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Dementia Friendly Community: West Deerfield Township Recognized

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The committee plans to expand its membership to include people living with dementia, representatives from their families and their caregivers. (Shutterstock)
DEERFIELD, IL The West Deerfield Township recently joined a small number of communities across Illinois and the United States recognized as being a Dementia Friendly Community. The distinction by the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging has only recognized 18 such communities in Illinois and 300 in the entire country, according to a news release.
The goal of a dementia-friendly community is to create a better quality of life for people living with dementia and their families by decreasing stigma, increasing opportunities for meaningful social interaction, and offering support in addressing the changing needs of people living with dementia. ....

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Merrick Garland chokes up discussing family's fleeing of anti-Semitism

Merrick Garland chokes up discussing family s fleeing of anti-Semitism
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President Biden s nominee to be the next attorney general, Merrick Garland, got emotional during a hearing while explaining how his family fled persecution over their Jewish identity.
Garland, 68, recounted his family s tragic journey to the United States on Monday while in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee. The emotional response was elicited after Democratic New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker asked him about his motivations and his family history in confronting hate and discrimination.
So I come from a family or my grandparents fled anti-Semitism and persecution. The country took us in and protected us. And I feel an obligation to the country to pay back, and this is the highest, best use of my own set of skills to pay back, Garland said, having to stop at moments to collect himself. And so, I want very much to be the ki ....

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