DCOA E*News At-A-Glance
DCOA held a Community Health and Wellness
Fair at the Hattie Holmes Senior Wellness
Center to
encourage seniors to educate themselves about health needs and health services
the District provides.
Information exhibits and health screenings
included blood pressure and glucose checks by the
D.C. Fire and EMS, glaucoma screening by the Prevention of Blindness
Society and vision screening by Walmart
Pharmacy. Additionally, DCOA, D.C. Board of Ethics and Elections, D.C.
Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency, Office of the People's
Counsel and ServeDC all provided information and resources on their programs
and services.
If you are interested in hosting a health and
wellness fair in your community, contact
Alice Thompson at 202-535-1321 or alice.thompson@dc.gov.
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The Committee on Health, chaired by
Councilmember Yvette Alexander, will convene the Committee on Health FY ’14
Performance Oversight Hearing for the D.C. Office on Aging on Tuesday,
February 25, 2014 at 10 a.m. The hearing will take place in Room 500
of the John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.
Persons wishing to testify may contact Ravna
Smith, rsmith@dccouncil.us
or by calling 202-741-2111.
For the month of January, consumers who participated in programs and services funded and provided by DCOA, rated the agency with the letter grade of "A" for service through GradeDC. DCOA welcomes participants to use GradeDC to provide their feedback on the customer service that was provided when visiting the office and/or funded agency sites and programs. This feedback gives the agency the opportunity to see how well it is doing and find out what areas need to be improved.
Click here to rate your DCOA experience today!
In an effort to engage every senior in the District, DCOA Executive Director John M. Thompson, Ph.D., holds quarterly
roundtable discussions at various senior wellness centers throughout the
city. The town hall style meetings allow seniors the opportunity to weigh
in on issues that directly impact their lives. This week’s roundtable
discussion was held at the Hattie Holmes Senior Wellness Center in Ward 4.
During the discussion, Dr. Thompson outlined his vision for the agency and
weighed in on issues that directly impact seniors in the District.
For a full schedule on upcoming discussions, please see
below:
Ward 1 - February
10, 11 a.m.
Bernice Fonteneau Senior
Wellness Center
Ward 7 - March
17, 11 a.m.
Washington Seniors Wellness
Center
Ward 5 - March
18, 11a.m.
Model Cities Senior Wellness
Center
Ward 8 - March
19, 11 a.m.
Congress Heights Senior
Wellness Center
Ward 6 - March
20, 11 a.m.
Hayes Senior Wellness Center
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Are you among the elderly who face challenges living on a
fixed income? As part of highlighting such challenges, the Senate Special
Committee on Aging is holding a hearing on senior poverty and is looking for a
witness. The committee wants a witness who can share his or her struggles
to pay for necessities like food, medicine, medical care, rent, and utilities,
and still pay other bills on a limited income. Would you be willing to
testify in front of senators, an audience, photographers, and cameras?
The hearing will occur in the afternoon on February 26 on Capitol Hill.
If you think you have a story to tell and would like to testify before
Congress, please contact darrell.jacksonjr@dc.gov or call 202-724-5622.
The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) would
like to inform the public about a consumer scam that is becoming more
common. Consumers should be ever vigilant and always question why. Business’
and law enforcement agencies won’t mind and actually appreciate when consumer’s
question the legitimacy of correspondence or bills. So for your own
protection consumers should scrutinize anything that is asking for or offering
something.
Several complaints received were from out-of-state
residents claiming that law enforcement personnel (calling from a 202 area
code) have contacted them under the ruse of collecting money for outstanding
bills, tickets or loans. In some instances, the suspect has even
represented themselves as a detective with the Financial Crime Unit of The
Metropolitan Police Department or as an IRS Agent. Read more.
Are you a D.C. resident who is age 60 or older and interested in
representing your peers as Ms. Senior D.C. 2014? Are you actively
involved in your community. Consider becoming a contestant in the next Ms.
Senior D.C. Pageant.
Contestants are judged on a personal interview, their philosophy
of life, their talent and evening gown presentations. The winner will represent the District of Columbia and compete in the Ms. Senior America Pageant. For more
information, visit www.dcoa.dc.gov or call 202-727-8364.
 The District of Columbia is honoring its
oldest living residents. If you know a resident who is 100 years or
older, please make sure they are registered so that we may honor them at
the annual event held in their honor.
To register a centenarian, please contact darlene.nowlin@dc.gov or call 202-724-5622.
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