Leaders at the Oklahoma City-County Health Department hope to continue seeing improvement in the years to come.
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St. Anthony and Oklahoma City Museum of Art team up for children’s art outlet
The Healing Arts program helps children develop ways to communicate their emotions and healthy coping mechanisms.
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Fred Won’t Move Out
That might sound like emotionally exhausting stuff, but this small indie has a surprisingly light touch. Writer-director Richard Ledes is more interested in capturing the stirring moments of family life than he is in heavy-handed exploration. The elderly couple at the center, Fred and Susan (Ruby Sparks’ Elliott Gould and Choke’s Judith Roberts), reside in […]
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Living with Alzheimer’s
Increasingly, the solution may come in the form of facilities dedicated to serving those with memory impairment. Edmond already has one such center, Touchmark at Coffee Creek, but soon the city will have an $8.8 million facility to meet a growing demand. Autumn Leaves of Edmond, the first stand-alone memory-care facility in the state, is […]
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Fred Won’t Move Out
Old age, a spouse suffering with dementia, grown children in the position of caring for their parents — these are tough, complicated themes in Fred Won’t Move Out, which screens Friday through Sunday at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art. That might sound like emotionally exhausting stuff, but this small indie has a surprisingly light […]