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HomeMy Public PortalAboutFebruary 2017 Watertown Senior NewsCouncil on Aging Board • 111,nior Center Staff Patricia Gold Watertown Senior News Anne -Marie Gagnon, MSW Chairperson D/rector of Senior Services Carol Airasian Watertown Council on Aging/Senior Center Deborah A. Dunn 31 Marshall Street ProgramCoord/nafor Bertha Anderson Marina Kirsanova, LSW Dorothy Jean Brown Watertown, MA 02472 Case worker Burt Greenberg 617-972-6490 Rae Grassia PrncipalAccount Clerk Mary Keenan www.watertown-ma.gov Alfredo Bartolozzi Linda Moffitt FoodPantry Coordinator F E B RUARY 2017 Jim Cunningham Alice Wadden Senior Shuffle Oriuer FEBRUARY 2017 PAGE I t9vtxti 5Pi 1,, &o t t en,, f Y Pim/t l A may be cold outside but our hearts are warm at the Senior Center. Our February offerings include a special Valentine Lunch, our "Caregiving is Love" workshop, a surprise floral arranging event, a lecture about "Managing Your Risk for Diabetes" by the American Diabetes Association, a presentation about "Controlling your Blood Pressure Numbers" by Mount Auburn Hospital and opportunities to strengthen your heart in our exercise, tai chi, line dancing and yoga classes. We hope you will join us! We continue to grow our programs with the help of our many volunteers and friends. We extend a special heartfelt thank you to all of them who help us every day. See you at the Center, Can+ agagnon@watertown-ma.gov Inside this issue: SENIOR CENTER NOTE: The Senior Center wi//be SNOW POLICY CLOSED Monday, February20th In observance ofPresJdenes Day. If Watertown public schools are Flower Arranging 2 canceTFe-d for inclement weather, Caregiving Is Love 2 all Senior Center programs, an shopping bus runs are cancelled. Valentine Party 2 Control Your Number 2 If school opening is delayed, the Coming In March 2 morning shopping bus run is cancelled, and Senior Center Exercise Programs 3 programs maybe cancelled at the My Senior Center 3 instructor's discretion, so call before Income Taxes 4 coming over. Staff members will be available during regular business Transportation 4 hours. Remember, safety is your first priority. Use your own good Book Club 6 judgment to decide if you should go Movies 6 out in bad weather. Medical Screenings 6 Call the Senior Center at CALENDAR 7 617-972-6490 Social Serv. Resources 8 Manage Your Risk! Rev. Albert Whitaker, Director of Mission Delivery New England for the American Diabetes Association, is coming to discuss and raise awareness of Diabetes. The risk of people age 45 and older developing type 2 diabetes is significant, but it is a condition that is manageable if diagnosed soon enough. WHEN: Wednesday February 8th TIME: 10:00 AM Pre -registration is requested. Please call the Senior Center at 617-972-6490 to sign up. Healthy refreshments provided. PAGE WATERTOWN SENIOR NEWS FEBRUARY 2017 Make Your Day Bouquet CARE GIVING IS LOVE Looking for a way to treat yourself or a special Valentine? Join us as Ernie Berardinelli shows us how to make a beautiful flower arrangement. The choice of flowers is a surprise! WHEN: Friday, February 10 TIME: 1 - 3 PM COST: $22.00 WHERE: Watertown Senior Center 31 Marshall St. Pre -Registration Required! Sign up early as there are only 22 spaces available. VALENTINE PARTY Join us for coffee and conversation about the important topic of Caregiving. Molly Saldo, Caregiver Specialist at Springwell, the local Aging Services Access Point, and professionals from UCP and Beaver Brook Step who support the Watertown Memory Cafe, a place for people with memory challenges and their care partners, will be here to share advice and resources for caregivers, spouses, family and friends about caring for those we love. WHEN: Wednesday February 15 10:00 AM, Pre -Registration Required. WHERE: Watertown Senior Center Coffee and Light Refreshments CONTROL YOUR NUMBERS Enjoy an afternoon with us as we celebrate Valentine's Day with a light Italian luncheon. Enjoy music and friendship during lunch. WHEN: Thursday February 16 TIME: 11:30 - 2:00 PM COST: $ 7.00 Pre -registration is required and seating is limited to 28. Stop by the Center to pick up and pay for your ticket. TICKETS GO ON SALE THURSDAY FEBRUARY 2 (We will be unable to hold a ticket without payment. Thank you for your understanding). High Blood Pressure -what do those numbers mean? What can I do to prevent high blood pressure? Join nurses from Mount Auburn Hospital, Marie McCune RN and Mary Johnson RN to discuss high blood pressure and learn what you can do to help prevent or control High Blood Pressure. WHEN: Wednesday February 22 10:00 AM WHERE: Watertown Senior Center 31 Marshall Street Pre -Registration Required. COMING IN MARCH March 14: Coffee With Police Chief Michael Lawn and Friends March 15: Coffee and Conversation with our Special Guest, Town Councilor Angeline Kounelis March 16: Saint Patrick's Day Celebration at the Senior Center March 21: 6 Mistakes to Avoid When Taking Social Security & Medicare Benefits - Chris Grand; March 22: Spring Flower Arranging Event March 23: Trip to the New England Flower Show FEBRUARY 2017 WATERTOWN SENIOR NEWS PAGE MONDAY EXERCISE Exercise class with Shannon Lee Jones at the Senior Center! The classes focus on the particular needs of seniors in a fun, safe environment. Exercises include muscle strengthening, light -stretching, balance and posture improvement, and low -impact aerobics; all done to your favorite tunes! Regular exercise can improve circulation, help to strengthen bones, Increase muscle mass, reduce joint stiffness, and improve general health. Whether it's to get stronger, loosen up, or just get moving, give it a try! TIME: 11:00 AM COST: $4.00 TUESDAY EXERCISE Exercise class with Joanna Grubel at the Senior Center! The classes focus on the particular needs of seniors in a fun, safe environment. Exercises include muscle strengthening, light -stretching, balance and posture improvement, and low -impact aerobics; all done to your favorite tunes! Regular exercise can improve circulation, help to strengthen bones, Increase muscle mass, reduce joint stiffness, and improve general health. Whether it's to get stronger, loosen up, or just get moving, give it a try! TIME: 11:00 AM COST: $4.00 TUESDAY CHAIR EXERCISE This group meets weekly for support, and to socialize. Using an audio tape you exercise using a chair. After you can participate in a talk about nutrition. TIME: 9:30 AM COST: FREE. WEDNESDAY EXERCISE Exercise class with Henry Oliveras, at the Senior Center! The classes focus on the particular needs of seniors in a fun, safe environment. Exercises include muscle strengthening, light -stretching, balance and posture improvement, and low -impact aerobics; all done to your favorite tunes! Regular exercise can improve circulation, help to strengthen bones, Increase muscle mass, reduce joint stiffness, and improve general health. Whether it's to get stronger, loosen up, or just get moving, give it a try! TIME: 11:00 AM COST: $4.00 or pay in advance 10 sessions for $35.00. Can I Still Change My Medicare Plan? The annual Medicare Open Enrollment period ended on December 7, but you may still be able to change plans during 2017. Medicare's 5-Star Special Enrollment Period You have an opportunity to enroll in a top - rated (5-Star) plan, once during the year. This can be done at any time through November 30, with the enrollment effective the first of the following month. The Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare HMO plans, their two Blue Medicare Rx drug plans, and the Tufts Medicare Preferred HMO plans have achieved the 5-Star rating for 2017. You can enroll in one of these plans, as long as you meet the plan's eligibility requirements. If you are currently in a Medicare Advantage or Medicare Prescription Drug Plan, this new enrollment will automatically disenroll you from your previous plan. For those with a Medicare Advantaee Plan (HMO or PPO): Between January 1 and February 14 anyone with a Medicare Advantage plan may drop it and switch to Original Medicare. If you drop your Medicare Advantage plan during this period, you will be able to join a Medicare Prescription Drug Plan to add drug coverage. Your Original Medicare coverage and your prescription drug coverage will begin the first day of the month after your enrollment. You may also add a supplement (Medigap) at this time. For those with Prescription Advantage need "Extra Help" paving for prescription drugs: You can change your Medicare Advantage plan or drug plan anytime during the year. Those with Prescription Advantage can do this only once each year. Those with "Extra Help" can change every month. Call the Senior Center for More Information. SHINE PROGRAM Serving the Health Insurance Needs of Everyone THURSDAY YOGA Led by experienced yoga teacher, Henry Oliveras, LMT, this class is done using a chair (or you can bring your own mat) and provides a gentle stretch and limbering for the body, improving balance, and a restorative exercise for the mind. TIME: 10:00 AM COST: $4.00 or pay in advance 10 sessions for $35.00. FRIDAY EXERCISE Exercise class with Henry Oliveras, at the Senior Center! The classes focus on the particular needs of seniors in a fun, safe environment. Exercises include muscle strengthening, light -stretching, balance and posture improvement, and low -impact aerobics; all done to your favorite tunes! Regular exercise can improve circulation, help to strengthen bones, Increase muscle mass, reduce joint stiffness, and improve general health. Whether it's to get stronger, loosen up, or just get moving, give it a try! TIME: 11:00 AM COST: $4.00 or pay in advance 10 sessions for $35.00. FRIDAY TAI CHI Tai Chi, with Marie Favorito, is a great exercise for all ages. Daily Tai Chi practice promotes better energy flow in the body for health, wellness, and to assist in healing. The "Tai Chi for Seniors" exercise is special because it is easy to learn and easy to practice since it doesn't use much space. Practice of this Tai Chi form provides great health benefits such as: improved posture, balance, prevention of falls, improved circu- lation, metabolism, strengthened immune system, strengthened heart energy, improved neuromuscular function, and improve brain function. TIME: 12:30 pm. COST: Drop -in $5.00 E'EN/OR CENTER Have you Registered for your Key Tag? is our new consumer database which will us better manage programs and services for you. Ask at the Front Desk for Details and to be entered into the Raffle! PAGE 4 WATERTOWN SENIOR NEWS FEBRUARY 2017 Ride the Watertown Senior Shuttle! Call the Senior Center at (617) 972-6490for more information. The Watertown Senior Shuttle travels a fixed route throughout Watertown to take seniors grocery shopping. We continually adjust the route to accommodate new riders. The bus goes to the Stop & Shop on Watertown Street on Tuesdays, and the Super Stop and Shop on Pleasant Street on Fridays. It also goes to the Watertown and Arsenal Malls on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month. Take the bus, and leave the driving (and parking) to us! Starting January 1st you must give 2 days notice if you are new or want to change from your scheduled day. The suggested donation is $1.00 round trip and there is a 3 bag limit. Options for rides to doctors' appointments are also available. Call the Senior Center for more information and to arrange transportation. Income Tax Preparation at the Senior Center Income tax preparation will be available at the Senior Center forseniors60ando/der Volunteers, trained at an IRS certified program sponsored by AARP, will provide tax assistance byappointment. The volunteers are notable to prepare returns that include income from rental property, trusts, partnerships, orbusinesses. These returns should ,be handled ,by a professional tax preparer. Complex returns will be referred to private tax preparers. While there is no fee for this service, donations to the Senior Center are gratefully accepted. Call the Senior Center at 617-972-6490 AFTER February 1st to make an appointment. PAGE 6 WATERTOWN SENIOR NEWS FEBRUARY 2017 February Movie Matinee HEALTH SCREENINGS ® Relax and enjoy a movie in our are held on Thursday mornings L comfortahle lounge Thursdays at 1: 00 p. m. i so February 9 - Podiatry Clinic -11:00 a.m. Toenails, .,.- corns, callus care only. The cost for this service is N 2/2 The Little Colonel - When a Southern belle $25.00 payable to Dr. Alper. Insurance is not married a Yankee, her father, a former Confederate accepted. colonel, promptly disowned her. Years later their daughter visits the family plantation to meet her grandfather and heal old wounds, but will her spunk be enough to win the crusty old man's heart. , Cast: Lionel Barrymore, Shirley Temple, Evelyn Venable 1935 PG 80 mins. 2/9 Glory - Loosely based on the letters of F Union commander Col. Robert G. Shaw, this Academy Award -winning drama follows the first group of African -Americans to serve in combat during the Civil War - and • shows how they helped turn the tide of the war. Cast: Matthew Broderick, Denzel Washington, Morgan Freeman. 1989 R 122 mins. NO MOVIE 2/23 Sully - Viewers around the world "'" were astonished in 2009 when airline pilot Chesley Sullenberger safely landed an suL`LY- Airbus 320 on the Hudson River after both engines were disabled. This fact -based drama illuminates Sullenberger's life & heroic achievement. Cast: Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart, Laura Linney 2016 PG-13 96 mins. 3/2 The Dressmaker - Driven away when she was young, Tilly Dunnage returns to DR HSSM AKI? R rural Australia after years of working as a dressmaker in Paris -- and she's ready to make waves in her conservative hometown not only with her haute couture but a hidden agenda. Cast: Kate Winslet, Judy Davis, Liam Hemsworth 2016 R 119 mins. MELLOWTONES! Like to sing? Consider joining our Mellowtones choral group on Fridays at 12:30. February 23 - Blood Pressure at 9:30 a.m. by Linda Micklay, R.N. from CareGroup Home Care. Free THE SENIOR CENTER BOOK CLUB WHEN; Wednesday, February 15 at 9: 30. WHERE: Senior Center, 31 Marshall Street Join us to discuss Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World by Mark Kurlansky. Copies of the book are available at the Watertown c o(i Free Public Library. Cod is the biography of a single species of fish, but it may as well be a world history, with this humble fish as its recurring main character. Cod, it turns out, is the reason Europeans set sail across the Atlantic and it is the only reason they could. What did the Vikings eat in icy Greenland and on the five expeditions to America recorded in the Icelandic sagas and also the staple of the medieval diet? Cod. 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WATERTOWN FOOD PANTRY For Watertown Residents Belmont -Watertown UMC (Rear) 80 Mount Auburn Street Watertown, MA 02472 (617) 972-6490 Hours of Operation: Tuesday 10:00 —11:30 AM Thursday 4:00 — 6:00 PM Residents may visit once a month Home delivery available for homebound individuals. WATERTOWN VETERANS SERVICES Assistance to veterans and their dependents with all Federal and State benefits and services. Mark R. Comeiro, USN, (RET) Veterans Services Officer (VSO) Town of Watertown 617-972-6416 WATERTOWN COUNCIL ON AGING SENIOR CENTER 31 MARSHALL ST. WATERTOWN, MA 02472 SPRINGWELL Community Dining Springwell offers a Community Lunch Program for all seniors age 60 and older, Monday - Friday, at Woodland Towers. The purpose of the program is to provide those in need with a nutritious meal as well as the opportunity to socialize with others from their community. Any Watertown resident age 60 years and older can participate and there is a suggested $2.00 donation. Call today for menu information and to register with the dining manager. Monday through Friday Woodland Towers - 55 Waverley Street Call (617) 923-2769 for Menu Information and to Register.