r V:,.1% 3R:V.MWRiE .,, . ,I...M:MAROI W.WORAMMWAlMNLIWWW,WA .falUlfMikaktz • ffordable Elegance in Assisted Living. Welcome to The Court At West Bloomfield • a. II A residence that combines all the grandeur of your home with assistance available for the asking. A place you can relax, knowing yoi needs are attended to. Where nurse and their staff provide the care that you need. 24 hours a day. BAGBUSTER I The Court offers a true sense of independence in a safe, caring environment. The Court is now offering new pricing, with rooms starting at $2,150 per month. The Court...All of the grandeur of fine living in a safe, caring environment. Manufacturer Sought Sheyer has been awarded a patent by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The process has cost him about $15,000 in patent application and legal fees. He now would like to find a company that could manufacture and sell the bagbuster (which doesn't have an official name yet) under a licensing agreement. "After watching what people on peritoneal dialysis have to go through, I want to help them in some way," he said. "I would like to do something good for humanity.'? Sheyer has about a dozen medical inventions to his credit, but none of them has been successful. In his spare time, he also composes music and has entertained groups as a piano player and singer. "I'm very lucky to have him around as a caregiver," said Mrs. Starr, whose brother died of kidney disease: "Since I started dialysis, he has helped me tremendously. His bag- buster invention has made it easier for me to handle the heavy bags." Dr. John R Speck, director of the Southeast Michigan Kidney Center in Berkley, calls the bagbuster a "godsend for patients who have a great deal of difficulty emptying their bags. It's clearly a wonderful device to assist people on peritoneal dialysis." Dr. Speck tested the device at the kidney center and Sheyer gave him one of his two prototypes. 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(248) 855-0345 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •-• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Has New Owners! • • • • Celebrate with us at an Open House • • • on Thursday, June 28, 2001 from 5 p.m.-10 p.m. • • • • • • Enjoy wine, cheese, and special savings of 15% or more! • • • • • • Sale will continue in the store through Sunday, July 1, 2001 • • • • • Bring in this ad to enter the drawings for one of three • • • $100 gift certificates to be given away! • • • • • • • 248.545.4663 115 South Main Street Royal Oak, Ml 48067 • • • • ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• • • • • tAvit.44 1 4, 4 "At 0.40 * * * * *STAIRWAY LIFTS* * * * * THE CAREFREE WAY TO CLIMB STAIRS 6/29 2001 88 When you're disabled, or just not able to move around as freely as you once could, stairs can be a real problem. But there is a simple answer. The powered stairway lift. Easily installed to fit curved or straight stairs. They give you back the ability to move around your own home. Folds back-gets in nobody's way. CALL OR STOP BY FOR A FREE DEMONSTRATION ACTON RENTAL & SALES LARRY ARONOFF sister and brother in the area who can- not devote as much time to his mother's care as he does. To make the bagbuster, Sheyer bought a wire basket at a dollar store and rigged it with a steak knife and two coat hangers, to be hooked onto the toilet. Mrs. Starr now simply low- ers the bag onto the device, punctur- ing the bag -and draining the contents. The device then is rinsed and stored until the next use. Owned & Operated by HCR ManorCare ..V4MattkW4,,W ‘ ,. (313) 891-6500 I love my .• Stairway Lift! It takes me up and down the stairs with the push of a but- ton. Call for details! (248) 540-5550 Health from page 84 The Court At West Bloomfield 6950 Farmington Road, just south of Maple West Bloomfield • 248-661-1700 • Nutritional Living Well Notes; Dr. Donald M. Rochen of West Bloomfield recently was awarded the Governors Achievement Certificate at the annual clinical assembly of the American Osteopathic Colleges of Ophthalmology and Otorhinolaryngology. The certificate is given by the board of governors of the college to a member who has distin- guished himself by a great deal of accomplishment or demonstrated mer- itorious services to the colleges. Rochen is a fellow in otorhinolaryn- gology/facial plastic surgery and is cer- tified in allergy; he is an associate of ENT Surgical Associates PC with offices in Pontiac, Warren, Madison Heights and Detroit. Dr. Robert D. Ross of Bloomfield Hills has been promoted to professor of pediatrics at Wayne State University School of Medicine. He is a member of the division of cardiology at Children's Hospital of Michigan with special expertise in childhood heart failure and congenital heart disease. Dr. Ross recently helped found the Pediatric Heart Failure Society and has developed a grading scale, known as the Ross Classification, for the severity of this illness. He is the chair of the fellow education committee at Children's Hospital. Dr. Mitchell A. Kopnick, of Janseville, Wis., formerly of Oak Park, was recently named medical director of the Riverview Surgery Center in Janesville. Dr. Kopnick graduated from Michigan State University (Phi Beta Kappa) in 1983 and the University of Michigan Medical School in 1987. He practiced in Chicago for 11 years. His specialty is urology. His parents are Fern and Jack Kopnick of West Bloomfield. Dr. Michael M. Kaplan of West Bloomfield was given the Outstanding Clinical Endocrinologist Award by the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists at the annual meet- ing in San Antonio, Texas. He has worked in the thyroid field since he was a medical student at the University of Pennsylvania and has been a partner in Associated Endocrinologists since 1994. The Royal Oak Parkinson's Support Group will meet 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 20, at Trowbridge Apartments in Southfield. Board member David Bartczak will speak. For information, call (248) 548-7322. , • ' eihe date, location. tw,,Faf,:i4tm-4%,, and snbject of the event as well as lac Arne and phone nusn- et Send all information at least two weeks in advance to Alan Hitsky, Detroit Jewish News, 27676 Franklin Road, Southfield, MI 48034.