Dutchess County Office for the Aging’s
AGING NEWS
- Senior Housing Focus of Seminars
- Register Now for Caregiver Conference (11/20)
- Attend Vassar Institute Seminar Free
- A Matter of Balance Classes Ongoing
- Free Seminar at the CIA (11/2)
- More Aging News Online
Pictures from the Senior Prom: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10153356519828347.1073741843.73646813346&type=3
Video from the Prom posted on October 19th here (scroll down): https://www.facebook.com/Dutchess-County-Government-73646813346/
Golden Living . . . News for Senior Citizens
Mary Kaye Dolan-Anderson, Director
Dutchess County Office for the Aging
SENIOR HOUSING FOCUS OF SEMINARS
Are you planning on or thinking about moving? It can be one of the most stressful events in your life. Here at the Office for the Aging, we receive hundreds of calls each year from people wondering what their options are when the time comes to make a move. Our Senior Housing brochure is one of our most popular, so we understand there are a lot of questions about the many types of senior housing.
At this year’s morning of Senior Seminars coming up on November 5th, experts will guide you through the many different types of senior housing, from independent living options right through long-term care facilities. You’ll learn whether you qualify for subsidized housing, how continuing care communities work, what an echo cottage is and so much more. Now is the time to gather as much information as possible and have your questions answered early to ease this difficult transition. Even if you are just thinking about a move in the future, this is the time to find out about what is out there. Representatives from senior housing facilities are invited to attend to help answer questions from seniors during the two open forum sections.
The morning will kick off at 9:30 a.m. with a presentation by Anne Saylor from the Dutchess County Planning Department. Anne will look at the types of senior housing that are available now in Dutchess County and what is planned for the future.
At 10:30 a.m., an open forum on Independent Living Options for seniors will take place. Each of the different options will be touched on, followed by questions and answers from the audience.
At 11:30 a.m., the open forum will continue with the focus shifting to Long Term Care Options. Nursing Homes, Assistive Living, Continuing Care and other facilities will be discussed.
All three seminars will all take place at the New Hackensack Reformed Church, on Route 376, just south of the Dutchess County Airport on Thursday morning, November 5th. To register for one or all of the senior housing seminars, call the Office for the Aging at (845) 486-2555.
CAREGIVERS SAVE THE DATE
If you are a caregiver, mark Friday, November 20th on your calendar for the free 11th Annual Conference on Caregiving. This year’s conference will be held at the Villa Borghese, 70 Widmer Road in Wappinger beginning with registration at 8:30 a.m. The theme for the conference is “Caregiving: The Starring Role.”
Some of the topics to be covered at the seminar are: Care Team Building, Legal & Financial Solutions; Role of the Ombudsman and the Power of Music Therapy. There will be plenty of time for questions and concerns from the attendees. Continental breakfast and lunch are included. To make a reservation, call the Alzheimer’s Association at (845) 471-2655.
The conference is produced by the Office for the Aging, the Alzheimer’s Association Hudson Valley Chapter, Wingate Healthcare, the Parkinson’s Disease Support Group of the Mid Hudson Valley, Inc., Hudson Valley Hospice, Always There Home Care, Hudson Valley Veterans Administration, Hamaspik Choice and HealthQuest.
Golden Living is prepared by the Dutchess County Office for the Aging, 27 High Street, Poughkeepsie, New York 12601, telephone 486-2555, email: agingservices@dutchessny.gov website:http://www.dutchessny.gov/CountyGov/Departments/Aging/AGIndex.htm
Attend a Vassar Brothers Institute presentation for free!
You and your guest are invited to attend one Vassar Brothers Institute presentation for free ($14 value). Just mention this notice from the Office for the Aging. Programs begin on November 4 with Gray Warriner presenting his travel film, Rediscovering Ancient America. November 18 John Holod will present his film,Cuba, and on December 2, Dale Johnson will present his film, China Rising. Check the website,www.vassarBrothersInstitute.org, for more presentations. Presentations are held in the Poughkeepsie High School auditorium at 70 Forbus Street at 7:30pm. There is plenty of free parking across from the school.
A MATTER OF BALANCE PROGRAM ONGOING
“A Matter of Balance” classes are currently being scheduled for 2016. If you are not already on the wait list, call for an application. These classes, which meet for 2 hours a week over an 8 week period are for those who are concerned about falling, and would like to learn how to reduce their fears. Click here for more information: http://www.co.dutchess.ny.us/CountyGov/Departments/Aging/agMBbrochure.pdf
Reichl and Gray at The Culinary Institute of America
The Poughkeepsie Read presents In the Borderlands of Food Justice: A Conversation with Ruth Reichl and Margaret Gray on Monday, November 2 at 7 pm. This is a collaborative program of The Culinary Institute of America, Rural & Migrant Ministry, and The Poughkeepsie Public Library District.
In the Borderlands of Food Justice is designed as a public conversation about justice for farmworkers between two prominent writers. Richard Witt, Executive Director of Rural and Migrant Ministry will moderate. Margaret Gray is a Political Science Professor at Adelphi Universtiy and author, in 2013, ofLabor and the Locavore: The Making of a Comprehensive Food Ethic. Gray researched her subject for ten years, conducting interviews with 160 Hudson Valley farmworkers and 18 Hudson Valley farmers, and observing farmworker advocacy and labor group meetings. Ruth Reichl is a chef, food writer, restaurant critic, TV personality and former editor of Gourmet magazine. Reichl has published ten books, most recently her September release of My Kitchen Year: 136 Recipes That Saved My Life.
The event is free and open to the public; attendees are invited to bring a non-perishable food item for a local food pantry.
The open conversation with Ruth Reichl and Margaret Gray is scheduled for the Marriott Pavilion Ecolab Auditorium on the campus of The Culinary Institute of America, 1946 Campus Drive, Hyde Park. Go to EventBrite (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/in-the-borderlands-of-food-justicea-conversation-with-ruth-reichl-and-margaret-gray-tickets-18724036096) to register, or www.poklib.org for general information about all Poughkeepsie Read events. For questions, call the CIA at 845-451-1543.
MORE AGING NEWS ONLINE:
Lifting Weights, Twice a Week, May Aid the Brain
GRETCHEN REYNOLDS
A new experiment suggests that light resistance training a few times a week may also slow the age-related shrinking of some parts of our brains.
To Reach Seniors, Tech Start-Ups Must First Relate to Them
BY PAULA SPAN
Digital devices intended to transform elder care often fail, in part because tech entrepreneurs don’t fully understand the task or the consumers.
Processed meat can cause cancer, red meat probably can: WHO
PARIS Eating processed meat can lead to bowel cancer in humans while red meat is a likely cause of the disease, World Health Organisation (WHO) experts said on Monday in findings that could sharpen debate over the merits of a meat-based diet.
Cancer Drug Could Be Baldness Remedy, Too
Drugs developed to fight cancer and rheumatoid arthritis might work as creams to stimulate hair growth —offering a potential baldness cure, researchers reported Friday. |
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