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Topic- Vocational wellness
Westminster Towers Summer School strengthens community wellness
In a dining room full of lively chatter, two people sit to the side talking about their interior design class and how much they are looking forward to next week’s class—one is a resident and the other, a server at Westminster Towers active living community in Orlando, Florida. Both are participants in Westminster Towers Summer School 2007 program.
Westminster Towers is part of Westminster Communities of Florida, a not-for-profit active living housing and healthcare-related organization in the Sunshine State. Founded in 1954 in Bradenton (just south of Tampa) and now headquartered in Orlando, Westminster Communities of Florida includes 21 active living and rental communities providing services to more than 5,000 people statewide. These communities promote wellness and encourage active and healthy lifestyle choices.
Vocational wellness
Late-life civic engagement enhances health for individuals and communities by Patrick Cullinane, MS
Does civic engagement contribute to healthy aging? As active aging professionals work to empower age 50-plus adults to improve their quality of life and maintain their independence, can this healthy social capital benefit our communities? And will such a benefit help dispel myths about retired older adults as a burden to society and concerned about only their needs? A growing number of individuals and organizations say yes.
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Age 50-plus adults respond to new Life Options Initiative
Montreal, Canada—like New Orleans—blends Old World charm, New World commerce, and a notable joie de vivre. Located in Quebec (just north of Vermont), this French-speaking metropolis boasts a vibrant nightlife, cosmopolitan society, and impressive cultural diversity. Contributing to this diversity is a Jewish community of nearly 93,000 people, supported by an array of organizations. A full-service agency, the Cummings Jewish Centre for Seniors (CJCS) provides programs and services that “maintain independence and improve the quality of life of older adults.” The organization also “strives to create an atmosphere that promotes positive attitudes on aging.”
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Lifelong learning: an overview by Marge Coalman and Jenifer Milner
The demographics are startling. If people survive the seventh decade of life without a lightning strike—an aneurism, heart attack, terminal cancer or accident—they will probably live between 15 and 30-plus additional years. What a waste! Or so thought a number of pessimists in the not-so-distant past. However, the news is out. Developmental and cell biologists have discovered that the human body creates new brain cells every day into its oldest years, which means the opportunities for lifelong learning never stop.
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