Page 3 - SeptNewsletter18
P. 3
ELDER HEALTH FORUM
“We had a ball! You should have been AHEPA I, because there was a smaller
there!” Those are the things that we number of residents attending, we were
want to say when asked about the Elder able to also incorporate chair exercise
Forum held at AHEPA I and II on Fri- into the schedule. But, the piece that
day, April 27, 2018. The Physical and was the highlight of both forums was
Mental health Committee was well rep- the nutrition safety information seg-
resented, and the subcommittee tasked ment presented in the form of a BIN-
with planning this forum, Sorors Mar- GO game! It was not just fun, but Soror
guerite Barber-Owens, Lauren Helen Jones’ co-worker, Janet Johnson,
Blanding, Tafenie English, and Rhon- from the Cooperative Extension did an
dria Young, felt the full support of Del- awesome job helping the elders (as
tas, friends of Delta, and all the at- well as everyone else present) be better
tendees. informed on reinforcing and integrating
food safety into their daily lives. There
were great gifts for the winners, and
guess what, everybody was a winner!!
A sack lunch was prepared for each
guest.
The best of the forum, however, was
the smiles on the faces of the elders at
the end of the forum(s); some even
called us their “new best friends!” We
have been asked to return, so next
year’s organizers, be prepared!
We started our forum with a short re-
view of medication safety presented by
Soror Barber-Owens, focusing on com-
mon medication interactions. We then
had a discussion on scams targeting
seniors. This was led by Soror English
at the first forum; we added diversity at
the next forum with a friend of Delta,
Monique Jackson, Division Manager of
Consumer Planning at MAO, leading
the scam discussion. These were well
received, with much discussion and in-
put from both residents and sorors. At
3
