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Dunwoody golf teams sweep DeKalb County high school tournament
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Attendess of Adult Children of Aging Parents’s April 8 session at Dunwoody United Methodist Church listen as Northside Hospital Care Coordinator Rhonda Perling, top center, goes through her checklist on a smooth discharge. The nonprofit support group meets at the church the second Tuesday of each month.
Crowd hears senior care advice from team of experts in the field By HAYDEN SUMLIN hayden@appenmedia.com SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. — Discharge planning starts on day one of your loved one’s hospital stay. That is one resounding takeaway from the April 8 gathering of Adult Children of Aging Parents North Atlanta, a nonprofit offering free in-person programs on the second Tuesday of the month at Dunwoody United Methodist Church. The support group’s monthly sessions feature a wide variety of
experts in the care of older adults, often those whose close relatives fully or partially look after them during the day. The crowd of around 30 at the April session featured caregivers, industry professionals and others interested in how they can best care for their loved ones. One woman’s mother is refusing her suggestions that she increase her care level, while another couple is looking to understand the process more after one of their parents’ recent hospital stays.
ACAP North Atlanta, founded in 2023 as a chapter of a North Carolina-based educational organization, invited Northside Hospital Care Coordinator Rhonda Perling to share her insider knowledge and expert strategies to help families navigate posthospital care for their loved ones. Before Perling educated the room and dived into nuances, the opening panel of ACAP North Atlanta’s leadership team got the conversation started.
See ACAP, Page 13
DUNWOODY, Ga.— The Dunwoody High School varsity girls and boys teams swept the April 1 DeKalb County Golf Championships at Stone Mountain Golf Club for the first time since 2017. Coach Doug Friedlander has run the Dunwoody High School golf program for two decades, bringing home the county championship’s inaugural trophies in 2005. The Wildcats last won the girls title in 2017, completing a four-peat at the time and cementing Dunwoody High School as the county’s golf powerhouse. This year’s championship brings Friedlander’s total titles to 22, including 15 for the boys and 7 for the girls, with six sweeps of both. Dunwoody competes in the Georgia High School Association’s Class 5A.
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Dunwoody High School boys and girls celebrate winning the DeKalb County Golf Championships April 1 at Stone Mountain Golf Club. Wildcats Elizabeth Halon and Reece Thompson brought first-place trophies back to Vermack Road.
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