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Date: 5/22/2023
Subject: Register Now for Wednesday's Lunch Gathering & More News & Events!
From: Chicago Hyde Park Village



 
Upcoming Events!
If you are experiencing Covid-19, flu, or cold symptoms or are not feeling well, please refrain from participating in CHPV in-person activities.
 
CHPV Benefit Brunch & Silent Auction!
 
Saturday, June 10, 2023
At The Polo Inn
 
 
And look forward to our Online Auction, June 5-12!


LAST CHANCE TO RSVP!
Monthly Lunch Gathering
Wednesday, MAY 24
11:30 – 1:00 Central

Enjoy lunch, conversation, games, & free fitness with Coach Wesley! Browse the Book and Jewelry Exchange! Get tech assistance from our UChicago Tech Savvy Friends! Registration is required for the optional lunch.
 

StrongerMemory
New Class This Summer!
 
June 5–August 21
Weekly on Mondays via Zoom
1:15 – 1:45 Central
 
 

CHPV NEWS!
Cartoon of folded newspaper with word "News"
CHPV In The News!
 
 
CHPV is honored and grateful to The Chicago Citizen Newspaper for this article highlighting the valuable impact of our Tech Café program.
CHPV is also thankful to our Tech Café facilitators, the UChicago's Tech-Savvy Friends. We wish to bid a fond farewell, congratulations, and best wishes to Tech-Savvy Friends Brooke and Justin as they graduate from the University of Chicago. Thank you for the support, patience, smiles, and laughs!
 

IN THE COMMUNITY
May is Mental Health Awareness Month

Mental Health Awareness Month is an opportunity for us to let everyone know that mental illnesses can affect people of any age, race, religion, or income.

Mental illnesses are medical conditions that disrupt a person’s thinking, feeling, mood, ability to relate to others, and daily functioning. It is not the result of personal weakness, lack of character, or poor upbringing and cannot be overcome through willpower. But it is treatable. Most people diagnosed with a serious mental illness can experience relief from their symptoms by actively participating in an individual treatment plan.

Without treatment, the consequences of mental illness for the individual and society are staggering. Untreated mental health conditions can result in unnecessary disability, unemployment, substance abuse, homelessness, inappropriate incarceration, suicide, and poor quality of life.
(Text courtesy of the SHARE Network)
 

Learn More about Mental Health:
 

NEW RESOURCE!
 
Centering Our Values: A Hands-On Guide to Dementia Care and Decision Making
 
Centering Our Values is a hands-on guide to help caregivers and their loved ones living with dementia make decisions that reflect their values and what is important to them. This guide includes dementia education and care resources, as well as tools and worksheets that can help everyone reflect on what matters during the journey of living with dementia. Your journey of living with dementia affects everyone differently.
 

Mental Wellness Fair
Tuesday, May 23, 6-8pm Central
Akarama Foundation, 6220 S Ingleside
 

Walk with a Future Doc @ Promontory Point
UChicago medical students lead 45-min weekly park walks and with informal discussions on health-related topics.
 
Saturdays, May 20–September 30
9:30–10:15 am Central
 
Produced by the Chicago Parks Foundation with special thanks to the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine and the Promontory Point Conservancy


Chicago Roundtable: Making Medicare Work for All
 
Friday, June 2, 2023 
8:30-10:30 am Central on Zoom
Provided by Rush University and American Society on Aging

Register

Medicare provides health insurance coverage for 63 million older adults, people with disabilities, and people with end-stage renal disease. While Medicare coverage is seen as reliable, programmatic nuances mean that not everyone’s Medicare coverage meets their coverage needs and preferences. Traditional Medicare provides access to more providers than any other payer and transparency with out-of-pocket costs, yet those costs add up in a significant way and supplemental plans to help ease their burden come with their own regular costs. Limited access to covered care, and limitations in covered services themselves, also have real implications on Medicare beneficiaries’ health and wellbeing. At the same time, nearly half of Medicare beneficiaries choose to participate in a privately-run Medicare Advantage plan - bringing real advantages while also having real implications on coverage of care.
 
As our country seeks to improve health equity and support our aging population, it is critical to look at opportunities to make Medicare work for all. The June 2 American Society on Aging Chicagoland Regional Roundtable will explore these issues and what local, state, and national leaders are doing to help.
 
Speakers:
• Sergio Mojarro, Medicare Training Specialist with Illinois Department on Aging
• David Lipshutz, Associate Director and Senior Policy Attorney with Center for Medicare Advocacy
• Bill Bianchi, Board member with Jane Addams Senior Caucus
• Linda Armitage, Board member with Jane Addams Senior Caucus
• Moderator: Bonnie Ewald, Manager in the Social Work and Community Health department at RUSH University Medical Center

Check out the website if you missed a recent ASA Chicagoland Roundtable session?

"Here’s How To Help The Latest Wave Of Migrants Coming To Chicago" 
From Block Club Chicago
 
 
This May 3 Block Club Chicago article by Mack Liederman provides background, context, and thoughtfully researched suggestions on how to help the latest wave of migrants coming to Chicago.
 

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