April 2020 Watertown Council on Aging Senior Center 31 Marshall Street Watertown, MA 02472 (617) 972-6490 Monday through Friday 8:30 AM—5:00 PM Watertown Food Pantry 80 Mount Auburn Street Watertown, MA 02472 Tuesday 10:00 AM—11:30 AM Thursday 4:00 PM—6:00 PM COA/Senior Center Staff Anne-Marie Gagnon, MSW Director of Senior Services Marina Kirsanova, LSW Program Coordinator Thank You Volunteers! Jenya Kruglyansky Case Worker April is National Volunteer Recognition Rae Grassia Month and we extend our warmest thanks to the many seniors and Principal Account Clerk friends who volunteer their time and talents with the Watertown Margie Wayne Senior Center and the Watertown Food Pantry. We are grateful for Program Services Assistant your assistance and support! Kathy Cunningham As you review April’s offerings, please contact the Senior Center at Food Pantry Coordinator (617) 972R6490 for information on the status of programs and Jim Cunningham/Bob Horrigan services, as the threat of Coronavirus (COVIDR19) may affect our Senior Shuttle Drivers ability to offer them as planned. For updates on COVIDR19, contact the Watertown Health Department. Council on Aging Board As we all practice social distancing so as to keep ourselves and Patricia Gold, Chairperson Carol Airasian neighbors healthy, we at the Senior Center want you to know that Dorothy Jean Brown you are not alone. Feel free to just call us to say hello and chat. If Esther Keaney you’d like to be added to our list of friendly checkRin calls, please let Mary Keenan us know. Let’s stay healthy…and connected! Tom Lewis Janet McCullough Looking forward to hearing from you! Araxie Poladian Arlene Smith The Board meets the 2nd Wednesday of the month at 4:00 PM at the Senior Center. PAGE 2 WATERTOWN SENIOR NEWS April 2020 APRIL/MAY 2020 PROGRAMS Regular and Guest Activities Pre-Registration is requested for ALL programs for the Current Month GAMES: AARP TAX Assistance • Bingo • Rummikubs • Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fridays by appointment • Cribbage • Volunteers from the AARP Tax Assistance program are back • • to help lowRtoRmiddle income seniors (less than $60,000) complete a sim­ EXERCISES: ple tax return (no trusts or rental property, businesses or partnerships). Call the Senior Center at (617) 972R6490 for more informaon. • Tai Chi • Chair Yoga • Cost: FREE, but donaons are accepted • Mat Yoga • Chair Volleyball • TED Talk with Tom Lewis • Line Dancing • Aerobics • Tuesday, Wednesday, April 21, at 1:30 pm • Strength & Balance • TED Talks are presentaons about a topic related to tech­ ARTS: nology, science, entertainment, or design. It’s like a college lecture being • Art Classes with Dawn • given by an expert. Anyone can view TED Talks for free on the Internet at • History of the Museum of www.ted.com and on the TED YouTube channel. Some Naonal Public Ra­ Russian Icons • dio staons offer the “TED Radio Hour” program, and there’s a TED Talks HEALTH & WELLNESS: podcast. Come for breakfast to watch and then discuss some TED talks that we have selected this month. • Blood Pressure • Foot Cost: $3 PreRregister: Yes! Care with Dr. Alper • Vigorous Mind GROUPS: New Date: Friday, May 1st and 17, at 2:00 pm • Knitting • ESL • Yuval Malinsky, CEO of Vigorous Mind Inc. of Newton, instruc­ • Conversational • tor of the Vigorous Mind brain wellness lecture series, will • Book Club • connue lecture series on 5/1, 5/8, 5/15 and 5/22 (the session on 5/22 will •TED Talks Discussion• start at 10 am.) The series teaches seniors about eight nonR COUNSELING: pharmacological components of a comprehensive approach to maintaining brain wellness and the science behind them. Those include: brain smula­ • SHINE • MetroWest Legal on, reducing stress, emoonal health, socializing, sense of purpose, physi­ Services • AARP Tax Prep • cal acvity, healthy nutrion and adequate sleep. In each lecture parci­ MUSIC: pants are familiarized with the current understanding of how each compo­ • Mellowtones CoVEd Chorus nent affects the brain. Research studies are presented that support a rec­ • Armenian Morning• ommended behavior related to each component. Parcipants are also en­ gaged in brain smulang acvies and get a handout for each lecture SOCIAL: with key points discussed and how to implement them in real life. Sign up • Public Safety Mornings • for one or all presentaons when you register. •Movies • Matter of Balance Cost: FREE PreRregister: Yes! April 2020 WATERTOWN SENIOR NEWS PAGE 3 APRIL/MAY 2020 PROGRAMS Come to enjoy with us Armenian food, folk dance, and music, and a short presentaon on so­ cial and cultural specifics. Thursday, May 14 Cost: $7 PreRregister: Starting April 1. The Armenian Museum in Watertown presents the largest and most diverse collection of Armenian objects outside of the Republic of Armenia. The Join the millions of safer drivers on the roads with museum provides new experiences for returning the awardVwinning AARP Smart Driver courseV visitors as well as those who are new to Armenian culture and history. the latest from AARP Driver Safety. AARP enhanced course is based on the latest driver safety research Cost: $10 (Includes Ride and Museum Admission) and insights. Take the course online or in a local PreRregister: Yes classroom, where you will learn evidenceRbased safe driving strategies, and refresh your knowledge of the latest rules and hazards of the road. Cost: $15 for AARP members and Thursday, April 23 $20 for nonRmembers PreRregister: April 1 Cost: $2 donation paid to driver. Pre-register: Yes Drop-In Conversation & Coffee with each ESL Volunteer Trainers run and 2 wheelchairs, so sign up early Wednesdays at 2 pm Come to pracce conversaon and im­ prove your speaking and listening proficiency. No pri­ provides limited assistance. or registraon needed. Call the Senior Center at (617) RUN 1: 9:00 am: Leaves from 100 Warren, 55 Waverley 972R6490 for more info and MEETING LOCATION. or McSherry Gardens. Cost: FREE Pre-register: No, just stop in. RUN 2: 10:15 am: Leaves from other locations. Continuum of Services Cost: $2 donation paid to driver. Pre-register: Yes CALL (617) 972-6490 to travel today! Thursday, April 30, at 10:00 am The presentaon will focus on services available for And if you have ideas for other trips, please call and those family members in need of home care for a ask for Marina to share your suggestions loved one. It will touch upon three levels of service including home health, private pay, and hospice ser­ vices and the quesons to ask when researching home care. Cost: FREE PreRregister: April 1. PAGE 4 WATERTOWN SENIOR NEWS April 2020 COMMUNITY MORNINGS HEALTH & WELLNESS NEW TIME! Join AnneRMarie Gagnon, Director of the Watertown Senior Center, for an hour of coffee and conversation. Toenails, corns, callus care only. The cost for this service is $25 payable to Dr. Alper. Join us for conversation & coffee in the Lounge. Join us for conversation & coffee in the Lounge. Provided by Mr. Wil VanDinter, RN, Watertown Public Health Nurse. Free. The Watertown COA thanks all of our advertisers. Nevertheless, placement of these advertisements does not constitute endorsement of the named products and services. Alfred, John, John Jr. & Jonathan DeVito Arlington : 1145 Mass. Ave., Arlington, MA 02476 | (781) 643-5610 Watertown : 761 Mt. 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But this me, what should have been a simple swindle escalates into a catR andRmouse game with the ulmate stakes. Stars: Helen Mirren, Ian McKellen, Russell Tovey 04/30 Playing with Fire (2019 Comedy, Family , PG, 1h 36min., IMDb 4.8) A crew of rugged firefighters meet their match when aempng to rescue three rambuncous kids. Stars: John Cena, KeeganRMichael Key, John Leguizamo. High Prescripon Drug Costs? BOOK CLUB Prescripon Advantage May Help! Prescripon Advantage is a state assistance program Wednesday, April 8, at 9:30 AM which may lower the amount you pay for prescripon drugs. It also allows qualified applicants to join or change their Medicare drug plan or Medicare Advantage plan. Eligibility is based on income only and there is no asset limit! Who can join? For Massachuses residents eligible for Medicare, Pre­ scripon Advantage may provide secondary drug cover­ Cost: FREE PreRregister: No age if you are: 65 or older with an annual income at or less than Wednesday, May 13, at 9:30 AM $63,800 for a single person or $86,200 for a mar­ Mary Shelley began wring F when ried couple she was only eighteen. At once a Gothic OR thriller, a passionate romance, and a Under 65 with a disability, with an annual income at cauonary tale about the dangers of science, or less than $23,989 for a single person or Frankenstein tells the story of commied $32,411 for a married couple.