May 2014

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Age Well, Drive Smart: Keys to Driving

Safer and Longer

The California Highway Patrol presents Age Well, Drive Smart class at the Alliance on Aging on Tuesday, May 13. Join Officer Jaime Rios for this refresher course designed to tune up your driving skills and teach you to become a better, safer and more alert driver. Those completing the 2.5 hour workshop will receive a certificate to submit to their insurance company for a potential safe driver discount.

Pre registration is required as space is limited. Contact Michelle Lopez at 831.655.4241. For details, click the icon below.

Aging at The Movies Summer Edition

The Senior Peer Counseling Program will hold a four week movie series beginning Monday, June 02 at the Alliance on Aging Old Town Salinas office. All films are presented at no cost followed by a discussion on the ways in which the characters addressed the aging process.

Contact Michelle Lopez at 831.655.4241 to register.

Click the ticket below for more information.

Medicare Basics Returns to Salinas

Tamara McKee, HICAP Program Manager will hold a Medicare Basics presentation on Tuesday, June 03. This no cost, 1.5 hour presentation will cover Medicare Part A, Part B, Medicare Advantage and Part D - the Prescription Drug Plans.

Click the icon below for details.

Be a voice for seniors and

HOP ON THE BUS!

Join others from throughout the county on a bus trip Tuesday, May 13 to celebrate Older American's Month. Thanks to Monterey Salinas Transit (MST), who will be providing travel training while you ride! Pick up sites will be in Pacific Grove, Marina and Salinas this year. The bus will then proceed to the Board of Supervisors chambers where a Resolution celebrating Older American Month will be read. Help fill this bus and show our community the power of the senior network!

Registration is required; if you are interested in hopping on the bus, please call 831.655.1334 or 831.375.4454 to sign up.

Click the bus below for stop details and more information.

Tell Congress, "It's time to fund elder justice."

It's been four years since the Elder Justice Act finally became law, but Congress has yet to appropriate any funding for it. There are about five million elder abuse victims in America yet for every case that is reported, 24 go unreported. The Administration has requested $25 million for the Elder Justice Initiative - tell Congress to give it the funding it deserves.

Click the icon below to send an email now.

There is still time to participate

This Mother's Day, honor your mother, grandmother or their memory by having a beautiful blooming plant delivered to a woman living in nursing or long-term care who might otherwise not be acknowledged on this special day. Alliance on Aging's Ombudsman Program protects the rights of 2,000 of the most vulnerable seniors who reside in local nursing homes and assisted living facilities. Ombudsmen make regular visits to these facilities to investigate complaints, including abuse and neglect to advocate for quality care. Many of these seniors are without family or friends to speak on their behalf.

Click here to donate so that we may deliver a flowering plant(s) in time for Mother's Day.

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to call

Christine Lawson, Development Associate at

831.655.7559.

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