17:16:22:03 >>> Coming up next on "Arizona
17:30:10:03 Horizon," hear about how a
17:30:12:09 driverless car is helping
17:30:13:15 research conducted at the
17:30:15:00 U of A.
17:30:16:21 >>> That story and more next on
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17:30:33:27 I'm Ted Simons.
17:30:35:00 >>> The Maricopa County
17:30:35:21 sheriff's office is receiving
an
17:30:37:21 increased number of complaints
17:30:39:06 this year, but officials say
17:30:41:09 that's to be expected with the
17:30:42:21 department asking for increased
17:30:44:24 community input as part after
17:30:46:09 federal court order to stop
17:30:47:27 racial profiling.
17:30:48:21 The first half of the year the
17:30:50:00 sheriff's office has received
17:30:51:09 355 complaints compared to 311
17:30:55:12 for all of last year.
17:30:57:18 >>> And a candidate running for
17:30:59:09 Congress in congressional
17:31:00:03 district one announced he has
17:31:01:27 cancer, Republican Adam Kwasman
17:31:04:03 says he was diagnosed with a
17:31:06:06 year ago with chronic
17:31:07:21 lymphocytic leukemia, a
17:31:08:09 slow-growing blood cancer.
17:31:10:15 Kwasman says he'll remain in the
17:31:12:18 race, he says the cancer was
17:31:14:00 caught early, he has no symptoms
17:31:15:27 and he likely will not require
17:31:17:18 treatment for at least 10 years.
17:31:28:15 >>> Tonight's edition of Arizona
17:31:30:27 technology and innovation looks
17:31:32:09 at how students have been
17:31:33:15 working this summer to advance
17:31:35:06 driverless car technology.
17:31:36:27 The research is being conducted
17:31:38:15 at the University of Arizona and
17:31:39:24 includes use of autonomous test
17:31:42:06 vehicle provided by the U of A.
17:31:44:03 Here to talk about the research
17:31:45:18 is Jonathan Sprinkle, a
17:31:46:27 professor from the U of A
17:31:47:27 department of electrical and
17:31:49:09 computer engineering, and Carlos
17:31:50:21 Asuncion, a student who worked
17:31:52:24 on that technology.
17:31:54:12 Good to have you both here.
17:31:55:15 Thanks for joining us.
17:31:57:03 OK.
17:31:57:24 Driverless car technology.
17:31:59:00 What exactly are we talking
17:32:00:09 about here?
17:32:01:06 >> We're talking about
17:32:02:00 technology that takes the driver
17:32:03:06 out of the loop for some tasks.
17:32:05:21 Quite a few of the injuries and
17:32:07:03 deaths that happen every year
in
17:32:08:09 the U.S. happen in vehicles, and
17:32:10:12 they happen at speeds that are
17:32:11:18 not just fast speeds.
17:32:13:00 Even under 25 miles an hour
17:32:14:03 there's a lot of dangerous
17:32:15:09 things that happen.
17:32:16:03 >> And we had students from
17:32:17:09 across the country, what were
17:32:20:03 they working on?
17:32:21:15 What were they advance
17:32:22:18 something.
17:32:23:00 >> They were thinking about
17:32:24:03 small projects they could do
17:32:25:06 that would improve the state of
17:32:26:18 the art.
17:32:27:09 Some of the teams were focused
17:32:28:24 on how high school students
17:32:30:09 would be able to use the
17:32:31:12 autonomous car in the high
17:32:33:03 school, some of the teams were
17:32:35:06 interested in decreasing the
17:32:36:18 cost of the sensors that belong
17:32:37:24 on autonomous vehicles.
17:32:39:21 That's an important
17:32:40:12 consideration for consumer
17:32:41:03 devices.
17:32:42:24 >> Explain why that's important,
17:32:44:03 these sensors.
17:32:45:03 >> Some of them can run as high
17:32:46:27 as $80,000.
17:32:48:03 And that's a significant chunk
17:32:50:09 of money to pay when your
17:32:51:27 vehicle may not be worth that
17:32:53:03 much.
17:32:53:24 Not to mention I want to have
17:32:55:03 maybe more than one sensor in
17:32:56:12 case it fails.
17:32:57:12 So we'd like to be able to have
17:32:58:24 redundancy.
17:32:59:21 >> It's not like we read about
17:33:01:00 this Google car people sit
17:33:02:12 around and drive all over, the
17:33:04:27 valley up there, this is a
17:33:06:27 little different and a little
17:33:08:06 less costly?
17:33:09:18 >> Well, we still have the
17:33:10:24 expensive sensors to test.
17:33:12:15 What we'd like to be able to do
17:33:14:06 is say we can do the same thing
17:33:15:27 for much less money that this
17:33:17:27 expensive sensor can do.
17:33:19:06 We need to compare it to the
17:33:20:21 expensive sensor in order to do
17:33:22:06 that.
17:33:23:09 >> What specifically did you
17:33:24:06 work on, Carlos?
17:33:25:15 >> I worked on seeing if we need
17:33:27:03 the high-end sensor for the car
17:33:30:18 to safely operate.
17:33:31:15 >> What did you find out?
17:33:32:21 >> We found the sensor we were
17:33:34:27 using has 64 lasers that it uses
17:33:37:12 to scan the area to detect
17:33:39:21 obstacles and we determined that
17:33:43:15 for different driving
17:33:44:12 situations, you might not need
17:33:46:09 the 64 lasers in order to
17:33:49:03 operate safely.
17:33:50:06 >> So maybe you need 32, or
17:33:52:03 zero, or --
17:33:53:27 >> we found that for like
17:33:55:06 highway setting, 16, and for
17:33:57:27 maybe parking lot settings,
17:33:59:27 where there's pedestrians and
17:34:01:06 smaller objects, you need to
17:34:02:21 avoid, as small as 32.
17:34:05:18 >> Describe the process.
17:34:06:21 Like a typical day of research
17:34:08:09 for you this summer.
17:34:09:15 What did you do?
17:34:10:24 >> Well, we took the data we get
17:34:13:06 from the high-end sensor and we
17:34:15:09 would manipulate it to simulate
17:34:19:21 other sensors with, say, lower
17:34:22:27 accuracy, lower resolution.
17:34:24:27 And we compressed that to a
17:34:27:18 two-dimensional height map that
17:34:30:09 would allow us to compare the
17:34:32:09 different sensors.
17:34:33:06 >> Is this --
17:34:33:27 Are these sensors looking for
17:34:35:21 other cars on the road,
17:34:36:24 telephone poles, curves in the
17:34:38:21 highway, or is there a mapping
17:34:40:18 technology that allows these
17:34:41:27 sensors to understand what's
17:34:43:09 happening out there in the first
17:34:44:21 place?
17:34:46:00 >> The way the sensor operates,
17:34:48:00 it catches --
17:34:49:15 It takes a sweep and gives you
17:34:52:21 an image, a 3D image of the
17:34:55:18 surroundings, and then from
17:34:57:12 there you need to run software
17:34:58:21 in order to detect, OK, this
17:35:01:21 object is a car, this is a pole,
17:35:04:18 avoid those areas.
17:35:05:24 >> And how far along are we with
17:35:07:18 this particular technology?
17:35:09:06 >> I think it's getting closer
17:35:10:18 and closer.
17:35:11:15 So companies like Googles and
17:35:13:03 other companies that take many
17:35:16:12 of these device or produce these
17:35:18:06 devices are very sophisticated
17:35:20:12 in how they can consume this
17:35:21:27 data and infer information about
17:35:23:00 it.
17:35:23:12 What we're interested in is in
17:35:25:21 being able to take something and
17:35:27:06 just say F. we have this, we
17:35:29:15 could drive in a parking lot,
or
17:35:31:18 your car could get gas on its
17:35:33:03 own while you were waiting at
17:35:34:15 work.
17:35:34:27 Little things like that don't
17:35:36:06 seem like a lot, but I think
17:35:37:24 that's the near term future of
17:35:39:00 autonomy.
17:35:39:24 >> That seems like quite a bit,
17:35:41:06 actually.
17:35:42:18 And a full-size car now, this
17:35:45:03 test vehicle was a full-size
17:35:46:18 vehicle?
17:35:47:03 >> That's right.
17:35:47:18 And that's something that makes
17:35:48:21 it both exciting and also
17:35:50:09 extremely frightening.
17:35:52:09 It's one thing to have a remote
17:35:54:09 controlled car and be able to
17:35:55:15 say you can make it do cool
17:35:57:03 stuff, but it's dangerous to do
17:35:58:27 it the wrong way.
17:35:59:24 >> I would imagine, as we're
17:36:01:03 watching this video of this car
17:36:02:15 moving around, the steering
17:36:04:03 wheel is moving, you can't do
17:36:05:12 much testing on a roadway
17:36:07:00 because everyone would look at
17:36:08:03 the car and you'd have 15
17:36:09:09 accidents because people are
17:36:10:21 looking at the driver with no
17:36:12:03 driver.
17:36:12:18 >> Yeah.
17:36:13:27 >> So the parking lot is
17:36:14:24 basically as far as you've gone
17:36:16:06 so far.
17:36:17:00 >> To some degree.
17:36:18:00 This lot, we --
17:36:21:00 Our gracious sponsors at the
17:36:22:21 University of Arizona allow us
17:36:24:27 to drive in this lot any time
we
17:36:26:18 want.
17:36:27:00 We have near road conditions to
17:36:28:15 use if we can close those off
17:36:31:00 farther south of town.
17:36:32:03 But we've been focusing on
17:36:33:24 showing proof of concept, and
we
17:36:35:21 would in the academic world
17:36:38:06 publish a paper and let industry
17:36:39:18 take it from there.
17:36:41:21 >> Carlos was talking about
17:36:42:21 using the sensor technology, did
17:36:45:09 different students concentrate
17:36:47:03 on different things?
17:36:48:24 >> Each student group was
17:36:49:27 focused on a different piece of
17:36:51:15 the puzzle.
17:36:52:15 And that's to give the students
17:36:54:12 who were part of the program the
17:36:56:00 experience of being in graduate
17:36:58:03 school and thinking about big
17:36:59:09 problems and society that they
17:37:01:18 might be able to work on.
17:37:02:21 >> Give us some examples of what
17:37:04:03 they were working on.
17:37:05:09 >> One of the great examples was
17:37:06:21 something called switched
17:37:07:27 control.
17:37:08:21 When you're driving on the
17:37:10:00 highway, you drive differently
17:37:11:27 than when you're driving in a
17:37:13:00 parking lot.
17:37:13:21 And when you're driving in a
17:37:15:00 parking lot with no cars you
17:37:16:03 drive differently than a parking
17:37:18:06 lot with lots of active traffic
17:37:20:00 and people walking their dog.
17:37:21:09 So we need software that can
17:37:22:15 switch back and forth to
17:37:23:21 different designs and different
17:37:25:09 controllers depending on things
17:37:26:21 that detects in the environment.
17:37:28:15 >> Interesting.
17:37:29:03 Is that advance something
17:37:30:03 getting there?
17:37:31:03 >> Absolutely.
17:37:31:24 Part of it is not just being
17:37:33:06 able to do it, but to think on
a
17:37:35:12 high enough level and to
17:37:37:03 essentially be able to explain
17:37:38:12 your design in a picture is
17:37:39:27 really important.
17:37:40:21 And that's what they were able
17:37:42:09 to do.
17:37:42:27 >> What got you involved in
17:37:43:27 this?
17:37:44:15 Where did this start with you?
17:37:46:06 >> I got really interested in
17:37:47:12 control systems and I was doing
17:37:50:03 a different research program,
17:37:51:21 and I wasn't really into it
17:37:53:15 anymore.
17:37:54:09 So then I did a quick search on
17:37:57:12 the NSF website and found this
17:37:59:27 program.
17:38:00:09 >> National science foundation.
17:38:01:21 Basically a summer program,
17:38:04:06 correct?
17:38:04:27 >> M-hmm.
17:38:05:18 >> And again, we're talking
17:38:06:21 about robotics, autonomous
17:38:08:24 vehicles.
17:38:09:06 But this technology can be used
17:38:11:03 in other things.
17:38:11:27 Correct?
17:38:12:18 >> Yes.
17:38:13:00 Absolutely.
17:38:14:03 It's not exactly clear what we
17:38:16:03 think of or what we invent today
17:38:17:21 how that's going to be used.
17:38:20:06 That's why it's important for
17:38:21:09 people doing research in this
17:38:22:12 area to publish what they're
17:38:23:15 working on.
17:38:24:09 That to some degree is what
17:38:26:00 separates us from the work going
17:38:27:12 on by Google and other people.
17:38:29:21 Of the work they do which is
17:38:31:00 absolutely incredible, I don't
17:38:32:15 want to say anything bad about
17:38:33:15 the work they're doing, but it's
17:38:35:09 difficult for people outside of
17:38:36:27 their area to get access to it.
17:38:38:12 >> When we're talking about
17:38:39:21 medical monitoring, we're
17:38:41:00 talking about border
17:38:43:18 enforcement, these things,
17:38:45:00 that's --
17:38:45:12 That all play as part.
17:38:46:21 >> Yeah, and in fact we've been
17:38:48:00 able to apply different kinds
of
17:38:49:12 results to people who drive
17:38:51:06 assisted wheelchairs or electric
17:38:53:00 wheelchairs to prevent rollover
17:38:55:00 and driving over the curb and
17:38:56:12 other things that cause serious
17:38:58:00 injury.
17:38:58:18 >> As far as you're concerned,
17:39:00:06 you're at Berkeley, correct?
17:39:01:27 >> Correct.
17:39:02:12 >> Where do you want to take
17:39:03:09 this?
17:39:03:27 What's next for you?
17:39:05:09 >> Probably looking into a
17:39:06:18 different research program at
my
17:39:09:15 home school and continue
17:39:11:00 research in autonomous systems.
17:39:13:03 >> So that's pretty exciting for
17:39:14:09 you.
17:39:14:24 >> Yeah.
17:39:15:06 >> Was that always the way?
17:39:16:06 I know you looked up this
17:39:18:03 particular program, you had a
17:39:22:06 good robotics program at your
17:39:23:24 high school, so that was
17:39:24:18 instilled new.
17:39:26:03 >> M-hmm.
17:39:26:24 >> As far as what's next in this
17:39:28:24 particular technology, you're
17:39:29:12 the expert.
17:39:31:00 You've won all the awards, what
17:39:32:15 is next in autonomous
17:39:34:15 technology?
17:39:34:27 >> I think what we'll see is
17:39:36:06 more and more autonomy creeping
17:39:38:00 into today's vehicles, and we're
17:39:39:12 even seeing it now on
17:39:40:24 commercials on television about
17:39:42:12 vehicles that have lane
17:39:43:09 departure warnings and
17:39:44:18 self-parking.
17:39:45:18 That's going to become more and
17:39:46:27 more common.
17:39:47:18 Where it will be interesting is
17:39:48:24 when we start to apply that as
17:39:50:12 you said around other vehicles
17:39:51:18 with people looking out at the
17:39:53:15 spectacle that's going on.
17:39:55:06 It will be interesting to see
17:39:56:09 where things go from there and
17:39:57:24 that's almost a humanities
17:39:59:15 question.
17:39:59:27 >> Indeed.
17:40:00:18 Because there is a societal
17:40:02:03 impact.
17:40:02:21 You don't work in a vacuum, this
17:40:05:12 has got to work among the
17:40:07:03 people, the other drivers.
17:40:08:21 >> Exactly.
17:40:09:06 And I think that's something
17:40:10:12 that's often forgotten about
17:40:12:21 engineering.
17:40:13:03 We have to think about building
17:40:14:12 things that improve society.
17:40:15:24 So you do need some societal
17:40:17:21 context to do that.
17:40:18:27 >> Congratulations on your
17:40:20:00 honors and your wards, and for
17:40:21:21 teaching these young people, and
17:40:23:03 congratulations to you, and good
17:40:24:21 luck.
17:40:25:00 >> Thank you.
17:40:25:15 >> Thank you.
17:41:27:09 >>> In Northwest Arizona, just
17:41:35:27 off state route 95 stands a
17:41:38:15 peculiar monument to the town
of
17:41:40:24 oatman.
17:41:41:27 Oddly, the marker is 15 miles
17:41:43:24 from the town it honors.
17:41:46:15 West into the black mountains,
17:41:47:27 the mining town of oatman was
17:41:50:15 established at the turn of the
17:41:51:24 century.
17:41:52:12 By the 1930s, nearly 2 million
17:41:55:09 ounces of gold had been
17:41:56:21 extracted from the surrounding
17:41:58:03 mines.
17:41:58:24 The price of gold and World
17:42:00:06 War II forced the closure of the
17:42:02:27 mines in the '40s.
17:42:04:18 The town was delivered another
17:42:06:00 blow when in 1952, a stretch of
17:42:09:06 interstate 40 opened, siphoning
17:42:11:24 off oatman's lifeblood.
17:42:14:06 Route 66 traffic.
17:42:15:03 It quickly became a ghosttown.
17:42:23:18 Route 66 is again its lifeblood.
17:42:26:18 Nostalgia for the mother road
17:42:28:09 and the old west draw tourists
17:42:30:06 from all over the world.
17:42:32:00 They walk the Boardwalks, hang
17:42:34:06 with the local gunfighters, and
17:42:35:24 are followed around by oatman's
17:42:38:06 most famous residents, the
17:42:40:12 BURROs, descendants of those set
17:42:43:27 free by miners years ago.
17:42:45:06 Being closer to Nevada than the
17:42:47:00 town itself, oatman's misplaced
17:42:49:12 monument is long forgotten, but
17:42:51:03 the town is remembered daily.
17:42:55:27 >>> A long-term care community
17:42:57:09 in Arizona is receiving national
17:42:58:09 recognition for its best
17:42:59:18 practices in dementia care.
17:43:02:12 It has created replicable ways
17:43:05:03 to decrease drugs, eliminate
17:43:08:03 physical restraints and keep
17:43:11:06 patients more comfortable.
17:43:17:00 >> They've been there, we see
17:43:21:15 those every once in a while.
17:43:23:18 >> JOAN and Philip married soon
17:43:26:00 after they met.
17:43:26:21 >> Our first date, she laughed
17:43:28:03 at my jokes, and she was a good
17:43:30:06 dancer.
17:43:30:21 And I figured, that's about all
17:43:32:09 I really need.
17:43:34:03 It's been that way ever since.
17:43:35:15 We've been laughing together and
17:43:37:09 having a great time.
17:43:39:15 >> 60 years later, Phil visits
17:43:41:24 his wife several times a day at
17:43:43:18 a place unlike typical dementia
17:43:46:15 communities.
17:43:53:27 Comfort first is the philosophy.
17:43:56:27 With an emphasis on creating a
17:43:59:21 sense of home.
17:44:01:06 >> The home they're asking for
17:44:02:18 may not be a reality any longer.
17:44:05:12 But we're looking for those
17:44:06:27 elements that stress the
17:44:09:00 importance of home, those things
17:44:11:09 that connect us to a broader
17:44:14:09 sense of community and those
17:44:17:03 things that ultimately at the
17:44:18:03 end of the day are the things
17:44:20:12 that give us peace.
17:44:23:00 >> All things really boil down
17:44:25:12 to what makes you comfortable?
17:44:27:15 So the individual who has napped
17:44:32:03 in their living room, the person
17:44:33:18 who likes their recliner better
17:44:35:24 than their bed, should still
17:44:37:09 have the opportunity to have
17:44:39:06 those same kinds of patterns
17:44:40:18 that have always made sense to
17:44:42:00 them.
17:44:42:21 So it's not my reality that's
17:44:44:18 important, it's not what I say
17:44:46:18 that matters, but it's rather
17:44:48:09 what this person says that
17:44:50:06 really counts.
17:44:54:27 >> Alonzo calls the fourth floor
17:44:56:12 the neighborhood.
17:44:57:15 And taking away the dietary
17:44:59:24 rules here helps.
17:45:03:24 >> One is not too fattening.
17:45:05:09 >> no, ma'am, it's not.
17:45:06:21 >> When people have trouble
17:45:07:27 thinking, when they have
17:45:09:09 dementia it's important to know
17:45:10:18 folks may not have the same kind
17:45:12:09 of clock that everyone else has.
17:45:14:06 And so being able to eat
17:45:15:21 whenever you're hungry is really
17:45:17:06 important.
17:45:18:12 Being able to sleep whenever you
17:45:19:24 want to is really important.
17:45:21:21 So if the person happens to be
17:45:24:06 hungry or thirsty, there's
17:45:25:27 something always available so
17:45:27:21 that will help them provide a
17:45:28:24 sense of comfort and security.
17:45:33:06 >> Alonzo is credited with many
17:45:34:18 of the common sense ideas behind
17:45:37:00 comfort first.
17:45:38:15 She'll tell you, it's a team
17:45:40:03 effort.
17:45:41:09 Like almost everyone she works
17:45:42:24 with, she got into this career
17:45:44:21 because a loved one suffered.
17:45:47:15 >> My grandmother was my mentor.
17:45:52:06 And someone that I looked up to
17:45:55:06 more than anyone else in life.
17:45:56:24 And when she succumbed to
17:46:00:21 dementia, and started to show
17:46:03:18 all the symptoms we normally
17:46:05:03 see, it was heartbreaking for
my
17:46:07:03 family.
17:46:07:24 But what I learned out of the
17:46:09:09 experience is that there had to
17:46:10:12 be something more, there had to
17:46:12:24 be quality of life.
17:46:14:15 There had to be an opportunity
17:46:17:24 to embrace who she truly was,
so
17:46:21:21 I've been in pursuit of that.
17:46:24:09 >> That pursuit has meant the
17:46:25:18 elimination of restraint,
17:46:27:12 diapers, and many drugs.
17:46:32:09 And instead of scheduled
17:46:33:21 activities, play is spontaneous.
17:46:38:00 >> We're trying to get people
to
17:46:39:21 realize that indeed there's this
17:46:41:21 person inside, this beautiful,
17:46:43:09 beautiful person.
17:46:44:09 And there are so many other ways
17:46:46:00 to make meaningful connection
17:46:47:27 beyond the language of the
17:46:49:03 brain.
17:46:49:24 Blah, blah, blah, blah.
17:46:51:06 The language of the heart and
17:46:52:18 soul, through touch, through
17:46:54:03 taste, through song, through a
17:46:56:09 kiss, through a smile, all of
17:46:58:15 these things.
17:46:59:03 And from a change perspective,
17:47:01:12 isn't this feasible?
17:47:02:21 Isn't this easy to replicate?
17:47:04:12 Does it cost a lot of money?
17:47:06:06 No.
17:47:07:09 Where's the change taking place?
17:47:08:21 Between our ears.
17:47:09:24 In our hearts.
17:47:13:27 � let me call you sweetheart
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17:47:16:00 � I'm in love with you ��
17:47:22:24 >> That was beautiful!
17:47:26:21 >> Thank you.
17:47:28:21 >> Gallagher, a professional
17:47:30:03 singer for 30 years, has found
a
17:47:32:09 new audience.
17:47:33:18 It happened when she started
17:47:34:27 working for hospice of the
17:47:36:03 valley and collaborating with
17:47:38:15 the comfort first program at
17:47:40:09 beatitudes.
17:47:42:00 >> It's the most fulfilling
17:47:43:21 thing that I've ever done in my
17:47:45:12 life.
17:47:45:27 Every single day.
17:47:46:24 It's difficult, but it's very
17:47:48:27 fulfilling.
17:47:50:00 Think about it --
17:47:51:24 People with dementia lose their
17:47:53:06 ability to think and interpret.
17:47:55:06 So Alzheimer's disease and other
17:47:56:24 forms of dementia are diseases
17:47:58:09 of the brain.
17:47:59:15 But they're not diseases of the
17:48:02:09 heart.
17:48:02:21 The soul.
17:48:03:15 Whatever elements of a human
17:48:05:00 being you want to label it.
17:48:15:21 ��
17:48:16:18 >> Everyone can do this.
17:48:21:06 It is changing the way you think
17:48:23:18 about giving the care.
17:48:29:15 >> And the comfort first
17:48:30:21 philosophy saves money.
17:48:33:03 >> When you anticipate someone's
17:48:34:21 needs, you don't have to spend
17:48:38:27 the money on products to keep
17:48:40:24 someone dry.
17:48:42:03 You don't have to buy expensive
17:48:47:06 supplements or nourishments
17:48:49:27 because they're eating good
17:48:52:12 food.
17:48:53:12 When you have someone who is
17:48:55:03 comfortable, the staff that you
17:48:58:18 have doesn't have to spend time
17:49:01:24 trying to fix because they're
17:49:04:06 uncomfortable.
17:49:05:18 So the same staffing that we had
17:49:10:03 back 10, 15 years ago is exactly
17:49:14:00 what we have now.
17:49:15:09 We always make sure that we have
17:49:19:24 staff who know how to take care
17:49:22:27 of the person.
17:49:24:12 And so it is very economic call.
17:49:30:21 Being able to know that you help
17:49:34:09 somebody to smile, or feel that
17:49:37:00 there was a special moment is
17:49:41:27 priceless.
17:49:42:27 It is the kind of thing that
17:49:45:12 nurtures your own soul.
17:49:49:09 >> This is an intricate type of
17:49:52:21 hanging and tapestry, but we
17:49:54:12 just comment on this almost
17:49:55:24 every time that we come by.
17:49:57:24 Because it's so pretty, you
17:50:00:15 know.
17:50:01:06 She can forget sometimes
17:50:04:27 day-to-day, but it's so nice to,
17:50:06:24 again, be able to see something
17:50:09:09 familiar like that, something
we
17:50:10:18 appreciate.
17:50:13:06 JOAN's had her memory problems,
17:50:16:18 it goes back oh, eight or 10
17:50:19:27 years, really.
17:50:20:27 But it was to the point where
we
17:50:22:15 always knew we were going to
17:50:23:21 have to have some additional
17:50:25:12 help along the way.
17:50:27:09 And beatitudes has an
17:50:29:24 outstanding program for that
17:50:31:24 kind of memory support.
17:50:35:15 >> It's kind of funny sometimes,
17:50:37:03 because she'll joke, and she'll
17:50:38:24 say, oh, I know he's messing
17:50:40:06 around with other women.
17:50:41:18 And he laughs and he gets a
17:50:43:03 chuckle out of it, and he brings
17:50:45:18 daisy his dog over and says,
17:50:47:03 now, what she tells you I've
17:50:48:21 been with other women, this is
17:50:49:27 the only woman I've been with.
17:50:51:21 And he has this his little dog
17:50:53:15 in his arms.
17:50:55:15 And she has a great sense of
17:50:57:03 humor, and he does too, and
17:50:58:27 they're just --
17:50:59:21 They're so loving.
17:51:00:18 You can see it when they're
17:51:01:24 together.
17:51:03:27 >> Oh, you're so cute!
17:51:05:18 Honey I love you!
17:51:06:21 Next to daddy!
17:51:09:09 >> We get by.
17:51:10:18 We know we just have to take it
17:51:12:06 one day at a time.
17:51:14:21 There's comfort in that.
17:51:17:15 >> Comfort first considers what
17:51:18:24 some call innovation, a simple
17:51:20:24 common sense in allowing
17:51:21:27 residents to live the
17:51:22:24 flexibility in a relatively
17:51:24:06 unstructured manner within a
17:51:25:15 long-term care environment.
17:51:26:27 For more information check the
17:51:27:21 website, beatitudescampus.org.
17:51:31:00 >>> Friday on "Arizona Horizon,"
17:51:32:06 it's a journalH "The
17:51:33:09 Journalists' Round Table," we'll
17:51:34:15 discuss the latest polls on the
17:51:35:15 governor's race and we'll have
17:51:36:24 more on an Arizona congressional
17:51:38:21 candidate announcing he has
17:51:40:00 cancer.
17:51:40:24 That's on the next "The
17:51:41:21 Journalists' Round Table."
17:51:42:09 >>> That is it for now.
17:51:43:12 I'm Ted Simons.
17:51:44:03 Thank you so much for joining
17:51:44:27 us.
17:51:45:09 You have a great evening.
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