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Austin

Advocacy group a powerful resource for seniors

We would like to remind the community that the Advocacy Program at the Mower County Senior Center is here to assist you. The mission of ... Read more

by Sara Schafer, Saturday, April 20, 2013 5:26 pm

Austin

Senior Center hosting Family Education Workshop

The Senior Center is hosting a Family Education Workshop from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday. Are you caring for an aging loved one with ... Read more

by Sara Schafer, Saturday, April 13, 2013 4:43 pm

Mower County Senior Travel

Program describes New Deal effects on Mower

The New Deal was a collection of programs enacted during the Great Depression by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The aim was to get people back ... Read more

by Sara Schafer, Saturday, April 6, 2013 3:05 pm

elderly

Senior Center offering Medicare info class

Medicare is a health payer program of the United States Federal Government that provides payment coverage support for health and medical care. It was first ... Read more

by Sara Schafer, Saturday, March 30, 2013 5:05 pm

Guest Columns

Schafer: Senior Center hosting spring dance Wednesday

March is living up to its name this year — The snowiest month. Read more

by Sara Schafer, Sunday, March 24, 2013 4:50 pm

Mower County Senior Center

Know the signs, take the steps to avoid diabetes

Did you know that 21 million older Americans have diabetes or pre-diabetes—and 60 percent of people with diabetes also have hypertension? If left untreated, these ... Read more

by Sara Schafer, Saturday, March 16, 2013 5:48 pm

Austin

Get in touch with the world through Facebook

Facebook is a social networking website intended to connect friends, family and business associates. Facebook users create a profile page that shows their friends and ... Read more

by Sara Schafer, Saturday, March 9, 2013 10:42 am

Austin

Elderly of today are more healthy and active

Roughly 10,000 Baby Boomers will turn 65 today, and about 10,000 more will cross that threshold every day for the next 17 years. The Baby ... Read more

by Sara Schafer, Saturday, March 2, 2013 5:31 pm

caregivers

Program will help caregivers balance their lives

The Mower County Senior Center will be holding Powerful Tools for Caregivers. This six-week educational program was developed to provide caregivers with tools to increase ... Read more

by Sara Schafer, Sunday, February 24, 2013 2:42 am

Mower County Senior Center

Keeping healthy can help against falls and injury

When seniors visit the doctor, one of the mandatory questions they’re asked is whether they’ve fallen recently. Tumbles which would be trivial at younger ages ... Read more

by Sara Schafer, Saturday, February 16, 2013 5:17 pm

Austin

Make it a special Valentine’s Day

Making Valentine’s Day special for a friend, parent or any senior citizen is really not all that hard — you just have to be aware that the ... Read more

by Sara Schafer, Saturday, February 9, 2013 4:52 pm

Austin

Senior Center, Primose teaming up to help storm victims

Hurricane Sandy hit the East Coast in October, causing massive destruction up and down the coast. Sandy was a huge storm that spread over an ... Read more

by Sara Schafer, Saturday, January 26, 2013 5:07 pm

Austin

Happiness is achieved by taking the first steps

A new year, a new promise for sanity and a new frontier stretching wide in front of us. What do you want to cultivate in ... Read more

by Sara Schafer, Saturday, January 19, 2013 4:44 pm

Archive

Learn the dangers of diabetes and ways to fight it

Did you know that 21 million older Americans have diabetes or pre-diabetes — and 60 percent of people with diabetes also have hypertension? If left ... Read more

by Sara Schafer, Saturday, January 5, 2013 5:10 pm

Austin

Consider these steps in making resolutions

Early in the holiday season, often as soon as Thanksgiving has passed, many of us start making plans for New Year’s Eve. And then almost ... Read more

by Sara Schafer, Saturday, December 29, 2012 4:52 pm

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