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By Dr. Nick Jansson reparation for travel
with older adults is important to review year-round. The following tips are not only for seniors but also for family members and caregivers who may be traveling with them. Medicines: Bring a supply of daily medicines to last the trip but also carry an extra two weeks of medicine in case plans change. It’s easy for prescriptions to be transferred to
a pharmacy, but this is difficult to do if you’re cruising at sea! Also, bring important medicines that are only taken as needed but could be potentially life-saving, such as nitroglycerin (for chest pain), asthma inhalers, extra insulin or portable oxygen. ASSISTIVE DEVICES: Make sure to have a standard or folding cane, walking stick or walker for trips involving prolonged walking or standing, particularly the device is something an individual usually uses for walking or balance. AMBULATION: On long car or plane
rides, it is important for seniors to ambulate at least once every one to two hours. Individuals with arthritis should get up and stretch. Moving also helps prevent a type of blood clot called deep venous thrombosis (DVT), which can form when blood doesn’t get pumped up from the legs to the heart as well as when leg muscles are not working as much during rest. These clots can travel to the lungs and cause blockage of blood flow and even death in extreme cases. If it is difficult to ambulate, do leg exercises while sitting. Flexing and extending the calf muscles by pointing toes upward with the heels on the ground (dorsiflexion) or moving heels up off the ground with the toes still planted (plantar flexion) can help contract and stretch calf muscles. Other preventative measures include wearing compression stockings and staying
well hydrated. LISTS: A list of medicines, medical conditions, allergies, surgeries, advanced directives and physicians that the individual sees is important to have at all times in case of medical care or emergency. This list can be typed or written and kept in a purse or wallet. HOSPITAL/AMBULATORY CARE CENTERS: It is a good idea to know of nearby hospitals, urgent care centers or other forms of ambulatory care centers in the area of your travel. These suggestions will help make travel much easier, safer and potentially life-saving for our senior family members!
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BY BRIAN BECKLEY bbeckley@rentonreporter.com
Beginning in January, the former City Hall building at 200 Mill Ave. will be pressed back into service, this time as the home of the new Amazing Grace Christian middle and high school. The City Council on Monday approved by a 5-0 vote (Councilwoman Terri Briere was absent and Counilman Armondo Pavone recused himself from the vote because his children attend the school) a five-year lease for the school, which has been in operation since 1960 and is looking to expand. The city values the lease at $705,729.36 over the full five-year term. “That the Renton City Council has given us the opportunity to offer our community a middle and high school that is so fundamentally different than traditional schools is humbling,” said Amazing Grace Adminis[ more 200 MILL page 11 ]
Tricks and treats Kids of all ages made their way downtown on Saturday for the annual “Olde Fashion” Halloween Celebration. To see more pictures from the event, turn to page 19. For a look at some of the other events happening around the area tonight, see page 3. BRAN BECKLEY, Renton Reporter
Renton High juniors taking to IB program BY TRACEY COMPTON tcompton@rentonreporter.com
This year Justin Apolonio got to try something new at Renton High School, where he is a junior. He’s learning to think about learning, or metacognition as it’s formally called in his Theory of Knowledge class, part of the school’s new International Baccalaureate Programme. “So, for example, in science rather than asking a simple blunt question like ‘what are the three states of matter?’ you could ask something like ‘how do we know what we know based on scientific research?’” he said. Apolonio is just one of the 250 to 300 juniors at Renton High School who have really taken to the IB program. He is
one of 52 students taking all six IB classes in pursuit of the IB diploma. IB is a college preparation program for juniors and seniors that expects the students to demonstrate college-level work. At Renton High School the program is debuting to juniors only this year, who have really taken to it, according to administration. Successfully obtaining an IB diploma gives students the opportunity to apply to exchange credits and gain access to such college’s as Paris’ Sorbonne and Harvard. Students can waive up to two years of college classes with an IB diploma anywhere the diploma is accepted, both nationally and internationally.
Don’t forget to ‘fall back!’ Daylight Savings time officially ends at 2 a.m. Sunday morning when clocks are rolled back one hour. The fire department also recommends using this time as a reminder to check your smoke detectors.
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