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VOTE as if your future depends on It ...
because it does!
While we are all rooting for our favored candidates and initiatives to  win today, both at the state and local level, we know that making democracy work is a full time job.
Find out about all the post-election parties, pundits' analysis and plans for future electoral action by subscribing to Linda Post's San Francisco FYI net blog, the go-to calendar of political events for San Francisco. Linda (at right) recently made a presentation at the Richmond Senior Center as a part of the BTOP program and is available to show folks how to use her blog and computer to stay engaged in local, state and national democratic action. If you would like to arrange for Linda to make a presentation, give us a call at (415) 821-1003.
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Celebrate Connections for Healthy Aging
 | | Jennifer Walsh, CLC Community Connector and leader with COMAAT, leads a discussion about myths and stereotypes about disability and aging. |
Staying healthy and engaged as we age is no easy matter these days. But with a little help from our friends, we can be informed and empowered to do just that.
We hope you will join us in celebrating the first two "classes" to complete the Connections for Healthy Aging Workshops with a special holiday event on:
Noon to 1:30
Western Park Apartments,
Join the CLC Board, Community Connectors, friends and supporters for a buffet lunch and some holiday cheer. Come
learn more about these workshops and whether you would like
to be a part of a future session.
Please call Marcia at 359-1816 or Marie at 821-1003 to R.S.V.P.
Mark your calendar today for our special holiday celebration!!
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Come Celebrate the Joyous Merger of Two Awesome Organizations
Senior & Disability Action Launch Party-Celebration
Thursday, November 8, 6-8 PM
LGBT Center
1800 Market Street, (at Octavia)
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Congratulations to Jessica Lehman, the new Executive Director of Senior and Disability Action (left) and to Claire Lachance (right), the strategic planning consultant who helped SAN and PECC successfully join forces.
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Senior Action Network and Planning for Elders, which have served the community separately for 20 years, have merged to form Senior & Disability Action, and are having a launch party on November 8, celebrating their collective past and raising funds to continue and expand their future work.
Senior and Disability Action is committed to improving the lives of seniors and people with disabilities in San Francisco, through community organizing, advocacy, education, and empowerment. We work together to secure affordable housing, quality health care, public transportation, and safe streets. We educate seniors and people with disabilities about their rights and we work to ensure that our members can live safely in their own homes and not in nursing homes or hospitals.
Tickets: $100 individual; $50 senior/disability; or sell raffle tickets for discount. Contact: 415-546-1333 or email Celebrate SDA@gmail.com.
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Keeping Up With Medicare - Choices and Opportunities 
We are in the middle of the Fall Open Enrollment Period for Medicare, which spans October 15 to December 7. Before you join an MA plan, make sure you understand that specific plan's rules. If you already have a Medicare private health plan and want to switch to another one, you should do so by calling 800-MEDICARE and not by dis-enrolling from your old plan.
Being able to read and consider your rights and benefits under Medicare is critical to being an empowered health care consumer. And check out the sites above, as well as the official Medicare website at www.medicare.gov .
If you or the older adults in your life are not regular computer users, consider attending one of the free training classes in Senior Centers all over San Francisco. To view a comprehensive list of classes, visit www.sfconnected.info or call 355-3555 to find an open lab or class near you.
Tuesday's election may result in significant changes in Medicare - regardless of who wins. Stay up-to-date and engaged in efforts to preserve and strengthen Medicare by getting connected to good sources of information and advice on-line. And get active with a statewide organization fighting to protect and strengthen Medicare by joining the California Alliance for Retired Americans (CARA) at www.californiaalliance.org .
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S. F. Long Term Care Services and Supports Planning
S.F. Long Term Care Coordinating Council
Thursday, November 8, 1:00 to 3:00,
1 South Van Ness Avenue, 2nd Floor
Agenda will include a discussion of:
- The work of S.F.'s 4 Community Partnerships - ASian-Pacific Islander, African-American, LGBT, and Latino
- The Council's policy agenda for the coming year;
- Progress on the S.F.'s Long Term Care Strategic Planning process
- Plus an update from the Council's many work groups.
Last month's, Ruth Gay, chair of S.F. Dementia Care Excellence Oversight Committee (above right) shared a perspective about how to best assure the needs of those with Alzeheimers and other dementias are better met in the move to managed care. Dan Kelly, Director of Planning for the Human Service Agency (at right), provided an intriguing look at the demographic changes for seniors and persons with disabilities using updated census data. Learn more about the continuing exodus of children and the in-migration of older adults and those over 80. Also, learn about how the past 10 years has widened the economic gap between segments of San Francisco's population. You can view Dan's presentation slides here or go to the HSA website to view the entire Needs Assessment.
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Picture This...
Each month CLC Community Connectors and Supporters do events and activities that help strengthen neighborhoods and reweave communities that promote kindness and justice.
3rd Annual LCOS Annual Breast Cancer Support Luncheon
On October 18, seniors gathered at Lutheran Church of Our Savior (LCOS) - Social Room in the OMI Neighborhood for the 3rd Annual Pink Luncheon. Pictures by Jay Martin. To see these and other great photographs by Jay, subscribe to our Healthy Aging Blog at www.sfhealthyaging.org.
 
  
This event showcased a quilt being designed and stitched by support group participants (background, top right), a great lunch prepared by neighbors, and raffle prizes. Guest speaker was Pamela Ratliff, MPA, Sr. Community Partnership Manager for the Community Partnership Program of Stanford Cancer Institute. Special thanks go out to Barbara Tate, LCOS Senior Program Director, Loretta Cohen for organizing the quilting project, Mamie Burgess for her catering skills and great food, and Kathryn Summers for her mentoring and inspiration from the Breast Cancer Support group in the Bayview. Thanks, too, to all the neighborhood volunteers who helped make this a successful event. For more information about the LCOS monthly Breast Cancer Support group, call Deloris McGee at (415) 585-9859. Photos by Jay Martin. To view more, go to www.sfhealthyaging.org. |
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It's Scary Being a Pedestrian -
Perhaps Time for More Street Corner Actions!
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Early demonstrations Actions by seniors in San Francisco to make the City safer for pedestrians (from .
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Walking is an essential human activity needed for access to daily needs. In an aging and disability friendly neighborhood, walking should be safe for all residents. Unfortunately, in many parts of San Francisco walking can be more dangerous than driving. Each year over the past decade, on average, cars and other motor vehicles have killed approximately 20 pedestrians and have injured 800 people walking. Half of fatal injuries in motor vehicle collisions in San Francisco are suffered by walkers.
 See the most dangerous intersections in your neighborhood on this on-line, inter-active map that shows the locations of severe pedestrian injuries and fatalities in San Francisco between 2005 and 2010 HERE.
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 | | Lee Ellen Shoemaker works with seniors during a Facebook class at the San Francisco Senior Center, 481 O'Farrell. |
Around the City - Come Engage with Us
Computer Training and Special Activities
Community Living Campaign (CLC) shows you how technology and social media are new tools to help individuals, neighborhoods and organizations reduce isolation and reweave community. For an up-to-date schedule as new CLC computer classes and activities are added, go to www.clcsocial.org. For all BTOP classes, go to www.sfconnected.info. These classes provided in part with a grant from the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program.
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Valencia Gardens
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Every Monday
9 to 3
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Social Media - 1 to 1 tutoring, classes
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360 Valencia
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30th Street Senior Center
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Every Wed.
1 to 3
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Social Media - 1 to 1 tutoring, classes
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225 30th St.
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IT Bookman
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Every Friday
11 to 1
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Social Media - 1 to 1 tutoring, classes
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446 Randolph
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Telegraph Hill Center
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Every Wed.
9 to 12
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One on one training
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660 Lombard
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Laguna Honda Hospital
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1st & 3rd Wed
1:30 to 3:30
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One on one training
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375 Laguna Honda
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Mission Neighborhood Center
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Every Wed.
10 to 11:30
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Social Media - 1 to 1 tutoring, classes
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362 Capp
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Dr. Davis Senior Center
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Every Wed.
11 to 1
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One on one tutoring
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1706 Yosemite
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S.F. Senior Center - Aquatic Park
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Weds. in November
1 to 3
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Social Media - 1 to 1 tutoring classes
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890 Beach
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Bethany Center
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Every Thurs.
9 to 12
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One on one training
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580 Capp
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Centro Latino
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Every Thurs.
10 to 11:30
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Social Media - 1 to 1 tutoring, classes
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1656 15th St.
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San Francisco Senior Center - Downtown
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Thurs. in Nov.
1 to 3
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Social Media - 1 to 1 tutoring classes
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481 O'Farrell
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Happiness Institute
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Every Thurs.
1 to 5
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Timebanking
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1720 Market
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Curry Senior Center
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Every Monday
1 to 3
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One on one training
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315 Turk
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1360 Mission Street, 4th Floor
(415) 821-1003
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