DECEMBER 2018 EDITOR: Tracy Heger

PROGRAMS/SERVICES

PEER SUPPORT

FRIENDLY VISITING

CASE MANAGEMENT

CRISIS INTERVENTION

NON-INVASIVE NURSING SERVICES

CONSULTATION - ADVOCACY

INFORMATION & REFERRAL

APPLICATION COMPLETION

*TASK FORCE FUEL ASSISTANCE

YOGA

BLOOD PRESSURE SCREENING

BEGINNERS & ADVANCED FITNESS

FLU SHOTS

DROP-IN CENTER LUNCH

MONTHLY NEWSLETTER

PHOTO ID PROGRAM

LOW VISION SUPPORT GROUP

INCOME TAX ASSISTANCE

“FILE OF LIFE” PROGRAM

COMPUTERS AVAILABLE

“SHINE” COUNSELING

SUECA - BINGO - “45”- WHIST

MOVIE PROGRAM

KNITTING & CROCHETING

PARTIES AND SPECIAL EVENTS

PUZZLE EXCHANGE

DIAL-A-RIDE PASSES

*SENIOR TAX WORK OFF PROGRAM

HEALTH EDUCATION TOPICS

READING BOOKS AVAILABLE

HEALTH PROGRAMS

REFERRALS FOR HOME DELIVERED MEALS

REFERRAL TO LONG DISTANCE

TRANSPORTATION

Wii BOWLING

MAHJONG

WiFi SERVICE

LINE DANCING

ZUMBA GOLD

SILVER ALERT PROGRAM

CARRIER ALERT PROGRAM

YELLOW ALERT PROGRAM

*TED TALKS

*CLUTTER REDUCTION GROUP

*SUBJECT TO FUNDING

Blood Pressure Screening

has been moved to

Thursday mornings

from 9-11 am.

WANTED: Whist Players!

Please join them on Wednesdays at

9:30 am.

A Time for Being Encouraged and

Lifted up!

LED BY CHAPLAIN KEN HART

of

At the Senior Center on

December 4, 2018 at 1:00 pm.

Please call (508) 821-1425 to sign up.

Friedman Middle School

Choir

Please join us on December 11,

2018 at 12:30 pm as the

Friedman Middle School choir

performs their Holiday Choral

concert at the Taunton Council

on Aging. Refreshments will

be served.

Please call the Senior Center

(508) 821-1425 to sign up.

Christmas Tree

Door Hanger

Come join Mary Beth on

December 13, 2018 from

1:00-2:30 to make a

Canning Lid Christmas

Tree Door Hanger. Space

is limited so call the

Senior Center at

(508) 821-1425 to

reserve your spot.

Come and be a part of the

“Never Stop Learning Group” on

Thursday, December 6, 2018 at 11:30 am.

Jerry Ciarcia will talk about the Tale of

Two Famous National Stone Carvings:

Mt. Rushmore & Stone Mountain.

Please call the Senior Center to reserve

space by calling (508) 821-1425.

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Christmas & New Year’s Schedule

Monday—Office closes at 12:00 pm

Tuesday—Office Closed

Wednesday, Thursday & Friday

8:00 am—4:00 pm

Christmas Dinner at Coyle-Cassidy High School Turkey Dinner with all the trimmings provided by

Corline Cronan’s Family, Inc.

Tuesday, December 25, 2018

Coffee & Donuts served from 8 am—11 am

Dinner served from 11 am—1 pm

A free bag of groceries will be provided for everyone

attending the dinner. Shut-ins please call the Senior Center by

Friday, December 21st at (508) 821-1425 for home delivery.

Thursday, December 20, 2018, at 11:30 am,

“TED Talks”

This month we will be discussing: “What does your New Year

look like?”

TED talks is a nonpartisan nonprofit

devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the

form of short, powerful talks.

Registration is required. Please sign by

calling the Senior Center at (508) 821-1425.

Giving Back to our Seniors On Wednesday, December 19th from

10:00 am—11:00 am., 20 students

from Hopewell School will be coming

to the Senior Center to do a small

craft, hand out candy canes & sing

Holiday carols. The students that

attend will have a Kindness light bulb

with them on how they would like to

show kindness to others. Cookies and

Hot Cocoa will be served. Please call

the Senior Center to register at

(508) 821-1425.

SHRED WEEK

In our ongoing effort in helping to reduce the chances of

Identity Theft within our community, Taunton Federal

Credit Union has partnered with the Taunton Council on

Aging to provide Taunton residents 60 years of age or

older, with free shredding of important documents during

the week of December 3rd through December 7th.

Qualified residents are encouraged to stop by with any

documents they would like shredded. You will be allowed

1 bankers box per day. The following is a list of some of

the items that will be accepted:

Personal Documents

Business Documents

Bills & Receipts

Tax Returns

Medical Records

We are looking for “45” players for !

Wednesday mornings from !

9:30�11:30. If you are interested

please sign up by calling the Senior

Center at (508) 821�1425.!

Come join our Zumba Gold group

on Thursdays at 12:45 pm.!

Mahjong is played on Mondays

at 12:30 pm. If you know how to

play, come and join them!

Compulsive Acquiring and Collecting Peer Group

Do you feel that you have too much stuff? Do you love to spend time shopping for items that

you do not need and feel guilty after? Does going shopping make you feel happy or do you

even get a thrill from finding low cost or free items? Do you have too many items but have

trouble getting rid of or throwing them away? Come and join our supportive group to learn techniques to help de-

clutter your home, stop buying unnecessary items, and learn skills needed to help be able to manage disposing of

unneeded items. The group will learn these new skills and techniques from the book, Buried in Treasures, and

from the facilitator of the program, Erin Kerkhoff, MS. This will be an on-going program held every Thursday at

1:00 PM. Come join us weekly for an enjoyable and educational time. Please register by calling the Senior Cen-

ter at (508) 821-1425.

Wisdom Wednesdays

In 2019 keep an eye out for Wisdom Wednesdays!

A morning filled with friends, food and thoughtful

conversations here at the Taunton Council on Aging.

Please join us for seven Wednesdays in 2019 for

facilitated discussions that promote optimal

wellbeing for you and those around you. A free

brunch will be available and seating is limited—a

flyer with dates and a description of the programs

will be available shortly.

For more information please speak to

Charlene Bonenfant, Assistant Director

at (508) 821-1425.

Never Stop Learning Group

On January 3, 2019 at 11:30 am , our local

historian, Jerry Ciarcia will present, “Innocent

Mistakes”. He will discuss mistakes such as the

World is flat or has 3 parts and Columbus’

mistake. Please join the group by calling the

Senior Center at (508) 821-1425 to reserve a spot.

Ask Paul the I.T. Guy!! Join us on January 8, 2019 at

1:00 pm to ask Paul Arikian,

the Director of the City’s

Information Technology

Department any questions you

have...i.e. computers, cable,

internet!!

Call (508) 821-1425 to sign up.

3 9:30 SUECA

9:30 FITNESS 101*

12:30 MAHJONG

1:30 YOGA*

2:45 LINE DANCING*

SHRED WEEK

4

9:30 SUECA

10:00 FITNESS CLASS*

1:00 KEN HART—GRIEF

FOR THE HOLIDAYS*

3:00 YOGA*

SHRED WEEK

5 9:30 SUECA

9:30 “45”

9:30 WHIST

1:00 BINGO

SHRED WEEK

6 8:45 BEGINNERS FITNESS*

9-11 BLOOD PRESSURE

9:30 KNITTING &

CROCHETING

9:30 SUECA

10:00 FITNESS CLASS*

11:30 NEVER STOP

LEARNING GROUP*

12:45 ZUMBA GOLD

1:00 Wii BOWLING

1:00 COLLECTING &

ACQUIRING PEER GROUP

SHRED WEEK

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9:00 LEGAL SERVICES

9:30 SUECA

9:30 FITNESS 101*

SHRED WEEK

10!9:30 SUECA

9:30 FITNESS 101*

10:00 VISION

SUPPORT

12:30 MAHJONG

1:30 YOGA*

2:45 LINE DANCING*

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9:30 SUECA

10:00 FITNESS CLASS*

12:30 FRIEDMAN SCHOOL

CHOIR*

3:00 YOGA*

5:30 PM FITNESS

12

9:30 SUECA

9:30 “45”

9:30 WHIST

1:00 BINGO

13

8:45 BEGINNERS FITNESS*

9-11 BLOOD PRESSURE

9:30 KNITTING &

CROCHETING

9:30 SUECA

10:00 FITNESS CLASS*

12:45 ZUMBA GOLD

1:00 Wii BOWLING

1-2:30 CRAFT CLASS*

1:00 COLLECTING &

ACQUIRING PEER GROUP

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9:30 SUECA

9:30 FITNESS 101*

17

9:30 SUECA

9:30 FITNESS 101*

12:30 MAHJONG

1:30 YOGA*

2:45 LINE DANCING*

18

9:30 SUECA

10:00 FITNESS CLASS*

3:00 YOGA*

5:30 PM FITNESS

19

9:30 SUECA

9:30 “45”

9:30 WHIST

10-11:00 HOPEWELL

SCHOOL– GIVING

BACK TO OUR

SENIORS*

1:00 BINGO

BROWN BAG

20

8:45 BEGINNERS FITNESS*

9-11 BLOOD PRESSURE

9:30 KNITTING &

CROCHETING

9:30 SUECA

10:00 FITNESS CLASS*

11:30 TED Talks

12:45 ZUMBA GOLD 1:00 Wii BOWLING

1:00 COLLECTING &

ACQUIRING PEER GROUP

21

9:30 SUECA

9:30 FITNESS 101*

24

9:30 SUECA

9:30 FITNESS 101*

OFFICE CLOSES

AT 12:00 PM

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OFFICE CLOSED

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9:30 SUECA

9:30 “45”

9:30 WHIST

1:00 BINGO

!!

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8:45 BEGINNERS FITNESS*

9-11 BLOOD PRESSURE

9:30 KNITTING &

CROCHETING

9:30 SUECA

10:00 FITNESS CLASS*

12:45 ZUMBA GOLD 1:00 Wii BOWLING

1:00 COLLECTING &

ACQUIRING PEER GROUP

28

9:30 SUECA

9:30 FITNESS 101*

31

9:30 SUECA

9:30 FITNESS 101

OFFICE CLOSES

AT 12:00 PM

**PLEASE

CONTACT THE

SENIOR CENTER

REGARDING THIS PROGRAM!!

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

A Unique Opportunity to change a senior’s life...Managing our money

will enable us to be stress free, Independent and safe from Exploitation.

The Money Management Program was developed to assist low-income elders who have difficulty writing checks,

balancing checkbooks and managing money. Some of these elders may be homebound, visually impaired,

confused, and without family nearby to help. The day-to-day operation of the program is managed by Coastline

Elder Services, with the purpose being to provide assistance to elders who might be at risk of losing their

independence due to their inability to pay basic rent, food, and utility bills on time. A trained, insured, supervised

volunteer is carefully matched one-on-one with an elder needing assistance. The volunteer goes to the elder’s

home at least monthly to help keep track of income and expenses. Volunteers are urgently needed to provide this

unique, essential service, a lifetime for many low-income seniors. Please call Natacha Salemme for more

information at (508) 742-9113 or email nsalemme@coastlinenb.org.

Adverse Weather Cancella0on Policy!

If Taunton Public schools are closed due to inclement weather, then all

programs and ac�vi�es at the senior center will be cancelled. If the schools

have a delayed start or early dismissal, all programs will be held as !scheduled. If the Mayor closes City Hall Offices, then programs are !

cancelled and our office will be closed.

Did you know that we have a

Congregate meal site here at

the senior center? Call Bristol

Elder Service nutrition

department at (508) 324-4619

for more information.

Try this proven way to avoid a painful

splat on the ice: Walk like a penguin.

The waddle keeps your center of

gravity over your front leg and will

help keep you upright. Spread your feet

out slightly and keep your hands out of

your pockets, to increase your center of

gravity, and take small steps. You need

your arms for balance.

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Disclaimer: References to any person, product, service or information does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by the Taunton Council on Aging or any of its employees. The Taunton Council on Aging neither assumes any liability nor endorses ANY

specific products or services provided by public or private organizations.

In my youth, holidays with my parents, brother, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins and close

friends were always full of laughs and friendly discussions, a bounty of sweet treats and the sharing

of gifts. These memories I hold dear. At this time of year, I ask you to remember those who are less

fortunate by sharing a smile, a conversation, a delicious treat or a token of friendship to make

everyone’s holiday a happy one. On behalf of the Board and Staff of the Department of

Human Services/Taunton Council on Aging, I would like to wish everyone a

Happy and Healthy Holiday season!

Anne Bisson, Director

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