I walked nervously into Levindale geriatric center for my first day as a level II Occupational Therapy student in 1989. At age 36, I was an older student, pregnant with our fifth child. A young Orthodox Jewish woman introduced herself as Nechy Zehnwirth, my fieldwork supervisor. More then 10 years younger than I, she insisted on calling me Mrs. Shamberg. I never felt comfortable with formalities and insisted on first-name basis. She reluctantly agreed. She considered me an elder worthy of the respect of formality that she was used to in her observant Jewish upbringing.

~~Did you know that reading from an iPAD can make it harder to fall sleep and affects how sleepy or alert you are the next day? According to researcher, Dr. Anne-Marie Chang,  from Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston , MA, " this includes any electronic device such as eReaders, laptops, smartphone or certain TV screens used prior to going to bed."   Dr. Chang is an associate neuroscientist in BWH’s Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders and co-author on the study published in the journal, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.   She states "The new research supports conclusions from older studies, which have also found that screen time before sleep can be detrimental. We know from previous work that light from screens in the evening alters sleepiness and alertness, and suppresses melatonin levels. This study shows comprehensive results of a direct comparison between reading with a light-emitting device and reading a printed book and the consequences on sleep."  It can also cause visual stress, visual distortions, migraines/headaches, attention & focus problems, anxieties, sensory processing disorders, and sensory overload.