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Patrick Arbore will be a guest on Aging in LA, a program of Los Angeles Cityview, Channel 35.
Thursday, June 26, 2008 - 8:30PM
Viewed by 2.1 million people weekly, Aging in LA is a weekly discussion series focusing on issues affecting Los Angeles’ senior population. Since its premiere in May 2001, Aging in LA has been a valuable source of information for seniors, their loved ones, and caregivers alike. Host Paul Petersen welcomes guests from all sectors of our society and engages them in thought-provoking dialogue and frank discourse.
ABC-7 News Highlights Elder Abuse
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Nearly half the crimes against seniors involve some form of financial exploitation. Raising awareness of these and other risks to seniors, IOA's fourth annual Elder Abuse Awareness Rally was held at San Francisco City Hall Thursday, May 29 at 12:00. Channel 7 subsequently featured a segment on their 5:00 ABC News broadcast entitled "On Your Side: Cracking down on elder abuse"...
Al Hart to host new radio series on aging
By Chuck Barney
Contra Costa Times, Saturday, April 19, 2008
Starting on Monday, Hart will host a six-part series called "Aging Your Way" on public radio station KALW (91.7 FM). Presented by On Lok Lifeways and the Institute on Aging, the series seeks to "transform aging in America" by exploring the myths and realities associated with growing older in America....
Bay Area gay senior housing closer to reality
By Judy Richter
San Francisco Chronicle, Sunday, March 30, 2008
Despite [the] national track record for gay senior housing, three Bay Area projects are moving closer to reality... Barbary Lane in Oakland, Openhouse in San Francisco and Fountaingrove Lodge in Santa Rosa... To serve residents who need in-home health help, Openhouse is working with the Institute on Aging, which has case-management services....
S.F. Faces Silver Tsunami
By Sarah Duxbury
San Francisco Business Times, January 18-24, 2008
With almost 18 percent of its population over 60, San Francisco is already the grayest major metropolis in the country. By 2020, it is expected that more than 21 percent of the population will be over 60 as Baby Boomers age and lifespans increase. David Werdegar, executive director of San Francisco’s Institute on Aging, believes the mismatch between supply and demand is a looming public crisis, and his fears are echoed by many people familiar with the challenges of this changing demographic....
Help the Elderly for the Holidays
By Ken Garcia
San Francisco Examiner, December 13, 2007
This time of year is often equated as the season of sharing, but it is also a period of heightened loneliness for a lot of individuals, especially the elderly. That point was brought home during a meeting I had recently with the good folks from San Francisco’s Institute on Aging, which is looking for volunteers to work on its “friendship line,” a 24-hour toll-free help line designed to reach out to seniors by offering counseling, crisis intervention, medication reminders or just emotional support....
Former Theater Encores as New Senior Facility
“Community Notes,” Newsletter of Northern California Community Loan Fund, Spring/Summer 2007
An innovative joint venture between Institute on Aging (IOA), a nonprofit senior health, social services, educational and research agency, and BRIDGE Housing, an affordable housing developer, will soon provide comprehensive senior care and housing on a unique site in San Francisco’s Richmond District. Construction of the $75 million building, located on the former Coronet Theater property on Geary Boulevard, is planned to begin later this year. The facility will house IOA’s administrative offices, health and social support programs, as well as 150 affordable senior apartments owned and operated by BRIDGE Housing.….
Experts: Elderly most at-risk in suicide
By Sarah Skidmore, Associated Press Writer
ABC News, September 18, 2007
The elderly are the highest risk population in the country for suicide. But few suicide-prevention programs target them — a result, advocates say, of scarce funding and lack of concern for older Americans. In San Francisco, Patrick Arbore founded the Friendship Line in San Francisco in 1973 after seeing the lack of understanding some suicide hot line workers displayed for older people. The line, which lets people call just to talk or get support, now handles more than 3,000 calls a month….
CBS-5: Mosaic
Rabbi Eric Weiss, Host
CBS-5, 5am, February 18, 2007
Jeff Chapline, Director of IOA's Center for Elders and Youth in the Arts, was interviewed on Mosaic in February, discussing creative outlets for older adults. Each week, Mosaic focuses on culture, religious, and community issues, and focused on different religious traditions each week, rotating between Judaism, Catholicism, and Protestantism. IOA's Rabbi Eric Weiss, director of Bay Area Jewish Healing Center, hosts the Jewish segment, the 3rd Sunday of each month.
CEYA Participant Receives National Accolades
Susan Sun, a participant of the IOA Center for Elders and Youth in the Arts (CEYA) program, has received national accolades for her illustration, "Arbor with Spider," which appears in the 2007 Arts in Aging Calendar, published by Huffington Center on Aging, Baylor College of Medicine. The Huffington Center on Aging salutes the “Arts in Aging” as a complement to a good life long lived. In this 12th edition, we again feature the works of older artists from throughout the world still painting, still providing us with enjoyment. This year’s group range in age from 72 to 99.
Improving Services for Seniors
Jefferson Award Winner: Geraldine Earp
Barbara Rodgers, Reporting
CBS-5, January 24, 2007, 7:16pm US/Pacific
JEFFERSON AWARD Presented to Geraldine Earp - Age isn't an issue for advocate for the elderly
by Shelah Moody,
The Chronicle, January 21, 2007
IOA board member Geraldine Earp receives the prestigious Jefferson Award for making a difference in her community….
Creativity
and Aging: Best Practices
National Endowment for the Arts Report, August 2006
Compiled and Edited by Jessica E. Thomas and Katie Lyles
IOA's Center for Elders and Youth in the Arts (CEYA) was named a
model program by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). The
report highlighted programs helping to make the arts more accessible
to older adults, and working to increase awareness among arts and
aging professionals and practitioners on the link between the arts
and wellness.
Resources for
Elders and Adults with Disabilities
by Mark Solomons,
El Tecolote, November 2, 2006
"As we celebrate the Day of the Dead and the memory of the
ancestors, remember your grandparents by helping them get the help
they need. They can receive support for many services. For Example..."
Read the article in Spanish
JEFFERSON
AWARD Taylor Chan - Teen shares the gift of music with elderly and disabled
in S.F.
by Heather Maddan,
The Chronicle, August 6, 2006
"While most kids were busy playing with their toys, 8-year-old
Taylor Chan was perfecting piano and violin pieces to play for the
elderly. Chan, now 13 and a recent graduate of West Portal Lutheran
School in San Francisco, has brought classical music to Adult Day
Health Center, a program of the Institute on Aging on Geary Boulevard,
for five years...."
Taking Care of the Elderly
By Mary Twomey, Director of Elder Abuse Prevention
The Examiner, July 22-23, 2006
The alleged murders of four elderly people by a doctor and nurses in a Katrina-devastated hospital in New Orleans may reveal a terrible truth about America: that the elderly and adults with disabilities have little value to us. Sick, confused, perhaps dying, they are seen as expendable, unimportant, a burden.
Ageism — discrimination against older people — is pervasive in the United States. It contributes every day to elderly suicide, elder abuse, and the high rates of depression in the elderly. If the patients in New Orleans had been children, or younger adults, would they be alive today?
Disaster planning must cover all contingencies for the ill and disabled in hospitals and nursing homes. Those of us who work with the elderly see the light in their eyes, the hope in their hearts, and the strength in their spirits. The untimely death of any one of them is a cause of deep sadness.
Mary Twomey
Institute on Aging
The City
Read Mary's letter online at http://www.examiner.com.
Institute On Aging Helps Older Adults Live Independently
by John Doxey
Bay Area Summit, Summer 2006
"Joan-Marie Shelley has enjoyed writing ever since she was in elementary school. So when her assisted living residence began offering a creative writing class in 2004, Shelley jumped on board."
How
AIDS Battered One S.F. Synagogue - A 25-Year Retrospective
by Dan Pine, Staff Writer
J., The Jewish Weekly, June 9, 2006
"Mark Feldman had the world on a string.
He was young, gregarious and smart. As director of admissions at New College, his career was on the ascent. As a co-director of publicity for Congregation Sha’ar Zahav, a largely gay and lesbian San Francisco synagogue, he was an emerging leader in the local Jewish and gay communities."
FAB
Partner Kristin Pace Interviewed on "Your Legal Rights"
Radio Program
Interview conducted by Chuck Finney, KALW, 91.7 FM
in San Francisco, May 31, 2006
On May 31, 2006 FAB Estates and Trusts Partner Kristin Pace was
a guest on the "Your Legal Rights" radio program with
host Chuck Finney. Also joining Kristin on the program was Mary
Twomey, the Director of the Consortium for Elder Abuse Prevention
at San Francisco's Institute on Aging. The hour-long broadcast focused
on preventing elder abuse though estate planning. Kristin and Mary
fielded questions from callers with a variety of concerns regarding
protecting older family members. The weekly program is broadcast
on KALW, 91.7 FM in San Francisco.
IOA
Gets OK to Build New Structure
By Paul Kozakiewicz
Richmond Reviw, May 2006
"The Institue on Aging, in harmony with another non-profit group, Bridge Housing, plans to develop the site of the closed Coronet Theater on Geary Boulevard into 150 units of senior housing, senior services, a conference center and office space for employees of the organizations."
Hot
Off the Press!
The Mature Mind:
The Positive Power of the Brain
by Gene D. Cohen, MD, PhD
The IOA Center for Elders and Youth in the Arts and the IOA Research Center contributed to a national study discussed in The Mature Mind, by Dr. Gene Cohen of George Washington University, published by Basic Books, 2005.
Grim
Suicide Figures for 'Grumpy Old Men'
by Valerie Takahama
The Orange County Register, March 17, 2006
Workshop: Patrick Arbore, IOA's Director of the Center for Elderly Suicide Prevention, spoke on the high rate of suicide among older white males at the Conference on Aging in Anaheim.
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