Senior Living Community Center houses Brain Fitness Center

There's an old saying: use it or lose it. The Conservatory Senior Living Community Center in Keller, Texas apparently takes that saying to heart by not only equipping the center with a physical fitness center, complete with weights, exercise bikes, and treadmills, but also with a brain fitness center.

Designed for the purpose of maintaining a sharp mind, the center is outfitted with computers and headphones that allow residents to complete exercises that hone and sharpen their memory and concentration skills.

According to Dr. Sandra Chapman, director of the Center for Brain Health at the University of Texas at Dallas, "the brain can rewire itself and become stronger" and "mental stimulation can improve the brain's functioning at any age".

This, of course, is not new news to individuals who have always held the belief that "if you don't want to lose it, you should definitely use it".






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Starbucks forced to settle disability discrimination suit

The Starbucks corporation has agreed to settle a disability discrimination suit that was filed in 2006. The suit was filed on behalf of Christine Drake, a former Starbucks employee in Seattle, Washington, who has bipolar disorder, by the equal employment opportunity commission.

The discrimination suit stems from the firing of Ms. Drake after the coffee shop at which she was employed discontinued her extra training and support.

Starbucks agreed to pay eighty-five thousand to settle the suit, ten thousand of which will go to the Disability Rights legal center, an organization that provides legal services to lower income individuals with disabilities who are faced with discrimination issues.






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Possible Limited Waiver of the Five Month Waiting Period

The U.S. House of representatives now has a bill pending that would waive the infamous five month waiting period for individuals who have been approved for social security disability and are terminally ill. This piece of legislation is named for an individual named Joseph Seall who, because of the waiting period, did not live to see his first social security disability benefit check. The bill was introduced by Congressman Pickering of Mississippi and Congressman Earl Pomeroy of North Dakota. The The Pickering-Pomeroy bill would also have the commissioner of the social security administration review the evaluation process used for disability claims for the purpose of identifying solutions for possible reform.






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