Baltimore County, MD Department of Aging, 11 Jan 2017

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From YouTube: Resources and Services for Seniors in Baltimore County

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Learn about MAP and other resources and senior centers in Baltimore County can help you have an active happy life.

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( ♪♪♪ ), you walk in the door and people are saying, "hi,. How are you?".

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And the friendliness. and everything that I've encountered with the people -- there's mostly so much positiveness..

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Kamenetz: baltimore county is home to almost 195,000 residents.

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Who are over the age of 60 and that comprises almost 25 percent of our county population.

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So we're really pleased that people are choosing to remain here.

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In baltimore county, when they do retire.

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And they stay here because we have a wide array of resources.

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That are available and a good quality of life.

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Well,, I recently retired, and I did not want to be sedentary;.

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I wanted to be active and purposeful., so I decided to stop in here one day and with that I became extremely involved.

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The person on your right opens the bidding.

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Williams: we're very proud of the fact that we offer a very diverse menu of programs and activities and services.

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And access to programs and services for the diverse population in baltimore, county.

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We serve individuals as young as 55.

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And some individuals who are over 100 years of age.

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Macfadyen: we're very lucky to have the department of aging.

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the way it works,. It's dynamic;.

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It assists us be who we are..

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We have all kinds of activities: here.

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we have dinners,, we have exercise classes --, you name it,, we have it. and our people enjoy it. from that point of view,. I really love it here and I enjoy it and I think everybody else does, too.

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kamenetz: one of the biggest challenges that individuals have.

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Is how to deal with changes in their life --, whether it's retirement or illness, or death,.

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Or even changes in physical capability.

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so, we're very mindful of developing programs.

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That can meet the needs of the individuals as they change in life.

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One of our great initiatives, really, is our maryland access point connection.

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With the department of aging,, which is really a one-stop shop of resources.,.

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We call it map.

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Williams: we encourage individuals to contact us through our map, office.

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And map stands for maryland access, point.

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We have a core of individuals who are professionally trained.

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To give information and referral to make assessments of situations.

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When someone calls in on the telephone or walks into the office with a particular situation.

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They work with a database that literally has hundreds of contacts.

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And telephone numbers where we can give information.

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About where to find a particular resource or a service in baltimore, county.

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All your questions can be answered., whatever situation: --, legal,, nutrition,, exercise,, transportation,, anything --.

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They can help you and give you all kinds of information.

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They're, a very caring, team,, they're, very knowledgeable,.

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And they're here to help you.

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instructor: one,, two, three...

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Kamenetz: we serve a wide array of individuals --, whether they're, frail or healthy,, married or single,, working or retired.

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We also serve people with disabilities, professionals in the field,, as well as caregivers.

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And we're really pleased that our department of aging has won national awards from the national association of counties.

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For their resource booklet and also for their healthy food, initiative.

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Letmate: and I like help planning the events and I believe that you need to be mentally and physically active as you age.

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So,, it keeps me hopping.

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There's no right and wrong way for these.

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after I retired, I needed to feel needed.

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And when I got over here,, I mainly came over here because I was rehabilitating with my knees and I just got more and more involved..

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And then I found out about this art for the heart program.

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So, just kind of teaching the ladies everything that I do, it just made me feel so. Great.

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Kamenetz: aging obviously involves physical changes, but it doesn't have to mean disability or discomfort.

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The rules that we all live by in terms of eating right,.

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Getting plenty of exercise, are all the same rules that apply to seniors as well.

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And we have a very active physical education program here.

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In our department of aging. in our 20 senior centers,, there are regular exercise classes.

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And we have 15 exercise rooms.

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In fact,, we just visited one, watching these seniors stay in shape,.

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And that's obviously the key to good health at any age.

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They know what to expect., they know, probably what boomers need and want.

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and, as a result of that,, we've been very fortunate in the fact that we've attracted a lot of boomers.

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And that's helped us amazingly to get where we are today.

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Have you used them yet? williams:, if you're interested in coming to a senior center,, I would suggest that you first contact the map office.

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To find which senior center is closest to where you live.

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And then, of course, secondly would be coming right in the front doors.

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Of the senior center to see what we have available., there are 20 senior centers all over baltimore county.

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They're of a wide variety of programs, --.

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From health screenings, getting information about how to better take care of yourself, health and fitness classes;, there are many opportunities to sit down and meet new friends,.

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Share a meal, take trips.

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There's no membership fee.. There are no dues that you pay to join the senior center.

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I plan my personal things around my schedule at bykota.

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Or how I can help at bykota., and it's just a great experience.

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Oh,, it makes it fun to be a senior. yes.

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The best part of my life actually.