Dutchess County Office for the Aging’s
AGING NEWS
- Senior Exercise Program Seeks Leaders
- It’s Shredding Season in Poughkeepsie (4/28)
- Free Memory-Loss Lectures in East Fishkill (4/25 – TODAY) and Millerton (4/30)
- A Knit-In in Hyde Park (5/1)
- Family History How-To Event in Pawling (5/4)
- VA Castle Point Parking Improvements
- Metastatic Cancer Support Group (4/27)
- Hudson Valley Heritage Fair (5/1)
- Honors for Local Parkinson’s Support Group (5/11)
- Yet Another Scam
- OTHER AGING NEWS ONLINE
Golden Living . . . News for Senior Citizens
Dutchess County Office for the Aging
DUTCHESS SENIOR EXERCISE PROGRAM SEEKS LEADERS
You don’t need to be Charles (or Charlene) Atlas to lead an exercise group – but anyone who might be interested is welcome to attend the Senior Exercise Leader Workshop coming up Monday, May 23 from 1 to 3 p.m. at Pleasant Valley Town Hall, 1544 Main Street. Exercise has been shown to improve body, mind and soul regardless of age. Classes are held in 22 locations in all parts of the county and are conducted in groups of 15 to 20, using free weights for arms and legs, and chairs for support as needed. There are group leaders in their 90s and group members as old as 102. You can do this! For more information on exercise group leadership, whether you’re already a group leader or want to be one, email jfcurlee@gmail.com or call the Office for the Aging at 486-2555.
SPRING SHREDFEST IN POUGHKEEPSIE
Somebody’s identity is stolen in this country every two seconds, and now that tax season’s over it’s key to safely get rid of any confidential documents you no longer need. The AARP of New York is holding a free shredding event this Thursday, April 28, from9 a.m. to noon, at Guardian Self Storage, 3 Neptune Road in Poughkeepsie. Bring up to three bags of documents for shredding; registration is not required but helps organizers plan the event. For more information call toll free 1-877-926-8300 or emailLPalmer@aarp.org.
TWO LIBRARIES HOLD MEMORY-LOSS DISCUSSIONS
Overviews of issues regarding memory loss, dementia and Alzheimer’s disease will be held twice this week: first, on Monday the 25th at 10:30 a.m. at the East Fishkill Community Library, 348 Route 376, Hopewell Junction; also, on Saturday the 30th from 1 to 2 p.m. at the Northeast-Millerton Library. Both programs will provide information on detection, causes and risk factors, stages of Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, treatment, and much more. Information and registration is available at 800-272-3900.
A KNIT-IN IN HYDE PARK
The Town of Hyde Park Historical Society’s ninth annual “Eleanor Roosevelt Knit-In” takes place Sunday, May 1. It’s the group’s primary fundraiser to help maintain its museum and Little Red Schoolhouse in Hyde Park. Participants learn more about the legendary First Lady while knitting or crocheting yarn blocks which will be assembled into afghans and donated to our troops, VA hospitals, battered women’s and community shelters, and others in need. To participate and/or sponsor, call Patsy Costello at 229-2559.
RECORDING YOUR FAMILY HISTORY
We all have so many memories to pass along to future generations of our families, but it can be hard to figure out how to save them. Pawling senior citizens can get help becoming their family’s historians at an event coming up Wednesday, May 4, at 6:30 p.m. at the Pawling library’s community room annex. Their presenter, historian Robin Lester, will show you how to begin creating a history that will surprise and delight your children, grandchildren, and generations to come. Make your memories into your memoirs! Registration is required and can be done by calling 855-3444. See http://goo.gl/5oCACo to find out more.
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
CASTLE POINT PARKING NOW IMPROVED
The parking area in front of the Castle Point Urgent Care clinic is now open. It creates 16 fresh handicapped spaces for Veterans and their families. It also creates a new ‘loop’ around for folks who may be picking up or dropping off Veterans receiving care. Please let affected Veterans in your circles know this is available for them now. More at http://www.hudsonvalley.va.gov/locations/Castle_Point_Campus.asp
CANCER SUPPORT GROUP MEETS WEDNESDAY
If you’re battling cancer, getting the news that a cancer has returned can be most challenging indeed. There’s a Metastatic Cancer Support Group meeting on Wednesday, April 27 at 1:00 p.m. at the Dyson Cancer Center in the city of Poughkeepsie. They meet the fourth Wednesday of every month.
http://www.healthquest.org/hq/events/metastatic-cancer-support-group-4807.aspx
HUDSON VALLEY HERITAGE FAIR AT LOCUST GROVE
All this history in the Hudson Valley, but where to go first is always the question. In Poughkeepsie, Locust Grove on Route 9 is hosting a Hudson Valley Heritage Fair with display booths from historic sites, museums and local history organizations.
http://www.lgny.org/sunday-may-1-hudson-valley-heritage-fair
HONORS FOR MID-HUDSON PARKINSON’S ADVOCATES
The Parkinson’s Support Group of the Mid-Hudson Valley is being honored May 11 at the annual gala of the Parkinson’s Disease Foundation in New York City.
http://www.pdf.org/gala
THE NEVER-ENDING FIGHT AGAINST PHONE SCAMS
Another week, another scam – and a fairly sophisticated one as such things go. This one’s being reported by the Federal Trade Commission.
http://seniorplanet.org/scam-alert-has-your-email-account-really-been-hacked/
MORE AGING NEWS ONLINE:
Can a change in diet reverse Type 2 diabetes? New information is at least encouraging.
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/04/18/hope-for-reversing-type-2-diabetes/?emc=eta1&_r=0
Here’s a twist on a wedding tradition: flower ladies.
http://www.nextavenue.org/theyre-not-flower-girls-theyre-flower-ladies/
Beverly Hills, California is moving to self-driving cars as a way to meet the public-transportation needs of senior citizens.
http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Beverly-Hills-Self-Driving-Cars-Motion-Passed-City-Council-375906041.html
Remember NFL legend Alan Page? He’s had two fulfilling careers and at age 70 is on to a third, helping educate young children.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/02/your-money/twice-retired-ex-purple-people-eater-is-still-passionate-about-goals.html
85 and tap-dancing? You betcha, as they say in Minnesota where this Navy vet is making like Gene Kelly.
http://www.ltlmagazine.com/news-item/tap-dancing-any-age
Brian Jones
Outreach Coordinator
Dutchess County Office for the Aging
27 High Street
Poughkeepsie NY 12601
Phone: (845) 486-2555 Fax: (845) 486-2571
Email: bjones@dutchessny.gov
