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Greetings!
Happy 2010! MASWA is excited to kick-off another year of fabulous networking, educational speakers, and promoting advocacy for senior workers. The issues features special material about hosting a MASWA Membership Meeting and renewing your MASWA membership for 2010.
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JANUARY MEMBERSHIP MEETING |
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Minneapolis Senior Worker's Association
Thursday, January 28th
2:30 pm Registration/Networking
2:45 pm Business Meeting
3:00 pm Presentation/Questions
4:00 pm Adjourn
TOPIC: Dementia Clinical Case Studies
Presenter: Dr. Alvin Holm, MD, FACP
Program Overview and Objectives:
- Be able to define Dementia and identify the main causes
- Understand the common clinical presentations of Dementia
- Understand the potential benefits of neuroimaging in the diagnosis of Dementia
Call the MASWA Program Co-Chairs: Kay Johnson, North Memorial Home Health and Hospice 763-520-4280 or Virginia Kafer, 612-419-9759 with questions related to this program.
LOCATION:
Parkwood Shores
3633 Park Center Blvd (4 story building on left as you enter)
St. Louis Park, MN 55416
Contact: Marti Briest 952-848-5819
Please park and enter in the upper parking lot in front of the TALL building, due to the snow mounds . You will be directed to the meeting location.
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| PRESIDENT'S MONTHLY NOTE |
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Happy New Year to my fellow MASWA members!
With 2010 upon us, it is time for resolutions. I find that resolutions can take many forms, but all for the betterment of ourselves, our families, or our communities. This year, I resolve to eat better, exercise more and spend quality time with my family. I also resolve to help increase awareness of senior issues, work to increase the quality of care, and make the senior community a safe environment. I plan to do that by attending monthly MASWA meetings, networking with others there to find out where help is needed and listening to the high quality speakers brought in each month.
There is also an opportunity to increase our MASWA community to include the St. Paul Senior Workers. We are planning to work closely with them to provide quality programming and joint public policy initiatives. Also, we will be working for a terrific Fall Aging Conference in October with the St. Paul Senior Workers Association.
I hope you will all join me in resolving to make our senior's lives a better place by bettering ourselves. I thank you for making MASWA a great place to be and committing to it in 2010 to make our organization even better. Loretta Stinson
President
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| MASWA 2010 MEETING LOCATIONS |
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Would you like to host a meeting? We are looking for 2010 host sites. It is a great way to promote your organization to the senior worker community. Hosting is open to facilities and community based businesses.
Requirements:
- Ability to seat (and park) 75-100 people
- Location within the 694/494/35 loop
- Member of MASWA
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| MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL FOR 2010 |
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REMINDER- all MASWA memberships are up for renewal as of January 1. If you haven't yet renewed, please download the application, fill it out and mail it in, or bring it to the January meeting.
Click on link below to download the renewal application:
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| UPDATE FROM COMMUNITY LIAISON COMMITTEE |
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UPCOMING EVENTS
U OF M JOB FAIR:
The committee has registered for the job and internship fair at the University of Minnesota on February 22nd from 10:00 a.m. -- 4:00 p.m. at the Minneapolis Convention Center. Last year, over 3,000 students and 250 employers attended this fair. We will promote our associations, have brochures and the PowerPoint presentation available, and will have the most recent Care Options Employment Newsletter available. NOTE: There is an opportunity for members to post employment or internship opportunities: if you would like to advertise your employment or internship opportunities, or if you'd like to volunteer to work at the table, please contact Georgia Lane (contact info listed below).
CAREER DEVELOPMENT NETWORK:
We are working on assembling a panel of 5-6 professionals to meet with the U of M Career Development Network on February 4th at 9 AM. This is a group of all career service professionals who meet to discuss career development, plan collaborative events, and create professional development opportunities. They want to inform career counselors on how to educate students about aging demographics and careers in aging.
If you would like to participate on our committee, or know of any schools or universities who are looking for professionals to educate students on aging, please contact Georgia Lane, Committee co-chair at 612-695-2770 or glane@eldercc.us
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| ANNUAL EVENTS |
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Mark your calendars for these fabulous annual events:
Spring Luncheon
Thursday, May 20th
The Reserve in Plymouth
12:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Fall Aging Conference
Thursday, October 28th
Earle Brown Heritage Center
Brooklyn Center
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