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Healthy LIVING while aging! (2023-06)

To celebrate National Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Month you'll want to read our featured article. This month we also celebrate National Dairy month with ways to get calcium even if you don't drink milk or eat dairy and National Egg month with a healthy vegetable filled frittata.

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Healthy LIVING while aging! (2023-05)

This month's newsletter includes how to improve your mental health by staying connected, informed and safe online, knife safety and skills, how to make a burrito bowl for Cinco de Mayo and a delicious mango salsa that can also be made with peaches or pineapple.

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Healthy LIVING while aging! (2023-04)

The National Safety Council considers Apr. Distracted Driving Awareness Month. Many older adults worry about having their driving privileges taken away. Learn more in our newsletter. Also featured is information from Cooking Matters ® on diets and a delicious banana crumble to celebrate National Banana Day on Apr. 14.

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SAVE THE DATE

Shared Responsibility in Marginalized Older Adult Populations:
Promoting and Achieving Health Equity and Well-Being Summit

Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023
8:30 a.m. registration and sign-in
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. presentation


To be held in Las Vegas at the University of Nevada, Reno Extension Lifelong Learning Center and featuring topics with renowned speakers serving Clark County


  • Keynote Speaker, Keith E. Whitfield, Ph.D., UNLV, presenting on African American populations
  • Annie Lindsay, Ph.D., Extension, presenting on recovery and formerly incarceration women and older adults
  • Hope for Family Resilience Team, Extension, presenting on domestic/intimate/care partner violence in later life
  • Jason Flatt, Ph.D., UNLV, presenting on LGBTQIA+ population
  • Justin Miller, Ph.D., Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, presenting on persons living with dementia
  • Samantha John, Ph.D., UNLV, presenting on Hispanic populations

Programs of Interest

Aging Mastery Program® An evidenced-informed curriculum combining knowledge sharing with goal-setting and feedback routines, daily practices, peer support and small rewards. Classes are led by a facilitator and enhanced by expert speakers who help participants gain the skills and tools they need to manage their health, remain economically secure and contribute actively in the society.

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Disrupt Aging Classroom 
An interactive evidence-based curriculum developed by AARP® that challenges students to examine their aging perceptions and think about how the growing aging population is relavent to their personal lives and future careers. Taught by extensively trained facilitators in the classroom or virtually.

 

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