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In This Issue:

December 2005

•	Inside ElderHealth Archives Now Available

•	All Gifts Make a Difference at ElderHealth

•	Fifth Annual Holiday Open House

•	Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Coverage Enrollment Event

•	Thanksgiving Brings Together Volunteers & Isolated Elders

•	Dementia in People with Developmental Disabilities

Inside ElderHealth Archives Now Available

Trying to catch up on ElderHealth’s recent history? Now you may read back issues of “Inside ElderHealth.”

Over 70 stories can be found in the archives, including these:

• Nora's Corner: Scenes from the Middle of the Night at Gaffney House (11/05)

• ElderHealth Participants Share Biographical Stories (9/05)

• Seattle Times Columnist Liz Taylor Examines ElderHealth Innovations in Two-Part Series (5/05)

• Adult Day Health Center Moves to Ravenna (3/05)

• ElderHealth Offers In-Home Services (1/05)

• ElderHealth Profiled in Snohomish County Business Journal (11/04)

• Governors & Caregivers Join ElderHealth at Town Hall Meeting (9/04)

Visit the Inside ElderHealth Archives

Fifth Annual Holiday Open House

Fifth Annual Holiday Open House
Thursday, December 8, 2005, 6:30 – 9:00pm
ElderHealth Northwest Connection
3921 Talbot Rd S., Renton, WA 98055
(425) 227-9095

ElderHealth Northwest’s Renton adult day health center extends a warm invitation for this informal get together. Come celebrate the holiday season with friends, families and caregivers. Join us for an evening of wonderful food and drink and great entertainment as we welcome in the holiday season. If you have a favorite holiday treat, feel free to bring it along to share with the crowd.

The open house is also an opportunity to learn more about the center, including its Get Active Program, a specialized adult day health program for our participants with developmental disabilities. The program was launched in early 2005 and is offered weekdays 2:30 – 6:30pm. Its participants enjoy many group activities, nursing and rehabilitative therapies.

The evening’s schedule:

6:30 – 7:00 Holiday music performed by Charlie Spring
7:00 – 7:30 ElderHealth Northwest Holiday Choir performance
7:30 – 7:45 Welcome by Exec. Dir. Nora Gibson & Site Mgr. Patti Dahlman
7:45 – 8:00 Performance by the Get Active Program Players
8:00 – 9:00 Raffle, door prizes and a visit from Santa Claus!

PICTURED: Kay, GAP participant.

Click here for the New Get Active Program Photo Gallery

http://www.elderhealth.org/adult_day_health.html#specialized_programs

Thanksgiving Brings Together Volunteers & Isolated Elders

"That was real nice to get that delivery and know somebody cares about other human beings, thank you very much. . . . A family came to visit and talk for an hour, they were real nice people.”
—A heartfelt response from an ElderFriend who wasn't home alone after all on Thanksgiving Day.

On Thanksgiving morning elders throughout King County were served a quality dinner by warm and caring ElderFriends volunteers! Over 60 volunteers—from toddlers to octogenarians—gathered at the Yankee Grill and Roaster in Ballard to participate in ElderFriends’ 9th annual Thanksgiving Meal Delivery program. Because of these volunteers, 50 isolated elders enjoyed a friendly visit and a delicious hot meal for the holiday!

We are grateful to the businesses who donated the delivery items: Yankee Grill & Roaster in Ballard provided full-course turkey dinners and hosted the event, Odwalla donated 100 bottles of fresh-squeezed juices, Ballard Blossom contributed beautiful, individually wrapped roses and Whole Foods Market (Roosevelt) offered delicious fresh pies. First graders from the Bertschi School created colorful placemats to round out the delivery.

We couldn't reach out to these lonely elders without our fantastic volunteers! To learn more about ElderFriends’ “Adopt-a-Grandparent” program visit http://www.elderfriends.org or contact Ginger at (206) 224-3790.

PICTURED: Michael and daughter Caroline prepare to deliver Thanksgiving dinner to their ElderFriend. (Photo: LeAnna Johnson)

Read the Ballard News-Tribune Article about ElderFriends

http://www.elderhealth.org/elderfriends.html

All Gifts Make a Difference at ElderHealth

"This year, as last year, my father has asked us to donate to ElderHealth Northwest rather than buying him a Christmas present. ElderHealth has been a life and sanity-saver in helping to care for my disabled mother. We appreciate you more than words can say. Thank you."
– Angela

The holidays are a festive time at ElderHealth Northwest! Donors from local congregations and businesses provide gifts for each of our participants, many of whom would not receive a gift otherwise. These generous community members also provide much needed items for our activity programs.

Each year the Seattle Times publishes the Nonprofit Wish List (link below). Additional wishes for our adult day centers and supported living homes include a wheelchair scale, art supplies, and gift cards.

To share in the joy of the holiday season at ElderHealth Northwest contact Ginger Seybold at (206) 224-3790 or gingers@elderhealth.org.

If you wish to make an on-line donation, follow the Network for Good link (at right).

View the Seattle Times Wish List

Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Coverage Enrollment Event

Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Coverage Enrollment Event
Plymouth Congregational Church, 1217 6th Ave, Seattle
Wednesday, December 14, 2005, 10:00am – 1:00pm

Medicare Today is a non-profit organization working to assist seniors through the enrollment process of the new Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plan. Representatives will be available at this event to help seniors determine which plan is most appropriate for their needs.

Representatives from ElderHealth Northwest, Senior Services, Center for Medicare Services, Social Security Administration, and other agencies will also be present.