Unexpected Hospitalization

How to be Prepared for an Unexpected Hospitalization:

 

Please join us on Thursday, February 27th at 1 PM

 

Marketing Coordinator for Bane Care, Denise Vigna will be our guest speaker at the senior center to discuss how to be prepared for an unexpected hospitalization.  Many feel unprepared or do not understand what it entails and how coverage works.  This is a very helpful information, so mark your calendars, if you need transportation call 528-4773  a week ahead and let Polly of Joan know you will be taking the van, the senior center will be responsible for your transportation cost for this event.

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Census Informational Discussion

Be Counted!!          

Did you know that part of the funding that we get for the Council on Aging (for the senior center)  depends on the census numbers? It is very important that everyone is counted, so that we don’t lose funding.

On Thursday, January 23rd at 11:30 -Census Bureau Specialist Mark Sabastino will be here. He’s a representative from the census bureau and will discuss the different ways to be counted, where you should be counted, part time residents , etc., so don’t miss this informative  session. Mark will be explaining how to apply for a job as a census taker.

 

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Talk: Dining for Women

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Pre-Diabetes and Your Health

Wednesday, Sept. 18, 12:30 pm 

If it isn’t full-blown diabetes, why does it matter?

Nutrition & WellnessThe “pre” language may lead you to believe it isn’t serious, but pre-diabetes puts you at a higher risk for not only Type 2 diabetes but also for heart disease and stroke. Taking steps now can reverse it, or prevent it from becoming diabetes.

Join our Pre-Diabetes Workshop, sponsored by the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts, to learn how to help reverse pre-diabetes. You will learn to identify foods, read food labels and cook easy meals. To attend, sign up in the dining room.

Open to all.

Sign up in the dining room or call (413) 528-1881.

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Learn to Meditate

Tuesdays, Sept. 10-Oct. 15, 2:15 pm Cost: $30
You probably know that meditation can improve your brain functions, reduce stress hormones, lower blood pressure, and offer a range of other health benefits.
BUT, here’s what you may not know: There’s more than one way to meditate! There are at least 5 different techniques for meditation, and Kathi Casey teaches all of them in her 6-week course. Each week, you’ll experience a different technique until you find the one that fits with your life! It’s easier than you think.

Call (413) 528-1881 for more information to register for this course today, or see Polly to sign up.

All ages welcome.
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Upcoming Talks

Check back in September as our “Talks” get under way again for the fall.

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