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Be
engaged with life! Institute on
Aging is excited to
share our new community
enewsletter, Engage. We gladly
offer you a monthly guide to
aging well.
Engage features encouraging articles
on aging, personal stories, community events and
family traditions.
Please
feel free to share Engage with your
family and friends.
Sincerely,
Institute
on Aging
Helping
Bay Area Seniors Live Independently
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The
New Senior Moment
Dr Gene D. Cohen has discovered
what he calls the "Liberation Phase," when we find
a new level of comfort, confidence, and courage in
tapping into our limitless inventive potential.
Your brain continues to create new brain cells
throughout your entire life, increasing its
ability to creatively use a lifetime of knowledge
and experience. Welcome to the new Senior Moment:
a time of life which many older individuals
experience as their "moment," a new period in
their life where they come into their own
creatively. Read more...
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The Friendship Line: IOA's
Heart and Soul
By Diane
Nathaniel
I'll be the first to admit that the elderly
population wasn't at the forefront of my mind
before working for Institute on Aging. When I
interviewed for the administrative assistant job
at IOA's Center for Elderly Suicide Prevention
(CESP), I figured that I'd be doing a lot of data
entry and message taking. When I met with Susan
Lindeman, the Volunteer Coordinator for the
Friendship Line, I realized that I was about to
get involved in something much more profound and
rewarding than simple data entry. Read
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Community
Events
Seniors
Moving to Better Health
Free
exercise program for seniors!
When: Mondays:
10-11:00 am and Wednesdays: 9:30-10:30 am
(Drop-ins welcome)
Where: St. James Community
Learning Center 4620 California Street at 8th Ave.
For more information please call:
415-752-0139
Kaiser Permanente Farmer's
Market
Make a visit to
the market part of your weekly routine! San
Francisco Certified Farmer's Market is your best
source for fresh-from-the-farm foods.
When:
Wednesdays 10am-2pm
Where: St. Johns
Presbyterian Church at Arguello and Lake.
For more information, please visit here.
145 Years of America Red
Cross Photography
This exhibition
showcases photographs from 145 years of caring for
those enduring conflict around the world.
When: July 16th to August 17th, Wednesday to
Sunday, 11:00am-5:00pm
Where: Presidio
Officers' Club Exhibition Hall, 50 Moraga
Avenue. For more information, please visit
here.
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ENCOURAGE
Dear
Encourage,
I've been seeing my
therapist for 3 months. I don't like him at all. I
just talk and talk and he just sits there nodding
at me and saying "mm-hmm". I don't ever get any
feedback whatsoever. This situation is not at all
helpful. What should I do?
Dear Tired of Doing All the Talking-
I'm sorry to hear that you aren't finding
your experience in therapy useful. The first thing
I would recommend is discussing how you are
feeling with your therapist. Most therapists look
forward to hearing from their clients about what
is working and what isn't. I often think that some
of the best work in therapy comes out of sharing
these ideas and working with the therapist to make
your treatment feel useful. If you try to discuss
the problem and still find that you aren't
benefiting from the therapy, you may want to
consider finding someone new to work with. There
are times when an individual and a therapist
simply are not a good match and a skilled
therapist should be open to helping you find
someone new if this is the case. When trying to
find a therapist, I'd recommend sharing upfront
what kinds of things you are looking for and the
style you think will work best for you. This gives
you a head start! The Institute on Aging can help
to provide referrals and/or offer individual
psychotherapy if you decide you would like to find
someone new to work with. Simply call us at
(415)750-4111.
Do you have a
question about engaging with life as a
senior? Send it our way. Please note, questions
may be printed but will be kept strictly
anonymous. Click here to email
us.
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Every month we will highlight a family
tradition, such as a recipe, a craft or a cultural
holiday. Please feel free to suggest a tradition
from your
family!
This week's family
tradition:
Scottish
Shortbread
2 ¼ C Flour
1 C
Butter
½ C Sugar
Soften butter. Cream
butter and sugar. Work flour in gradually. Grease an 8"
cake pan and line with wax paper. Press dough into pan
evenly. Using a fork, score 16 lines from the edge of
the pan to the center. Bake at 325 degrees for 30
minutes and then 300 degrees for an additional 25
minutes, until golden brown. Cut along scored lines
while still warm. Serves 16
pieces.
Enjoy!
We'd like to feature part of your
heritage. Share a recipe, tradition or family
story. We'd love to print it!
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