News from Heritage Park Anaheim

Residents at Heritage Park Anaheim have been very busy this summer planting vegetables in raised beds supplied by EngAGE, as well as in several individual garden plots located along the outer perimeter of the property. One resident, who consults the Farmer’s Almanac as her mother taught her to do, claims that if you plant when the Almanac tells you to plant, you face minimal insect infestation. Judging by the way these lush garden beds at HPA look, we all should be consulting the Almanac!

Contributed by Robin Hart

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News from Solara Court

The Picerne Foundation has provided EngAGE with funding for Artist-in-Residence Diane Doyle (teacher, performer, dancer) to teach a 12-week course in Improv Dance at The Grove, Dorado and Solara Court properties.  Each property is developing their own style and performance, with Diane as their facilitator.

Solara Court is developing their own routine with “The Lion King” as their inspiration.  They have explored the stage show via the score and libretto, and understand the story that they are telling with their body language.  Costuming and props have recently been
introduced to this group! (Remember that you can click on the photos to enlarge them.)

Contributed by Nancy Goodhart and Robin Hart

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Experience Talks 8/6: Dick Cavett & Tom Shadyac

Tune in to Experience Talks, our “Radio Magazine for the Experienced Listener.” Summer schedule: Saturdays 6:00 to 7:00 a.m. Pacific Time on KPFK 90.7 FM Los Angeles, 98.7 FM Santa Barbara, 99.5 China Lake, 93.7 N. San Diego, streaming live online and now syndicated on up to 100 Pacifica Network stations!

This week join host Tim Carpenter as he talks with author and talk show host Dick Cavett, then with film director Tom Shadyac.

DICK CAVETT – Dick Cavett was the host of The Dick Cavett Show from 1968 to 1982 on  ABC and PBS. He also hosted talk shows on the USA, HBO and CNBC cable  networks. He is the co-author of Cavett and Eye on Cavett and since 2007 has written an online opinion column for The New York Times. His new book, Talk Show,  is “a collection of rambling though piquant essays from his New York   Times online column. It’s an eclectic and sometimes surprising lineup:   on- and off-set celebrity anecdotes; meditations on the art of the   comic insult; jaundiced assessments of the 2008 presidential contenders;   not one but two apologias for radio DJ Don Imus; scenes from a  Nebraska  boyhood, with minor hooliganism and encounters with a  movie-house  pervert.” For more information on Dick Cavett, click here.

TOM SHADYAC – Tom is best known for directing blockbuster comedy films such as “Ace  Ventura,” “Liar Liar,” and “Bruce Almighty.” After a cycling accident  left him incapacitated for what experts thought might be the rest of his  life, he ultimately recovered and emerged a changed man. Disillusioned  with life on Hollywood’s A-list, he sold his house, moved to a mobile  home community, and decided to start life anew. His new film “I Am,” is a  probing exploration of our world, what’s wrong with it, and what we can  do to make it better. For more information, click here.

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Golden Oldies in Wales

MUSICThe BBC reports that a charity that encourages older people to sing and stretch to classic pop songs is launching in south Wales.

The Golden Oldies charity “currently runs weekly or monthly events in more than 50 locations in the west of England, involving around 750 elderly people. The sessions feature a range of classic pop songs from the 1950s to 1970s, including many by Sir Cliff EXERCISERichard, the charity’s patron.” (“Devil Woman” and “We Don’t Talk Anymore” are two songs that were hits for Richard in the U.S.)

Read more here.

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Information about Elder Abuse

“The National Committee for the Prevention of Elder Abuse estimates that between four percent and six percent of Americans over 60 are abused.”

Click here to read The Crime Report’s article about the Guardianship Project, a program developed by the Vera Institute of Justice in 2005 to aid elderly and disabled New Yorkers, many of whom have been victims of elder abuse.

Where do you turn in California if you are experiencing elder abuse or know someone who is? Adult Protective Services (APS) is a 24-hour service program mandated by the State of California and designed to investigate all reported at-risk situations without regard to income involving individuals 65 or older and dependent adults (18-64 who are physically or mentally impaired).  Click here for more information.

To report someone in danger, call the Elder Abuse Hotline: (877) 4-R-SENIORS.

[That’s (877) 477-3646.]

 

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Pumping Iron in Chatsworth, CA

EXERCISEWhen a local fitness center closed, a group of senior weight lifters found themselves without a place to work out. “Big-box gyms don’t allow power-lifters,” Bob Evans, 64, said. “It intimidates their regular members.” So he decided to make room in his garage to set up all the equipment they’d need. “In those gyms they are doing it to look good. We do it for strength,” said John Sanchez, 64, a retired firefighter from Chatsworth. Read more here in a Los Angeles Times article.

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On Lok Lifeways Art Show

ARTOn Lok Lifeways is a non-profit organization that provides long-term care for eligible seniors living in San Francisco and some of the surrounding areas. It also serves by offering an art/art therapy program which is enjoyed by participants. An upcoming art show in Fremont, CA, will feature the work of more than 30 seniors from On Lok Lifeway’s campus there. All of the artwork, which will include canvas paintings, masks, scarves and other textiles, was created over a two-year span of creative expression, exploration and development during art therapy classes held at the center. Read more here.

 

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