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attributed to past surgery for his
Parkinson's, as well as the many med-
ications he takes on a daily basis.
It soon became apparent that
Gendloff needed full-time help during
the day, which his wife, Evelyn, could
not provide because of her responsibil-
ities as a relocation coordinator for
Real Estate One in Farmington Hills.
"I work down the street and used to
come home every day at lunchtime,"
said Mrs. Gendloff. 'And I'd call him
every two hours to remind him to take
his pills, but he'd forget as soon as he
hung up the phone.

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mother. "Because she was used to
being socially active, I didn't want her
to have to stay at home with a caregiv-
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A friend recommended the Dorothy
and Peter Brown Program, and Mrs.
Zack and her mother met with
Associate Director Mindi Silver-Weiss
and Marjorie Olson, the social worker
at the West Bloomfield facility.
After the initial evaluation, Mrs.
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After doing extensive research, the
Gendloffs decided that the Dorothy
and Peter Brown Program was the best
choice for Mr. Gendloff's combination
of medical and memory care needs.
He now attends the West Bloomfield
center five days a week.
"It's a heimish place," said Mr.
Gendloff. "I play gin rummy with the
guys. I usually win. I've made many
friends there."
Mrs. Gendloff is effusive about the
facilities, the staff and the activities.

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gram five days a week. "I thank God
every night for it," said Mrs. Zack.
"My mother wakes up every morning,
gets dressed, puts on her makeup and
waits at the door for the bus. She can't
wait to go. On the weekends she miss-
es it."
Even with the structure of the
Brown program, Mrs. Zack still has to
make many accommodations. "I used
to play four card games a week at
friends' homes," she said. "Now we
play twice a week at my house. I have
to be home at 4 p.m. every day to
meet the bus. But I'm not complain-
ing; you adjust your life."
Glenn Gendloff of Farmington Hills
struggles with a different set of issues
than most dementia patients; he also
has Parkinson's disease, a progressive
neurological condition which first
manifested itself when he turned 42.
During the past year, Gendloff, who
is now 75, began experiencing short-
term memory loss, which his doctors

She likes the fact that the program has
a Jewish component, with Jewish
music and dancing and a Shabbat cel-
ebration every Friday.
"They're very conscientious," she
said. "They really care; you don't find
that today in too many places. And I
have to go to work every day, so you
could say they saved my life."
"They take you in their stride; they
handle you nicely," said Mr. Gendloff.
"There are times when he's perfect,"
said Mrs. Gendloff, describing the
frustration of living with Parkinson's
disease, "then five minutes later, he
can't get through the door by himself.
But Glenn is Mr. Rush-Push-Push,"
she said. "He just will not give in to
the disease."
"That comes from within," said Mr.
Gendloff, who bowled up until this
year, and can still hit a golf ball
"straight and short."
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