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June 2017 meeting – Dr. Canio

Posted on June 21, 2017 by Tracy Hinman

Please join us at our next meeting, on Wednesday, June 21, 2017, 8:45am – 10:30am. Our featured speaker will be Wynnelena C. Canio, MD, CMD Geriatrician and Psychiatrist in Kaiser Permanente Santa Rosa’s Center For Memory Care Department Dr. Canio is one of Northern California’s top experts in Geriatric Dementia and head of the Kaiser Memory Clinic in Santa Rosa. She will be…

May 2017 speaker – Crista Chelemedos

Posted on June 12, 2017 by Tracy Hinman

Please join us at our next meeting, on Wednesday, May 17, 2017, 8:45am – 10:30am, for a look at the advocacy side of senior residential care! Our guest speaker will be Crista Chelemedos, executive director of Senior Advocacy Services (SAS) since 2011. Reporting to the Board of Directors, Crista has overall strategic and operational responsibility for programs, staff and execution of…

April 2017 meeting – Parkinson’s Awareness month

Posted on May 10, 2017 by Tracy Hinman

April is Parkinson’s Awareness month. Learn about the warning signs of Parkinson’s, community resources and national programs to support families and caregivers, and the Parkinson’s Foundation’s national walk program Moving Day® happening in San Francisco on May 7th. Colleen FischerColleen Fischer is the Community Development Manager for Parkinson’s Foundation Northern California office. Her background is as a non-profit professional with…

Feb 2017: Sonoma County Supervisor Shirlee Zane on 2017 as “The Year of the Senior”

Posted on February 21, 2017 by Tracy Hinman

February 15, 2017 Sonoma County Supervisor Shirlee Zane on 2017 as “The Year of the Senior.” After introductions and announcements, we will start the program by holding round-table discussions on senior issues such as; housing, transportation, health care, senior fitness, dementia care, virtual communities, elder abuse, social isolation/depression, and more. This will prepare us for our dynamic speaker Shirlee Zane…

Undue Influences on the Senior Population – Jan 2017

Posted on January 18, 2017 by Tracy Hinman

Nancy Hoffman, PsyD With the aging of the Baby Boomers and the greatest transfer in wealth in history, older adults are being subjected to undue influence by friends, family members, caregivers, and other trusted people. This talk will be a brief introduction to undue influence and present some ideas on how to recognize it and what to do if you…

Rock Steady Petaluma – November 2016

Posted on November 17, 2016 by Tracy Hinman

Rock Steady Petaluma Rock Steady’s founder, former Marion County (Indiana) Prosecutor, Scott Newman, was diagnosed with Parkinson’s at 39. He discovered that training like a boxer (non-contact) lessened his Parkinson’s symptoms. Initially intended as a program to help people battle young-onset Parkinson’s disease, the program has evolved to accommodate and help people at ALL stages of the disease. Word spread…

Mitch Thompson – Peace in Medicine, Oct 2016

Posted on October 20, 2016 by Tracy Hinman

Mitch Thompson, from Peace in Medicine will be speaking on the uses of cannabis as it pertains to our senior population. Peace in Medicine specializes in bio-grown cannabis flowers, delicious edibles, tinctures, salves, and much more! Peace in Medicine has two locations: Sebastopol and Santa Rosa. Established in 2007, Peace in Medicine was conceptualized by Robert Jacob, a Sebastopol resident…

Margaret Marquez, MD: My Care, My Plan – Sept. 2016

Posted on October 5, 2016 by Tracy Hinman

My Care, My Plan: Speak Up Sonoma County is an Advance Care Planning community initiative. It aims to encourage everyone age 18 and older to contemplate, communicate about, and document their health care wishes. Our initiative is a project of Health Action, a collaborative community effort to get citizens involved in creating a healthier Sonoma County. My Care, My Plan…

Care for the Caregiver: Staying Sane in Stressful Times – August 2016

Posted on August 18, 2016 by Tracy Hinman

Rev. Joyce Duffala, Ed.D. Care for the Caregiver: Staying Sane in Stressful Times Our global village is not the same as it was 20 years ago. Random violence is no longer a rare surprise. As a result, all of us are experiencing new stressors in our daily lives. Fortunately, techniques for staying calm, centered, and sane abound, coming to our…

July 2016 – Marjorie Favuzzi – Tapping

Posted on July 20, 2016 by Tracy Hinman

Marjorie Favuzzi Reclaim Your Focus With Brain Gymnastics! Many aging seniors today find themselves in a very different state than what they have known for most of their lives, not only physically but socially, emotionally and intellectually. There are ways to reclaim your brain, get back in focus and rev up your brain’s executive functions. EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) also…