FAMILY ADVOCATE GUIDE HOLIDAY EDITION BROUGHT TO YOU BY Call Our Care Line 877-214-8661 AnswersForElders.com [email protected] 425-802-5300 12DaysofGoodness.com family advocate guide Th e 12 Days of Goodness Seahawks Fans Commit to One Act of Kindness or Service to Seniors Over the 12 Days of Goodness 12/12-12/23 – Seattle Seahawk Alumni Legends Lead the Way! Dear 12- Th ank you for being a part of such an important eff ort in this community. We at Answers for Elders are truly excited to support you in the signifi cant role helping a senior this holiday season! Th is booklet contains tips and ideas on how to make the Holidays special for all seniors - including your loved ones. According to Geriatric Times: Th e statistics on Seniors living alone or in care facilities with no regular visitors are close to 60%. Th e 12s are a Force for Good! As a result, Seahawks Alumni Legends are leading the way by visiting senior communities throughout Puget Sound, and Th e Seahawks are tracking your great deeds on their #12s4Good Tagboard! Are You In? What is the 12 Days of Goodness? Th e concept is simple: ■ One act of kindness toward a senior who is alone or who needs help over the 12 Days. ■ Don’t know a senior?We will fi nd one for you! ■ Don’t know what to do? Th ere are several suggestions here! ■ No time during this busy season? Consider making a donation to Senior Services. A link is provided for you! Will you join us with one simple act of kindness toward a senior during the 12 Days of Goodness? About Us Because of a six-year journey of caring for her mom, our founder Suzanne Newman created Answers for Elders, a national online resource portal that provides education, consultation and resources for families who are caring for senior loved ones. In addition, we provide tips and family caregiver education from over 70 pro- fessional areas of expertise, including Legal, Financial, Senior Housing, Health & Wellness, Aging in Place and Life Changes/Transitions. Our Care Line provides professional and qualifi ed advisors that consult individually with families on the confusing world of eldercare. It is our mission during the holidays to recognize seniors, as well as do our part to raise awareness and create a new paradigm for how seniors should be treated every day. We would also like to thank our sponsors for helping to make this event a reality for all of the 12s and seniors in the Greater Puget Sound region! 3 We would like to express our gratitude to these NFL Legends who are making visits to seniors this holiday season! Sam Adams Edwin Bailey Hillary Butler Antonio Edwards Former Defensive Tackle, Former Guard, Seattle Seahawks Former Linebacker, Former Defensive End, Seattle Seahawks 1994-1999 1981-1991 Seattle Seahawks 1998; Seattle Seahawks 1993-1997 University of Washington Nesby Glasgow Paul Johns Norm Johnson Sam McCullum Former Safety & Punt Returner, Former Wide Receiver, Former Kicker, Former Wide Receiver, University of Washington, Seattle Seahawks 1981-1984 Seattle Seahawks 1982–1990 Seattle Seahawks 1976-1981 Seattle Seahawks 1979-1987 Currently: Director/Youth Football & Alumni Projects, Seattle Seahawks Steve Raible Mack Strong Joe Tafoya Manu Tuiasosopo Former Wide Receiver, Former Fullback, Former Defensive End, Former Defensive End, Seattle Seahawks 1976-1981; Seattle Seahawks 1993–2007 Seattle Seahawks 2005-2006; Seattle Seahawks 1979-1983 Currently the Voice of the Seahawks; Fan Engagement Expert; KIRO TV News Anchor; Owns Trademarks: Steve Raible’s Scouting Report Volume 12 & Legion of Boom And special thanks to: Dave Wyman Tony Ventrella Wilson, the 12th Pony Former Linebacker, Digital Media Host, and Sarah!! Seattle Seahawks 1987-1992; Seattle Seahawks; Certifi ed Th erapy Pony Co-Host: Danny, Dave & Moore 40-year career in media in Making surprise appearances Show, ESPN Radio; Western Washington to touch the hearts, and brighten t Co-Host: Seahawks Saturday Night, he loneliness of seniors throughout Q13 Fox the 12 Days of Goodness! 4 12 days of goodness | family advocate guide Events Calendar Events subject to change. Visit www.12daysofgoodness.com/cities/seattle for the latest information. December 12 December 13 December 14 Fairwinds Brighton Court, Lynnwood Fairwinds Redmond Martha & Mary Health and Rehab Center 6520 196th Street SW, Lynnwood 9988 Avondale Road NE, Redmond 19160 Front St NE, Poulsbo NORM JOHNSON JOE TAFOYA 10AM-2PM NORM JOHNSON 1:15PM ANTONIO EDWARDS Holiday Brunch & Watch the game! SAM MCCULLUM GO HAWKS!!! Holiday buff et w/entertainment!! Wilson the 12th Pony too! December 15 December 16 December 17 Meals on Wheels Day Washington Oakes- Everett 1. Madrona Park, Federal Way 8AM-2PM 1717 Rockefeller Ave., Everett 31200 23rd Avenue South, Federal Way HILLARY BUTLER and 5-8:30PM HILLARY BUTLER, NORM JOHNSON EDWIN BAILEY will ride in SAM ADAMS Christmas Party 4PM Meals on Wheels trucks and Arrive to greet seniors for dinner meet low-income seniors times (Two seatings- 4:30 & 6). 2. Edmonds Senior Center on the route Th en ride on the bus and 220 Railroad Ave, Edmonds go out and view Christmas lights. ANTONIO EDWARDS 1PM 3. Brookdale- West Seattle 4611 35th Ave SW, Seattle SAM MCCULLUM, TONY VENTRELLA & Wilson the Pony 6PM December 18 December 19 December 20 1. Ballard Senior Center/ Northshore Senior Center Home Game! Sagebrook in Ballard 10201 E Riverside Dr, Bothell Th is year, Senior Services of King County 5429 32nd Ave NW, Seattle Pancake Breakfast- 10AM have been cut close to $2 million. Th is Blue Friday Bash MANU TUIASOSOPO week, the former Seahawks who have STEVE RAIBLE- 12 Noon accompanied Meals on Wheels trucks have been dedicated to raising awareness for this 2. Fairwinds Brittany Park, Woodinville issue. Will You Help? 17143 133rd Avenue NE, Woodinville Holiday Happy Hour: 1:30 PM As the Hawks are beating the Browns at Manu Tuiasosopo? Century Link Field, donate $12 for them. Let’s see how much we can give back to 3. Central Area Senior Center: those who set the legacy for our fan base 500 30th Avenue South, Seattle today! DONATE $12 for the Original 12s Band/Appetizers - No host bar - via PayPal at http://www.12daysofgoodness. NESBY GLASGOW 6-9 PM com/sponsors/paypal-donate/ December 21 December 22 December 23 Sagebrook- Bellevue Teddy Bears Day! Fairwinds- Spokane 15750 Northeast 15th St., Bellevue DAVE WYMAN & Radio Buddies: 520 East Holland Ave., Spokane Connect with residents and help Children & Families encouraged to bring Christmas Party- 2:30 PM pack the truck for the Food Drive teddy bears to seniors in communities during Mack Strong? EDWIN BAILEY, PAUL JOHNS their lunch or dinner hours 12 Noon Wilson the 12th Pony will make numerous appearances!! 5 12 days of goodness | family advocate guide Th e Elder Orphan: Will you show them they are not forgotten this holiday season? By Suzanne Perkins Newman s we approach the holiday season, we look forward most to the time we spend with our family and friends. We make plans and anticipate the joy that we will experience through our time together. We make lists, and shop to our heart’s content. Most of us fi nd “magic” in the season, and our hearts open wide to help those less fortunate than ourselves. ATh is is a call to each and every one of you to fi rst read this article and then, please, do something over this holiday season to help a senior who may be all but forgotten. Let me share with you a story about “Bea” whom my Mom introduced to me. She lived in the same skilled nursing facility that my mother did. My mom, the perpetual caregiver (even when she was not able to care for herself), shared with me her concern for this very sad lady who broke my mom’s heart. You see, I learned that Bea was what statistics call an “elder orphan.” She had no one to call “family” except for a son. (I later learned that As many as 60% of nursing he basically moved her in and never visited.) Bea’s husband had passed home residents have away about 15 years earlier. As her health declined, depression set in most no regular visitors. likely to due her living alone. A caring neighbor discovered she had little My mother always wanted to make and her face would light up at the fact food in her house, had no one to help sure Bea was ok. Oft en times when I that someone actually noticed her and her and no heat. She became ward of would bring my mother’s favorite treat cared enough to do something for the state about 6 years prior to being (a root beer fl oat) into the community her. (I have to thank my mother for relocated to the skilled nursing facility room, we would see Bea sitting alone noticing, because had it not been for where my mom lived. at a table. I would bring her one too her, I honestly would not have thought 6 12 days of goodness | family advocate guide to bring Bea anything. Shame on me!) It is estimated, by Kenneth W. Wachter, Ph. D., Chair of the Department of Demography, at the University of California at Berkeley, that “the number of Americans between the ages of 70 and 85, without a living spouse, without any biological or stepchildren, and without living siblings or half-siblings, will total more than 2 million people by the year 2030.” I anticipate that this number is even greater when factoring in seniors who have children or family, but who are too busy to visit or care.