Dutchess County Office For the Aging’s AGING NEWS

 

Dutchess County Office For the Aging’s

AGING NEWS

  • Senior Picnic Time Is Here Again
  • 95-Year-Old Bard Professor’s Amazing WWII Past
  • Chip-Card Scams Come To New York
  • NY Museums Become Dementia-Friendly
  • Early Hudson Valley Business And Industry Event (5/9)
  • OTHER AGING NEWS ONLINE

 

Golden Living . . . News for Senior Citizens

Dutchess County Office for the Aging

 

SUMMER SENIOR PICNICS RETURN FOR A 24TH YEAR

The Office for the Aging Senior Picnic Program kicks off this year on Wednesday, June 1.  Residents age 60 and over are invited to come out and socialize with their friends and neighbors at the event designated for their hometown, enjoy a nutritious meal, and learn more about the programs and services offered by the Office for the Aging.  All picnics begin at noon. Each of the 12 picnics scheduled this year is open only to the senior citizen residents of each village/town(s) specified, and their guests. Proof of residency and reservations are both required, and space is limited. There is a $4 charge for each non-resident guest and those 59 or younger.

 

The Senior Picnic Program has been held annually since 1993 and is made possible through private/public partnerships and support from many local municipalities and businesses.  Special thanks to this year’s Platinum sponsors: Wingate Healthcare, EverCare, Hudson Cadillac Buick GMC, The Pines at Poughkeepsie, Prime Health Choice, Zounds Hearing, Hamaspik Choice, Helping Other People Everywhere and the Dutchess County Department of Community and Family Services – Protective Services for Adults.  Additional sponsorships are available for businesses that would like to reach out to the senior community.  Volunteers of all ages are needed at each picnic to help with set-up, bringing meals to the handicapped attendees and to clean up, and at the Office for the Aging to make reminder calls prior to each picnic.  Call the Office for the Aging at 486-2555 for more information.

All picnics are held on Wednesdays, rain or shine.

The 2016 Senior Picnic Schedule is as follows:

June 1 – Town and Village of Pawling, Towns of Dover, Amenia and Union Vale

Boyce Park, 6423 Route 55, Wingdale

June 8 – Village and Town of Fishkill

Sarah Taylor Park, 17 Old Main Street, Fishkill

June 15 – Towns of North East, Pine Plains, Washington and Stanford and Villages of Millbrook and Millerton

Pine Plains Lions Club Pavilion, 82 Beach Road

June 22 – Village and Town of Rhinebeck, Village and Town of Red Hook, Town of Milan and Village of Tivoli

Tivoli Memorial Park, 1 Katherine Lane

June 29 – Town of Wappinger and Village of Wappingers Falls

Recreation Park, 95 Robinson Lane, Wappinger

July 13 – Towns of Hyde Park and Clinton

Fran Mark Park, 337 Clinton Hollow Road (County Route 18), Clinton Corners (Salt Point)

July 20 – City of Beacon

Memorial Park, 298 Fishkill Ave., Beacon

July 27 – City of Poughkeepsie

Waryas Park, 75 North Water Street, Poughkeepsie

August 3 – Town of Pleasant Valley

Cady Field, 1554 Main Street, Pleasant Valley

August 10 – Town of Poughkeepsie

Bowdoin Park, 85 Sheafe Rd., Poughkeepsie

August 17 – Towns of LaGrange and Beekman

Freedom Park, 212 Skidmore Rd., LaGrange

August 24 – Town of East Fishkill

East Fishkill Recreation Park, 330 Route 376

To make a reservation for the picnic corresponding with your municipality, call the Office for the Aging at (845) 486-2555.

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

 
HE WOULDN’T CALL HIMSELF A HERO, BUT…

Teaching two-hour college classes at age 95? All in a day’s work for Bard College professor Dr. Justus Rosenberg of Rhinebeck – and with Holocaust Remembrance Day taking place this week, on May 4 and 5, Dr. Rosenberg looks back on his WWII role helping rescue thousands European artists and intellectuals from the Nazis.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/01/nyregion/professor-justus-rosenberg-has-a-past.html

 

CHIP-CARD SCAM SPOTTED IN NEW YORK

New York consumer protection officials are warning everybody about a scam targeting users of newer-style “chip” credit and debit cards. The newer cards are more secure than the old magnetic-stripe cards, but criminals are trying to find ways around that.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/beware-of-scams-targeting-the-new-chip-cards/

 

HUNDREDS OF YEARS OF DUTCHESS BUSINESS HISTORY

From whaling to violet farms to dairy to technology, there’s been business and industry in Dutchess County from the very beginning over 300 years ago. Wingate at Fishkill is hosting a free event “Early Hudson Valley Business and Industry” on Monday, May 9 at 2:00 p.m. featuring Marist Center for Lifetime Study president James O’Shea. Call 845-891-3758 for more information.

 

OTHER AGING NEWS ONLINE

If you’re stumped for new activity ideas, here’s a bunch of them for the entire month of May – which happens to be Older Americans Month and a whole lot more.

http://www.notjustbingo.com/activity-calendars/may-calendar.html

 

The technical term is “polypharmacy” but you may know it better as “taking many different medications and supplements”. It’s a practice that has many doctors concerned about the potential for unfavorable drug interactions.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/26/health/the-dangers-of-polypharmacy-the-ever-mounting-pile-of-pills.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FElderly&_r=0

 

More cultural institutions are providing services for visitors with dementia – so if a loved one with dementia has been an art lover in the past, there’s no reason to give that up. Here’s an example from New York City.

http://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs/access/visitors-with-dementia-and-their-care-partners/resources

 

Turning 65 in 2016 clearly doesn’t mean what it did in 1916, and so to measure aging accurately, the scientists quoted here believe we need different measurement tools than the ones we have.

https://theconversation.com/its-time-to-measure-21st-century-aging-with-21st-century-tools-53033

 

Four Marines, two photos, same place, 50 years apart.
http://www.history.com/news/u-s-marines-reunite-to-recreate-50-year-old-group-photo?cmpid=Social_FBPAGE_HISTORY_20160428_451177147&linkId=23964514

 

Ida Keeling of the Bronx will be turning 101 in a couple of weeks – and she’s a national record-holding sprinter, or at least she will be again as soon as records are kept for runners who pass the century mark. (Penn Relays Sat 4/30)

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/04/22/at-100-still-running-for-her-life/?emc=eta1&_r=0

 

 

 

 

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

 

Author: Harlem Valley News