Thank You to Rose City Senior Center’s glee club, Golden Nuggets for the wonderful Winter Concert they had for us in January! The concert really showcased this group’s amazing talent! The Roseland Combo also joined the concert with some wonderful music and Jim Conover, the Golden Nuggets director delighted us with a couple of solos! Thank you all again for this fun and delightful concert!
Thank You to Rose City Senior Center’s concert band, Roseland Combo, who delightfully entertained us in December with a special Holiday Concert! The event was well attended and much appreciated by all. This wonderful band consists of very talented Senior Center members. Thank you for your wonderful music!
Time: 10:30am
Join us for this hour long presentation by Melissa Lawson, RN, Stroke Program Coordinator at Backus Hospital. At this presentation, learn about stroke prevention, the signs and symptoms of a person having a stroke and stroke patient treatment and recovery. Time for questions and answers will follow the presentation. Hope you join us for this important and informative presentation.
Please sign up with Receptionist if you will be attending.
Fall/Balance Assessment
Wednesday, Jan 24th from 10am- 2pm
Wednesday, Feb 7th from 10am- 2pm
Þ Carey Faulkner, MSPT physical therapist
Brain Health Screening
Wednesday, Feb 7th from 10am- 2pm
Þ Dawn Clark, SLP speech language pathologist
Screenings to be held in Classroom
Make an appointment today to reserve your spot for
these screenings at the front desk or call 860-441-6785. Walk-ins will be welcomed
but will have to wait for those who have appointments.
Appointments are currently being accepted for the Free AARP Income Tax assistance program at the Preston Senior Center. The income tax preparation assistance is designed for low and middle-income taxpayers of all ages, with special attention to those individuals who are 60 years of age or older.
If married, we ask that both husband and wife are present during an income tax counseling session. Taxpayers must bring all documents which they have received that apply to their 2017 income tax filing.
Tax-Aide sessions will be conducted at the Preston Senior Center, 42 Long Society Road, Preston on the following dates: Wednesday, February 7 and 21st, March 7th and 21st and concluding on Wednesday, April 4th. All appointments are scheduled between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.
IF you are interested in scheduling an appointment with a Certified AARP Tax Counselor, please call 860-887-5581 ext. 6 leaving your name, telephone number and a brief message. You will be contacted regarding the scheduling availability.
Time: 10am-2pm
Fall/Balance Assessment
Carey Faulkner, MSPT physical therapist
Screenings to be held in Classroom
Make an appointment today to reserve your spot for
these screenings at the front desk or call 860-441-6785. Walk-ins will be welcomed
but will have to wait for those who have appointments.
If you struggle with chronic headaches, the last thing you need is to wait a year and drive several hours for an appointment with a specialist. The opening of the Hartford HealthCare Headache Center in Waterford means sufferers from three states can cross that off the list of things causing their heads to throb.
In September, Kelly Heilman, APRN, and Linda Poteau, APRN, both specialists from the Headache Center, began seeing patients in new office space at 196 Parkway South, Waterford, according to Dr. Brian Grosberg, medical director of the Headache Center. That move brings vital care into the east region of the state and close to the Rhode Island and even Massachusetts borders.
“With 36 million migraine sufferers in the country, that means one in every 10 to 12 people suffer,” Dr.
Grosberg says. “The demand for headache services far outstrips the supply of specialists. The care we offer through the Hartford HealthCare Headache Center is unlike any available across the country.”
“Ours is a very patient-centric approach and the care we give is tailored to the individual patient, not a cookie cutter approach,” he says. “We look at each person, their medical history, preferences, medication list, and the context of what’s going on in their life to come up with a treatment plan. “It’s like a 100-foot view of their headache and all of the internal and external factors that impact their headache and quality of life.”
“This is the only program in the country where headache care is being geographically distributed across a healthcare system, maintaining a uniform level of care for all patients,” Dr. Grosberg says.
The next step for the Headache Center is to introduce telemedicine, which will enable the providers to support their patients at home. Even office visits could be conducted in person or via video conference as part of telemedicine, Dr. Grosberg notes.
“It’s a revolutionary way to deliver headache care and is ideal for patients who live far away from the office, who go away to college or who need to schedule appointments before or after work,” he says. Referrals for appointments in Waterford can be made by calling 860-696-2925.
Subscriptions are available for $8 a year and begin with any month you choose. Your newsletter will be mailed to your home as soon as it is ready for distribution. As always, Voices is available for free at the Rose City Senior Center.
At the beginning of each month, (normally the 1st or 2nd Tuesday), we offer a shopping trip to Lisbon Landing. Each trip is limited to 9 people and shoppers are limited to a maximum of 4 bags (due to space constraints).
The bus will get you to Lisbon for 10 AM and will pick you up at 12:30 p.m. The bus will NOT be available to drop you off from store-to-store. You will be dropped off and picked up in front of the Walmart Superstore.
The bus departs the Senior Center at 9:30 a.m. Please call the Senior Center to reserve your seat. If you need a ride into the Center, you must book a ride on the 8:30 bus as well.
Shopping dates are subject to change. Please check the VOICES newsletter (pg. 10)
or call the Senior Center to confirm monthly shopping date. (860) 889-5960
Call 376-2329
