50up Lifestyle Magazine 2022 Santa Cruz

CONTENTS

SHE’S GOT THE MOVES

How Laurie Broderick-Burr is

the gospel of movement

Santa Cruz County

AN INSIDE LOOK AT JOY

June Smith on how to hold on to happiness and awe at any age

EDITOR’S NOTE

A GUIDE TO 50+ RESOURCES IN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY

From activities to local services, find everything

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When I first heard about Laurie Broderick-Burr’s “movement therapy,” I thought maybe it was just a fancy name for the typical methods that fitness gurus use to try to get us moving as we get older. But I was assured by people who know her that there’s nothing typical about Broderick-Burr. Okay, I thought, let’s send in Richard Stockton, our longtime writer who has never done anything typical in his life, as far as I can tell. They proved to be quite a combination, as Richard’s profile of Laurie in this issue proves. I won’t spoil it, except to say I am quite sure I’ve never read about an interview that started with someone jumping up and demonstrating movement exercises in the middle of a café. Check it out and discover why Richard calls her “a onewoman movement revolution.” And then be sure to read our autobiographical piece from another of our favorite writers, June Smith, about how she’s held on to joy in her daily life into her 90s. Thanks for reading!

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EMBRACING THE WOBBLES Laurie Broderick-Burr believes in approaching movement issues with positivity; even losing balance, she says, can be a learning opportunity.

Movement is the

Laurie Broderick-Burr wants to help us stay in motion at any age

BY RICHARD STOCKTON

Imeet Laurie Broderick-Burr as she rides her bicycle to our table at 11th Hour Coffee. I had chosen a quiet table for the interview; yoga instructors are a reserved, soft-spoken lot, right? I had imagined we would whisper about the fears people my age have of falling.

No. Broderick-Burr does not whisper, nor does she describe body/mind

Movement

issues with negative words. Rather than focus on seniors’ fear of falling, the Santa Cruz geriatric exercise educator reframes

“embracing the wobbles” with a story about the absence of fear she saw in a 20-something who was balancing on the edge of a fence. Broderick-Burr looks around, “It was a fence just like this brick flower box here.”

She jumps up from our table,

lifts her right foot to the top of the flower box, and pushes down with her leg until she is standing on one foot, above me, on the edge of the brick wall.

As she balances on the toes of her right foot, she looks down and says, “Embracing the wobbles means learning to accept that losing balance can be a learning opportunity.” She leans back and drops to the ground.

“The more ways we can find to move, the more access we have to continue moving,” she says as she sits down.

Broderick-Burr has been a one-woman movement revolution her entire life.

“I was lucky enough to fall into dancing as a teenager,” she says. “I felt equanimity in my entire system when I was moving. Dancing required my mind to focus, to consider and remember what came next, to remember patterns, to use all parts of my physical and mental being.”

She stands, turns to a chair, and lifts her foot onto the seat. “My passion deepened for strength training, and I began training people to use whatever they have in their lives,” she says, constantly moving up and down with her foot on the chair.

Broderick-Burr is a dancer, dance teacher, yogi, aerobics teacher, weight trainer, hiker, swimmer, skier, bicyclist and triathlon competitor with a masters in kinesiology. I’ve never met anyone who has studied more modalities of movement.

“I’ve always been concerned that I was

not only teaching yoga and dance, but also teaching aerobics, strength training, fitness. I worried that I didn’t fit into the dance world because I taught yoga. Then I felt I couldn’t be a yogi because I taught aerobics. I wasn’t a purist. But since I turned 60, I no longer feel like an imposter. I do what I do. What I’m doing is good and valuable. I’ve been doing it long enough.”

She looks down and smiles, her eyes twinkling. “In my 40s, I took up backpacking,” she says. “My husband Jim is on a High Sierra Mountain tour now; I’m preparing to join him for seven days. We’ve done the John Muir Trail many times, the Himalayas; we’re high mountain hikers. Nothing more we like than climbing a 13,000-foot peak!” She slaps her leg and laughs.

Broderick-Burr says that in her 50s, her work cohered with her master’s degree in kinesiology. “With an emphasis in geriatric exercise science and orthopedics rehabilitation, I can scientifically assess movement. I can see what’s happening and what needs to

be built up.”

I start thinking, “This woman analyzes congealed slabs of protoplasm like me. Maybe she can help me.” I tell Laurie about my humiliating encounter with a basketball hoop the day before. I’d been walking the dog with my wife, Julie. We came to a basketball hoop hanging over the sidewalk. It was a low hoop, maybe 9-and-a-half feet high. The old desire to soar high burned in my belly, and I wondered how far over the rim my hand could go. I gathered my body, bent down and leapt upwards, throwing my arms up towards the rim.

Nothing happened. My feet were buckets of cement. Straining towards the rim, my arms flailed overhead like an advertising air-tube dancer.

“Whatever you’re doing, stop it,” my wife said.

“I’m jumping to touch the rim,” I told her.

“Your feet did not leave the ground.”

She was right. A credit card would not have fit under my shoes. I used to catch air, now I catch sick burns from my wife.

PEAK EXPERIENCE Broderick-Burr on the way to Peeler Lake in California’s Toiyabe National Forest. She and her husband Jim are hiking fanatics who like to spend their time climbing 13,000-foot peaks.

JUMP START

Broderick-Burr has ideas about why I can’t jump. She calls my hiking boots “coffin shoes.” Then she reminds me of her class in the morning and rides away on her bicycle. Full disclosure: when I took this assignment, I did it for the money. Now, I can’t wait for her class.

At 9:45am the next morning, I’m at Swift Street Fitness. Broderick-Burr is high energy, having a ball; the class vibe is relaxed and playful. Some of the participants have been practicing with her for 30 years.

I’ve taken enough yoga classes to know not to make noises, either voluntary or involuntary. The class is not so hard, and I manage to control the grunting. I’m strong enough to at least attempt Broderick-Burr’s poses. It’s a good class, but it is not helping me with my white-

men-can’t-jump complex.

Then, Broderick-Burr works her magic.

She starts talking about jumping. She has us put the balls of one foot on a block and lift the heel. I see everyone else rise on their toes. I do not rise. I can stand flat-footed but have no lift. Zero. I’m shocked—my plantar fascia (bottom of the foot), ankles and calves cannot lift my heel one inch. Laurie suggests it is because of the big hiking boots I wear all the time. For 20 years, I let my foot bones fuse in my hiking boots while sitting in front of my computer, only taking breaks to drive long distances. They live in toe tombs.

Broderick-Burr’s assessment got me to own my feet. What’s weird is that I hike— not only is it the best exercise, but when you’re done, you’re somewhere else. But she tells me I hike without my toes.

“You have atrophied ankle muscles and plantar fascia,” she says. No wonder I’m

so slow on the trail. And now here I am, not only unable to jump but incapable of pushing my heel off the floor to stand on my toes.

With military urgency, BroderickBurr tells me to get on my toes.

“Dorsiflexion of the big toe, plantarflexion of the ankle!” She tells me to go barefoot, get up on the balls of my feet and work my calves every day.

I’m on my toes now, lifting my heel as high as possible. My calves feel like lost spirits, annoyed to be summoned after all these years. My ankles and plantar fascia are trying to remember their purpose. I have dementia of the feet.

My failed attempt to jump showed me that something was wrong. BroderickBurr figured out what it was and showed me what I might do about it. She warns me it will take a while to get my ankle and calf muscles back. I buy lightweight, thin-soled running shoes and like them so much I buy a second identical pair.

Throughout the day, I put the balls of my feet on a 4 x 4 block and struggled to push up onto my toes. Now my heel rises an inch, more or less. OK, less.

One of her longtime students tells me, “Laurie’s approach to yoga combines classical teachings with contemporary science in a way that makes asana practice meaningful in the modern world. With sensitivity and a good sense of humor, she blends her deep knowledge of the mechanics of the human body with the traditions of Hatha yoga to provide practices that extend beyond the yoga studio into daily life.”

I’m part of the movement revolution now. Free the feet! Broderick-Burr has a vast knowledge of movement and is passionate about helping her clients find new shapes. She insists she is not a physical therapist but says, “You can teach an old dog new tricks because neuroplasticity is possible in an aging body. You can bend the aging curve, but it takes embracing the wobbles and working with them to elicit change.”

By the time you read this, BroderickBurr will be with her husband Jim in the High Sierras, dreaming of their next 13,000-foot mountain peak. I’ll be doing my prescribed heel lifts, dreaming of jumping over a credit card. She will bend her aging curve; I will bend my toes. She inspires people to move and is moving up that mountain right now.

Contact Laurie Broderick-Burr at mewithlauriebb.com, laurie-bb-s-school. teachable.com or on Instagram @yogaburr.

ALWAYS IN STEP Broderick-Burr on the 50-mile Benson Lake Loop in Yosemite.

Joy

MeetsWorld

writer

Iwas one of the millions who tuned in to The Oprah Winfrey Show in 2007 to learn the mystery of The Secret. Defined as the law of attraction, it states that “like attracts like,” and the energy you put into the world— both good and bad—is exactly what comes back.

After turning 91 this year, one of the notes that speaks the loudest to me is taped to a shelf by my computer:

“If you keep asking ‘May I?, June,’ I’ll keep asking ‘Will you?’ It has never been up to me. —The Universe.”

So, what will I do each day? I’ve found that a daily routine works best, and experts say stress reduction is one of the psychological benefits of routine. Morning prayers and a stretch in bed are followed by a cup of warm water with a squeeze of lemon and a raw probiotic tablet for women over 50. For breakfast, I combine blueberries in a protein smoothie of organic grass-fed mocha mix with collagen peptides, said to boost the immune system. Going the extra mile, I add a teaspoon of mushroom blend and a scoop of L glutamine amino powder for healthy gut support. (One may need extra help to make “all systems go,” if you get my drift).

I turn on the TV for the daily news and browse the guide to see if any of my favorite celebrities will appear on talk shows. If Wanda Sykes is showing up, I’m there.

Chair yoga class by Zoom is next.

and author Theresa Barnabei announced the Mid-LIFE Rising Summit co-hosted by Kelli Roth, a friend of the family. When I posted that I was past mid-life but would offer some advice, I was invited to join 27 other women speakers. We were each to provide a catchphrase, and I chose “Follow the nudge and be open to the surprise of the journey.”

Here’s how I do exactly that with the three big loves of my lifestyle:

Writing

on keeping happiness

BY JUNE SMITH

Instructor Suzi Mahler is passionate about sharing her knowledge of yoga therapy for healthy aging and loves interjecting self-care- tips.

Choices for lunch and dinner include high-fiber foods, organic fruits and vegetables, and at times, a lean grassfed beef patty. I follow the Ayurvedic practice of having spices with each meal and eating fruits and vegetables when in season. I shop at Trader Joe’s, New Leaf and Whole Foods; I order all nonperishable food from Thrive Online Organic Market, delivered with the mantra, “To make healthy living easy and affordable for everyone.” The box is placed on top of my gatehouse mailboxes where I can’t reach it, but my helpful neighbors ensure it gets to my door.

By then, the sun is shining on my deck with a sweeping view of Monterey Bay. It’s time to go out and catch up on some reading while soaking up 20 minutes of Vitamin D. Recently, a magazine article titled “The Power of Awe” caught my eye, and this is the perfect illustration of that phrase. I dreamed of retiring with an ocean view, and I believe I attracted this condo with the help of “The Universe” because I found this property before my realtors did.

Then, my one and only soap, General Hospital, comes on. I’ve been watching this show for almost 60 years—I started while giving a bottle to my adopted son Jeff—so why stop now?

During the Covid shutdown, connection with friends was crucial; much of it was done on Facebook or Zoom. In 2021, coach

I started writing in grade school in a suburb of Chicago. Because I went to the same high school as Ernest Hemmingway, I like to imagine absorbing his vibes while sitting at his desk in journalism class.

Later in life, after joining a group for a one-week ocean seminar swimming with wild spinner dolphins in Hawaii, I turned my journal notes into an article, not knowing where I could send it. The Santa Cruz daily paper ran an announcement that the travel editor was retiring, and articles from readers were encouraged. That was more than a mere nudge! I submitted the story, was asked for photos, and it ran on the front page of the Sunday Features section. That led to me becoming a regular correspondent for that paper, and then I began to call myself a professional writer. Examiner. com hired me to write three columns, including The Santa Cruz Mountains Wine Examiner (as a retired co-owner of a Santa Cruz winery) and The Holistic Health Examiner, which continued until the publication went offline.

I had always aspired to write for Good Times, and the opportunity came when I asked the managing editor at the time, who I knew, if the paper would consider a column for active seniors. She set me up for an appointment with the editor to present my ideas. The timing was perfect, as he was preparing to introduce an annual senior magazine. I left his office with assignments for three articles.

Dancing

I’m an avid Zumba fan, leading me to favor Latin rhythms. One night at a Capitola Twilight concert, I spied an elderly Latino couple undulating to a sexy salsa and heard myself think, “I’ll have what they’re having!”

At that pivotal moment, I knew I would learn Latin partner dancing, whatever it took. As a widow, I was not ready to give up my sensuality. My friend Chris Kenney, fine art conservator by day and percussionist for Africaninspired dance classes by night, had taught partner dancing and was willing to give me lessons. After a few sessions, he took me to the Palomar Ballroom for a salsa session, and then we celebrated my “graduation” at Salsa by the Sea on the wharf. We’ve continued with chacha, rhumba, bachata and swing classes for almost 10 years and have become best friends. I call him my chauffeur, handyman, escort, and IT guy, and he

calls me his bodyguard. His offbeat sense of humor keeps me laughing.

Family

I’m fortunate that my four adult kids, eight grandkids and rescued Chihuahua, Goji, all live in the Bay Area. Jeff is an English professor in Contra Costa, Brad is EVP, Head of Fund Finance for Pacific Western Bank and Jason is the shipping and warehouse manager of a data distributing company. Daughter Joy is a professional dancer appointed by Zumba Fitness as the only person responsible for training and licensing instructors in Northern California. (I took her to dance classes as soon as she could walk).

When her son Phoenix was born, I visited daily, and a bond with him was developed that is strong to this day. Now 21, he took me to Best Buy to purchase an Apple watch with a Fall Prevention feature and a phone.

At his request, I helped edit his answers to five complex questions required for his entrance to UCLA. In thanks, he surprised me with an invitation to Salsa by the Sea, agreeing to let me give him a lesson beforehand.

Community

I recently joined The Natural Healers Network of Santa Cruz, a group of holistic practitioners who meet to share ideas. I am not a practitioner but wholeheartedly believe in natural, holistic healing and essential oils, using only household and personal products without chemicals. My skin remains in good condition from using only pure cosmetics over the years. I’m often told that I look 20 years younger than my actual age.

Looking ahead to my funeral arrangements, with a contract with Benito & Azzaro, Pacific Garden Chapel, for a green burial plan, I had a follow-up appointment with Patricia Kimie, a preplanning specialist. She invited me to a lunchtime event hosted on the Sea Spirit Memorial, a 50-foot boat docked at the Santa Cruz Yacht harbor. Owned by locals Raina & Joe Stoops, their brochure states: “Not every funeral ends at a cemetery.” We cruised around the bay, enjoying food and drink, and since I have always loved the water, I fell in love with the idea of a memorial ash scattering aboard the Sea Spirit. Dr. Wallace J Nichols, the author of Blue Mind, states that many people around the world memorialize, grieve, and mourn lost loved ones near, in, on or under water.

Recently, my family asked me to stop driving and use alternative methods of transportation. I was confident in my driving since I don’t take medications or travel at night or on the freeway.

Then, almost on cue, another Note from the Universe arrived, stating, “June, sometimes, when it seems your wings have suddenly and unexpectedly been clipped, maybe, just maybe, there’s more to learn by staying where you are. You decide.”

Yes, I have decided, with the help of the good Lord, I’ll continue to enjoy my three loves: writing, dancing and family. And maybe even follow some nudges.

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LIVING FACILITIES

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ALEXANDRIA VICTORIA

226 Morrissey Blvd., Santa Cruz, 429-9137.

DOMINICAN OAKS

3400 Paul Sweet Rd., Santa Cruz, 462-6257, dominicanoaks.com.

LA POSADA

609 Frederick St., Santa Cruz, 429-9230, laposadaretirementcommunity.com.

THE MAPLE HOUSE I & II

410 Pennsylvania Ave., Santa Cruz, 423-6347, themaplehouse.com.

2000 Brommer St., Santa Cruz, 476-6366, themaplehouse.com.

OAK TREE VILLA

100 Lockewood Lane, Scotts Valley, 205-7363, brookdaleliving.com.

PACIFIC COAST MANOR

1935 Wharf Rd., Capitola, 476-0770, covenantcare.com.

PARADISE VILLA

2177 17th Ave., Santa Cruz, 475-1380, paradisevillaelderlycare.com.

SUNSHINE VILLA

80 Front St., Santa Cruz, 459-8400, sunshinevillaseniorliving.com.

TWIN LAKES MANOR

777 Volz Lane, Santa Cruz, 477-1100, twinlakesmanor.net.

VALLEY HAVEN

2266 Chanticleer Ave., Santa Cruz, 818-8372, valleyhavencare.com.

VALLEY HEIGHTS

925 Freedom Blvd., Watsonville, 722-4884, valleyheights.com.

WESTWIND MEMORY CARE

160 Jewell St., Santa Cruz, 440-8795, westwindmemorycare.com.

CLASSES & ACTIVITIES

ACADEMY OF MARTIAL & INTERNAL ARTS

1570 Soquel Drive, Santa Cruz, 475-1429, reelingsilk.com.

AWAKENING CHI

1060 River St., Ste. 111,Santa Cruz, 334-7757, awakeningchi.org.

BRIDGE OF HOPE

P.O. Box 576, Soquel, 464-2362, bridgeofhopefoundation.org.

CHAIR YOGA WITH SUZI

Grey Bears, 27 Chanticleer Ave., Santa Cruz, suzimahleryoga.com.

DOMINICAN HOSPITAL’S PERSONAL ENRICHMENT PROGRAM

1555 Soquel Drive, Santa Cruz, 462-7709, dominicanhospital.org.

DOWNTOWN SENIOR CENTER AT LONDON NELSON

301 Center St., Santa Cruz, 420-6180, cityofsantacruz. com/seniors.

LENZ ARTS

142 River St., Santa Cruz, 423-1935, lenzarts.com.

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY PARKS DEPARTMENT

979 17th Ave., Santa Cruz, 454-7901, scparks.com.

SIMPKINS FAMILY SWIM CENTER

979 17th Ave., Santa Cruz, 454-7960, scparks.com.

SOCIAL SERVICES

ADULT MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES

Santa Cruz: 1400 Emeline Ave. Bldg. K, Santa Cruz, 454-4170, santacruzhealth.org.

ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES (HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT)

1400 Emeline Ave. Bldg. K, Santa Cruz, 454-4101, santacruzhumanservices.org.

FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY OF THE CENTRAL COAST

104 Walnut Ave. Ste. 208, Santa Cruz, 423-9444;

11 Alexander St. Ste. D, Watsonville, 728-9970 (24-hour multi-lingual crisis line), fsa-cc.org.

HOSPICE OF SANTA CRUZ COUNTY

940 Disc Drive, Scotts Valley, 430-3000, hospicesantacruz.org.

SANTA CRUZ VET CENTER

1350 41st Ave. Ste. 102, Capitola, 464-4575, santacruzhumanservices.org, va.gov.

MONARCH SERVICES

1685 Commercial Way, Santa Cruz, 425-4030; 233 E. Lake Ave., Watsonville, 722-4532, (888) 900-4232 (crisis line), wcs-ddm.org.

FINANCIAL SERVICES

BAY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION

Multiple Locations, 479-6000, bayfed.com.

COUNTRYSIDE FINANCIAL

464-6464, countrysidefinancial.com.

EDWARD JONES INVESTMENTS

Multiple locations, edwardjones.com.

MAIN STREET REALTORS

2567 Main St., Soquel, 462-4000, mainstrealtors.com.

PACIFIC INLAND FINANCIAL INC.

5161 Soquel Drive, Soquel, 475-2600, pacificinland.com.

SANTA CRUZ COMMUNITY CREDIT UNION

324 Front St., Santa Cruz, 425-7708, scccu.org.

TERRY BALLANTYNE BREZSNEY/ SERENO GROUP REAL ESTATE

720 Front St., Soquel, 588-8485, brezsneyassociates.com.

FOOD AND NUTRITION

AGRI-CULTURE

141 Monte Vista Ave., Watsonville, 722-6622, agri-culture.us.

GREY BEARS

2710 Chanticleer Ave., Santa Cruz, 479-1055, greybears.org.

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CARNATION CAFE SENIOR LUNCH AT LOUDEN NELSON COMMUNITY CENTER

301 Center St., Santa Cruz, 427-0901, cityofsantacruz.com.

CINDY’S CELEBRATIONS, INC.

320 Carrera Circle, Aptos, 479-7509, cindyscelebrations.org.

COMMUNITY BRIDGES ADULT CARE FOOD PROGRAM

519 Main St., Watsonville, 688-8840, communitybridges.org.

HIGHLANDS SENIOR DINING CENTER AT THE SENIOR CENTER OF SAN LORENZO VALLEY

8500 Hwy. 9, Ben Lomond, 336-8900.

HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT

1020 Emeline Ave. Bldg. B, Santa Cruz; 18 W. Beach St., Watsonville, (888) 421-8080, santacruzhumanservices.org.

LA MANZANA COMMUNITY RESOURCES

521 Main St. Ste. Y, Watsonville, 724-2997, communitybridges.org/lmcr.

MEALS ON WHEELS FOR SANTA CRUZ COUNTY

Contact Community Bridges for meal times, locations and drop-off information: 464-3180, communitybridges.org/meals.

MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY RESOURCES

6134 Hwy. 9, Felton, 335-6600, communitybridges. org/mcr.

PAJARO RESCUE MISSION

111 Railroad Ave., Royal Oaks, 724-9576, teenchallengemb.org.

SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK

800 Ohlone Parkway., Watsonville, 722-7110, thefoodbank.org. Food hotline: 662-0991.

SCOTTS VALLEY SENIOR CENTER

370 Kings Village Rd., Scotts Valley, 438-8666.

WATSONVILLE SENIOR CENTER

114 E. 5th St., Watsonville, 722-1333.

HEALTHCARE & HEALTH RESOURCES

AIMÉE GOULD SHUNNEY, ND

Licensed Naturopathic Doctor. 740 Front St. #130, Santa Cruz, 465-9088, drshunney.com.

ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE CARE CENTER AT ELDERDAY

100 Pioneer St. Ste. C, Santa Cruz, 458-3481, communitybridges.org

ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION GREAT WEST REGION

90 New Montgomery St. Ste. 710, San Francisco. (888)391-9389 ext.13, arthritis.org.

CABRILLO COLLEGE STROKE & DISABILITY LEARNING CENTER

6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos, 477-3300, cabrillo.edu/ stroke-disability-learning-center.

CANCER DETECTION PROGRAM: EVERY WOMAN COUNTS CENTRAL COAST REGIONAL CONTRACTOR: COMMUNITY HEALTH PARTNERSHIP

1401 Parkmoor Ave., Ste. 200 San Jose, (408) 556-6605, dhs.ca.gov/cancerdetection.

CAROL SHWERY, DC CCN

3811 Portola Drive, Santa Cruz, 476-6906, drcarolshwery.com.

CENTRAL CALIFORNIA ALLIANCE FOR HEALTH

1600 Green Hills Rd. Ste. 101, Scotts Valley, 430-5500, ccah-alliance.org.

DAKOTA HEALTH CENTER

111 Dakota Ave. Ste. 2, Santa Cruz, 429-1188.

DIABETES HEALTH CENTER

85 Nielson St. Ste. 201, Watsonville, 726-4267, pvhealthtrust.org.

DOMINICAN HOSPITAL

1555 Soquel Drive, Santa Cruz, 462-7700, dominicanhospital.org.

EYECARE AMERICA SENIORS EYE CARE PROGRAM

(877) 887-6327, eyecareamerica.org.

HEALTH PROJECTS CENTER

9000 Soquel Ave. Ste. 103, Santa Cruz, 459-6639, hpcn.org.

HEARING AID HELPLINE

(734) 522-7200 ext. 2, ihsinfo.org.

HEARTS & HANDS, POST ACUTE CARE & REHAB CENTER

2990 Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz, 479-9000.

HOMELESS PERSONS HEALTH PROJECT

115-A Coral St., Santa Cruz, 454-2080, santacruzhealth.org.

HORSNYDER PHARMACY

1226-A Soquel Ave., Santa Cruz, 458-1400, horsnyder.com.

KATZ CANCER RESOURCE CENTER AT DOMINICAN HOSPITAL

3150 Mission Drive Fl. 1, Santa Cruz, CA, 462-7770.

LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SOCIETY

San Jose, (408) 490-2666, lls.org.

MEDI-CAL

18 W. Beach St., Watsonville, 454-4036, medi-cal. ca.gov. Also, see Central California Alliance for Health.

MEDICARE

(800) 633-4227, medicare.gov.

NATURAL FOUNDATIONS

4450 Capitola Rd. Ste. 105, Capitola,325-0202, naturalfoundations.com.

OPTIMAGE HEALTH INC.

930 Mission St., Santa Cruz, 421-0197, optimagehealth.com.

ORTHONORCAL

4140 Jade St. Room 100, Capitola, 475-4024, orthonorcal.com.

PARKINSON’S SUPPORT GROUP IN

SANTA CRUZ

708-2906, med.stanford.edu/parkinsons.

REJUVENATE MEDI SPA

304 Lincoln St., Santa Cruz, 226-2108, navigatormedical.com.

SANTA CRUZ AIDS PROJECT

716 Ocean St., Santa Cruz, 427-3900, encompasscs. org/santa_cruz_aids_project.

SANTA CRUZ CORE FITNESS AND REHAB

317 Potrero St., Ste. C, Santa Cruz, 425-9500, santacruzcore.com.

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY PROSTATE CANCER SUPPORT GROUP

3150 Mission Drive, Santa Cruz, 462-7770, scprostate.org.

SANTA CRUZ NATURALS

9077 Soquel Drive, Aptos, 688-7266, santacruzcannabis.com.

SIDE BY SIDE MEMORY CARE

687-8121, sidebyside.info.

SUTTER MATERNITY & SURGERY CENTER OF SANTA CRUZ

2900 Chanticleer Ave., Santa Cruz, 477-2200, sutterhealth.org/smscsc.

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HOUSING MATTERS

115-A Coral St., Santa Cruz, 458-6020, santacruzhsc.org.

HOUSING AUTHORITY OF SANTA CRUZ COUNTY

2160 41st Ave., Capitola, CA, 454-9455, hacosantacruz.org.

MOBILE HOME COMMISSION

701 Ocean St., Santa Cruz, 454-2772, sccounty01.co.santa-cruz.ca.us/mhc/ index.html.

MOBILE HOME

OMBUDSMAN’S OFFICE

(800) 952-8356, hcd.ca.gov.

THE SHELTER PROJECT OF THE COMMUNITY ACTION BOARD

406 Main St. Suite 207, Watsonville, 763-2147,cabinc.org.

VALLEY HAVEN

2266 Chanticleer Ave., Santa Cruz, 8188372, valleyhavencare.com.

IN-HOME SERVICES

CARE FROM THE HEART HOME SERVICES

3143 Paul Sweet Rd., Santa Cruz, 4768316, carefromtheheart.net.

COMFORCARE HOME CARE

100 Doyle St. Ste. F, Santa Cruz, 427-1553, comforcare.com.

COMPANION FOR LIFE / LIFELINE PROJECT

234 Santa Cruz Ave., Aptos, 6889217, seniorscouncil.org/programs/ companionforlife.

DOMINICAN HOME HEALTH

2045 40th Ave. Ste. A, Capitola, 4657988, dominicanhospital.org.

FAMILIAR SURROUNDINGS

2901 Park Ave. Ste. C3, Soquel, 480-3990, fshomecare.com.

HELPING HANDS SENIOR HOME REPAIR PROGRAM

427-5070, scvolunteercenter.com/ programs/elderly-disabled/helping_ hands.

HEARTLAND HOSPICE

824 Bay Ave. Ste. 40, Capitola, 4762158, heartlandhospice.com.

HOSPICE OF SANTA CRUZ COUNTY

940 Disc Drive, Scotts Valley, 430-3000, hospicesantacruz.org.

IN-HOME SUPPORT SERVICES (IHSS) PUBLIC AUTHORITY

1400 Emeline Ave. Bldg. K, Santa Cruz, 454-4101;

12 W. Beach St., Watsonville, 763-8800, santacruzhumanservices.org.

LIFESPAN CARE WELL-BEING PROGRAM

600 Frederick St., Santa Cruz, 469-4900, lifespancare.com.

SAFE AT HOME SENIOR CARE

820 Bay Ave., Capitola, 462-3500, safeathomeseniorcare.com.

SUTTER CARE AT HOME

2880 Soquel Ave. Ste. 10, Santa Cruz, 477-2600, sutterhealth.org/scah.

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