EngAGE changes lives by transforming affordable senior and family housing communities into vibrant centers of art & creativity, learning, and wellness.
Happy National Consumer Protection Week! Now’s a great time to take action to protect your identity and brush up on your Medicare rights and protections:
Guard your card. Identity theft can happen when someone uses your personal information without your consent to commit fraud or other crimes. Guard your Medicare Number and card, and keep your Social Security Number safe.
Know your rights. You have certain rights and protections designed to make sure you get the health care services the law says you can get.
Thurs., March 5 at 7:00 p.m. ET:Facebook Live with the Social Security Administration
Federal Trade Commission staff will join colleagues at the SSA on Facebook Live to discuss scams that involve people pretending to be SSA officials. Learn about these imposter scams and how to avoid them.
Annie Buckley 2-5, sign up and drop in The People’s Tarot will be on view and on Saturday, February 29th, you will have a unique opportunity for a personalized reading with Buckley. Connect with your unconscious knowledge and gain insight, whether for the day or the decade ahead. Readings will be offered from 2:00-5:00. You can sign up that day for a longer full reading or simply drop during open hours for a shorter mini-reading.
Michiko Yao, length 20 min, 2:30pm In her performance, Jenny, Yao will be dressed as the character Jenny an imaginary female character. Jenny will be decorating a cake, writing text inspired by Japanese anime music lyrics.
Mary Anna Pomonis, length 20 min. 3pm Pomonis’ performance, The Eyes That Speak, features Pomonis dressed as Clytemnestra from the Odyssey. Clytemnestra is an integral character in the Odyssey, whose presence is evoked but without the benefit of dialogue. Pomonis’ Clytemnestra will speak.
Dajin Yoon, length 10 min, 4pm In her performance, TBD, Yoon creates a narrative that explores the space in between order and chaos. She challenges the boundaries of language by visualizing intonation of sentences. The enigmatic vagueness in her narrative is completed by the interpretations of the audience members. This narrative is a voice of the new oracle who is burdened with poetics of ambivalence and armed with humor and pessimism.
Photo of Scarlett Kim by Irina Logra. From the performance, Cyborg Divinations, with Maya Mackrandilal at the opening of What She Said.
EngAGE CEO/Founder Tim Carpenter was at the Governors Task Force Roundtable in San Francisco hosted by the Public Policy Institute of Calfornia, with George Schulz, Task Force Chair Maria Shriver, CA Surgeon General Nadine Burke Harris, and a roomful of other devoted minds to create a statewide plan for Alzheimer’s. (Click photos to enlarge.)
Congratulations to Ben Evans, Program Director/Gallery Curator at ACE/121 in Glendale, CA. Through a highly competitive process, he has been accepted as an Arts Delegate in a training program offered by Arts for LA called ACTIVATE. The program functions as an advocacy & organizing lab, introducing the fundamentals of policy-making, civic procedures, advocacy, and community organizing, with the aim of empowering participants to design change campaigns in one of Arts for LA’s four policy areas: affordable spaces for artists, creative career pathways, equitable arts education, and arts funding. Ben is feeling excited and proud—most justifiably, we believe. His comment: “I am looking forward to the toolkit and skillset this is going to bring to my work here at ACE/121 and in Glendale!”
SCAN Health Plan Supports Community Partners That Serve Older Adults and Caregivers
Funding to 45 California Non-Profit Organizations Totals More Than Half a Million Dollars in 2019
LONG BEACH, Calif.—Feb. 6, 2020—SCAN Health Plan, one of the nation’s largest not-forprofit Medicare Advantage plans, today announced it provided 45 grants totaling $555,000 in 2019 to community organizations supporting senior health and independence throughout California. Focusing on senior nutrition, mental health, housing and caregiver support, the funding helps recipients continue to deliver crucial services and expand program support.
“Community giving is part of SCAN’s DNA and we’re honored to provide financial support to organizations that make a positive difference in the lives of seniors and their caregivers,” stated Dr. Romilla Batra, chief medical officer at SCAN. “We applaud the work of these nonprofits that improve access to nutrition and vital social services within their communities.”
In keeping with its nonprofit mission and community roots, SCAN provides support to those working on the front lines of senior health and wellness. Often, these organizations provide the safety net services so many vulnerable seniors need in order to remain at home.
Grant amounts range from $5,000 to $25,000 and support a variety of resources and services that enable organizations to make a difference in the lives of individual seniors as well as in their communities at large. The following are some of the local and regional organizations who received grants in 2019:
Conejo Valley Senior Concerns—helped fund an additional 2,000 freshly prepared meals to low income, homebound seniors along with daily wellness checks
EngAGE—provided monthly food to 800 senior residents of affordable housing communities, ensuring residents have access to fresh and healthy foods
Affordable Living for the Aging—supported ALA’s Shared Housing Program, matching 30 low-income housing seekers with 30 seniors in need of financial or daily living support
Alzheimer’s Los Angeles—provided support services and education for family caregivers of those with Alzheimer’s in Riverside and San Bernardino Counties
Institute on Aging—supported the Friendship Line, the only accredited 24-hour crisis line in the nation specific to older adults
Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County—helped fund Second Harvest’s Senior Hunger Strategy, including Park-it-Market, a partially-refrigerated, free market for seniors
Los Angeles LGBT Center—supported the Senior Services Food Insecurity Initiative that provides free groceries and communal lunch to meet nutrition needs and help combat senior isolation
In addition to community giving via its formalized grant program, SCAN also provides sponsorships and emergency assistance funds to non-profit organizations throughout SCAN’s California service areas. Grant applications may be submitted year round and grants are awarded quarterly. To learn more about SCAN’s community giving, please visit www.IndependenceAtHome.org/community-giving.
About SCAN SCAN Health Plan is one of the nation’s largest not-for-profit Medicare Advantage plans, serving more than 200,000 members in California. Since its founding in 1977, SCAN has been a mission-driven organization dedicated to keeping seniors healthy and independent. Independence at Home, a SCAN community service, provides vitally needed services and support to seniors and their caregivers. SCAN also offers education programs, community funding, volunteer opportunities and other community services throughout our California service area. To learn more, visit: scanhealthplan.com or facebook.com/scanhealthplan or follow us on twitter @scanhealthplan
