HomeMy Public PortalAboutJune 2017 Watertown Senior NewsCouncil on Aging Board
Patricia Gold
Watertown Senior News
Cl/Senior Center Staff
Anne -Marie Gagnon, MSW
Chairperson
Director of Senior Services
Carol Airasian
Watertown Council on Aging/Senior Center
Deborah A. Dunn
Bertha Anderson
FrogramCoordinafor
Dorothy Jean Brown
31 Marshall Street
Marina Kirsanova, LSW
Watertown, MA 02472
Case Worker
Burt Greenberg
Esther Keaney
617-972-6490
Rae Grassia
PrincipalAccount Clerk
Mary Keenan
www.wateqown-ma.gov
FoodPanfry Coordinator
Linda Moffitt
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Jim Cunningham
Alice Wadden
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Thank you friends, volunteers and Yard Sale supporters! The Yard Sale was a great success! Over 40
dedicated volunteers assisted with collecting, sorting and setting -up of the sale, and at the end of the event, a wonderful
team of volunteers from the Watertown Community Foundation's Watertown Helps Out Day assisted in breaking down
and cleaning up. We couldn't have had such a great day without everyone's support! Thank you!
We kick-off June with a Lunch and Learn on June 6th that features a presentation about Memory Loss and Dementia by
the Alzheimer's Association. On June 14th we will be offering a Musical Morning of Piano Tunes and Sing -
along with Mel Stiller, and on June 21st we will be traveling to see the Tall Ships in Boston Harbor. We wrap up
the month with a Personal Safety and Defense Workshop on June 28th.
Starting June 6th, please stop by and take a look at the art on display from our Art Class participants. The Art Show will
run for one week and a reception will be held on Wednesday, June 7th. All are invited. The Art Class
meets every Monday morning at the Senior Center and the group is always looking for new friends to
join them.
As we greet the summer months, please remember to look in on your neighbors and remember that
the Senior Center is an air-conditioned and enjoyable place to visit. Let us know if we can help!
Wishing all fathers a very Happy Father's Day,
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Inside this issue:
Dementia 2
Birthday Party 2
Patriots Place Trip 2
Dale Tamburro 2
Chris Grande 2
Herbs with Ernie 2
Travels with Tom 2
Exercise Programs 3
Art Exhibition 3
Transportation 4
Upcoming Trips 4
Movies 6
Book Club 6
Medical Screenings 6
CALENDAR 7
Social Services
Resources 8
MEL STILLER CONCERT
Mel Stiller has been playing the
piano and leading sing-alongs at
Jacob Wirth restaurant for the
past 28 years. For many of those
years he has also been
performing at senior venues,
where he hands out lyrics to
standards and show tunes from
the 1920's — 1960's, so that
participants can sing along.
Refreshments will be available
prior to the show.
WHEN: 1:00 p.m. M
Wednesday, June 14
Pre -registration is L'WANGU
required!
DEFEND YOURSELFAGAINST THE
AGGRESSOR - D. Y.A. T.A.
Gain confidence and be empowered to be
able to combat a potential assault in a real
world scenario. Instructor, Kristin Ann
LaShoto will highlight the aspects of
awareness, including personal space,
while giving us strategies and a wide
range of methods and techniques used to
safeguard and provide knowledge of
individual protection.
You will learn: The two methods of a
physical assault, action vs. reaction,
diversion/distraction and be educated on
scams, holds and the physical aspect of
self defense.
The entertainment is being WHEN: 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, June 28
provided by
Home Instead Senior Care Waltham. I Space is limited and sign-up is required.
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Call the Senior Center (617) 972-6490
To Register for All Programs
LUNCH & LEARN
The Alzheimer's Association of
MA/NH Presents
The Basics:
Memory Loss, Dementia and
Alzheimer's Disease
What You Need to Know
Tuesday, June 6, 2017 at 11:00 AM
SENIOR CENTER BIRTHDAY PARTY
Join us for a fun afternoon including line
dancing, the Mellowtones, gifts, and a
delicious luncheon. Birthday cake and ice
cream will round out your
lunch. So, come enjoy an
afternoon out and bring a
friend. Cost: $14.
WHEN: Friday, June 9
11:30-3:30
Presentation By Attorney Dale Tamburro
Estate Planning Starting with What you Should do at Home to
Legal Documents and Reasons for Them to Integrate with your
Financial Plan.
WHEN: Thursday, June 22, 11:30-1:00 PM
Lunch will be served during workshop/ Pre -Registration Required
♦ Steps to Take in Advance of Death or Disability: Basic Documents
We All Need
♦ Why a Living Trust Makes Sense for Most People and its only
Drawback
♦ Why an Irrevocable Trust is only Right for Two Needs
♦ Massachusetts Estate Tax Basics/Credit Shelter Trusts
♦ Why a Reverse Mortgage is only Right for some people
♦ How your Financial Planner/Wealth Manager can help me and you.
Public Safety Mornings at 9:30 AM
,-JIPW June 13 & June 27
Coffee with Police Chief Lawn and Friends
June 20
Hot! Coffee with Fire Captain Ryan Nicholson
CREATE AN r1tRb GARDEN WITH ERNIE
Do you have a green thumb or are you always
buying herbs at the store? Join Ernie
Berardinelli as he shows us how we can
have our own tabletop herb garden. All the
supplies you need to make a beautiful garden
is included.
WHEN: Tuesday, June 20
TIME: 10:00 AM COST: $10
This program is funded in part by the Friends of the COA.
SENIOR SHUTTLE BUS Senior
LUNCH BUNCH Shuttle
To PATRIOTS PLACE
Enjoy lunch at the Red Robin and time
to visit the museum or shop!
THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 2017,11:30 AM
Cost $5 for Bus & Lunch on Your Own.
This trip is for Watertown residents only.
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Travels with Tom Lewis
A Pictorial Travel with Toni to India!
Tuesday, June 27 from 1:00-3:00 PM
Should I Downsize My Home?
Join Chris Grande from Walnut Hill Adivisors as he holds a
discussion on the decisions involved in downsizing your
home. Is your home an asset or a liability? How to
afford a retirement community. Should you get long
term care insurance or pick a retirement community that
covers this in the monthly bill? Most important - How to
prepare if you live a long & healthy life!
WHEN: Thursday, June 29 TIME: 11:30-1:00
Lunch will be served during the workshop.
Pre -Registration is Required!
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MONDAY EXERCISE
Exercises include muscle strengthening,
light -stretching, balance and posture
improvement, and low -impact aerobics; all
done to your favorite tunes!
TIME: 11:00 AM COST: $4.00
TUESDAY EXERCISE
Exercise class with Joanna Grubel
Join the fun! Regular exercise can improve
circulation, help to strengthen bones,
Increase muscle mass, reduce joint
stiffness, and improve general health.
TIME: 9:30 AM COST: $4.00
TUESDAY CHAIR EXERCISE
This group meets weekly for support and to
socialize. Class is led by audio tape.
TIME: 10:00 AM COST: FREE
TUESDAY LINE DANCING
Get up and get moving with this fun bunch!
TIME: 11:15 AM COST: $5.00
WEDNESDAY EXERCISE
Exercise class with Henry Oliveras. A
Fun Work Out to Contemporary Jazz
Music! Conditioning exercises geared
towards building "dancer bodies' using
Modern Dance movements.
TIME: 11:00 AM COST: $4.00 or pay in
advance 10 sessions for $35.00.
THURSDAY YOGA
Led by experienced yoga teacher, Henry
Oliveras, LMT. A blend of yoga modalities
from India and China using Traditional
Chinese Medicine, 5 Elements Theory
this class uses a chair or you can bring your
own mat and provides a gentle stretch and
limbering for the body to improve balance
and restore 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. A
Fun Work Out To Contemporary Jazz
Music! Conditioning exercises geared
towards building "dancer bodies' using
Modern Dance movements.
TIME: 10:40 AM COST: $4.00 or pay in
advance 10 sessions for $35.00.
SEEKING CHESS PLAYERS!
A small group has formed to play Chess on
Mondays at 1:00 PM but they need a few
more players! No reservations, just drop in!
SENIOR SOCIAL CLUB
SHINE What is
PROGRAM MOON?
Serving the Health
Insurance Needs
of Everyone
For people with Medicare, MOON has a
new meaning: Medicare Outpatient
Observation Notice. This newly required
notice must be given to some patients
who have been admitted to a hospital for
observation. Hospitals are increasingly
admitting patients under observation
status.
You may be surprised to know that even if
you are admitted to a hospital room
overnight, you might not be an inpatient.
If you are under observation, you are
considered an outpatient even though you
may stay in a hospital bed for many days.
This changes how your Medicare coverage
works. The MOON will explain the reason
for observation status and how it affects
your Medicare coverage.
For example, if you have Original
Medicare, with or without a Medigap
plan, an inpatient hospital stay of at least
three days is needed to get any coverage
for skilled nursing facility (SNF) care. If
you are under observation, you would not
get any follow up SNF coverage paid for,
even if it is medically necessary. However,
if you are in a Medicare Advantage plan or
your doctor is in an Accountable Care
Organization, the rules are different and
the three-day requirement may be
waived.
For further assistance about this or any
Medicare issue, contact the SHINE
Program. Trained SHINE volunteers offer
free, confidential counseling on all aspects
of Medicare and related health and drug
insurance programs. ToscheduleaSH/NE
appointment, call the Watertown Senior
Center at (617) 972-6490.
ESOL CLASSES
ENGLISH
For Speakers of Other Languages
CLASSES FORMING NOW at the Center
CALL THE SENIOR CENTER at
617-972-6490
COME MEET° q
BONITA
Bonita, a mixed !, x
breed, has been
trained as a therapy x�
dog . She volunteers
at hospitals and A
assisted living facilities and colleges at
exam time for stress relief for students.
She and her owner, Esther Keaney, will
be visiting us on Thursday, June 8 at
9:30 AM. Drop by and say hello!
A Note from the
Friends of the
Council on Aging
Thank you for your support of the Yard
Sale and programs at the Senior Center!
We are looking for volunteers to help
with different projects. Please consider
joining the Friends as an active member.
Mary Keenan, Chairperson
For more information call Mary at.
617-926-5295
Senior Center Art Class
i� Annual Exhibition &
Reception
z�3« The Senior Center Art class
works hard all year (and has fun too)!
Every June we have a chance to admire
their best works of the year in a week
long exhibit that is open to the public.
Be sure to come by and meet the artists
and their talented teacher Dawn
Scaltreto at the Artists' Reception!
WHEN: Wednesday, June 7
TIME: 10:00 AM
WHERE: Watertown Senior Center
31 Marshall Street
Can't make it that week? The exhibition will be
on display at the Watertown Free Public Library
during the entire month of July.
e Ste/ July Paint
Party!
Windsor House will be here at the
Senior Center on Thursday, July
13 at 10:30 to host a Paint Party!
All supplies are included for a fun
time. A light lunch will be served.
Seating is limited 8s pre-
registration is required.
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JUNE 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 to 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 through Busy Bee Transportation. Call the
Senior Center for more information.
2017 TRIPS!
June 21— 2017 Tall Ships Regatta with food bar
onboard & Quincy Market COST: $79
July zo—NH Lake Region Theatre, South Pacific
and lunch at Hart's Turkey Farm COST: $85.00
(note price change)
August—TBA
September zz—Scallop Festival and JFK's
Memorial & Museum where they are
celebrating his Booth Birthday. COST: $74
October 17— Indian Princess Riverboat
ride and lunch at the Point Breeze Restau-
rant on Lake Webster and a stop at
Foppema's Farmstand. COST: $84
AND watch for our trips using the Senior Shuttle!
PLEASE NOT THE CHANGE IN COST FOR TRIPS!
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JUNU Movie Matinee
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comfortahle lounge Thursdays at 1: 00 p. m.
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6/1 La La Land —While pursuing showbiz fame, jazz
pianist Sebastian falls for aspiring actress
Mia, and the two embark on an intense love
affair. But as their separate paths of ambition
force them to make tough choices, their rela-
tionship starts to fray. Cast: Ryan Gosling,
Emma Stone, John Legend. 2016 PG-13 128 mins.
6/8 Sing - Animals of all stripes -- including
an underappreciated mother minding 25
piglets, a young gorilla trapped in gang life
and a shy elephant -- find hope in a life -
changing singing competition to save the
local theater. Cast: Matthew McConaughey,
Seth MacFarlane Reese Witherspoon.
2016 PG 108 mins.
6/15 Moonlight - Growing up in the drug -soaked world
of 1980s Miami, young Chiron struggles to
make his way through a helter-skelter
adolescence while also grappling with
confusion and anxiety about his emerging
sexuality. Cast: Trevante Rhodes, Andre
Holland, Janelle Monae. 2016 R 110 mins.
6/22 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them - This
wizardly spin-off from the cinematic world of Harry
Potter relates the wondrous and exotic life
of "magizoologist" Newt Scamander, who
wrote the Hogwarts School's textbook on
magical creatures decades before Harry
Potter would lay eyes on it. Cast: Eddie
Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Alison
Sudol. 2016 PG-13 133 mins.
6/29 Queen of Katwe - Disney presents Queen of
Katwe, a movie based on a true story. A
Ugandan girl's life changes forever when she
discovers she has an amazing talent for chess,
r in this celebration of the human spirit. Cast:
David Oyelowo, Lupita Nyong'o, Madina
LNalwanga. 2016 PG 124 mins.
HEALTH SCREENINGS
are held on Thursday mornings
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JUNE 15 - Podiatry Clinic -11:00 a.m. Toenails,
corns, callus care only. The cost for this service is
$25.00 payable to Dr. Alper. Insurance is not
accepted.
JUNE 22 - Blood Pressure at 9:30 a.m. by Linda
Micklay, R.N. from CareGroup Home Care. Free
THE SENIOR CENTER BOOK CLUB
WHEN: Wednesday, June 21 at 9:30.
WHERE. Senior Center, 31 Marshall Street
Join us to discuss Tender is the
Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Copies of the book are available
at the Watertown Free Public
Library. Set on the French
f�
Riviera in the late 1920s, -
Tender Is the Night is the tragic romance
of the young actress Rosemary Hoyt and
the stylish American couple Dick and
Nicole Diver. A brilliant young psychiatrist
at the time of his marriage, Dick is both
husband and doctor to Nicole, whose
wealth goads him into a lifestyle not his
own, and whose growing strength high-
lights Dick's harrowing demise. A profound
study of the romantic concept of character.
New members are always welcomel
FIRE ALARMS AND CARBON MONOXIDE
The Senior SAFE program provides fire & life safety
education for seniors. As part of this The Watertown
Fire Department will conduct an in -home visit and
provide and install smoke and carbon monoxide alarms
to those in need. To qualify for the install you must be
65 or older and own and occupy the home. Call the Fire
Prevention Bureau at 17-972-6510 to book your visit.
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SOCIAL SERVICES RESOURCES
Watertown Senior Center
Case Worker
Marina Kirsanova, LSW
Help for residents 60+ and their families
with fuel, housing, food, counseling and
other emergency resources.
She speaks English, Armenian and Russian.
(617) 972-6490
mkirsanova@watertown-ma.gov
Wayside
Watertown Social Services
Resource specialist
Help for residents under 60 and families
with fuel, housing, food, counseling and
other emergency resources.
(617) 744-9585
SENIOR PARKING PERMITS
For Watertown residents 65+, parking
permits available for meters in municipal
lots. Call the Senior Center for info.
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 STREET
WATERTOWN, MA 02472
(617) 972-6490
RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED
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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 Ave.
Call (617) 923-2769 for Menu
Information and to Register.