A Client's Lesson and Fluff:

Not that I have favorites at Goddard House, but one of my preferred people is a Jamaican Man in the Homestead, memory impaired unit. He is so full of life and love. Today I needed to find an office in the Alzheimer'’s unit and he assisted me. When I thanked him he said, "No problem, it feels good to be of use to someone." This reminded me how important it is to people to be of use to others. Often the elderly, especially Alzheimer'’s patients, feel that they are useless and no longer socially desirable. I don'’t think I have been much help in this front because I want to help them so much that I deprive them of potentially helping me. For this reason, I thank this client for putting me back on track today. Now my goal is to figure out ways in which the elders can feel useful but which also do not tax them too much physically.

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More random facts from Goddard House & the Boston Metro Paper: Did you know that Fluff was invented in Union Sq, Somerville, 89 years ago? For more on this go to Fluff. In fact, they are celebrating the invention of fluff this weekend in Union Sq! For those who don’t know about Fluff, it is a wonderful marshmallow-like substance that can be mixed with peanut butter to make “fluff n’ nutters” or hot chocolate in lieu of marshmallows and also can contribute to an amazing fudge recipe!