News from Colorado Senior Lobby

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October 2017

What one person can do ...

Jill Grano Receiving Colorado Senior Lobby’s Serving our Seniors Award

"Each year Colorado Senior Lobby presents a 'Serving our Seniors' award to a Colorado citizen. This year the recipient was Jill Grano from Boulder. Jill was not able to attend the 2017 Summer Social but she did come to a Colorado Senior Lobby Board meeting where she accepted her award and talked about her experience in helping mobile home owners and what it was like to testify at the Capitol."

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Jill Grano Receiving Colorado Senior Lobby's Serving our Seniors Award

Cost Effective Services

But first: define the problem

By Ed Shackelford, President of Colorado Senior Lobby

"Solutions are known and are already in place – just waiting for more impactful action by government at many levels. For example, a recent article in TIME comments that the USA has some of the most robust programs in the world for people facing hunger ..." - READ MORE

Upcoming Colorado Senior Lobby Events

October 18, 2017 - Wednesday, 2:00PM - 3:00PM

Colorado Senior Lobby Volunteer Information Meeting

Join Colorado Senior Lobby members at a Colorado Senior Lobby Volunteer Information Meeting. This event will be on Wednesday, Oct 18th from 2:00PM to 3:00PM at Eastern Star Masonic Retirement Campus located at 2445 S Quebec St. in Denver. There is plenty of free parking.

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November 15, 2017 - Wednesday, 10:00AM - 12:00PM

Networking in the Cafeteria starts at 9:00AM!

Colorado Senior Lobby Citizen Lobbyist Training at the Capitol

Join Colorado Senior Lobby members at The Capitol on Wednesday, November 15th. We are hosting a Colorado Senior Lobby Citizen Lobbyist Training at the Capitol. The event will be on the 3rd floor in Senate Committee Room 352 - READ MORE

Professional Conference on Aging Nov 3rd

6th Annual Age Well Conference, Longmont

Join a growing network of businesses and professionals on Friday, November 3rd, for the 6th Annual Age Well Conference, taking place at the Plaza Convention Center in Longmont. This annual event draws hundreds of professionals and advocates from services industries, healthcare, retail, academia, and the public to learn about the latest in gerontechnology, marketing, healthcare and community services, behavioral economics, and much more. - READ MORE

How a Minority can and does Control Legislation

By Ed Shackelford, President of Colorado Senior Lobby

"The recent special session was called by the Governor to correct errors in the drafting of Senate Bill SB17-267. The result is a classic example of how a small group of legislators can use ideology to prevent governance. This was done by one party, (but both parties at times use the same tactics). The two bills the governor wanted passed were never voted on by all the senators. Instead three senators in a committee hearing voted to prevent the bills from being voted on by the entire senate ..."

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Recommended by Members

New Colorado State Advisor on Aging Position Announced

"On September 20, 2017 one of our Colorado Senior Lobby Board Members attended the press conference at the Denver Capitol where Gov. John Hickenlooper and Lt. Gov. Donna Lynne announced that Colorado has received a grant from the NextFifty Initiative to fund a Senior Advisor on Aging position in the Governor’s Office ..." - READ MORE

Denver Mayor Hancock's 5-year Affordable Housing Plan

Denver Mayor Michael Hancock has shared that he has a plan to help people pushed out of their neighborhoods by rising housing costs. The five-year “Housing an Inclusive Denver" plan is open for public comment through Nov. 13th - READ MORE

DispatchHealth Raises $30.8 million for Expansion

Home doctor visits are gaining and Denver’s DispatchHealth, raised $30.8 million from investors interested in expanding this service - READ MORE

Mr. Monopoly Appeared at the Equifax Senate hearing

Learn more about the Monopoly man, who made an appearance at the Senate hearing on the Equifax hack - READ MORE

Even the Comics are Getting Political

Check out a well done comic strip from Pearls Before Swine - READ MORE

Upcoming Events for Older Adults

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Oct & Nov 2017

Medicare Mondays with

Colorado Gerontological Society

Location: Across Colorado

October 11, 2017 – Wednesday

Guardianships, Powers of Attorney ...

Aurora City Hall, Aurora

Oct 15 - Dec 7, 2017

Medicare Open Enrollment for 2018

October 18, 2017 – Wednesday

DementiaSpeak Community Workshops

Summit County Senior Center, Frisco

October 18, 2017 – Wednesday

Colorado Senior Lobby Volunteer Information

Eastern Star Masonic Retirement, Denver

October 19, 2017 – Thursday

"Conversations on Aging" Regional Tour

Joseph H. Edwards Active Adult Center, Pueblo

October 19, 2017 – Thursday

Advance Care Planning - Unravel the Confusion

Aurora Central Library, Aurora

October 25, 2017 – Wednesday

Caregiving Symposium from AARP

Arvada Center, Arvada

October 25, 2017 – Wednesday

"Conversations on Aging" Regional Tour

Fort Morgan, Morgan Community College

October 25, 2017 – Wednesday

Advance Care Planning - Unravel the Confusion

Westminster College Hill Library, Westminster

October 30, 2017 – Friday

Rocky Mountain Conference on Dementia

Hyatt Regency Denver Tech Center, Denver

November 2, 2017 - Thursday

"Conversations on Aging" - Denver

Denver

November 3, 2017 – Friday

2017 Age Well Conference

Plaza Convention Center, Longmont

November 4, 2017 – Saturday

Bessie’s Hope Bowl-a-Rama Benefit

Denver

November 8, 2017 – Wednesday

DementiaSpeak™ Community Workshops

Summit County Senior Center, Frisco

November 15, 2017 – Wednesday

Colorado Senior Lobby Citizen Lobbyist Training

The Colorado State Capitol, Denver

Colorado Senior Lobby

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Thank you to our Summer Social Sponsors

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Covenant Village of Colorado – CovenantColorado.org
Eastern Star Masonic Retirement Campus – esmrc.com
Olinger – DignityMemorial.com
PASCO – Personal Assistance Services of Colorado – PascoHH.com

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50Plus Marketplace – 50PlusMarketPlaceNews.com
Prime Time for Seniors – MyPrimeTimeNews.com
SeniorsResourceGuide.com – SeniorsResourceGuide.com

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