Welcome to the JCA News and Events page. Here you will find all news updates as well as post from the general blog and the KC (Kensington Clubs) Blog. Use the search function on the right side of the page to find news and posts about any particular category or key term that interests you.
KC Blog / By JCA / December 5, 2023
A Young Onset Dementia Monthly Social Engagement Group is starting! Kesher Cafe – connect, share, support This monthly social engagement group is for those with young onset dementia (diagnosis prior to age 65). Care Partners are asked to remain on site and are welcome to participate in the planned activities. There will be opportunities to …
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Blog / By JCA / November 29, 2023
by Mayo Clinic staff, from The Beacon Seasonal affective disorder, or SAD, is a type of depression that typically occurs each year during fall and winter. If you’re like most people with SAD, your symptoms start in the fall and continue into the winter months, sapping your energy and making you feel moody. It is …
Blog / By JCA / November 28, 2023
by Allison Aubrey for NPR Morning Edition An analysis released Tuesday from scientists behind a research initiative called the BIG JOY Project finds that people who commit daily “micro-acts” of joy experience about a 25% increase in emotional well-being over the course of a week. “We’re really excited,” says Emiliana Simon-Thomas, a BIG JOY project leader, and science director …
Blog / By JCA / November 22, 2023
JCA has presented three awards for 2023. Each award winner has made a valuable and valued contribution to JCA and the community we serve. Jack Berezny, JCA Controller received the Ruth Breslow-Young Staff Award of Excellence Award in recognition of his extraordinary service to the JCA’s mission. In his nearly 14 years of service as …
by Kate Ashford for the Beacon [Ed. Note: We are currently in the thick of Medicare’s annual “open enrollment period,” which runs from October 15 to December 7 every year. That’s the period during which you can a) switch from Original Medicare to a Medicare Advantage plan, or vice versa, b) join, drop or switch …
Forget National Caregivers Month. Think About What Family Caregivers Need by Howard Gleckman, JCA immediate past president Welcome to November, National Family Caregivers Month, one of those Hallmark Card-like designations that politicians grant when they can’t, or won’t, actually act to help people. But instead of getting frustrated over what Congress isn’t doing, it seems like …
Blog / By JCA / November 20, 2023
by John Shuchart, JCA board member Financial Management – I don’t know of a subject that frightens us more. This is mostly because we don’t understand it and have had little or no education about it. Frankly, our money is extremely important to us, and we don’t want to lose it. With that in mind, …
KC Blog / By JCA / November 15, 2023
Next Chapter News with Debbie By Debbie Sokobin, JCA Blog Contributor Caregivers: Just Remember to Breathe. It is hard to believe that this month is the two-year anniversary of my father’s death. He went through a nine-month roller coaster of oral cancer that he actually beat, only to die of pneumonia before he ever got to …
Blog / By JCA / November 13, 2023
from Positive Aging Community A study just published online in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease showed that pre-dementia and Alzheimer’s patients who received lifestyle coaching (including in using computerized brain exercises) derived cognitive benefit not generally seen in studies of Alzheimer’s drugs. The brain exercises used in the study were from the BrainHQ brain training app, developed and …
Blog / By JCA / October 26, 2023
by Jim Miller for the Beacon There are three different types of vaccines older adults should consider getting this fall to protect against a repeat of last winter’s “tripledemic” of respiratory illnesses, which included flu, RSV and coronavirus. For people 65 and older, there are three flu vaccines that the CDC recommends over traditional flu …
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