HEALTH CARE

Valley seniors take virtual trip to Norway to help slow memory loss

From left: Frank Hughes, Alan Fils, Ann Blue and Leonard Charez to a virtual trip from the Mojave Desert to Norway, while never leaving their seats at the HonorHealth’s Desert Mission Adult Day Healthcare Center. Trips like this does more than entertain people, it helps dementia patients slow memory loss.

(J. Graber/Independent Newsmedia)

Frank Hughes recently got to relive a childhood memory of skiing down the slopes when he unexpectedly caught a glimpse of snow.

No, the snow wasn’t here in the Valley, that would be a rare sight indeed.

It was on the Svalbard Islands in Norway ... though it might as well have been right here.

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