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Topic- Rebranding aging
ICAA Champion: introducing Caroline Deinema
“It’s been a life of opportunities, blessings, adventures and good health,” observes Caroline Deinema, a resident of Touchmark at All Saints in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and role model for leading a full life. Deinema encourages her friends and other Touchmark residents to stay active and social as well, for a healthy, enriching life.
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ICAA Champion: introducing Barbara Wilkerson
With "a smile for everyone," Barbara Wilkerson is "a vibrant part" of the community at Atria Mableton, a property located in Austell, Georgia, on the outskirts of Atlanta. The Atria Senior Living community is one of five owned and operated in the Peach State by the Louisville, Kentucky-based provider. To promote a fulfilling life for residents, the community offers Atria’s Engage Life program. Wilkerson is a role model for engaged living.
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ICAA Champion: introducing Wayne Senior Center
Wayne Senior Center has served the residents of Pennsylvania's Delaware, Montgomery and Chester counties for more than 40 years. The nationally accredited senior center occupies a site near the "Main Line" train station in Wayne, an unincorporated community that is part of Radnor Township. Some 30,000 citizens live in the township, which encompasses suburban population centers like Wayne, as well as rural areas, according to its website. ... Wayne Senior Center's educational and recreational activities "ensure meaningful leisure time, promote health and wellness, encourage an active lifestyle, and provide a friendly environment for socialization." Executive Director Susan Shapiro adds, "Our center is the place where seniors become empowered to grow, develop and get involved."
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ICAA Champion: introducing Sue Schwartz
"The beaches of San Diego, the rugged terrain of Baja California, and the beauty of Arizona’s Sonoran desert are my playgrounds," says Sue Schwartz, a native of the Golden State. Born in Long Beach during World War II, 71-year-old Schwartz lived an active, outdoorsy life, until challenges with arthritis intervened. After she fell in 2014, Schwartz fought her way back to health and happiness. Now she strives "to inspire others to consider the possibilities and joy of a lifestyle based on wellness."
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ICAA Champion: introducing the City of Salisbury's Jim Binder
For Jim Binder, "active aging means acting as a role model and encouraging others to take responsibility for their health and well-being. And it means being enthusiastic about aging, as well as the possibilities and opportunities that aging brings." The City of Salisbury's coordinator, Wellbeing Programs, encourages people to "challenge stereotypes that both portray older adults through a lens of decline and diminished value and emphasize the 'burdens' of growing old."
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ICAA Champion: introducing Neal Gamsky
Dr. Neal Gamsky describes himself as “a high-energy person.” The 84-year-old leads an active life with Irene, his wife of nearly 60 years, at the Touchmark on West Prospect community in Appleton, Wisconsin. ... For Gamsky, active aging “means engaging yourself physically, mentally and emotionally in the community and for yourself.” He also finds that a positive attitude to aging makes a difference. “I’m trying to grow old cheerfully,” Gamsky stresses.
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