Dutchess County Office for the Aging’s AGING NEWS For the week of April 30

Dutchess County Office for the Aging’s

AGING NEWS

For the week of April 30

(Note: the Senior Picnic for Town of Pleasant Valley residents is being rescheduled from Tuesday, July 24 to Wednesday, July 25. For a full countywide schedule of all twelve Senior Picnics, emailbjones@dutchessny.gov. For more information on making reservations to attend the Senior Picnic in your community, call the Office for the Aging at 845-486-2555.)

Golden Living . . . News for Seniors, Their Families and Caregivers

Todd N. Tancredi, Director

Dutchess County Office for the Aging

MAY IS OLDER AMERICANS MONTH

Each May, the nation celebrates Older Americans Month to help recognize older Americans for the contributions they make to our communities. This year’s theme is: Engage at Every Age. The theme emphasizes that you are never too old (or young) to take part in activities that can enrich your physical, mental, and emotional well-being. It also celebrates the many ways in which older adults make a difference in our communities.

To honor the outstanding contributions made by older adults locally, the Dutchess County Office for the Aging hosts our annual Celebration of Aging which honors our Senior Citizens of the Year, residents age 100 or older, and couples married 70 or more years.

Awardees this year are Patricia Malin of Pleasant Valley, Ronald Seeley of Hyde Park, and Barbara and Ronald Nolan of Pleasant Valley. In addition, Joy Godin of Wingdale and Jack Fenton of Hyde Park were selected to each receive a Senior Achievement Award. They will all be honored at the annual “Celebration of Aging” luncheon on Monday, May 21st at noon at the Villa Borghese, 70 Widmer Road in Wappingers Falls.

For admission information, visit www.dutchessny.gov/aging, email bjones@dutchessny.gov, or call (845) 486-2555. We have extended the deadline for lower-priced admission to the luncheon through Friday, May 4th while tickets remain available. This week only, you can enjoy the uplifting Celebration of Aging for $25 per person or $250 per table; after the 4th, the price increases to $40 per person.

Each centenarian and one guest are admitted for free, as are all couples married 70 years or more. If those descriptions match somebody you know in Dutchess County, it’s not too late for them to be honored. If their 100^th birthday or 70^th anniversary isn’t until later this year, that’s okay.

Hearing our honorees’ stories of perseverance and successful aging is sure to brighten your day. Centenarians are the fastest-growing age segment in much of the developed world, and their numbers are expected to grow by a factor of eight between now and 2050.

Our best estimates indicate there are at least 60 centenarians living in Dutchess County, which means that you may have a centenarian for a neighbor. There’s still time to ask them if they’d like to attend the Celebration of Aging.

The Celebration of Aging is proudly sponsored by EverCare At Home, Marquis Home Care, Northwestern Mutual, The Pines at Poughkeepsie, and Wingate Healthcare.

Golden Living is prepared by the Dutchess County Office for the Aging, 27 High Street, Poughkeepsie, New York 12601, telephone (845) 486-2555, email: ofa@dutchessny.gov website:www.dutchessny.gov/aging

Office for the Aging upcoming events

Unless otherwise indicated, call (845) 486-2555 for more information

Thu 5/3, 10 a.m.–noon – Senior Scam Prevention Event

With NY state senator Sue Serino and OFA representatives

Town of Poughkeepsie Senior Center, 14 Abe’s Way

(845) 229-0106 for information

Thu 5/3, 11 a.m. – “The Benefits of Microgreens”

With OFA nutrition coordinator Nimesh Bhargava

Tri-Town Senior Friendship Center, 55 Overlook Rd., Poughkeepsie

Fri 5/4, 12:45 p.m. – “Successful Aging” with OFA outreach coordinator Brian Jones

With Millbrook @ Home

Maura’s Kitchen, 18 Alden Pl., Millbrook

Fri 5/4, 1-3 p.m. – Senior Scam Prevention event

With NY state senator Sue Serino

Red Hook Senior Friendship Center, 59 Fisk St

(845) 475-1129 for information

Mon 5/7, 1:30 p.m. – “Reversing Heart Disease”

With OFA nutrition coordinator Nimesh Bhargava

King’s Apartments, 20 Pine Dr. (just east of Route 22), Pawling

Wed 5/9, 1 p.m. – “Successful Aging”

With OFA outreach coordinator Brian Jones

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 161 Mansion St., Poughkeepsie

Tue 5/15, 7:30 a.m. – “Successful Aging” with OFA outreach coordinator Brian Jones

Red Hook Rotary breakfast meeting

Murray’s, 73 Broadway, Tivoli

redhookrotary@gmail.com for information

Mon 5/21, 12 noon – The Celebration of Aging

Villa Borghese, 70 Widmer Rd., Wappinger

Tickets $25/person until May 4, $40/person after

Free for all Dutchess residents who will turn 100 or more in 2018, plus one guest

Free for all Dutchess-resident couples married 70+ years in 2018

Call (845) 486-2544 or email bjones@dutchessny.gov to find out more

To request an Office for the Aging presentation for your senior, social and/or civic group, get in touch with outreach coordinator Brian Jones at (845) 486-2555 or bjones@dutchessny.gov. All your group needs to provide is a venue that’s wheelchair-accessible and open to the public, with space to set up a projector and screen. We have our own projector and screen – but if you have those, let us know.

We feature presentations on Successful Aging, Office for the Aging services, Medicare/Medicaid, senior housing, a wide range of topics related to nutrition, and more!

SCAM PREVENTION SEMINARS (Thu 5/3, Fri 5/4)

Representatives from the State Department of State and Senator Sue Serino’s office will be in Poughkeepsie on Thursday, May 3, and in Red Hook on Friday, May 4, for a pair of scam prevention seminars.

These events will provide area seniors with the most up-to-date information available, so all local seniors, children of aging parents and caregivers are invited, and encouraged, to attend. The first event will be held onThursday, May 3rd at The Town of Poughkeepsie Senior Center from 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. and the second event will be held on Friday, May 4th at the Red Hook Community Center from 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Registration for either free event is encouraged but not required, and can be done by calling the senator’s Hyde Park office at (845) 229-0106.

TWO OPPORTUNITIES TO TAKE PART IN FULL-SCALE MEDICAL EXERCISES (Tue 5/1, Sat 5/5)

The Dutchess County Department of Behavioral and Community Health is performing a full scale Point Of Dispensing (POD) exercise which tests our ability to dispense medication to the general population quickly and efficiently in the event of a health emergency. You, as a volunteer actor, would be playing a member of the public who is attending the POD to receive their medication.

Here’s the information:

ProVax 2018 Full Scale POD Exercise

Tuesday, May 1st, 2018

Location: Hyde Park Elementary School

4327 Albany Post Road, Hyde Park

Time: Sign in for Volunteers will be at 9:30-9:45 a.m. You will be needed until approximately 11:30 – 12:30 p.m.

Volunteers that wish to participate should send their name and email to Medical Reserve Corps coordinator Joe Ryan: jryan@dutchessny.gov. As an aside, get in touch with Joe if you’re interested in joining the Medical Reserve Corps.

Additionally, Westchester County Airport in White Plains will be conducting a bi-annual disaster exercise onSaturday, May 5th. Anyone or any group (scout troop, school club, etc.) who would like to portray “victims” are welcome to volunteer. All volunteers must be preregistered. If you are interested in participating, or for more information, please contact Mike Kenyon at (914) 231-1160 or mjk2@westchestergov.com.

WORLD ELDER ABUSE AWARENESS DAY 2018 (Fri 6/15)

This annual event had been held in Poughkeepsie for many years, but it has drawn attention from around the Hudson Valley. Organizers say a larger venue was needed to host this year’s event – therefore, it’s been scheduled for Friday, June 15, at the Aquinas Theatre at Mount Saint Mary College in the City of Newburgh (330 Powell Ave.). According to organizers, in future years, the event will be held in rotating locations including Dutchess County, and the event remains open to all guests from any county who register in advance while there’s space.

Dutchess County will be represented at the conference by Patricia Sheldon, Director of Adult Protective Services. Additionally, Dutchess County Executive Marcus J. Molinaro will join Orange County Executive Steven Neuhaus at the conference for opening remarks. The event is presented by EverCare with cooperation from St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital and Mount Saint Mary College.

Space will be limited, so register by emailing weaad2018@evercare.org, or by calling the Orange County Office for the Aging at (845) 615-3700.

Additional information: https://www.evercare.org/know-more-age-loudly-against-elder-abuse/

Other aging news online:

In case you missed it…last Sunday’s 60 Minutes segment on the New York City man who has spent the past decade caring for his wife, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s back in 2008. CBS has been following the couple since then, for the past 10 years: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/alzheimers-disease-following-a-couple-from-diagnosis-to-the-final-stages/

Medical non-adherence goes well beyond occasionally forgetting to take meds – it’s become a $290 billion (per year) issue: https://www.tech50plus.com/medical-non-adherence-isnt-just-forgetting-your-meds/

We’ll take this next finding with a grain of salt…or in this case, with a pinch of baking soda…but it’s possible that box of Arm & Hammer may be good for something besides keeping your fridge from smelling peculiar:https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-04-soda-inexpensive-safe-combat-autoimmune.html

You can burn quite a lot of calories in the garden: https://www.silversurfers.com/entertainment-news/can-burn-51000-calories-year-garden-heres/

A brain implant that improves memory? Maybe. It’s been tested in humans and…so far so good:http://bigthink.com/robby-berman/a-device-to-increase-human-memory-has-been-implanted-and-it-works?utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook

(audio link) The acting director of the New York State Office for the Aging, Greg Olsen, was interviewed by an upstate (Rochester-area) radio station this week: http://archives.warpradio.com/wysl/podcast.asp?id=91

Willie Nelson is 85 and isn’t slowing down musically – he has a brand new album out:https://www.npr.org/2018/04/23/602233513/first-listen-willie-nelson-last-man-standing

This week in senior birthdays:

4/30: Science-fiction author Larry Niven (79)

5/1: Singer/songwriter Judy Collins (79)

5/2: Singer/pianist Englebert Humperdinck (82)

5/3: Singer/actor Frankie Valli (84)

5/4: Journalist/commentator George Will (77)

5/5: Actor/comedian Michael Palin (75)

5/6: Baseball legend Willie Mays (87)

And now, for another successful week of Aging News scholarship, your weekly bad joke:

Q: Why do seagulls fly over the sea?

A: Because if they flew over the bay they’d be bagels.