Happy New Year from CLA!

​We have so much to look forward to this year so let's get into it!

January events from the CLA events calendar:

• Dementia Support Group - 1/3 every Tuesday
• Laser Personal Training Online/On Phone - Mondays
• Zoom Virtual Live Dementia Training - 1/10
• Grief and Loss - 1/13
• Free Educational Workshops - 1/16
• Trivia Night at Park Terrace at Radisson - 1/25

We have several events on our 2023 calendar that we will be revealing soon!

CLA could use a few more members. Do you know organizations in transportation, in-home beauty care, in-home integrative/alternative care, or other areas that may benefit from membership? If so please invite them to join us at a CoffeeNet or send me their information - Thank you! To see a list of our members use this link.

Please see the two blogs posted by Reflections Management & Care from December:

• Care Managers: An Asset in Mediating Difficult Conversations
• How to Include Long-Distance Aging Loved Ones in Holiday Celebrations

Here's some of what CLA members have going on this month: 

• Understanding and Responding to Dementia Related Behaviors - 12/6
• Dementia Support Group - 12/6 and recurs every week on Tuesdays
• Effective Communication Strategies - 12/6
• Managing Money: A Caregiver's Guide to Financing - 12/8
• End of Life Planning - 12/9
• Managing Money: A Caregiver's Guide to Financing - 12/12
• Healthy Living for Your Brain and Body - 12/13
• Dementia Conversations - 12/15

See the full events calendar.

It's already November...

Here's some of what CLA members have going on this month:

• Understanding and Responding to Dementia Related Behaviors - 11/3
• Lazer Personal Training Online/On Phone - 11/7
• Tour- Historic Roberson Mansion - 11/7
• Parkrose Estates Grand Reopening Celebration - 11/9
• Understanding Alzheimer's and Dementia - 11/14
• Alz Assoc. Herkimer County Community Forum - 11/15
• Dementia Conversations - 11/15
• CLA Networking & Education at Brookdale Fayetteville - 11/15
• Managing Money: A Caregivers Guide - 11/17
• Click to view our calendar of events

Community Living Advocates and a number of events scheduled for September. Visit their website to learn more:
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Here's some of what Community Living Advocates have going on for July, taken from their events calendar:

• Dementia Support Group - 7/5
• Understanding & Responding to Dementia Behaviors - 7/7
• Aetna/Staples Health Resource & Family Fun Day - 7/9
• CLA Summer Picnic at The Hearth at GreenPoint - 7/12 at 2pm
• Dementia Conversations Driving, Doctor Visits, Legal, and Financial Planning
• Managing Money: A Caregiver's Guide to Financing
• CoffeeNet - The Hearth on James - 7/21 at 9am
• Seward Feminism: Online Visit to the Seward House Museum - 7/21
• Haudenosaunee Culture: Online Visit with the Roberson Museum and Science Center -7/28

They also have one new article this month from their Blog: Are we receiving enough benefits from all our subscriptions?
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Community Living Advocates has a great deal going on this June. Please take advantage of these great events and see more on their website events calendar:

• Laser Personal Training Online/Phone – Mondays at 7am by Gwen's Helping Hands

• Dementia Support Group – usually Tuesdays at 9am by Senior Home Care & Alzheimer's Solutions

• Air Dutchess: Tour of New York’s Hudson Valley – 6/7 at 1pm  by Alzheimer’s Association CNY Chapter

• “Guide to Medicare” via Zoom – 6/7 at 3pm by Onondaga OFA

• Understanding and Responding to Dementia Related Behaviors – 6/8 at 6pm  by Alzheimer’s Association CNY Chapter

• 5th Anniversary Empower Breakfast Celebration – 6/9 at 8am by Empower Parkinson

• CNY Retirement Showcase – 6/9 from 10am to 2pm at the CNY Regional Market 2100 Park Street Syracuse 

• Zoo to You Virtual Visit to the Rosamond Gifford Zoo – 6/9 at 2pm  by Alzheimer’s Association CNY Chapter

• Caregiver AND Employee – 6/12 at 5:30pm by Onondaga OFA

• Dementia Conversations Driving, Doctor Visits, Legal, and Financial Planning – 6/14 at 3pm by Alzheimer’s Association

• Living with Alzheimer’s for Caregivers – Late Stage Part 1 – 6/15 at 5:30pm by Alzheimer’s Association CNY Chapter

• Online Visit to the Phelps Mansion Museum – 6/16 at 11am  by Alzheimer’s Association CNY Chapter

• Prepare to Care – Caregiving 101 – 6/16 at 5:30pm Onondaga OFA

• Living with Alzheimer’s for Caregivers- Late Stage Part 2 – 6/22 at 5:30pm by Alzheimer’s Association CNY Chapter

• Dementia Conversations Driving, Doctor Visits, Legal, and Financial Planning – 6/30 at 11am by Alzheimer’s Association
  

For a full list of events check out our events calendar.

Here are the articles shared from our members and guest authors this month:

• Empowering Everyday Living: Occupational Therapy Tips for Handwriting

• When heartstrings are strummed with sorrow 
• Create a Purpose; Make a Plan, or vice versa

Community Living Advocates is holding this new event to bring together the best of what's available for retirees (people 55+) in the Central New York area. Their goal is to help people plan for and/or enhance their retirement. We have so many great attractions, classes, volunteer opportunities, travel, and living opportunities in CNY and as many as possible will be at the event.
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Community Living Advocates has many events to look forward to. Here are just a few from their CLA Events Calendar:

• Personal Training Online - 5/2 at 7am
• Dementia Support Group - 5/4 at 9am
• Aging Backwards - 5/4 at 5:30pm
• Positive Approach to Caring for Persons with Dementia - 5/5 at 5:30pm
• Death Cafe - 5/10 at 6pm
• Living with Alzheimer's Series for Caregiver - 5/11 at 5pm
• Community Activism Fair - 5/11 at 5:30pm

They also have a new blog article to share for Older Americans Month - Age My Way in CNY.
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Community Living Advocates has a lot going on this month.

Save the Date: June 9th from 10am to 2pm please bring your residents, clients, and families to the CNY Retirement Showcase. This event will bring together the best of what's available for retirees in the Central New York area. Our goal with this event is to help people plan for their retirement and/or enhance their retirement. We have so many great attractions, classes, volunteer opportunities, travel, and living opportunities in CNY and we plan to showcase as many as possible. If you have any contacts with possible vendors please share them with me - this is going to be a great event!

Selected events taken from the events calendar:

• Monday “Move it for Momentum” Online – Mondays at 10am
• Monday Moving Meditation – Mondays at noon
• CLA Member Exclusive Networking - 4/5 at 10am
• Virtual Maple Tree Tapping – 4/6 at 10am
• Living Healthy with a Chronic Condition – 4/6 at 10am
• Tai Chi for Arthritis & Fall Prevention – Mondays at 10:30am 
•  Gwen’s Wednesday “Healthy Hearts” – 4/6 at 10am
• Magnarelli Senior Fair in a Bag – 4/7 from 9:30-11:30am
• Anticipatory Grief as a Caregiver – 4/7 at 5:30pm
• Live Music - The Cadleys w/special guest Mark Wahl – 4/9 at 7:30pm
• Dementia Conversations Driving, Doctor Visits, Legal, and Financial Planning - 4/14 at 9:00am