recovering at Greenbriar Terrace in Nashua, NH, and then
later, Mont Vernon Inn, an assisted living facility located in Mont
Vernon, NH.

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