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Lunch and Learn with Dr. Varano at Candlewood Valley Health and Rehabilitation Center
Come and learn about the normal aging process and what is considered abnormal.
Learn about helpful tips on how to better manage your body’s changes as we age.
October 7th, 2016 from 1-2 PM
RSVP by September 30th, to reserve your seat.
(860) 355-0971
A complimentary lunch will be served during the presentation.
Representatives from HARTransit will be at Elmwood Hall to discuss the different transportation options that they provide. Come learn more about the low cost transportation for seniors.
Here at Elmwood Hall
Storyteller Linda Schuyler Ford presents…
“Chillers” Dark Tales for an October Afternoon
A lone peddler, a woman returning home after an evening with friends, and an unhappy fisherman. What do they have in common?
Strange and chilling twists of fate.
Come closer. Listen.
Enjoy an hour of spine-tingling, eerie, funny, and downright scary storytelling. Folktales, literary tales and urban legends…..in celebration of the season
Thursday, October 20, 2016
1:00-2:00pm
A native of Sleepy Hollow, NY, Schuyler grew up wandering the same hills as the legendary Headless Horseman and listening to tales about the early Dutch settlers. It was only natural she become a storyteller! Schuyler has a special love of traditional American folktales, Women’s Stories, stories that celebrate the natural world and tales of magic. She also enjoys developing and sharing true life stories that uplift and amuse. As a certified Therapeutic Recreation Director Schuyler has developed a day long storytelling workshop for health care professionals and dementia practitioners. She also facilitates an up-lifting healing storytelling retreat for women.
Please call 203-797-4686 to sign up!
Being Mortal – See this moving documentary, join the conversation and explore what matters to you!
Hospice Foundation of America has coordinated a nationwide public awareness campaign on the importance of talking about end-of-life preferences and goals with loved ones and medical professionals. Underwritten by the John and Wauna Harman Foundation, the project uses PBS’s FRONTLINE film Being Mortal, based on the book by Atul Gawande, MD, to educate audiences and prompt discussion about how to communicate wishes for end-of-life care.
Thursday, September 22
3:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Masonicare at Newtown
139 Toddy Hill Road, Newtown
The program is free but seating is limited. To RSVP, please call 888-679-9997.
Refreshments will be served.
Following the screening, hear from our distinguished panel of experts:
REV. CARL ANDERSON is Vice President for Mission Effectiveness at Masonicare. An ordained UCC
minister, he has his M.Div. from Andover-Newton Theological Seminary in Massachusetts. As part of
his responsibilities at Masonicare, Rev. Anderson oversees all spiritual services at the organization’s two
nursing homes, three retirement communities and statewide hospice program. He also serves on the Ethics
Committee of LeadingAge and chairs the Ethics Committee at Masonicare.
ATTY. ANN FOWLER-CRUZ is a principal in Cohen and Wolf’s Trusts and Estates and Elder Law
Groups where she focuses on long-term care planning, asset preservation, Medicaid applications,
disability planning, conservatorships/guardianship and special needs trusts. Her estate planning practice
includes wills, trusts and advance directives. Ms. Fowler-Cruz has been a staunch advocate for the elderly
and the disabled for more than fifteen years. She is a Certified Elder Law Attorney and is also accredited
to practice before the Department of Veterans Affairs.
LYNN McPHELIMY, moderator, is an author and life organizer. Her book In the Checklist of Life landed
her on “Oprah.” She has helped hundreds of people in transition due to divorce, aging or death–who
are overwhelmed with confusion, fear or frustration – and helped turn their journey into a celebration
of courage and empowerment. She is the subject of a PBS special entitled “In the Checklist of Life with
Lynn McPhelimy.” A magna cum laude graduate of Boston College, Ms. McPhelimy holds an MBA
from the University of Hartford and is past Executive Director of the Connecticut Coalition to Improve
End-of-Life Care.
This trip is being run through the AARP Danbury Chapter #1067. Please contact JoAnn Farrell at 203-746-4084 to register for this trip and for more payment information. Please note that the Bus will leave from the Police Athletic Building, 30 Hayestown Rd., Danbury, CT at 9:00 am on November 15.