Happy Pride Month, Boulder County!
Join the Rainbow Elders of Boulder County at the following events:
Longmont Pride Festival | Friday, June 7 | 3:30-8 p.m. | Roosevelt Park
50+ LGBTQ+ Mixer | Friday, June 21 | 4-7 p.m. | Equality Center of the Rocky Mountains
Project Visibility: Have Pride and Be Allied | Thursday, June 27 | 1:30-3:30 p.m. | Longmont Senior Center
Boulder Pride Festival | Sunday, June 30 | 11:30 a.m.-5 p.m. | Central Park
For more information on all Pride activities, please see Out Boulder County's website.
Saturday, June 15 is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, an opportunity for all of us to recognize and take action on abuse in later life, neglect, and exploitation. By now, we’ve all likely heard that the aging population is growing along with the incidence of elder abuse. Awareness and education will be promoted in Boulder County, Colorado, and across the U.S. by agencies like Boulder County’s JCALL, the Colorado Coalition for Elder Rights and Abuse Prevention, and the U.S. Administration on Community Living.
JCALL and Lafayette Police Department present
Targeting Scams and Financial Exploitation on World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
Tuesday, June 11, 2-3:30 p.m., Lafayette Senior Center
Register here.
University of Southern California presents
Decision-Making in Later Life: Navigating Risk and Optimizing Safety
Tuesday, June 11, 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m. MST, Online
Register here.
Working together, across our networks, we can generate awareness and foster action to keep everyone safe as we age. You can always be active in building supports for older adults in our community with these resources:
Working together, across our networks, we can generate awareness and foster action to keep everyone safe as we age.
Help for the Journey
A Caregiver Forum
The Boulder County Area Agency on Aging is offering Help for the Journey, six hours of education providing hope, information, and resources for caregivers of older adults. This program will include a box lunch. Participants can register for the full day and will receive a box lunch at no charge. Speakers include Brandy Queen, Kay Adams, Renita Henson, Stacey James, and Cassie Angerer.
When: Tuesday, July 23, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Agenda: 10 a.m. - Interdependence in Caregiving
11:15 a.m. - Cultivating Competence and Compassions in Dementia Caregiving
1 p.m. - Movement, Motion, and Making Care Safe
2:30 p.m. - How to Get Paid to Be a Caregiver
Where: Boulder County Southeast Hub (1755 S. Public Rd., Lafayette)
Registration: Register for the event by Tuesday, July 16 at helpforthejourney.eventbrite.com.
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For more information, or late registration that will not include a boxed lunch, contact Rebekah Van Sweden, at 303-441-3945 or InfoCaregiver@bouldercounty.gov.
Thank you to our co-sponsors, AARP Colorado!
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Medicare fraud is a serious problem. Medicare loses an estimated $60 billion each year to fraud, errors, and abuse. Every day, these issues affect people across the country and can lead to identity theft and cost you money. The good news? Some simple tips can help you protect yourself and those you love.
Watch for warning signs of a scam.
- Unsolicited calls, emails, or visits – someone contacting you out of the blue, claiming to be from Medicare and offering free services.
- Requests for personal information – a demand for your Medicare number, Social Security number, or other personal information.
- Pressure to act quickly – any threat that you'll lose benefits or face other consequences if you don't comply with a deadline, often by paying or providing personal information.
- Billings with errors – charges for services or supplies that weren’t ordered, were never received, or that Medicare already covered.
- Suspicious websites or mailings – fake websites created to look like official ones but that have inconsistencies, errors, or other odd elements.
Ask for help.
If you have questions about how to protect yourself, need to report fraud, or want help determining whether you’ve been a victim, Boulder County’s Medicare Counseling Program can help. We provide free, unbiased, one-on-one assistance to Medicare beneficiaries, their families, and caregivers. Our team members teach people how to prevent fraud, assist beneficiaries with billing errors and disputes, and help to report suspected fraud to the correct state and federal agencies.
Learn more at boco.org/Medicare or give us a call at 303-441-1546.
Medicare Fraud Prevention Week focuses on the actions everyone can take to prevent Medicare fraud, errors, and abuse. Medicare Fraud Prevention Week starts on June 3. Join us on Facebook to learn more about what you can do to prevent Medicare fraud.
Volunteer Visitors
(previously the Respite & Companion Volunteer Program)
is excited to announce our name change!
Volunteer Visitors provides social connection for older adults and a weekly break for caregivers.
Most of you have known our program as the Respite & Companion Volunteer Program, but exciting changes are happening. Our new name is an important part of that. The Volunteer Visitor Program still provides meaningful social connection matching dedicated community volunteers for two-hour weekly visits with older adults who live alone or with family caregivers - only now with a more descriptive name.
As always, our Volunteer Visitor Program invites adults 21 and older to apply to become Volunteer Visitors. Applicants must pass a criminal background check and make at least a six-month commitment.
If this opportunity speaks to you as a volunteer, someone in need of a visitor, or if you know an older adult who can benefit from a weekly volunteer visitor, please call 720-864-6526 or email the VolunteerVisitorProgram@bouldercounty.gov for more information.
Dementia Man: An Existential Journey
An event sponsored by Boulder Rotary Club’s Alzheimer’s/Dementia Initiative, and co-sponsored by Frasier and the Alzheimer’s Association of Colorado
Dementia Man, An Existential Journey, is the award-winning autobiographical story of a man who faces his diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease by actor and playwright Samuel A. Simon. In this full-length theatrical piece, Simon takes the stage as a man facing his cognitive decline and asks the hard questions of what to do next in the face of what he calls “an existential journey.” It is a peek into the head and heart of the struggle with a broken medical system and a personal and family challenge. The play challenges the audience to imagine a meaningful future for the millions of people with neurocognitive disease, with accommodation and adaptation.
When: Saturday, June 8, 7 p.m. and Monday, June 10, 7 p.m.
Where: Frasier (350 Ponca Place – Canyons Center, Boulder)
Registration: Register here. Seats are limited. You must register to guarantee a seat.
Questions? Email kahndo@gmail.com.
Learn more about Dementia Man here.
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