Golden Living

Fall begins on Wednesday, Sept. 22. The Office for the Aging (OFA) marks the season change every year with Fall Prevention Awareness Week, Sept. 20 through Sept. 24, in conjunction with New York State Senator Sue Serino (R-41), Lower Hudson Valley Falls Prevention Network and Vassar Brothers Medical Center Trauma Department.  

Before the COVID-19 pandemic began, the Office for the Aging (OFA) was providing daily midday meals to 130 seniors at OFA’s eight Senior Friendship Centers (with one in Millerton and one in Amenia), and delivering another 300 meals to homebound seniors throughout Dutchess County.

When asked where they prefer to live out their lives, repeated surveys of seniors overwhelmingly say the same thing: in their own home. They’ve lived there for decades. It’s where they raised their children, and where they still gather for holidays.

Every summer, the New York State Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP) provides farmers market coupons for qualifying low-income seniors. The coupons can be exchanged for locally-grown fruit and vegetables at participating farmers markets in Dutchess County and elsewhere in New York State.

A key deadline in the fight against phone scams passed on June 30, but you might not have noticed it — unless you’ve noticed that your phone seems to be ringing a lot less than it used to.

While researching topics for “Golden Living” columns, an article crossed our path covering the massive growth expected over the next decade in something called “the anti-aging market.” This includes cosmetic products and procedures, medical tourism and the wide array of exotic-looking gadgetry supposedly involved in reducing the outward appearan

The Summer 2021 edition of the Office for the Aging’s (OFA) quarterly newsletter, “Spotlight on Seniors,” is now available. View it online, with back issues, at www.dutchessny.gov/aging.

Every year on June 15th, World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEEAD) is observed throughout the United States and around the world, raising awareness about the millions of older adults who experience abuse, financial exploitation and neglect.