As part of its commitment to provide support for seniors with dementia and their family caregivers, Senior Concerns is offering quarterly Memory Cafes, with the next Memory Café scheduled for Saturday, August 10 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at Senior Concerns, 401 Hodencamp Road in Thousand Oaks. Atria Hillcrest will be providing lunch. A [...]
QUESTION: Each year about this time Osher Lifelong Learning Institute offers a single lecture series. Do you know if that will be offered again this year? Answer: Yes it will. The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute known as OLLI will offer the Summer 2019 Taste of OLLI: Single Lecture Series starting Tuesday June 11 and [...]
As a result of Subaru’s recent Share the Love Campaign, Ladin Subaru in Thousand Oaks and Subaru of America have partnered to provide a grant of $56,875 to Senior Concerns to help support the organization’s programs for seniors and family caregivers. The generous donation will provide invaluable funding for Senior Concerns’ Adult Day Program, Meals [...]
What started out as the “Senior Stroll” in 1991 has now grown into the Ladin Subaru Love Run, one of the premier races in the Conejo Valley. Planned for Sunday, June 2, 2019 in Westlake Village, this popular event features the Love/Hate Half Marathon, which will be run on a course that is half street [...]
Would you like to have fun while supporting an amazing cause? Are you looking for a way to give back to the community? Here is a great opportunity to make a difference in the lives of our elder friends and neighbors! In preparation for the Ladin Subaru 26th Annual Love Run on Sunday, June 2, [...]
Senior Concerns will present a workshop titled “Dealing With Dementia” from 1 to 5 p.m. Tues., April 23 at Senior Concerns, 401 Hodencamp Road, Thousand Oaks. The workshop will provide effective strategies for dealing with dementia behaviors and providing care for loved ones. The workshop was developed by the Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving. “The [...]
Beginning November 21, Ekornes Inc. will offer Stressless® customers a discount of $200 on select furniture with a $50 donation to a charity of their choice. Ekornes, Norwegian maker of ergonomic Stressless recliners, sofas and dining furniture, has been offering this seasonal ‘CHAIRity’ promotion since 2007, which is available at dealers nationwide. Through its national [...]
Senior Concerns of Thousand Oaks celebrated its 33rd annual Ultimate Dining fundraiser Sept. 15 by honoring two of the Conejo Valley’s best-known philanthropists, George and Patricia Jones. The organization named the T.O. couple Philanthropists of the Year in front of the over 400 guests who attended Saturday’s gala affair at the Hyatt Regency Westlake. George [...]
QUESTION: I have just returned to the Conejo Valley and am trying to get caught up on activities that take place in the community. If I remember correctly every August or September Senior Concerns had a function – the Ultimate Dining Experience. Does that event still take place? ANSWER: Yes, the Ultimate Dining Experience [...]
With grant funding from the Arthur N. Rupe Foundation, Senior Concerns partnered with Los Robles Health System to create From Hospital to Home: A companion notebook for caregivers of people with dementia. The goal of the notebook is to help open the lines of communication between family caregivers and hospital staff, and to help ensure [...]
