Events
Honor An Elder
Older Americans Month Giving Campaign
Since May is Older Americans Month, this a great time to honor a special someone in your life and to help Elders in Action ensure that the quality of life never depends on age. For every $25 you give , Elders in Action will send a handmade card to your honoree that recognizes the gift made in their honor.
Please join us in celebrating Older American's month! Our generous sponsors have already honored their older adult patrons with $4,500 to support our Personal Advocate program. You can help us reach our goal of raising $6,000 during the month of May.
Did you know?
- Elders in Action's Personal Advocate Services is the only program of its kind in Oregon! With over 150 volunteers, 81% who are boomers and beyond, we educate older adults on how to help their peers, while empowering them to help themselves.
- 2,655 individuals experiencing problems with housing, health care, crime, abuse, or fraud were assisted in FY 2011.
- In the past two years, Elders in Action Personal Advocate volunteers recouped $357,889 for seniors due to fraud, wrongful billing and other problems.
Choose from one of the four handmade cards by Clicking Here
Enjoy the Journey!
A Conference on Healthy Aging for Boomers
A conference aimed at increasing awareness of the positive aspects of aging and providing information that helps Boomers improve their physical, emotional, social, and financial well-being.
Sessions:
Novels on Aging Book Club
Elders in Action will be hosting a book club devoted to exploring an emerging fictional genre: Novels on Aging. Over the last 50 years novelists have become much more interested in writing about older adults, and from a variety of perspectives. Their work provides rich resources for interpretations of the meaning of aging in cross-cultural and historical circumstances.
The club meets the third Friday of each month from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. in the Elders in Action Conference Room, Suite 290, 1411 SW Morrison, in downtown Portland. Contact Cynthia Arnott, NOA Book Club Coordinator, at cynthiaarnott@yahoo.com for more info and to sign up for the book club newsletter.
April 20th
Turn of Mind by Alice LaPlante (2011)
Told from the perspective of Jennifer White, a brilliant mind spiraling into the abyss of Alzheimer's, Turn of Mind circles obsessively around the death of Jennifer's best friend Amanda. Amanda has been found murdered, with four fingers removed from her hand; Jennifer, a brilliant hand surgeon, is a suspect, but she cannot even remember that herfriend is dead, let alone whether she killed her. – See review at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/nov/22/alice-laplante-alzheimers-turn-of-mind
May 18th
This Is Getting Old: Zen Thoughts on Aging with Humor and Dignity by Susan Moon (2010)
"[Moon] does not shy away from any aspect ofaging, from sore knees to foggy memory, but also maintains a sassy sense of humor. Perhaps if more people were asopen about aging as Moon is, we shouldn't all be so uncomfortable with the idea. This is a great read for anyone pondering the future."- Sacramento Book Review Read more and watch video at http://www.shambhala.com/html/catalog/items/isbn/978-1-59030-776-2.cfm
June 15th
The Lost Dog by Michelle De Kretser (Australia, Sir Lanka, India 2008)
When a college professor loses his dog in the Australian outback, his search takes him not only through the wilderness,but also through his own personal history and that of his close friend, an artist with a scandalous past. - In a Guardian review, Ursula K Le Guin sees "great promise in a subversive and sensitive story of fear and hope." - See review at http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/04/books/review/McCulloch-t.html
The book club meets the third Friday of every month at Elders in Action in downtown Portland. For more information contact Cynthia Arnott (Book Club Coordinator) at cynthiaarnott@yahoo.com
Participation is free.
