by Logan Gruber
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The ACT on Alzheimer’s group recently installed a bookshelf at city hall’s front desk in the Sauk Rapids Government Center, 250 Summit Ave. N.
The bookshelf serves as a lending library for books which have information on Alzheimer’s and dementia. The books are available for anyone to take. Readers can keep the book, or if they no longer need it, it can be returned to the shelf or to the Good Shepherd Care Center, 115 Fourth Ave. N., where it will be passed on.
“This is just another great resource for caregivers and family members of those with Alzheimer’s or dementia to have access to,” said Melinda Fast, a coordinator for ACT on Alzheimer’s and community life coordinator for Ridgeview Place Assisted Living, 1009 10th Ave. N.E., Sauk Rapids.
Fast, along with Barb Rebischke, vice-president of outreach at Good Shepherd Senior Living, spearheaded the bookshelf project.
“A lot of people still like to sit and read a book instead of Googling,” Fast said. “And many of these books are used in gerontology classes when studying the affects of aging so they have a lot of great information.”
If anyone has a book with Alzheimer’s or dementia information they are also welcome to donate books at either Good Shepherd, city hall or Ridgeview Place Assisted Living.
The ACT on Alzheimer’s group recently installed a bookshelf at city hall’s front desk in the Sauk Rapids Government Center to serve as a lending library for books which have information on Alzheimer’s and dementia. Pictured are City Administrator Ross Olson and Melinda Fast, a coordinator for ACT on Alzheimer’s and community life coordinator for Ridgeview Place Assisted Living in Sauk Rapids.
