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Two inducted into senior Hall of Fame (Harrison Daily Times)
Sat Nov 21 04:25:49 PST 2009
Two area men are among the most recent inductees into the Senior Arkansans Hall of Fame. John Paul Hammerschmidt of Harrison and John L. Havens of Jasper were inducted during the 29th Annual Arkansas Aging Conference held Oct. 28-30 in Hot Springs. Also inducted was Jerry Lancaster of Conway.
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Mental health conference a success (The Oneida Daily Dispatch)
Fri Nov 20 19:51:49 PST 2009
ROME — Almost 150 health care professionals from around the area gathered at The Beeches Inn and Conference Center Friday, Oct. 30 for a day-long conference entitled “Dementia and Cognitive Aging: Clinical Advances in Memory Research and Behavioral Interventions.”
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SCAN Health Plan Donating Wii Units to L.A.-Area Senior Centers (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Tue Nov 17 10:42:00 PST 2009
Los Angeles-area seniors will soon have the opportunity to be bowling champions, and they don't have to be able to heave a heavy ball down a waxed runway. That's because the Los Angeles City Department of Aging and SCAN Health Plan have joined together to provide Wii consoles to the city's 16...
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SENIOR CALENDAR (Port Clinton News Herald)
Sat Nov 21 05:48:53 PST 2009
A program of exercises, crafts, entertainment and education combines with meals served at the Ottawa County Senior Citizens Center and nutrition sites to form the county senior citizens activities program. Suggested donation for lunch is $2.50 for those 60 and older; $5 for those younger than 60.
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Kaiser Permanente Selects Silver&Fit(R) Senior Fitness Program for More Than 50,000 KP Senior Advantage (HMO) Members ... (GlobeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Wed Nov 18 13:50:52 PST 2009
SAN DIEGO -- American Specialty Health Incorporated , one of the nation's leading health and wellness organizations, announced that the Kaiser Permanente Northwest Region has selected its Silver&Fit senior fitness and healthy aging program for over 50,000 individual* and group KP Senior Advantage...
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New Technology Keeps Senior Drivers Safe on the Road (redOrbit)
Thu Nov 19 07:45:31 PST 2009
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- New technology reduces the crash risk of senior drivers and can keep them safely on the road for a longer period of time, according to data presented at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) today to a national gathering of aging experts.
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Senior tax board plans for 2010 and looks at free foot care clinic (Bolivar Herald-Free Press)
Fri Nov 20 22:19:28 PST 2009
With recent interest in providing a foot care clinic at the Polk County Senior Center, the Polk Co. Senior Citizens Services Fund Tax Board discussed a way to provide a free foot care clinic for seniors.
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Senior Neighbors: Nov. 19 (Wellesley Townsman)
Thu Nov 19 03:22:11 PST 2009
The Council on Aging office, located in the Wellesley Community Center, 219 Washington St., is open Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Tolles-Parsons Senior Room is also located in the Community Center. Call 781-235-3961 for more information on services and programs, which are open to...
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Aging Services Inc. to host Gingerbread Extravaganza (The Norman Transcript)
Thu Nov 19 22:34:44 PST 2009
Aging Services Inc. has partnered with the Culinary Institute at Platt College to host the Inaugural Gingerbread House Competition Event as part of the 18th annual Moore Old Town Holiday Gala.The event takes place 5 p.
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Senate Health Bill Said to Cost $849 Billion Over 10 Years (New York Times)
Wed Nov 18 15:43:10 PST 2009
Harry Reid, the majority leader, put forward his version of the health care overhaul on Wednesday, promising it would reduce the deficit while covering most of the uninsured.
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