This week's
August Networking Events
Los Angeles & Irvine
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AUGUST Senior Networking Luncheons
Tuesday, August 17, 11:30 to 1pm
Senior
Networking Luncheon
Silverado
Senior Living, Los Angeles,
Speaker: Emily Nabors and Anna Nguyen
USC Fall Prevention Center For Execellence
"Click Here" to RSVP (Be sure to note the date of the
event on your email)
Silverado Sr. Living, 330 N. Hayworth, Los Angeles
Wednesday, August 18, 11:30 to 1pm
Senior
Networking Luncheon
Atria Woodside Assisted Living, Irvine
Speaker: Kelly Welton,Respiratory Therapist.
Topic: Case studies in Advanced Directives"
"Click Here"to RSVP (Be sure to note the date of the
event on your email)
Atria Woodside, 1 Witherspoon, Irvine
Other August events you may want to attend:
August 19, Newport Beach
50+ Senior Housing
Radisson Hotel,4545
MacArthor Blvd.Newport Beach
7 :30 - 9:30 am, RSVP: Patti Nearhoff (909)396-9993
August 25
Linda Sanchez Sr. Health Fair, Whittier
(Adventure County Park Gym)
Call site for details.
August 28
Lakeview Senior Economic
Resource Fair
9 AM -12 Noon
Call site for details
November 23
Lakeview Senior Center
Health Expo
9am -12pm
IN THE NEWS... 
Recession-Worn Seniors Tap
Social Security Early
(CBS) Saturday marked the 75th anniversary of Social Security, and many questions remain unanswered about its future.
As for its present, the program created during the Great Depression
has quickly become a last resort for older Americans before they ever
thought they'd need it, CBS News Correspondent Rebecca Jarvis reports.
After working 40 years in the chemical industry, Michael Tait of
Locust Grove, Va., could not wait until he turned 66, the full
retirement age to collect Social Security. He can't find a job.
"Lowe's and Home Depot and the grocery stores and the gas station,"
he said, listing the places where he's tried to get work. "Nothing."
With his unemployment checks running out, Tait decided to apply for
his Social Security retirement benefits two years early, at 64, despite
the catch that when you collect early, your benefit is cut up to 25
percent permanently. For Tait, that's a loss of $252 every month.
Still ...
"Something coming in right now," said Tait. "I got to take care of my family, and that's the most important thing."
In New York, semi-retired medical lab technician Bobby Lee said he
will apply for Social Security as soon as he's allowed to, when he turns
62 next year.
"You'll get less, but nobody guarantees how long you're going to live," Lee said.
Lee and Tait are part of a growing trend.
In 2009, 72 percent of the 2.7million new filers opted into Social
Security early, according to the Social Security Administration. In 2007
and '08, 74 percent did, a record high. In 1980, just 57 percent
collected early and in 1970, 47 percent.
Michael Astrue heads the Social Security Administration and says
even as more elderly Americans postpone retirement many more are having
it forced upon them.
"This is a remarkable program," said Astrue. "People who would not
have taken retirement benefits but for the recession are taking
benefits, we believe, because they have no real choice."
According to data from the AARP, the group formerly known as the
American Association of Retired Persons, and the Bureau of Labor
Statistics, since the great recession began in December 2007, the rate
of unemployed workers age 55 and older has increased by 115 percent,
faster than for any other age group. Meanwhile, 53 percent of the older
unemployed have been out of work for more than six months.
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