Charbonneau resident’ s book details how AI can improve dementia care
Mystery writer will be the guest speaker at the Sept. 8 luncheon
8 September 2025 Charbonneau Villager
Civic Affairs
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others. Happily, Wilsonville’ s neighborhoods are distinctive and offer many housing and lifestyle choices. A particular bright spot is the abundance of wonderful, spacious and unique parks spread throughout neighborhoods and downtown.
However, something that Wilsonville lacks can benefit each of these neighborhoods, including
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Charbonneau. It’ s a lively, defined town center, a central magnet drawing people to it. Imagine inviting, interconnected pedestrian walkways with restaurants, shops, water features, kids’ play areas, public art, benches, a food court, a gallery and perhaps even a performing arts building, and of course— as a faithful Tree City USA— trees, flowers and green spaces. It could be Wilsonville’ s beating heart.
People would want to come here for all the good reasons people already go to these places throughout the
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world. They will shop, dine, socialize and laugh with their friends, who will laugh with their kids and grandchildren. They will share the joy of concerts, festivals, craft stalls, art walks, pop-up shops, people-watching and just being out for a stroll.
It’ s likely Wilsonville will revisit its town center project that was initiated prior to the pandemic, looking at revisions that reflect a community-wide vision. A town center can add substantial lifestyle value as well as property value to our community, which by expanding the tax base well
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into the future, helps contain increasing property taxes. It’ s a generational opportunity.
Thriving towns are an answer to urban blight, steeply rising property taxes, local job creation and less time on I-5. And they are an even more appealing place to live and work or to socialize, support local businesses, and to find enjoyment like we do when we travel. Experiencing the charm and vitality found in other places reinforces the potential that is possible in our own town. Build it and people will come.
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A Day in the Life
By KRISTA KROISS
Women’ s Association
By BEE BENESH
Charbonneau resident’ s book details how AI can improve dementia care
Armando Arias, a new resident of Wilsonville’ s Charbonneau neighborhood, is interested in the“ science of science.”
An academic with a Ph. D in social psychology, Arias is fascinated by the methods scientists use in their work. In his career, he helped airplane builders improve collaboration and then assisted in the founding of new universities. Arias officially retired 2023 and has since turned to authoring books.
For the past year, he has used knowledge gained from previous experiences to co-author a book focusing on the impacts of AI on research and care for dementia.
Set to publish next month with an English and Spanish version,“ AI: Global Solution for the Dementia Crisis” will explore topics like predictive diagnostics for dementia, personalized care and health care equity. Arias is already working on another book discussing how AI models can help map brain activity prior
Dr. Armando Arias, who lives in Charbonneau, has co-authored a new book,‘ AI: Global Solution for the Dementia Crisis.’
to thought— information he said neuroscientists can use to improve quality of life for those with dementia.
Arias wants the books to help those with dementia, like his mother, who was diagnosed around 15 years ago.
“ On a personal basis, I’ m doing this to make her feel good,” Arias said.
After his mother’ s diagnosis, Arias said he observed how she lived with the disease over time and attended regular psychiatrist assessments, taking mental notes. He then worked with a research team to make a model of a brain with dementia. Recently in their work, they unintentionally began a brain map of the“ pre-thought.”
“ We’ re in search of creating a real-time map that would allow neuroscientists to make minor adjustments in the brain so that people with dementia …( can) lead a happier end of life,” Arias said.
This will be the topic of his next book, which he said will cover“ how we captured the prethought, and what that means, and what it means to people with Alzheimer’ s, dementia, cancer.”
Mystery writer will be the guest speaker at the Sept. 8 luncheon
The Charbonneau Women’ s Association is looking forward to another busy and interesting year, kicking off in September. As you are reading this, students are heading back to college
BENESH and even the younger kids are
starting to think,“ back to school soon.” September and fall are fast approaching. However, as I am writing this column, we are still in the hot days of early July. CWA doesn’ t often have any planned activities during the summer, but those on the board of directors have begun planning and organizing the 2025- 2026 events. It all started with a joint brunch meeting of last year’ s and this year’ s boards on June 2. So, while plans are well underway, I don’ t have too many details to report yet.
I do hope that you will mark your calendars right away for our Sept. 8 luncheon with a most exciting program. Phillip Margolin, renowned author of 28 mystery novels, will be our guest speaker. Mr. Margolin had an interesting career as a trial attorney specializing in criminal defense before turning to writing fiction full-time. Since his first book,“ Hearthstone,” was published in 1996 all his novels have been bestsellers, and he has won numerous awards. Mr. Margolin knows his
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