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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1981
Page
50
Gail Cooper-Evans reports Dr. Paul Mayes in Cedar Rapids discussing aging, life expectancy rising from 40 to 74, and the idea that the last third of life can be enriching. He cites working seniors, independence in old age, and the need for senior centers and churches to support the elderly amid cutbacks.
This week senior advocates Myr tle Usher Verda Cole and C R Vandermeulen will visit multiple locations to provide limited legal services for the elderly. Locations include Central City HACAP Clarence City Hall Stanwood Union Trust Vinton congregate meals Cedar Rapids Ambroz Recreation Center and Iowa City Senior Center with schedules through November.
HACAP meal plans for seniors 60 and older list weekly menus across Cedar Rapids sites and Linn County locations including Witwer Jane Boyd Lincoln Marion Central City Springville and Palo with reservation and transportation details. LIFTS bus serves Newhall Atkins Shellsburg and rural Palo on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Activities group meets Monday at First Lutheran Church with Mayor Don Canney and entertainment by Clara Eldred and the Bill Best Trio. CARE RESIDENTS Support Council meets Thursday at Heritage Acres with Joyce Downing speaking on aide training. Senior centers list daily programs at WITWER, SALVATION ARMY, MARION, AMBROZ, TIME CHECK, GREENE SQUARE, SOLON, IOWA CITY centers, with meals, crafts, classes, and events. sign up deadlines and contact numbers included.
George Gebran plans a free Thanksgiving meal for Linn County seniors at Cedar House Restaurant with 300 to 1,000 expected attendees. The Linn County Council on Aging coordinates transportation and volunteers, with dinner served 11 AM to 3 PM and free roses for arriving guests.
The Public Health Nursing Association in Linn County provides free clinics for persons 60 and older. Schedule includes Hawthorne Hills Apartments on Wednesday with glaucoma screening, Witner Senior Center on Friday, Springville Methodist Church on the 13th, Mount Vernon Presbyterian on the 18th with glaucoma screening, and Witwer Senior Center on the 20th. Appointments via 398 3555.
Benton County Extension hosts a Growing Older forum in Vinton at 6:45 p.m. on Thursday at the congregate meal site 102 East St. Presentations by Charlotte Young and Jean Hood cover fraud avoidance myths of aging and care options with mini sessions on Medicare Medicaid Social Security hospice and facility choices.
Sarah Whittaker age 101, born October 26 1880 in El Paso Illinois, celebrated Monday at St Luke's Hospital where she is a patient, with a party noting her long life and residence at 1224 13th Street NW.
A seminar on Hypothermia in the Elderly is set for November 10 at Kirkwood Community College. Donie Helm will instruct from 1 30 to 3 30 p m in Iowa Hall, with a $5 tuition and preregistration via 398 5412 or toll free 1 800 332 8833.
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