Grand 1st Quarter 2017

Quarterly Senior Living Magazine by V3 Publications • February 2017

Ora Hunt, III

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CONTENTS February 2017

Columns 9 Here and Now This month, Nina Lovel gives us her blueprint to making room for life’s most rewarding adventures.

12 A Peace of Mind

Issue 3 Published in February 2017

Owner and CEO Ian Griffin Magazine Art and Design Ellie Borromeo

If you are thinking of downsizing your home or moving into a senior living facility, Lee Treadaway has a plan that won’t leave your relatives in a taxing situation.

Photographer Cameron Flaisch

14 Where the Heart Is

Editorial Manager Oliver Robbins

Renaissance Marquis Senior Living has the keys to making your golden years priceless.

16 Where Amazing Things Happen New to Grand Magazine this month, Rome Health and Rehab tells us why a step down facility may be the step up needed to get you back home.

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Writers Oliver Robbins Nina Lovel' Advertisement Sales Chris Forino Advertisement Design Laura Allshouse, Ellie Borromeo

18 Drawing Inspiration Ora Hunt, III tells us all his story, and fills the lives of others with an art that transcends his canvas.

Calendar 24 February and March 2017 In this edition of Grand, we highlight Sittercise, Cyber Seniors and other local events on the calendar.

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Here &Now with Nina Lovel

January always brings fond memories of 2011, when I began training for the New York City Triathlon that I would complete eight months later. I had spotted an article on CNN Health seeking six individuals who wished to be sponsored and train for the event and had submitted my video entry on the platform to show my Baby-Boomer generation that it is possible to get healthier at any point in life.

Turns out, I was selected because (the producers later told me) in my video I had shaken my finger and said, “Girlfriends, if 60 is the new 40, we’d better get busy!” and they liked my spunk. That spunk was challenged many times in subsequent months, particularly when a production crew showed up to film an article documenting my first swim lesson at Berry College. There my spunky-self was, decked out in swimsuit and cap, in the worst shape I’d ever been in my life and all over national TV. I mean, really? Well, I had entered the contest of my own free will so, really. That video is still online, but I would have to be heavily bribed before telling you where to find it.

The following January, now a one-year-seasoned-59-yearold triathlete, I was invited to Atlanta to meet the six freshly selected 2012 Fit Nation future triathletes and share some of my hard-won wisdom on what they might expect while training. Personally, my greatest challenge had been time and space management (trying to fit all that training and gear into my life), so I easily created a list of recommendations on how to get organized and advised each of them to start making a to-do list on their flight home.

I also, however, wanted to prepare them to weather and embrace the earth-shattering changes that their comfy worlds were about to undergo. So, I got creative and made up a few new phrases.

It has since occurred to me that the tips I gave those budding triathletes actually apply to life in general. You don’t have to be preparing for a triathlon (or a 5K, a cooking contest, or a tennis or pickleball tournament) to tighten up and enhance your life; we’re all preparing for something!

Whether it’s retirement, grandchildren, travel, surgery

(planned or unexpected), or just to have peace of mind in case anything happens, there are things you can do right now to make tomorrow easier.

The older I get, the less baggage I enjoy dragging around, and I’ve been pretty aggressive in ditching it. My friends don’t always believe me, but I really am working towards freeing up time and space in my life, trying to make room to say “yes” to the important things and resolving to say “no” to the rest.

Because everybody loves a list, here are three things to ponder. I figured them out during a happy life-changing year, and two years later with a life-threatening illness, I treasured them more than ever. Hopefully here you will find at least one inspiration to help fine-tune your life and create a more relaxed future, making space in mind, body and home to enjoy every single day. Here we go!

SIMPLIFY Finances • Comb through your budget, tightening where needed.

Put all your bill payments and contributions on autodraft. Worried about security? Learn the basics of online security (like using complex passwords) and do everything through your bank, and the risk is as low as it can be. This alone saved me hours and allowed me to focus on a 50mile bike ride without wondering whether or not I had paid the light bill.

• Record all your financial info in one secure place and remember where it is; make yourself a note if you need to.

Write down the web addresses, user names and passwords you use every month, and make copies (front and back) of all your debit/credit cards and your driver’s license. I’m not proud of this, but I was so distracted while training that I misplaced three debit cards in six months. Thankfully, I had made copies, so I quickly found the number to call each time I lost one (though in retrospect, I should have just put it in speed dial…)

• Consolidate. Combine debts, bank accounts and payments where possible. Get your card count down to one and you won’t have three to lose like I did.

Surroundings • Declutter. Garage, closets and kitchen first. I had to make room for athletic gear, clothes and healthy food, but the extra space came in handy when I had shoulder surgery last year. Less stuff to walk around, move and bump into is definitely easier to maintain.

• Duplicate your keys. I know the fancy ones are expensive but in addition to the debit cards that year, I lost a couple

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of car keys. If you lose one and don’t have a spare, then they will cost even more! Yes, it can happen to you; it is great to have spares. My car has this quasi-safety feature that causes it to automatically lock itself sometimes. I don’t know. It can be just sitting in the driveway, and if I didn’t remember to grab my purse, there’s a good chance it’s going to become locked up and held hostage. Not long ago, I had no less than three sets of keys in the vehicle (um, in my purse) when the car took smart and locked itself up. That fourth key in the house was a wonderful thing.

• Put your prescriptions on auto-refill. If you don’t have any, good for you. But, most of us have at least one.

The pharmacies love it and you’ll have one less thing to remember. This one is easy-speasy; you may count on receiving incessant reminders via phone, text and email when it’s time to pick them up.

PRIORITIZE Obligations • Conquer and cure “Volunteer Buildup”. Do you know that term? Okay, here’s a pass; I made it up, but you know what I’m talking about. Free yourself from obligations that you don't treasure. Chances are you’ve served many worthy organizations through the years who depend on volunteers for their very existence. Well, guess what? They can and will survive without you. Certainly, I’m not recommending that you abandon those causes nearest to your heart; I’m recommending that you step away from the ones that are not that near. Think of it this way: young people deserve to have opportunities to grow, and they have energy! Step aside and give them room to serve. Having separation anxiety? Trouble saying no? Here’s a tip: Google “How to say no”. Saying no to one thing makes room in your life for a more meaningful “yes” down the road, even if that “yes” is a nap! Do this today: list your obligations and then cut the list in half. Give a young person a chance to serve and compel the organizations you’ve invested in to refresh their volunteer base. It’s good for them; these are good things to do. Make sure you’re giving your time and life energy away in the ways that matter most to you.

• Honor your non-negotiables. These are the most important things/events/people in your life; always make room for them. They are the “yes’s” from above and only you can decide what they are. One of mine has always been jazz night. For nearly nine years my son and friends have played live jazz downtown on a weeknight. I have missed very few of these, ever. When training, I would hurry to get a swim drill in, then go to jazz smelling like chlorine (hey,

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it could have been worse). Through that life-threatening illness, I wondered if I would ever have another jazz night.

Thankfully, I did. I cried with happiness my first night back and have never, ever taken it for granted. Another is time with my precious daughter and granddaughter in Birmingham. I don’t get there often enough and need to do better. What are yours? Church? Bridge? Beach trips?

Grandson’s basketball games? Know your non-negotiables and protect them with your life. They are your bliss.

PRESERVE Glass-Dome Moments What, you’ve never heard of a glass-dome moment? Of course you have…you’ve had them all your life; you just never slapped a label on them like I did. Glass-dome moments are those instants in life that are just so beautiful, so soulwrenchingly miraculous that they take your breath away.

In a glass-dome moment you gasp and hold your breath hoping not to change a single molecule in the scene. Your senses intensify and freeze, and the vivid experience forges itself into your deepest memory. If you had a big glass dome like that little one on the mantel over your grandfather’s pocket watch, you would place it carefully over this moment, preserving from sky to ground forever.

Now you know what they are. Conjure up the memories; cherish and preserve them, and always watch for more. I have had glass-dome moments during frosty morning runs, sunset bike rides and innumerable river drifts on a kayak. I have had glass-dome moments in delivery rooms, in conversations with friends, and in countless theaters and concerts. One of my most vivid glass-dome moments happened on August 6, 2011. I was swimming downstream in the brackish Hudson River, as far out from shore as allowed so the current could propel me through the incoming swells. I couldn't help but pause and float every few minutes, just to gaze to my left at a New York City skyline traced from an angle few have ever seen. I glass domed and vacuum sealed that moment; it will never fade.

I line up all my glass-dome moments on the mantel of my mind and intend to visit, treasure and add to them until the day I can see them no more. What are you going to do with yours?

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HOME How to Pass Your Home to Your Children Tax Free For many of us, our home is the most valuable asset we will own during our lifetime and most of us would like to leave it to our children. Giving your house to your children can have tax consequences but almost all of us can accomplish this tax free. The best method to use will depend on your individual circumstances and needs.

Leave the house in your will One simple way to give your house to your children is to leave it to them in your will. As long as your total estate is valued at less than $5.45 million (in 2016), your estate will not pay taxes. Additionally, when your children inherit the property, it reduces the capital gains taxes they will pay if they sell the property. Capital gains taxes are taxes paid on the difference between the basis in property and

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the selling price. If your children inherit property from you, the property's tax basis is stepped up, which means the basis would be the value of the property at the time of your death, not the original cost of the property.

One big downside to this plan is that if you ever need Medicaid during your lifetime for long-term care, such as a nursing home, Medicaid is likely to put a lien on the property and it will have to be sold to pay back Medicare after your death.

Gift the house There are almost always better options than outright gifting your house to your children and I almost never recommend it. That being said, most of us will not have any gift tax consequences if we give our home to our children during our lifetime. If you gift property worth more than

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Put the house in a trust. $14,000 per year ($28,000 per couple) in any one year, This is the method that I most often recommend to you will have to fill out a gift tax return. However, if your clients who are still relatively healthy and do not expect residence combined with other gifts of assets to your to have to apply for Medicaid for at least 60 months. If you children total less than $5.4 million, you won't have to pay transfer the house to an Irrevocable Trust and name your gift taxes but will still have to file a gift tax return. children as beneficiaries, it will no longer be part of your A major downside of gifting the property is that there estate when you pass and there will be no estate taxes. can be considerable capital gains tax consequences. If If you have to have Medicaid to pay for a nursing home, you gift property to your children during your lifetime, it the house will also not be subject to estate recovery. Your does not receive a step up in basis as it would if it were children, as beneficiaries of the trust, will get a stepped up inherited. If you give the property away, the tax basis (the basis as well. The trust can be written so that you have the original cost) of the property becomes the tax basis for the exclusive right to live in the house as long as you are able to. recipient, resulting in potentially much larger capital gains A potential downside is that because the trust is tax for your children if they later sell the house. irrevocable, the home cannot be taken out of trust by you For example, let’s say you bought your home for $50,000 but it can be sold by your trustee (but not against your thirty years ago, it has grown in value to $100,000 and you wishes if you still want gift it to your child or to live there) and the children. The children proceeds remain in trust. later sell it for $110,000.

The trust, through your Their tax basis would be trustee, could then even $50,000 and the children purchase another home would pay capital gains for you to live in. This on $60,000. If you chose would be helpful if there to leave your house to was a need to downsize your children in your will with Lee Treadaway or move closer to family. and it is worth $100,000 Because the house is in when you pass and they trust, it is also protected from your beneficiaries (i.e. later sell it for $110,000, the tax basis for your children will children's) creditors, predators, death, illness and divorce, be $100,000. Then, they only have a $10,000 capital gain. among other things.

Another potentially serious downside is that if you Another downside is that just like giving the house away ever need to apply for Medicaid for nursing home care outright, transferring the property to a trust may subject and you gave away your house less than five years prior to you to a Medicaid penalty period if you need to apply for applying for Medicaid, you will be ineligible for Medicaid Medicaid within 60 months of transferring the property. for a period of time called a transfer penalty. The length Figuring out the best way to pass property to your of the penalty depends on how much the assets you gave children will always depend on your individual and family away were worth. circumstances. Always seek the advice of an authorized One of the biggest reasons not to give away your house estate planning and elder law attorney to help you decide is that if you do, it's no longer your house. Your child or what method is best for you. children may have every intention and desire for you to remain in the house you give them for as long as you are able or want to. But, what happens if something happens Contact Lee Treadaway by calling 706-291-0040 to your child? or visit his office at 901 North Broad Street Suite 350, The house now belongs to someone else and is affected Rome for a consultation. Also find him on Facebook by their divorce, creditors or lawsuits including accidents at “Law Office of H. Lee Treadaway� they might be in, or heaven forbid your child should pass away before you do and the house becomes part of their estate. There are almost always much better ways to get your house out of your name than giving it away outright to your children.

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The continued ability to make a meaningful Growing older is something we all do, one day at a time. contribution to life is also a key aspect of vibrant living.

As we grow older we experience many changes, some After 40 or more years at work, it is a shock to be at a place anticipated and others are unexpected. Learning to accept where you feel limited or unneeded in regards to making the changes and to manage them as they come can help to a contribution to life. keep life vibrant and exciting.

While the years may limit the time we can invest, the Since growing older is a fact of life, we would be wise money we can give or the advice we can share, it is important to be proactive about the process. You may sense the for our seniors to discover and engage in meaningful ways of need to make plans for yourself, or you may be in the contributing to life. Living is position of helping an aging giving and giving is living. The parent plan for the coming joy is both seen and felt, as we years. We have served a great see our residents give candy generation of senior adults, and treats to the busloads at the Renaissance Marquis of school children who are Senior Living facility, and invited to trick or treat here have observed three qualities at the Renaissance Marquis. that give a sense of vibrancy Our residents have given to the senior years. These with Renaissance Marquis generously to canned food three factors are quality care, drives. Currently they are an active community, and the bringing supplies for boxes to be shared with the people of ability to make a meaningful contribution to life. For many Appalachia. As an individual, it is easy for a senior adult to of our seniors, these concepts keep a light in their eyes and feel as if they alone cannot do much. When we come together a pep in their step. as a caring community of individuals we are empowered and Care that is both appropriate and available is a major enabled to make significant and substantial contributions concern and need of senior adults. This essential care to others. To do so gives meaning and joy to life. can be provided by family members, a hired caregiver or So, if you are seeking to provide for the needs of an aging by living in a senior living community or a facility that parent or grandparent or being proactive in planning for provides such care. We have seen firsthand the love and your senior years, make sure that quality care, an active friendship that caregivers provide to our residents and it community and opportunities for contribution are a part makes a significant difference in their quality of life. Our of your plans. parents and grandparents have cared for us so well; it is a blessing and a joy to know that they can be cared for at a time when they need it most.

Visit renaissancemarquis.com or drop by the facility Community is also vitally important to our well-being. at 3126 Cedartown Hwy. SW, Rome. Or, call ahead We are created to be in a community and thrive in the for an appointment at 706-295-0014. relationships we have with others. For many senior adults their community involvement can become less and less as they age.

The AARP Foundation website Connect2Affect reports that 17 percent of American adults 65 and older are isolated.

Six million adults 65 and older have a disability that prevents them from leaving their homes without help. 51 percent of A Premier Senior Living Community people 75 and older live alone.

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f you or a loved one has been hospitalized recently, chances are good that you felt you were being discharged before you had the strength to resume the daily activities you were accustomed to prior to your hospitalization.

It’s not uncommon for physicians to decide that their patients are not quite ready to go home following surgery or a major illness, but the level of care does not constitute a continued hospital stay. Some patients may need extra strengthening before they can function optimally at home. It is at this point that a shortterm rehabilitation stay at Rome Health and Rehab will help to regain strength, well-being and the peace of mind many seniors need to safely return home.

Rome Health and Rehab (formerly known as Golden Living Center), is a new name for a familiar landmark.

However, nothing has changed on the inside. Our team of caring professionals who have fostered the health and wellbeing of thousands of Northwest Georgians for nearly five decades is still here, ready to make patient’s goals our own and help them along the road to optimal health.

Led by senior administrator, Jennifer Haislip-Lynn, our leadership team at Rome Health and Rehab collectively has over 200 years of experience at this facility. The longevity of our staff is a key component in our multitude of successful years.

With both outpatient and inpatient therapy services available, Rome Health and Rehab provides post-acute care in specialties such as orthopedic/joint replacement, stroke, cardiac and pulmonary; a physician will recommend the best option for incoming patients.

With a complete interdisciplinary team approach, care will begin with a thorough initial assessment from nursing, therapy professionals, social services, dining and discharge planning. Our therapy department, comprised of physical, occupational and speech therapists, will work with patients to achieve individualized goals and facilitate in a plan to return home. Our patients will be asked to describe their “before” lifestyle and activities and to share and discuss personal goals for rehab. After this collaboration, they will find that our care team at Rome Health and Rehab tailors a path according to their desired results.

With an inpatient stay, residents will enjoy delicious bistro-style dining with an experienced dining team and

menu that accommodates all types of dietary needs and food preferences. Director of dining services, Tammie Brock, understands the importance of food in one’s recovery. “Food is essential to life,” she says, “and we are the behind the scenes motivators. We know we must provide our patients with the energy and strength to rehab and to recover.”

Tammie and her team have fostered a motto that can be observed in our day-to-day operations: “Serving love one plate at a time.”

Additional care and amenities are available at Rome Health and Rehab including a podiatrist, audiologist, optometrist, dentist, pain management and wound care specialist.

These are all available for comprehensive care and other amenities include an on-site pharmacy and transportation to your doctors’ appointments if needed. We know that looking great is an integral part of feeling great, so we also staff an on-site beautician.

Confidence in the quality of care at Rome Health and Rehab is supported by our CMS Five-Star Rating and the many awards we have received through the years: • Georgia Healthcare Association Quality Award: 20102016 • E xcellence in Action Awards/Top 10 in State for Employee Satisfaction: 2010-2016 • E xcellence in Action Awards/Top 10 in State for Customer Satisfaction: 2013-2016 A key concept in healthcare today is referred to as the continuum of care, which means that as patients move from home, to hospital, to rehab and back home again, the caregivers you meet along the way communicate thoroughly about your plan of care. When seniors go home from Rome Health and Rehab, they can rest assured that our caregivers will be in close contact with the home health providers who will assume care.

After all, from the first day of admission to Rome Health and Rehab, our team has been preparing you to get back home… the place you miss most. As Denise Champagne, director of care transitions for Rome Health and Rehab says, “We love our patients. Nothing brings greater joy than knowing we play a role in helping them return home to their prior lifestyle with their family and friends.”

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Drawing Inspiration ORA HUNT, III

A SENIOR PROFILE WE A R E R OM E

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veryone has a story to tell. High profile artists, athletes and public figures rule the world of television, telling their story of rags to riches and the ladder climb to fame. We can all find inspiration in being lifted by a Godgiven gift, and put on the big stage to show every regular Joe the wonders of hard work and perfect timing.

There are, however, those people who pass quietly through the lives of others with a heck of a story themselves.

There are no cameras to record their work, or bags of money and a Nike contract to show their worth. Still, they are magical people with hearts of pure gold. When we stop to chat with them we leave with a rekindling of purpose and the pleasure of finding an invaluable friend. 71-year-old Ora Hunt, III stopped to share his story, and listening adds more to our humanity than dollars and cents.

Born in the rural city of Adairsville, Ga., Hunt’s life was shaped by the examples of his family. He would sit and watch his grandmother knit ornate quilts and mend the broken fabric of his clothes that wore with time. As he became older, he would relate art with love and a spirit of giving was born inside of him that he wanted to share with others. “She was the artist who inspired me first,” Hunt recalls, “because of all the beautiful things she could do with thread.”

Hunt’s grandmother died when he was still very young, so he packed his things and moved to Connecticut with his aunt and her two children. One of the items he did not forget to include in his luggage was the drive to create things that were beautiful. His medium was drawing and painting landscapes he had seen as a child, documenting what made him full with contentment and brought him peace. “I learned that art would bring me pleasure, much like I imagined it would do for my grandmother. That is why I still do it today, and I always will,” he says.

As he became older, Hunt found a career in Connecticut.

“I worked for an aircraft company building airplanes,” Hunt explains, “and I retired after working there for 20 years.

But I came back to Adairsville when my mother became ill. My father had died in the Korean War, so she needed someone to care for her. In my family, we always take care of each other if we can.”

Still, he would always carry a sketch book and pencils of various colors to draw the things that made him happy and kept him grounded in his past.

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“My mother would eventually get over her sickness and went back to work, but I stayed and took care of her anyway,” Hunt smiles. “I loved my mother. And I loved my grandmother and grandpop, and I missed my father who was killed in the war. My mother had some really hard times and she was a very interesting person herself. I will forever be grateful for what they have passed on to me.”

His caregivers were called home and Hunt continued to bring his memories to life in times of sorrow and difficulty.

He found solace in his landscapes, stretching his memories across a blank page. From as far south as Florida, to the rolling hills of New England, he painted his mind’s pictures in vivid detail. Perhaps what is most profound, is that he would give his work to people he met, in hopes that they could also find the beauty in the things around them.

Tragedy often tries to break the human spirit, but some people refuse to crumble and rise stronger than before.

“Two years ago, I had a stroke,” Hunt says, “and as you know it makes it difficult to write. The stroke caused me to not be able to use my right hand, but I am left handed.

As a child, I learned to write with my right hand, so it has been a challenge to continue my art. I was just lucky to be able to use both of my hands to draw and write.”

Since his stroke, Hunt has powered through the illness and come out on the other side as a blue ribbon champion.

In 2015, he was awarded two blue ribbons in the Coosa Valley Fair’s art competition for landscapes he’d drawn from his memory. In great detail, Hunt recreated a train depot with a city skyline spanning the background. People in the train, although small, give life to his work. One can imagine a small child, face pressed against the glass of the railcar cab, taking in the passing scenery. That child may grow to be an artist as well.

From candy in his pocket, to stories rich with heritage and life lessons, Hunt is always willing to share and make the lives of those around him a little bit better. “This one is for you,” he says as he lifts a colorful creation from the table and smiles with delight. The drawing is one of a horse running through a pasture and a bright red barn calling him home. His kind gesture is a perfect ending to his tale of perseverance and compassion.

If your hand is closed, no one can get anything out of it. But, God can’t put any blessings inside of it. We can all afford to give good stories to the people who make life worthwhile.

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9:15 am - 10:15 am | Silver Sneakers

9 am - 10 am | Silver Sneakers At Parker Center, Banquet room 10 am - 11 am | Dulcimer Lessons At Parker Center, Activity room 10:30 am - 12:30 pm | Gospel Singing At Parker Center, Banquet room 10 am - 2 pm | Senior Activities At Gilbreath Center (games, bingo and more)

At Parker Center *$2 per class nonmembers, Banquet room 2 pm - 4 pm | Line Dancing Lessons At Parker Center 4 pm - 5 pm | Cyber Seniors At Parker Center, Activity room 6 pm - 8 pm | Line Dancing Lessons At Parker Center, Banquet Room *2 per class

10 am - 2 pm | Pickleball At Gilbreath center *$1 to play 12 pm - 4 pm | Bridge Club At Parker Center, Activity room 2 pm - 4 pm | Line Dancing Practice At Parker Center, Banquet room 6 pm - 8 pm | Line Dancing Lessons At Thornton Center *$2 per class 6 pm - 9 pm | Social Dance Lessons At Parker Center, Banquet room *$5 per class

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CALENDAR | WEEKLY ACTIVITIES

WEDNESDAYS 9 am - 10 am | Sittercise At Parker Center, Activity room 10 am - 12 pm | Georgia Mountain Music At Parker Center, Banquet room 11 am - 1 pm | Senior Activites At Fielder Center (exercise, bingo, pot luck lunch) 1 pm - 2 pm | Bingo At Parker Center, Banquet room 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm | Line Dancing At Parker Center, Banquet room

FRIDAYS 9 am - 10 am | Sittercise At Parker Center, Activity room 9:30 am - 12 pm | Pickleball and Cards At Gilbreath Center *$1 to play 10 am - 12 pm | Line Dancing At Parker Center, Banquet room *$2 per class 1 pm - 3 pm | Line Dancing At Parker Center, Banquet room *$2 per class 1 pm - 4 pm | Bridge Club At Parker Center

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CALENDAR | SITTERCISE

Sittercise

For those seniors who need to burn a few calories and do not want the high impact on joints, RFPRA hosts weekly Sittercise classes. From muscle-toning strength exercises, to calorie-burning cardio, modified workouts produce the desired results while limiting the risk of injury. A modified routine can be completed while sitting, or using the aid of a chair. If you are looking to get moving, impress your doctor at the next checkup, or get swimsuit ready, Sittercise is a great alternative to conventional workouts.

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CALENDAR | CYBER SENIORS

Cyber Seniors

Would you like to get in touch with your gadgets? Most tasks in today’s world requires us to be “in the know” when using technology. RFPRA offers weekly classes for seniors who may need a little more than the owner’s manual to master their smart devices. Step-by-step tutorials are offered live and are the perfect chance for questions and hands-on instruction. Help to simplify your daily routine with the aid of today’s available tech.

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