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Concentration camp survivor speaks to students about life-long ordeal
By Larry Caballero
Concentration camp survivor Richard Borowski meets with his daughter Monica and son Jack after his speech in front of several hundred students.
to appreciate the opportunities they have to learn, and he told them “edWhen 76-year-old concentration ucation means everything to me.” camp survivor Richard Borowski It was a frigid night when began speaking to several hundred Borowski and his family were taken eighth grade students in the Walk- from their home and told that each er Junior High School gymnasium member could only carry whatever in La Palma May 21, they were they could on their backs. Unaware surprised how healthy he looked. of what was happening to them, “Did you expect me to look much Borowski chose to take his sled so older and in a wheel chair unable to he could play in the snow when they walk?” Borowski asked. would arrive at their destination. He explained that he was only He remembered that the train to nine years old in 1943 when Ger- the camp was very old and rusty man soldiers stormed the small with one sliding door that was aleastern town of Sarny, Poland, ways locked and four small, barred burst into all of the houses and took windows. It also had no heat or the families into freight trains to be- electricity so it was very cold and come workers for their camps. He dark as the families were squeezed was taken with his parents and two inside. With a giant hole in the roof younger brothers. there was always snow inside of the For thirty minutes Borowski held the students captive, he encouraged the students to stay in school and See Survivor CONTINUED ON 6
Proposed budget cuts to senior care would hit families hard Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has proposed cutting $104 million from the 2010-2011 budget by eliminating adult day health care services as of March 1. If the cuts to the $76 daily Medi-Cal reimbursements, which provide the majority of the program's funding, are approved, roughly 37,000 people would lose services by June. "This is even worse than last year," said Marilyn Ditty, executive director of Age Well Senior Services. In 2009, the governor proposed limiting benefits to adult day health care programs to three days a week, but those cuts were killed by a court injunction last fall. The Age Well Senior Services center in Laguna Woods, which recently changed its name from South County Senior Services, is a non-profit organization that provides programs for 13 centers in Orange County. AWSS of-
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fers home delivery of Meals on Wheels, in-home support, adult day healthcare and Alzheimer's day care. These centers also provide services for dementia patients such as transportation, nursing services, medication management and physical therapy. If the governor succeeds in this budget cut, 40 percent of the 150 seniors enrolled in the adult day care services would be forced to find alternative care such as state hospitals or nursing homes. Families will have to turn to assisted living facilities, which cost $3,000 per month on average. The California Association for Adult Day Services said $221.4 million in Medi-Cal costs would shift to hospitals and nursing facilities if adult day health care services were Cutting the ribbon: [l-r] Sam and Ceil Francese, Marianne Casino, Executive Director and Ruth and Ross Roskamp, Owners.
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New officers installed at Woman’s Club annual dinner
The Woman’s Club of Artesia-Cerritos held its annual Installation Dinner May 6 installing Nancy Sousa as the club’s 2010-11 president. Other officers installed included Judy McNatt, First Vice President; Mabel Low, Second Vice President; Colleen Mar, Third Vice President; Linda Hard, Vice President in charge of fundraising; Ginger Webber and Terri Tor Torres, Recording Secretary; Josie De Cora,, Director of Finance; Marlin McGauran, Treasurer; and Nancy Pinto, Corresponding Secretary. Appointments included Veronica Bloomfield, Parliamentarian; Rosemary Economy, Public Relations; Margaret Toy Registration/Reservation; and Betty McDougall, Newsletter. More that 40 members of the pecially proud of the club’s support Artesia-Cerritos Woman’s Club for the 1st CEB Adoption Commitgathered in the Skyline Room of tee. “I feel very strongly that we the Cerritos Library May 6 for the should support our marines who are club’s annual installation dinner overseas fighting for our freedom of new officers. Installed as club here at home,” she stated. president for 20010-11 was Nancy Incoming President Nancy SouSousa. sa also expressed pride in the club’s Outgoing President Joanne Witt support of the 1st CEB Adoption thanked the membership for their Committee and pledged continued support during her term of office. support for the Marines stationed at “Without your active support we Camp Pendleton. wouldn’t have been able to accomThe dinner was catered by Huffs plish our goals. She said she was es- Restaurant in Long Beach.
Ironwood Women’s Club play in support of Susan G. Komen Brease Cancer Cure
Members of the Ironwood Women’s Golf Club teed off May 18 in support of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer “Rally for the Cure”. Chairman for the event was Beverly Williams with Marietta Schoonover serving as co-chair/ Forty-five members donated a total of $1,025. The Komen Foundation is fighting to eradicate breast cancer as a life threatening disease by funding research education, screening and treatment projects in communities around the world. Thirty-seven members participated in the tournament with Ingrid Childs winner of the Closest to the Pin contest. All players received a one-year subscription to a magazine of their choice, a pink rally pin and a sun visor. Ironwood Women’s Golf Club plays every Tuesday in Cerritos at 7:30 a.m. Anyone interested in becoming a member should contact Chisato Kuramoto (714) 229-0207 or Ruby Lee (562) 431-0207.
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CareMore’s Emerging Medical Specialty is seen at forefront of caring for the very ill As intensive care becomes more intensive, a new breed of doctor grows They take care of the very sick in the hospital. Most of them do not have office hours. But they are committed to a new way of taking care of patients when it matters the most. These are doctors called "hospitalists," and those who practice in CareMore Medical Group have paved the way for a recent
trend sweeping the halls of hospitals across the nation. Hospitalists, or intensivists, specialize in taking care of the very ill in a hospital, freeing up a patient's primary care physician to concentrate on taking care of patients in the office. For Charles Holzner, M.D., the chief hospitalist with CareMore Medical Group, hospital inpatients are the focus of his medical practice. By working in hospitals associated with CareMore, hospitalists like Dr. Holzner provide
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other medical specialists may be called in -- all coordinated by the hospitalist. "Hospitalists such as Dr. Holzner, by working as a team with our other physicians, help to streamline the use of hospital services and to improve the care of our patients. Hospitalists know how the hospital works. They see very ill patients day and night and know the kind of problems that can
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Norwalk Senior Citizens Commission receive proclamation from Council
Members of the Norwalk Senior Citizens Commission, Marjorie O'Leary and Caroline Ryan, accept a formal proclamation from the Norwalk City Council declaring the month of May 2010 as Older Americans Month. Left to right: Norwalk Vice Mayor Jesse M. Luera; Mayor Gordon Stefenhagen; Marjorie O'Leary; Caroline Ryan; Councilman Michael Mendez; Councilwoman Cheri Kelley. Marjorie O'Leary also received a formal proclamation recognizing her as Norwalk's 2010 Older American nominee.
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[l-r sitting] Duane Redles, Martha Stocker, Jack Tebbs, Virginia Lonigro. [Standing] Dick Radles, Mary Rence, Pat Swingle, Shirley Allenbaugh, Joe and Virginia Volz, and Rocco Lonigro. Not pictured are: Millie Patton, and Roy and Nellie Bliss.
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From left to right: Don Gesselman, Dr. Ivan Barrett, co-chair of the Golf Tournament, Derek Curtis, and James Ball, board member of DRMC. hospital. Participants teed off on the greens at noon and participated in a half day of golf and networking.
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Muscle degeneration is a leading cause of inactivity, frailty and other chronic conditions among seniors
You know your cholesterol scores, your blood pressure and perhaps you take a variety of medications for conditions such as arthritis or osteoporosis. Yet many people over age 65 are unaware of what may be severely limiting their lives and overall health, one of the top major health risk factors as aging occurs is - loss of muscle mass, or sarcopenia. Like other chronic conditions, sarcopenia is a serious degenerative affliction that affects older adults' function in many forms; from being able to push oneself up off an easy chair to contributing to falls and other injuries, says Dr. Balu Gadhe of CareMore Health Plan. The major health risks as we
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age include falling, fractures and immobility Hip fractures due to falls in seniors, can have serious consequences including nursing home confinement and even death. These risks can be greatly reduced with moderate resistance training regardless a person's age or overall health status, Dr. Gadhe says. Dr. Gadhe says that muscle mass declines by about 15 percent per decade in individuals in their 60s and 70s and about 30 percent thereafter. "But this loss can be reversed, which is the good news for all seniors," he says. It is becoming more of common knowledge among elderly adults that fitness is an important part of healthy aging. "Sedentary mature adults will lose
muscle mass faster than those who exercise", says Dr. Gadhe. Research has shown that among older adults, strength training is more important than an aerobic fitness program. New guidelines from the American College of Sports Medicine recommend that older adults begin with resistance training before they embark on activities such as swimming or even walking. "If resistance training were in a pill, it would be the best selling medicine of all time," adds Dr. Gadhe. Because of the tremendous health benefits associated with exercise in the over-65 age group, CareMore has pioneered a resistance training program for members of its health plans in
partnership with Nifty after Fifty, a senior-only fitness center. "In just six weeks, by working out with very light weights a few times per week, we can typically improve strength significantly in even the frailest patients," says Dr. Gadhe. "Among seniors and their doctors especially, the term sarcopenia needs to be part of vocabulary when we talk about our health status as we grow older," he stresses. For more information about CareMore's senior exercise programs and the locations of the CareMore/ Nifty After Fifty facilities, please contact www.caremore.com .
that they would live. When they arrived in Berlin, each family was assigned to different camps. The Borowski family eventually was taken to Fulda, a slave labor camp, and they were sent to a barrack where they were given two cots for all five of them. The next day they were assigned jobs—Richard’s mother was sent to be a seamstress to make the German uniforms and his father was assigned as a welder. Borowski was assigned three jobs—one was to deliver food to the guards, another was to clean the bathrooms, and the third was to go around through the barracks and remove the bod-
ies of those who had died during the night. He would use a wheelbarrow to transport the remains to a crematory to be burned. His two younger brothers were sent to the hospitals to be experimented on by the Nazis. He would never see one of his brothers again. Finally, on April 26, 1945, all of the guards evacuated the camp and a rumbling could be heard in the distance. Suddenly, tanks from the 82nd Airborne Division pulled in through the barbed wire to liberate them. His family eventually moved to America, but Richard Borowski
would never forget the atrocities that he witnessed and endured during the thirty months he and his family survived in a Nazi concentration camp. He also does not want the world to forget what happened during that terrible time, and that is why he volunteers to speak at local schools. His daughter and grandson Jack, a Walker Junior High student, are very proud of him and were also present May 21 to hear his story.
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In previous articles have discussed sleep apnea, acid erosion and worn out teeth. What do they all have in common? Why is my dentist concerned about acid reflux? Don’t teeth get worn out when we get older? Dentists examine your teeth for premature wearing of the tooth surfaces. Some people’s teeth appear very short while others stay relatively unchanged. If the teeth are misaligned premature wear patterns will develop very early in life. That is why we recommended orthodontic correction in young I
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abnormal wear, dentists look for other causes. Abnormal wear can occur from inadequate lubrication from the saliva (dry mouth), an acid saliva, or from habitual grinding or gnashing of the teeth during the day and while we are asleep. It has been estimated that 30% of young children grind their teeth while sleeping. This usually disappears when the baby teeth are lost and replaced by the adult dentition. Unfortunately, adults only have one set of teeth to get by with for a lifetime so dentists take teeth grinding (pardon the pun) very seriously. Sleep grinding episodes are related to sleep disorders. Severe snoring and pauses in breathing seem to trigger more grinding. Also, as you know the mouth is dryer at night and there is no lubrication (like well- greased bearings) to keep the teeth from abnormal
wear and tear. Acid reflux disease (GERD) can be the cause of disturbed sleep patterns. The acid contents of the stomach can gurgle up into the mouth while we are asleep. The acid level is similar to gargling with battery acid. It is very erosive and will quickly dissolve your teeth if left untreated. So we now have the perfect storm of events occurring. As you can imagine with nighttime dry mouth, acid erosion, and teeth gnashing your dentition is in a very hostile environment. I hope you can better appreciate why your dentist may show concern over abnormal tooth wear. The teeth will look extremely flat and worn. They will wear in odd patterns and lose a lot of vertical height. Eventually, spaces will appear at the gums between the teeth and you will look old before your time. Your dentist should take periodic close up photos of your
teeth to monitor change. What is the treatment for this problem? First, your physician should be made aware of acid indigestion and general sleepiness. Others around you may have heard uncommon snoring or mentioned a look of tiredness. Your physician may order a sleep study test to rule out sleep apnea (a life threatening problem). GERD will definitely require a change of diet, loss of weight, and usually medication. Your dentist will be able to provide a customized mouth guard to wear at night to protect the remaining teeth. Once stabilization is reached you may require restoring the teeth to their original condition. Early detection and treatment will certainly keep the worn dentition from developing so quickly. For answers to your dental questions, contact Douglas Urban, D.D.S. Cerritos, CA 90703 562 924-1523 DrDouglasUrban.com
patients on the way to the office in the morning – and spend the rest of the day managing patient care by phone between office visits." Dr. Zinberg cited data that compares the average length of stay for the group’s managed senior patients with that of family physicians and specialists directly admitting and caring for their senior patients at the same hospitals. “Our average length of stay was less than half that of those physicians and our readmission
rate was also lower. This tends to underscore the value and effectiveness of a hospitalist system,” he said. Managing a patient from the emergency room, through testing, overseeing their treatment, and also ensuring their further care at home, requires Dr. Holzner and his team of hospitalists to spend more time with hospitalized patients than office-based doctors. He says they divide their time between the hospital's
emergency department, the medical floors, the intensive care unit and also in the various outpatient clinics the group has established to care for the frail-elderly. "I was trained in a university hospital setting where I saw all kinds of life and death situations. It's very satisfying to see very ill patients get better and go home. That’s why I became a physician.”
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Ironwood Golf Club holds annual Presidents Cup Tournament
Winners in 15th annual Ironwood Women’s Golf Club President’s Cup Tournament are (l-r) Jane Pattison and Yvonne Payne, Co-Chairs, Abbi Vlha, Penny Lee, Denise Vest, Liz Goldbach, and Nancy Fenoglio. Cerritos Ironwood Women’s Miller won in Flight 2 with Denise Golf Club played their annual Pres- Vest as alternate. ident’s Club Tournament on the Several members of the club four Tuesdays during the month of enjoyed Away Golf at Lawrence April. Chair of the tournament was Welk’s on April 28-29 arranged by Jan Pattison with Yvonne Payne Gail Garland. Next away Golf will serving as co-chair. be at Catalina with Kathy San NicoWinner in Flight 1 was Nancy las making arrangements. Fenoglio with Yvonne Payne as Ironwood Women’s Golf Club alternate. Winner in Flight 2 was plays every Tuesday at 7:30 a.m. Penny Cranston with Abbi Vlha as Anyone interested in becoming a alternate. In the Consolation Tour- member should contact Ruby Lee nament, Lia Goldbach won in Flight (562) 431-7569 or Chisato Kura1 with Kay Lee as alternate. Anne moto (714) 229-0207.
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