Seniors approached by someone who offers them free genetic testing or cancer screening should turn them down.
Medicare doesn’t cover such tests unless a doctor who’s treating you orders them and they’re medically necessary.
Senior Lifestyles
Senior Briefs Sept. 2019: Lectures, workshops and caregiver support
Los Altos Senior Program offers array of events
The following events are scheduled at the Los Altos Senior Program, located at Grant Park, 1575 Holt Ave. For more information, call 947-2797.
• 12:30 p.m. today, Room 4: Lecture by Neha Kabra on Ayurveda healing
A case for longevity: Los Altos resident, retired judge looks back on life
Photo by Margaret Abe/Special to the Town Crier
Jim Jenson, a retired judge and World War II veteran, has lived near downtown Los Altos for 22 years, after 31 years in Los Altos Hills. He celebrated his 99th birthday recently with friends and neighbors.
Jim Jenson, a retired judge and World War II veteran, has lived near downtown Los Altos for 22 years, after 31 years in Los Altos Hills. He celebrated his 99th birthday recently with friends and neighbors.
With 99 well-lived years to reflect on, James “Jim” Jenson now leads a quiet life near downtown Los Altos.
Moving from Los Altos Hills with his wife, Helen, 22 years ago, Jenson maintained an active lifestyle until recently, and he still enjoys the company of friends and family, walks to DeMartini Orchard and has an excellent memory. Helen died in 2010, but his three children are frequent visitors from their homes in Houston, Sonora and Colorado. Jenson also has four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Full circle: Spotlight shines on Villa Siena resident
Left Photo courtesy of Carol Oldenburg; right Photo by Mary Larsen/Town Crier
Villa Siena resident Elmere Oldenburg, at left during her school days at the Ursuline Academy in New Orleans, reflects on life during an April visit to the senior residence, right.
Villa Siena resident Elmere Oldenburg, at left during her school days at the Ursuline Academy in New Orleans, reflects on life during an April visit to the senior residence, right.
Longtime Mountain View resident Elmere Oldenburg now makes her home at Villa Siena Senior Living Community, sponsored by the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul.
Born Elmere Ehrett in New Orleans in 1923, she grew up amid the festive atmosphere of Mardi Gras and carnival balls. Finishing high school at 15, she continued her studies at the Ursuline Academy, where she graduated from college.
Research reveals attitude helps as people grow older
People have various mind-sets about growing older. Some want to avoid thinking about aging for as long as possible, while others see it as a negative passage that must be endured. To set an ideal mid-life into motion, you need a positive outlook.
A study of 660 adults ages 50 and older from an Ohio community, published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, revealed that people with positive attitudes about aging live more than seven years longer than those with negative attitudes.
Hands-on project makes for happy memories
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It was probably my idea. The birdhouse kit, I mean. We lived some distance from our two young grandsons, and no doubt I was looking for a project that would make our short visit more memorable. A new birdhouse, perhaps? To be perched on a low branch where it would be visible from the kitchen table long after we had returned home? Just the ticket.
For the Birds. Really!
Two grandsons and a birdhouse
