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Author Archives: Debra L. Stang (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)
Heart Transplant: Better Organ Preservation Leads to Higher Success Rate
A new method of preserving heart tissue may reduce the number of hearts wasted
According to United Network for Organ Sharing, or UNOS, the numbers are grim. Four thousand people are waiting for a heart transplant in the United States. Every 10 minutes, another person is added to the transplant list. Most of these … Continue reading
How Can I Protect My Family and Assets with Estate Planning?
An interview with Stacy Turner, Esq. Part Two
Today SevenPonds continues its interview with Stacy Turner, Esq. Stacy has kindly agreed to give some estate planning tips to our readers to help ensure that their wishes are respected after their death. Debra: Stacy, can you give me a … Continue reading
How Can I Use Estate Planning to Protect My Family and My Assets?
An interview with estate planning attorney Stacy Turner, Esq., Part One
Today SevenPonds speaks with Stacy Turner, Esq., an attorney in San Rafael, California who specializes in estate planning, particularly as it relates to minor and special needs children. Stacy also works with clients to help them plan for their long-term care … Continue reading
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Provides Poignant Images of Death and Survival
Museum features art, photographs, posters, testimonials and artifacts
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Imagine, then, hundreds of pictures of young adults, members of society who will all be dead in just a few years. This image is one of many displayed at the United … Continue reading
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Tagged Adolf Hitler, concentration camps, death camps, Holocaust, Jews, Nazis, Nazism, SS, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, USHMM
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“Anything But Lonely” from “Aspects of Love”
Finding another relationship after the death of a loved one
The song “Anything But Lonely” comes from the 1989 musical “Aspects of Love.” Andrew Lloyd Webber composed the music and Don Black and Charles Hart wrote the book and lyrics. The show itself was a flop, but it had several … Continue reading
Sexuality in an Assisted Living Facility
Do residents have enough privacy to fulfill their sexual needs?
Years ago, I worked in an adult care facility as a medical social worker. We admitted a woman in the middle stages of Alzheimer’s. She was a widow but had no memory of her husband’s death. One day, the woman … Continue reading
