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Out & About: September 2019
There are lots of shows, special events and festivals in north metro Atlanta during the month of September.
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Mountain Meals: Acclaimed restaurants in Georgia and North Carolina
Check out these acclaimed Georgia and North Carolina restaurants when you head to the hills.
Technology
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Tech Learning Is a Life Skill
There are numerous places in metro Atlanta where seniors can find tech learning and coaching. They range from tech sessions at retail stores, such as those for iPhone training at Apple Stores, to programs run at senior centers or residential facilities to private, in-home coaching.
Atlanta Senior Life visited the Cobb County Senior Services Assisted Technology Lab in Marietta. Join us for a tour of the facility, hosted by Felicia Alingu, Outcomes Program Specialist, as she demonstrates products and resources designed to make life easier for seniors.
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Ask Rusty: Should I Take Social Security at 62?
If you take your Social Security benefits when you’re 62, the monthly amount you receive will be 27.5% lower than you would get at your full retirement age of 66 1/2. But if your current health issues mean that you must stop working and lose income you rely upon to make ends meet, then taking your benefits at age 62 will give you some badly needed financial relief.
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Hospital’s Volunteer Corps Celebrates a Half-Century
Patients and visitors at the hospital would be surprised at how often the person greeting them in the lobby, pushing their wheelchair, delivering flowers, staffing the gift shops, bringing in therapy dogs, taking baby pictures, driving courtesy carts and offering information and comfort to patients and their families is a retired corporate executive. Others are teachers, artists, veterans, homemakers, high-school students and more.
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Personal Safety: Keep It Private
When I was a detective, we had our regulars, comprised of conspiracy theorists warning us of everything from aliens to the ever-popular government spying conspiracy. Here we are, some 30 years later, and some of those concerns have actually evolved. I recently read an article in USA Today, addressing privacy and some tricks you can use. These are designed for those of us who are already “out there” in cyber-land. Protect your privacy.
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Late Summer Reading
Here’s a suggested list of books perfect for reading while you’re catching those last rays of the summer sun.
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These Days: How a Garden Grows
The other day, while mowing, I thought I should share the hard-won knowledge I’ve gained through these many years of failing to turn my little plot into Yard of the Month.
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I CARE Offers Free Rides to Seniors
Over the past 20 years, I CARE Inc. — the Interfaith Companion and Ride Express, a 501c3 non-profit organization — has provided thousands of rides to medical appointments for thousands of low- and fixed-income seniors of DeKalb County.
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Personal Safety: The Levels of Security
You can control only what is controllable. You cannot control a crook’s decision to select, for instance, your residential community, be it apartments, condominiums or single-family homes, but you can control his decision to bypass your house by creating a first impression.
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Animals provide assistance, support and comfort
Some service animals can, among other things, pull a wheelchair, retrieve a dropped item, alert a person to a sound, remind a person about medications or press an elevator button on command. In fact, some dogs have even been trained to detect oncoming epileptic seizures or sense the presence of certain human cancers.
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Pet Picks: No Age Limit on Love
When you’re looking for a new animal companion, consider an older cat or dog. They tend to be more settled, are house-trained and have already developed their social skills. Here’s a sample of the lovable, older pets available at the Atlanta Humane Society.
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Furkids: Transfurring love across state lines
Atlanta-based Furkids is going the extra mile — actually, lots of extra miles — to help put a dent in Georgia’s animal euthanasia rates. Last year, the 17-year-old group launched its TransFUR animal transport service, a program that is picking up unwanted animals from high-kill shelters across Georgia and sending them to no-kill animal shelters in northern states, where there is high demand for adoptable animals and a low inventory of them.
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Out and About: August 2019
There are many shows, concerts, lectures and other events available to north metro Atlanta residents.
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North Georgia Mountain Fun and Fitness
Whether you’re looking for music, arts & crafts, a good fireworks display for July 4th or some old-fashioned carnival rides, the mountains of North Georgia and North Carolina have plenty to keep you busy this summer.
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