Travel, Leisure & Fun for South Valley Adults
Travel, Leisure & Fun for South Valley Adults
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On April 2, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its travel guidance for fully vaccinated people to reflect the latest evidence and science. A person is considered fully vaccinated two weeks after receiving the last recommended dose of vaccine. Fully vaccinated people can travel within the United States and do not need COVID-19 testing or post-travel self-quarantine as long as they continue to take COVID-19 precautions while traveling – wearing a mask, avoiding crowds, socially distancing, and w...
Following the increase in the supply of COVID-19 vaccines in Tulare and Kings counties, most local residents who are 50 or older have now received at least one vaccine. It also helps that seniority has been a factor in determining when people can receive their vaccines. As of April 20, more than 38,500 vaccines were given to Tulare County residents 65 and over. A majority of county residents in this age group have now had at least one shot, according to Carrie Monteiro,...
Tulare County will be commemorating World Elder Abuse Awareness Day on June 15, but there will be no in-person events this year due to existing precautions as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Kings County District Attorney's Office also has no in-person events planned. "As an office, we hope to start doing in-person bilingual awareness and educational events soon," said Nicole Burnham, Tulare County District Attorney (TCDA) elder abuse victim advocate. "Even though we ar...
The Big Creek Project in the Sierra Nevada east of Fresno is one of the early 20th century marvels. The undertaking required massive engineering, large amounts of capital and many years to build. It is an amazing story in so many ways, but there is one small part that many times gets omitted in its telling. The often-neglected piece of the story isn't about technology, engineering or water distribution, but rather about Southern California Edison Company's famous dogsled team...
Every other person in the world is believed to hold ageist attitudes, leading to poorer physical and mental health and reduced quality of life for older persons and costing societies billions of dollars each year, according to a new United Nations report on ageism. The report released on March 18 by the World Health Organization (WHO) Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs and United Nations Population Fund,...
Just 63% of family caregivers who have doubts about COVID-19 vaccine safety say they'll take the senior under their care to get vaccinated. That's according to a new survey of U.S. family caregivers conducted by Wakefield Research for SCAN Health Plan, one of the nation's largest not-for-profit Medicare Advantage plans. "These findings should ring alarm bells throughout the country," said Eve Gelb, senior vice president of healthcare services for SCAN. "Family caregivers are...
When older adults are viewed as cognitively or physically impaired, they perform below their abilities on tasks, according to a recent review article by Sarah Barber, a psychology and gerontology researcher at Georgia State University. Groups that are stigmatized - whether due to race, socioeconomic status or age - perform more poorly when they are faced with negative stereotypes, Barber said. She found expectations of others can play a powerful role in how well older adults...
Although older Americans have been the most at risk of dying from COVID-19, the pandemic has resulted in a rare drop in healthcare spending for this group in 2020, according to a new survey by The Senior Citizens League (TSCL). The nationwide survey of more than 1098 participants found a very large drop from 2019 to 2020 in the percentage of individuals reporting the highest level of healthcare spending, and a significant increase in the numbers of those with the lower levels of spending. “This was most likely due to the l...
(This article is presented as a warning to our readers who ride motorized scooters.) On March 17, a 72-year-old disabled Vietnam Veteran parked his motorized scooter at the Veterans Memorial Hall in Orosi and then walked to McDonald's. According to the Tulare County Sheriff's Office (TCSO), while he was gone, 35-year-old Tina Guererro rode by on a bicycle and spotted the veteran's scooter. She left, then came back with a friend and took the scooter. When the veteran returned...
Three financial services and technology experts – all with extensive professional and personal experience devising strategies to protect families and improve financial decision-making – have released a whitepaper that provides a framework for more effective client engagement, risk mitigation and protection around diminished capacity. The whitepaper, Cognitive Overload: The Coming Surge in Diminished Capacity Cases and What Wealth Management Firms Can Do to Protect Their Clients and Themselves, summarizes the current demograph...
Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.); and Reps. Brian Higgins (D-N.Y.), Darin LaHood (R-Ill.), Paul Tonko (D-N.Y.), and Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.) have introduced the Comprehensive Care for Alzheimer's Act, which seeks to address shortcomings in the way dementia care is delivered. Providing care for an individual living with dementia involves many unique and often challenging elements. Individuals and caregivers have to deal with primary care doctors and specialists, as well as with medication...
"I Care a Lot," a movie currently showing on Netflix, features a new type of villain, one who bilks seniors. She is very successful at this until she and her partner pick on the wrong target – an elderly woman with connections to a volatile gangster. "'I Care a Lot' is about a woman named Marla Grayson (played by Academy Award nominee Rosamund Pike) who is a professional guardian," said the film's producer Teddy Schwarzman. "She is supposed to take care of the elderly, but ins...
Chinatown Pretty, published by Chronicle Books, is more than the name of a new book featuring portraits and personal stories of trendsetting seniors in six Chinatowns across North America. "Chinatown Pretty" is also what people call the distinctive fashion of pòh pohs (grandmothers) and gùng gungs (grandfathers). The style is a blend of modern and vintage, handmade and store-bought clothing. According to the book's photographer Andria Lo and its writer Valerie Luu, the C...
On April 5, Kaweah Delta held a grand opening for its new Tulare Health Clinic, which will provide access to care in one of the most clinically underserved counties in California. The new 10,800-square-foot clinic is located at 1000 N. Mooney Blvd. in Tulare, the former IRS building on the corner of Prosperity Avenue and Mooney Boulevard. It has 20 exam rooms, a lab onsite for patients, and three behavioral health rooms for therapy, psychiatry and eventually, child psychiatry....
You could sense the concern in Sabrina Jimenez' voice as she spoke. "Most people aren't familiar with hospice and all that it has to offer," she said. "Most people don't talk about end-of-life care until they need it, or they are put in a position to make a medical decision for a loved one." But the executive director of the Open Arms House in Visalia aims to change that, especially now that the six-bed home tucked away in a Central Visalia neighborhood has reopened its doors...
With COVID-19 vaccines now readily available in Tulare and Kings counties, and most seniors in the two counties having been vaccinated, life is slowly getting back to normal in the South Valley. COVID-19 is still causing many events for local seniors to be cancelled or postponed, but things are starting to change. Senior Resource Expo After the cancellation of last year's event, the 2021 Senior Resource Expo will be held at Tulare Community Church, 1820 N. Gem St., Tulare,...
Are you aware of the California College Fee Waiver (CFW) Program, an education benefit available to the spouses and children of U.S. veterans through the California Department of Veterans Affairs (CalVet). The Fee Waiver runs through the academic year, beginning with each fall semester. Once eligibility criteria is met, dependents can get their tuition fees waived when attending any California community college, California State University or University of California campus....
"Shaping Our Communities and Future" will be the theme of a virtual forum scheduled for 10 a.m. to noon on Tuesday, May 11. The goal of this free online event is for community leaders, professionals, and older adults and their families to discuss building an age-friendly Central Valley. "The virtual event will be structured into two parts," said Dr. Helen Militaides, who is coordinating the forum. "The first part will feature key speakers on the (California) Master Plan for...
The Annual Senior Resource Expo will be held at Tulare Community Church, 1820 N. Gem St., Tulare, from 8:30 a.m. to noon on May 22. Organized by the Senior Care Organization, this year's event will feature a financial planning presentation from Steen & Associates, and the Tulare Police Department will share tips on how to recognize and avoid scams. Popular among older adults and their caregivers, the Senior Resource Expo will again offer information about an array of services...