Dementia - Let's Talk About It

Join OCDoA’s dementia care specialists for a conversation around topics related to dementia education, living with cognitive change, and being a dementia caregiver. We will provide 15-30 minutes of education at the start of the hour, and the remaining time will be spent in conversation, Q&A, and resource-sharing around the day’s topic. Grab your preferred morning beverage and join us! You may register for one or multiple sessions.

Topic: Alzheimer's Disease
Date: Tuesday, February 2
Time: 10:15 - 11:15 am
Join: Contact Marie Dagger at 919-245-4279 or mdagger@orangecountync.gov. Link will be emailed ahead of class.

Seymour Tech - Zoom Class: How to Host & How to Participate in Zoom Meetings

Knowing a little bit about Zoom is a prerequisite for any of our Remote Learning classes. You will learn the basics for this widely used internet tool. We'll also teach you how to set up and host your own Zoom meetings.

Required: If you'll be using an iPhone, iPad or Android device, please download the Zoom Mobile Meeting app from your app store and set it up with your email address and password. Computer users should download the app to their desktops from the website zoom.us. For more help getting ready to use Zoom, click this link to our Zoom Help and Resources page.

We will send you an email message with the link to the class Zoom meeting. Just before the class is scheduled to start, you open that email message and click the link. Once everyone has checked in, you start learning. And knowing Zoom will get you ready for our other courses and to be your own Zoom host.

Date: Friday, February 5
Time: 1 - 3 PM
Register: Click here to ENROLL in this class.To see all of the Seymour Tech classes, click here.

Instructor: Dave Curtin

CONVERSATIONS WITH A PHARMACIST

Concerned about the medications you’re taking? Do you have questions about how some medications can interact with each other? Come and speak to a local pharmacist. We will be holding an open forum for community members to join and ask questions about their health.  Private break-out rooms will be provided for consultations.  Program sponsored by UNC School of Pharmacy (Project Age) and Project EngAGE Falls Prevention and Health Promotion Senior Resource Team.
Fee: FREE
Register by: Thursday, February 4

Date: Saturday, February 6 
Time: 10 am – 12 noon
Program Code: 312003-05
Join: Contact Kimberly Knight (919-245-4276) for appointment time and link information.

TED Talk on “The Real Story of Rosa Parks - and Why We Need to Confront Myths about Black History”

Black history taught in US schools is often watered-down, riddled with inaccuracies and stripped of its context and rich, full-bodied historical figures. Equipped with the real story of Rosa Parks, professor David Ikard highlights how making the realities of race more benign and digestible harms us all -- and emphasizes the power and importance of historical accuracy.

Date: Monday, February 8 
Time: 2 pm
Join: Contact Lisa Meinert (919-245-4251)

BLACK HISTORY MONTH PERFORMANCE WITH HARMONYX

In honor of Black History Month, we will have a special virtual performance by Harmonyx, a premier African American acapella group from UNC that was established in 1995 and is the second youngest subgroup of the black student movement. They specialize in R&B, Hip Hop, Soul, Gospel, and Spirituals. Through rhythm and harmony they have been sharing musicality with the Carolina Community for over 25 years. This program is co-sponsored with the Chapel Hill Parks and Recreation Hargraves Center.
Register by: Wednesday, February 3
Fee: FREE

Date: Wednesday, February 10                         
Time: 2 pm
Program Code: 313077-02
Phone#/Link: Provided at registration

LOVE IS IN THE AIR: CUPID’S GRAB & GO VALENTINE’S DINNER

Hello, Love is in the Air Party Fans! We have you in mind! This year’s event will be met with social distancing; therefore we will not gather on-site this year. However, don’t get discouraged, our awesome co-sponsor, Hannah Ruth Foundation, will once again team up with Seymour Programming Team to bring you a beautiful and well deserved curbside Valentine’s dinner. To add a little fun, we ask that you wear a mask that represents your Valentine flow.
Register by: Saturday, January 30.  Call 919-968-2070. 
Fee: FREE

Date: Saturday, February 13                                               
Time: 3 – 5 pm
Program Code: 313008-01 
Location: Seymour Center

Vaccine Transportation from Chapel Hill Transit

Chapel Hill Transit provides service to two UNC Health Vaccination clinics and the Orange County Health Department points of vaccination.

Friday Center

• Routes FCX, S, and N provide service to the UNC Friday Center. From Friday Center Drive, customers can walk to the back of the center to access the UNC Health Vaccine Clinic at Friday Center.
• GoTriangle’s route 800, 800S, and 805 also stop at the Friday Center along NC 54.

• Chapel Hill Transit operates GoTriangle’s 420 route, which provides service to the UNC Health Vaccine Clinic at Hillsborough.

• Chapel Hill and Carrboro residents who are unable to access fixed route service can use EZ Rider to access these vaccination points (you don’t need to be an EZ Rider customer). To book your trip, customers should:
  • Call EZ-Rider Reservations (919) 969-4979 or complete our at https://www.townofchapelhill.org/government/departments-services/transit/ez-rider/online-reservations
  • Inform the representative that you want to reserve a trip to receive your COVID-19 vaccine
  • You may be required to show proof of your vaccination appointment.

Please note: UNC Health and Orange County Health vaccination clinics require appointments, and all are required to follow state and local processes to reserve your appointments.  Chapel Hill Transit asks that customers do not ride the bus if they are sick or have been in contact with someone with COVID-19. Face coverings are required on Chapel Hill Transit vehicles.

Got Your Second Stimulus Check?  Be Sure to Keep the Notice 1444-B

If you received the first Stimulus Payment back in the spring, you should be getting a second payment during the month of January.  For most people, this will be direct deposited to your bank account so be sure to check your bank statements.  If you received the first payment on a paper check or debit card, you should receive the second one on either a paper check or debit card before the end of January.  You can check the status of your second Stimulus Payment at this website:  https://www.irs.gov/coronavirus/get-my-payment
 
You will also be receiving in the mail a Notice 1444-B which specifies the amount of the payment that was sent to you.  Be sure to keep this document as you’ll need it to complete your 2020 income tax return.
 
Need more information?  Check out these FAQs.

Don’t Like Your Medicare Plan? You May Be Able to Change

If you missed Medicare’s Open Enrollment Period, or if you have had second thoughts, you may still be able to change.  For those with a Part C Medicare Advantage Plan, you can change to another Advantage Plan or return to Original Medicare one time between January 1 and March 31.  (Aren’t sure whether you have an Advantage Plan?  Check your insurance card.  If it says “PPO” or “HMO” anywhere on the card, you do!) 
 
Make an appointment to meet with a certified counselor from the NC Department of Insurance.  Appointments available by Zoom video chat and in-person at the Seymour and Passmore Centers. Schedule online at ­www.orangecountync.gov/ocncSHIIP or call 919-245-4274.

From the Prime Time Players: Another Way Out

Have you ever considered the Freedom of being a Mistress vs the Opportunities of being a Wife? The dialogue is primarily between a man and his mistress trying to decide whether or not they like this arrangement or whether they should be married. They decide to test their thinking by “compromising themselves” and, after experimentation, decide to get married. 

“Another Way Out” was originally produced by Washington Square Players, at the Comedy Theater in New York City on November 13th 1916.  It was written by Lawrence Langner and produced under the direction of Mr. Phillip Moeller.

View the program here.
 
If you’re already a subscriber to our Channel, use the link here to see many productions

JOB SEARCH ACTIVITIES:  What you can do while you're home

We know that 50% of all jobs are NOT posted.  We also know that 70-to-85% of job search success is credited to NETWORKING.  Here's an easy way to do some important work while you're waiting for your COVID/19 vaccinations or helping out in some way.

One secret of NETWORKING is this: anybody you know can help you with your job search.  For one simple reason: They know someone you don't.  See more about Local Networking Groups.
 
We'll continue these thoughts and next steps in the next Endless Possibilities. In the meantime, should you have any questions or want to get a jump start on looking for work, I'm here on behalf of Orange County Department On Aging, to help you.  

Mike Komives, MBA
Employment Specialist
919.616.8778
skomives@orangecountync.gov

Wholm Movies - Boxcarr Handmade Cheese

Enjoy the latest Wholm Movies video with Caroll Beth and Jay Enterkin as they review two varieties of delicious local handmade cheese! If you haven't tasted local handmade cheese, give it a try! Discover this local Orange County/Cedar Grove farm and cheese company located in Cedar Grove, NC, BOXCARR Handmade Cheese.

Watch the video here.
 
Click here to see all of the local Wholm Movies by the Enterkins’ visit and subscribe.

Aging Helpline 

Talk to trained staff about any aging-related issue. You may also email Aging Services. We try to find answers to your age-related questions and link you to the services that you need. Helpline hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Chinese & Spanish Language Helpline
Call 919-245-4275 to speak to our staff in Mandarin.
Call 919-245-4245 to leave a message in Spanish.

Aging Transitions, Senior Center programming and Volunteer Connect 55+ staff are available to meet individually by appointment, by phone or email. For more information call the Passmore Center at 919-245-2015, Seymour Center at 919-968-2070, or the Aging Helpline at 919-968-2087.

For more information about ways to help, please visit:

• Orange County Health Department - How I Can Help

• UNC Health- Ways you can help

• Duke Health - How you can help during COVID-19