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The Friendly Visitor Program (“the Program”) provides social interaction, and relieves loneliness and feelings of isolation in senior citizens who are lonely or home-bound in the City of Alexandria. The Program is based on extensive research that has shown depression and loneliness to be major problems that

Stand up for yourself and your community when it comes to scams! Learn more about the theme and presenters at this year’s Senior Law Day on June 22 in this Zebra article (page 61).   http://digital.thezebra.org/?issueID=38&pageID=60

This month, Host Tim Roberts sits down with Mary Horner, Staff Attorney with Legal Services of Northern Virginia, to discuss elder law and Madison Reeder, Registered Dietitian, walks you through a recipe for cauliflower stirfry.  

5.8 million American adults live with Alzheimers. By 2050, that number is expected to be 14 million! This month, Nicole McMonigle Knight, CDP, Consultant for Dementia Care Connections, discusses the prevalence of dementia and the national movement to make communities more responsive to those suffering, called the

Click on the link below to read the Gazette’s article (page 15) about How to Avoid Scams & attend SSA’s upcoming Senior Law Day on June 22nd.   http://connectionarchives.com/PDF/2019/052919/Alexandria.pdf

Read more about Legal Services of Northern Virginia, a nonprofit, on page 23 of the Alexandria Times.   https://alextimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/05_16_2019-Alex_Times_WEB.pdf  

Check out page 13 of the Alexandria Gazette for information on this year’s Annual Health & Fitness Fair on Wednesday, May 29th.   http://connectionarchives.com/PDF/2019/051519/Alexandria.pdf

Click the link below to read more about Older American’s Month and this year’s theme “Connect, Create, Contribute” on page 68. Learn how you can do just that this month with SSA’s programming.   http://digital.thezebra.org/?issueID=37&pageID=69

This month, host Jim Roberts sits down with Jamie Grandic, Manager of Clinical Nutrition at Inova Alexandria Hospital, to discuss Inova’s upcoming role in the Health & Fitness Fair on May 29th. Then, Registered Dietitian Madison Reeder shows you how to make a pineapple summer salsa.

Read more about SSA’s involvement in Share the Love and how it earned the organization $10,198 on page 15 of the Alexandria Gazette: http://connectionarchives.com/PDF/2019/041719/Alexandria.pdf