Saturday, May 9, 2009


Alzheimer's Sisters Travel with Hope Tour Announced

Harbor House-Alzheimer's Sisters Travel with Hope-Mary Kay Baum & Chris Baum Van Ryzin



This posting is going to be a bit different from the others we have done. Mom always taught us to “look on the bright side” and our blog has been and attempt to continue to do this with a bit of teaching thrown in. This is why when I heard the message of hope the Baum sisters were giving, it reinforced the idea for the Blog and the message of hope. This also reinforced our company’s mission and the fact Mom and the Baum sisters know and respect each each other and the mission of Hope.

Harbor House Memory Care is committed to providing educational, advocacy and enrichment opportunities for those with memory loss, their loved ones and professionals in the communities where are homes are located. That is why Harbor House is proud to announce it’s partnership in bringing a special community presentation called, “Traveling with Hope: Sharing Our Life with Memory Challenges” by Mary Kay Baum and Chris Baum Van Ryzin to each of our Harbor communities.

Mary Kay and Chris are sisters who will share their firsthand experience of maintaining a high-quality of life while living with a diagnosis of early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. As person’s who are diagnosed with the disease, they will share ideas that everyone can benefit from in all areas of their health, including reducing the likelihood and severity of experiencing Alzheimer’s disease.

The Baum sisters will also discuss ways they are working to enhance the lives of those with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease through a national network of similarly situated persons called forMemory. The group’s website http://www.formemory.com/ those diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease through a blog support system, national conferences and a database of those diagnosed, which with permission, is used for research and education purposes. We will be posing both a photo and a poem from these very talented ladies book.

Life with Memory Challenges” presentation.

If you’d like to experience this message of hope, please check below for dates when the “Traveling with Hope” presentation will be coming to your area. The unscheduled sites will be posted in the next few days.