As we grow older, there are
significant challenges: illicit drugs, unprotected sex – oops, wrong age group!
Let’s start again.
As we grow older, there are
significant challenges: the cost of health care - even with Medicare coverage;
transportation - particularly if you no longer drive; affordable housing - that
is clean and accessible; and finding skilled and trusted caregivers. But do you
agree? Or are there other challenges you feel haven’t been adequately addressed?
And which ones do you feel are the most critical?
The local Area Agency on Aging
(AAA) would like to hear your thoughts and insights about what our communities
need to support older adults, at a community meeting at the Center on Friday, September
16th from 10:00 – 11:30. The results from the meeting will help shape
the services and supports the AAA provides for older adults in the region.
But it will take more than
government programs such as the AAA to support and improve the lives of older
adults. I will take non-profits, businesses, families, and the health care
community, all working together to address the issues facing older adults now
and in the future.
One grass roots effort that is
working to create a community that promotes and fosters the well-being of
elders through education and advocacy is the Aging in the Gorge Alliance (AGA).
They have several functioning work groups including Housing and Transportation,
Caregiving, Multigenerational activities and Age of Dignity Reading Project.
(You will be hearing more about Age of Dignity Reading Project in the
next several weeks. But briefly, the AGA will be distributing for free four
hundred copies of the book Age of Dignity
- Preparing for the Elder Boom in a Changing America to local libraries and
small discussions group in the Gorge (including the Center) with a large
community forum to be held on Saturday, October 22nd, in Hood River.)
The AGA is looking for more folks
from The Dalles area. If you want to get involved, the next general AGA meeting
is on Tuesday, October 11th from 6:30 – 8:45 at Down Manor in Hood
River. Give me a call if you would like a ride. And if you want to receive
their emails, contact Tina Castanares at tdcastanares@gmail.com or
541-354-1666.
You
may have recently decided to stick your toe in the waters of the digital age
with a new smartphone or tablet. Or maybe you bought a new computer with
Windows 10 and the last operating system you used was Windows XP. Where can you
get help? Before you spend money on professional services, you can stop by the
Center any Wednesday at 9:00 for help. Or you can stop by the “Bring Your Own
Device Lab” at The Dalles/Wasco County Library on every third Wednesday from
1pm - 2pm and every third Saturday from 10am - 11am. Six slots are available on
a first-come, first-serve basis.
To
celebrate the importance and joy of being a grandparent, the Center is hosting
a Grandparents’ Breakfast this Saturday, September 10th from 8:00 –
9:30. The menu consists of pancakes, scrambled eggs, bacon, fruit and juice.
The cost is $5.00 for one adult, $3.00 for children twelve and under. And there’s
a special rate for a grandparent and one grandchild, or great grandchild, or
great-great grandchild for $6.00.
Martin
and Friends will be playing at the Center on Tuesday, September 13th.
Doors open at 6:00, music starts at 7:00, and donations are appreciated.
“What's My Line?” was one of network television's longest
running and most beloved prime time game shows; and where the question “Is it
bigger than a bread box?” was first used by Steve Allen. (This
week’s winners of a quilt raffle ticket each are Patsy Warner and Nadine
McCracken.)
Controversy
has always been a part of America’s political landscape ever since Burr shot Hamilton.
So for this week’s “Remember When” question who said during the 1952 presidential
campaign, “And our little
girl—Tricia, the 6-year-old—named it Checkers. And you know, the kids, like all
kids, love the dog and I just want to say this right now that regardless of
what they say about it, we're gonna keep it.” Email your answer to
www.mcseniorcenter@gmail.com, leave a message at 541-296-4788 or mail it with
the names of the members of the 1948 House Committee on Un-American Activities.
Well,
it’s been another week, wondering, “Where did the time go?” Until we meet
again, sometimes stubbornness is just another name for being determined – and
sometimes it’s not.
“Never have children, only
grandchildren.” Gore Vidal
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