Hilltops Council
Hilltops seniors are invited to take the opportunity to participate in Hilltops Council’s free activities to celebrate this Seniors Week 2021.
Tech Savvy Seniors’ classes provide answers to individual questions at the Hilltops libraries on Friday 16 April 10am – 12 noon. Improve your knowledge and discover endless possibilities with your device or using library computers with assistance from Youth mentors. No questions will be too difficult for our younger generation!
Local Clinical Nurse Consultant, Joy Howell, will present an informative discussion on “Keeping mentally and physically healthy in older age: some tips and myths” with time for Q & A with a professional practicing in the field of health and wellbeing. Presented at the library branches, in Harden at 11am on Friday 16 April, Boorowa at 3pm on Monday 19 April and Young at 10am on Wednesday 21 April.
“You can almost build a 1930 Model A four-door sedan from scratch today.”
That’s what Randy Gibbs of New Philadelphia says, and he knows, because he is restoring one. That may come as a surprise to the many people who know him as a choir director, or a teacher, or a principal, or assistant superintendent or part of the Moravian Music Foundation or a farmer who rides horses and raises goats, or a devoted family man, but that’s what’s mainly on Randy’s mind today.
Born at Union Hospital to Gerald and Lola Beahm Gibbs, 69-year-old G Randall Gibbs grew up on the edge of town, surrounded by farm country. His father owned companies that mined coal and and provided equipment for the building of state highways. His mother, taught Sunday School, and his grandmother, Bernice Gibbs, played the piano at church while he sat beside her on the bench.
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Savvy Senior: How to choose a hospice care program
Jim Miller,
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Dear Savvy Senior,
Where can I turn to find a good Medicare covered hospice provider? My husband’s mother has a terminal condition and wants to die at home, if possible, so I’m helping out where I can.
Sad Sandy
Dear Sandy,
Hospice is a wonderful option in the last months of life because it offers a variety of services, not only to those who are dying, but also to those left behind. Here’s what you should know about hospice care, along with some tips to help you choose one.