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FALMOUTH SENIOR CENTER SENIOR HAPPENINGS NEWSLETTER JANUARY / FEBRUARY 2021 Town of Falmouth Senior Center 780 Main Street Falmouth, MA 02540 508-540-0196 [email protected] Serving the Needs of our Community ~ Enhancing the Quality of Life ~ From Your Senior Center Family Health & Wellness Educational and Social Programs ~ Providing Information and Assistance on Available Resources ~ Volunteer Opportunities A LOOK INSIDE… Operations Update …………..2 Outreach Services.…………...2 Support Services……………...3 Programs and Activities….…4-5 Transportation…………...……6 Valentine Grab and Go.…...….8 Word Search Fun…...…….…..9 Emergency Preparedness….11 Health & Wellness…….…12-13 For your Info……………...13-15 JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2021 FALMOUTH SENIOR CENTER PAGE 2 TOWN BUILDINGS OUTREACH SERVICES OUTREACH PROGRAMS AND SERVICES... ▪ We can provide information about available community resources as you plan for your needs or The building remains closed to the SENIOR CENTER: the needs of a loved one. public until further notice. All Senior Services staff continue to work during normal business hours Monday ▪ Senior Services Outreach Staff are available to speak with seniors if they are feeling anxious, thru Friday 8:00AM - 4:00PM. worried or isolated because of the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic. TOWN HALL: The COVID-19 pandemic continues to present a health risk to residents, visitors and staff. ▪ Outreach Support Programs Available: Please consider whether you need to physically enter ○Women’s Support Group Town Hall. ○Men’s Support Group Here are some alternative options: ○Bereavement Support Group ○Caregiver Support Groups ▪ Bills can be paid by mail, telephone, text, secure drop ○Reduce Stress and Anxiety self-care support -box that has been placed outside in front of Town ○Tele-Friend Weekly Calls to a Senior Hall, or online at: http://www.falmouthmass.us/339/Online-Bill-Payment ▪ FUEL ASSISTANCE ▪ Staff members from all departments can be reached The Massachusetts Low Income Energy Assistance by telephone or email. A directory of phone numbers and emails is available at: Program for the 2020-2021 heating season begins http://www.falmouthmass.us/Directory.aspx Nov.1st. This program is designed to provide relief to ▪ We encourage all visitors who do need to enter the low-income households. Income Guidelines are as building to consider making an appointment where it follows: is reasonable and appropriate. Household Size Gross Income 1 $39,105 FALMOUTH PUBLIC LIBRARY: Library buildings return 2 $51,137 to Curbside Delivery of materials until further notice. 3 $63,169 While the buildings are closed, staff is still available for For more information or to schedule a “telephone” phone, email, and Text-a-Librarian services. If you application appointment, please give us a call. have questions about services or wish to reserve materials for Outside Pickup, please contact your ▪ SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM preferred library location. SNAP offers nutrition assistance to seniors who are Main Library: 508-457-2555 income eligible. You can apply on-line or mail in a East Falmouth Branch: 508-548-6340 North Falmouth Branch: 508-563-2922 hard copy. Homebound Delivery: If you or someone you The Online Applications Link: know are unable to come to the library due to illness or https://www.mass.gov/how-to/apply-for- snap-benefits-food-stamps physical disability, contact Laura Wool to discuss the pre-requisites for homebound delivery. Laura can be reached at [email protected] or call Call the Senior Center at 508-540-0196 508-457-2555 x 2910. for more information or assistance. JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2021 FALMOUTH SENIOR CENTER PAGE 3 SUPPORT SERVICES... WOMEN’S SUPPORT GROUP VIA ZOOM WED-10:00AM A safe and welcoming place to receive support if you are experiencing sadness, loneliness, worry, or any difficult life events and losses. Led by Clinical Social Worker Diane Delauter. Call the Senior Center at 508-540-0196 to register. CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUP: FALMOUTH MON-11:00AM [First & Third Monday of the month] Caregiver Support for Alzheimer’s and Dementia. This support group is being offered by the E LDER SERVICES OPTIONS COUNSELING… Alzheimer’s Family Support Center of Cape Cod, a Options Counseling is a short- non-profit dedicated to providing FREE supportive term decision support team who services to the Cape Cod families caring for someone can assist consumers of any with Alzheimer’s or other dementia-related illnesses. income (elders age 60 and over, If you need technical assistance, call 508-896-5170 or individuals over the age of 18 with any disability) and we can walk you through it. If you know and their family members, caregivers and /or someone who would like to join a group but does not significant others to make informed choices about their have the technology, please let us know. long term services, supports and setting. Options counseling is a FREE service provided by For more information call Elder Services of Cape Cod & the Islands. 508-896-5170 or visit their website: www.alzheimerscapecod.org. For more information or connect to a Counselor call 1-508-394-4630. JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2021 FALMOUTH SENIOR CENTER PAGE 4 PROGRAMS & ACTIVITIES... COASTAL CONNECTIONS Cape COAST (Councils On Aging Serving Together) has been collaborating to strengthen our partnerships and leverage our collective resources to offer older adults on Cape Cod enhanced options for virtual programming. Join us as we connect visually through Zoom, widen our circles and take advantage of greater opportunities for engagement, enrichment and education. Below is a list of virtual programs open to you in January and February 2021! Registration for these programs will begin on December 30th. MASTER GARDNER PRESENTATION: “Continuous Color” Monday, January 11, 2021 at 1pm (via Zoom) While we all enjoy the exuberance of the summer garden there are plants that enhance our gardens throughout the year. This talk incorporates some basic landscaping principles and features plants that bring splashes of color to our gardens throughout the seasons. Some of these will be familiar favorites and others might bring some new ideas to your year-round garden. Presented by Cherie Bryan, current President of the Barnstable County Master Gardeners program. In becoming a master gardener, she was delighted to learn that the lessons she learned as a child following her father in the family garden were backed up by the science-based approach of the Master Gardening program. She enjoys continuous learning in the program. Her current gardening interests are roses, a salad garden in raised beds, and nurturing the shrubs, trees and flower beds around her home in Orleans. To register call the Chatham COA at 508-945-5190. INSECT EVOLUTION Wednesday, January 13, 2021 @ 1:30 pm (via Zoom) We welcome back Larry Dapsis, Cape Cod Cooperative Extension entomologist, for this fascinating presentation with plenty of time for Q&A. Insects are the most numerous and diverse group of animals on the planet representing over 25% of all forms of life. A series of examples will be highlighted to show structural adaptations for protection, including changes triggered by human-made conditions like pollution, as well as evolutionary adaptations to enhance protection from natural enemies. To register call the Provincetown COA at 508-487-7080. CHATHAM COA BOOK CLUB…All Are Welcome! “A Piece of the World” by Christina Baker Kline Wednesday, January 13, 2021 at 11am (via Zoom) Come join our newly formed live book club on Zoom, led by Liz Walker. In our live book club conversations, readers will come together to connect and discuss thoughts and ideas. Our first selection is “A Piece of the World” by Christina Baker Kline. Available in paperback, Kindle and Audible editions on Amazon and at local CLAMS member libraries. To register call the Chatham COA at 508-945-5190. CBD IS HERE TO STAY…WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW With: Kay Cooney RN, GCNS, APRN Tuesday, January 19, 2021, at 1pm (via Zoom) CBD is here to stay and it’s a supplement you might want to learn more about. Let’s talk about the benefits, how to safely choose a brand and what CBD can do for you! We will address uses with pain, anxiety, sleep and more. To register call the Orleans Senior Center at 508-255-6333. LEGENDS, LORE AND HISTORY OF THE WENTWORTH BY THE SEA Tuesday, January 19, 2021, at 1:00 pm (via Zoom) Join author and historian Roxie Zwicker for a presentation on one of New Hampshire’s most legendary properties, the Wentworth by the Sea. Step back in time and take a virtual tour of the property, learn about the robber baron Frank Jones, and how he created a Victorian hotel in all its opulent glory. Hear stories about the legendary guests, parties and goings-on from over 100 years of history. Review the years when the hotel’s future was in peril and how it was resurrected with spirits from the past. Roxie has interviewed members of the Wentworth staff, former guests and the locals for an assemblage of tales you won’t soon forget. To register call the Sandwich COA at 508-888-4737. JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2021 FALMOUTH SENIOR CENTER PAGE 5 PROGRAMS & ACTIVITIES... USSR – Russia Myths, Mysteries and Spying Wednesday, January 20, 2021 at 1pm (via Zoom) A one-hour plus presentation based on local author Henry Quinlan’s 30 years’ involvement with the former Soviet Union and Russia including living in Moscow for five years during the demise of the USSR and the rise of the new Russia. This presentation will entertain and educate you! It starts in 1986 with the Chernobyl incident disaster and carries through to 2018. Additional topics to be covered include – The collapse of the Soviet Union, the emerging of the new Russia, the Summit of 1991, publishing of the book “Make Way for Ducklings” in Russian, erecting the Make Way for Ducklings statues in Moscow, the Russian Mafia, tanks in the street, the FBI and spying, the remarkable story of Father Ciszek, SJ, the Vatican spy who spent 20 years in prison in Siberia, and secrets of the Soviet Space agency revealed to Wally Schirra and Henry.