Sundown at the Lucky Star
(Formerly Titled: Dementia: A Musical?)
Meet some of the staff, residents, and not-so-welcome visitors at Lucky Star, a senior care facility where "We treat you better than your family."
Sundown at the Lucky Star is a musical comedy/drama about a day in the life of a nursing home. It has been produced and performed live on stage, as an independent short film, and as a music festival presentation. The Lucky Star Players are composed of both professional and amateur singers and musicians. Click here for sample recordings.
Sundown at the Lucky Star is also a one-hour continuing education program that has been presented at legal and medical conferences. The abbreviated program combines story-telling and live music to address issues of life and aging, with and without dementia. It is available in combination with workshops and discussion groups.
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The HMS Euthanasia
Steve Rubin
Welcome aboard the SS Dignity. You are listening to the soundtrack of The HMS Euthanasia, a musical about a one-way cruise for terminally ill passengers. Meet Jacob and crew, serving travelers celebrating their final voyage. Come and drink the elixir. Jacob’s Cruises are guaranteed to end with a splash.
This work of fiction was written, performed and produced by Steven Rubin.
Piano, tracks 8, 9, 10 -Kenn Pettiford
Copyright 2014, 2017
SER Publications
Gerolescence Inc.
For more information or to contact Steven Rubin MD
Visit http://www.Gerolescence.com
The Gerolescence website includes videos and information on the causes of Alzheimer’s dementia. Other geriatric health care education and entertainment topics are also available including excerpts from Sundown At The Lucky Star, a nursing home musical.
BOOKS
Autumn Leaves, Aging With and Without Dementia
Paperback and E-book available on Amazon.com
http://amzn.com/0977417212
Alzheimer’s Top Ten Causes
E-book available on Amazon.com
http://amzn.com/B00ATHXK3S
Speaking
Steven Rubin M.D. has been a professional educator and lecturer for twenty years on senior medical, cognitive and behavioral health issues. His emphasis on common sense health care and lack of commercial special interests makes him a dynamic speaker. His presentations are consistently highly rated for enjoyment, insight and educational value.
Presentation formats include didactic lectures, interactive workshops, and staged performances of Sundown at the Lucky Star, an original continuing education program that combines story-telling and live music to address issues of life and aging, with and without dementia.
Topics include adult and senior mental health, dementia evaluation, diagnosis and treatment, medication management, elder law, and medical disability and fraud.
Presentations can be designed specifically for your personal or organization needs and include ½ and full day conference workshops.
Dr. Rubin invites you to contact him regarding presentations locally and nationally, in public, academic and professional expert settings.
EDUCATIONAL LECTURES
CONFERENCES
WORKSHOPS
COMMUNITY PROGRAMS
CME/CEU/CLE
Dr. Rubin is also a community college educator and mentor to health care students and interns. He is an adjunct professor for Touro University and a faculty member of the American Board of Independent Medical Examiners.
Professional Services
Clinical Geriatric Medical Psychiatry
Dr. Rubin has been practicing adult and geriatric psychiatry for twenty years. He specializes in dementia assessment and management consultation and is clinically active as a consultant at multi-level senior care facilities.
Legal Consultations
Dr. Rubin is certified by the American Board of Independent Medical Examiners and provides elder law-related forensic consultation. Services include medical-psychiatric case reviews pertaining to competence, guardianships, testamentary and decisional capacities.
Education
Dr. Rubin provides individual, group, family, professional, caregiver, and layperson in-service education programs. He has been a continuing education professional speaker on senior, mental health, and elder-law topics since the 1990’s. He continues to develop evaluation and education resources that are readily accessible and promote honest information and practical health care.
