Come out on Sunday, May 20, 2012, to the Harley Davidson in Valparaiso for a motorcycle ride in memory of Bonnie Bartz. Registration begins at 9:30 am, with the bikes leaving at 11:00 am. The run ends at American Legion Post 261 in Cedar Lake.

Entry fees are $25 per rider or $35 for a rider and passenger. The fees include a buffet meal after the ride.

Join OE's Supported Living Department Team at the 2012 Relay for Life!

Thomas Jefferson Middle School
Valparaiso, IN
Friday, May 18, 6:00 pm - Saturday, May 19, 8:00 am

This year's Spring Caregiver Conference hosted by the Alzheimer's Association will be held Thursday, June 14, 2012, from 8:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. (CST), at the Avalon Manor Banquet Center, 3550 East US Route 30, Merrillville, IN 46410. The conference is designed for professional caregivers and family members of those affected by Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. The featured speaker will present on how to deal with behaviors exhibited by confused individuals.

Dealing with these behaviors requires an understanding of motivation, a desire to learn who the person really is, the drive to find out what they want to do, and the willingness to help them get it done.

Fresh from a successful showing in international competition, the first-year Michigan City Wild Wild Wolves 3936 student robotics team was rewarded with a visit to Franciscan St. Anthony Health-Michigan City on May 10, during which members received a hands-on lesson in operation of the da Vinci Si Surgical System robot.

Kurt Klepsch, a representative of California-based Intuitive Surgical Inc., which manufactures the robot, explained and demonstrated its functions to seven team members who were among those who recently competed among 600 teams from 32 countries in a For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology International Championship event in St. Louis. Their entry was called Firehawk. The team earned the right to compete there after earning an All-Star Rookie Team Award in previous competition.

Last week was National Nurses Week and National Teacher Appreciation Week. I love that those two professions are honored in the same week. Even though the week is over now-I’d like to go right on with the appreciation. Now, in the interest of full disclosure, I am of course a nurse-so I am a little biased…

There are professions and then there are lifelong commitments. I think nurses and teachers both fall in to the latter category. Almost everyone I know from either of those fields continues to identify with that role long after they have officially retired. Perhaps it is because people are often born to those professions and have always lived them out in some way.

From the Spring 2012 Healthy Woman publication

So you're contemplating surgery and your mind is racing. Whether it's your first surgery or one of many, it's natural to have questions and a few butterflies. While you probably have a primary physician you've known for some time, how do you go about finding a surgeon you trust? To get you started, Associates in Surgery shares some key questions you'll want to ask.