Word: treating
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...People frequently use their children as a model for dealing with an Alzheimer's patient. But to treat patients as you would a child, to try to teach them and train them, is absolutely counterproductive. I tell families not to be bothered by what the Alzheimer's patient does if it's just a bother in theory. The best example of this is the patient who paces or talks to the television set, or who does a task over and over again. Maybe they'll keep folding or unfolding laundry, or maybe they like to wash the same dish...
...care and medical services have helped improve the odds that children will live to celebrate their first birthday. But the program barely survives on a mix of federal, state and foundation money, and the demand for services is overwhelming. The clinic's doctors and six outreach staff members currently treat 170 families, a number that could easily triple if the staff could handle the load. More than 90% of the patients are on Medicaid. Many have not graduated from high school. Some women must travel 90 minutes to get to the clinic, and many have no car. Outreach workers visit...
...Harvard is private, it serves a public function to the thousands of students who live by its laws and in its houses, and to the administrators and faculty members who care for its well-being. If Harvard's governing boards want Harvard to behave like a community, they must treat it like a community. And while the community does not have a right to know everything about a presidential search, it certainly deserves the dignity of a response...
Likewise, it is not feasible within the current system to hold Deli Day every day: It is too expensive and might lose its appeal once the novelty wears off. (Salad bars were once an exciting new idea, too.) But by introducing a special treat now and then, Berry has spiced up the dull menu and reassured the student body that he is making a good faith effort to improve dining services overall...
...largest regret at Harvard is that we did not treat younger people in the History Department as well as they ought to have been treated," Donald says. "A number should have been promoted, which would have added great strength and luster to the department...