Most of us have at least one person in our family who has served in the military during wartime. These men and women live amongst us, some suffering more than others, some not suffering at all. As they age their sense of self worth comes into focus, and they struggle to explain themselves to younger family members. Talking about traumatic events experienced during war is stressful and exhausting. So the question is “Should we dredge up old painful memories? Are our grandfathers and fathers too old to heal?” Apparently Frazier Sheppard and Laverne Shimanek feel you are never too old to heal. Sheppard (US Army, Vietnam) and Shimanek (US Marine, Korea) are both veterans of war and now they r

The friendly office staff at Comfort Zone Senior In-Home Services, Inc. is cordially inviting seniors and their loved ones to their 1st annual senior dessert social. On Wednesday, October 12th from 1:00–3:00 PM Comfort Zone Senior In-Home Services will host their first annual Senior Dessert Social. Our Marketing Director, Melissa, has profound experience in the bakery industry and is ready to put her talents to work by bringing seniors together. Join Comfort Zone Senior In-Home Services, Inc. for the afternoon tasting an array of fabulous desserts (including sugar-free) & warm beverages. We will play nostalgic music by the legendary Lawrence Welk and have a FREE raffle drawing with fabulo

Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency (SHRA) has been named a 2011 recipient of the prestigious National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO) Merit Award for its efforts to reorganize electronic database waiting lists for the Sacramento region. SHRA received the award for the Access Code for Wait List in Administrative Innovation category. The award recognizes outstanding achievement in housing and community development programs throughout the nation. “I am very proud of this unique model that the Sacramento Public Housing Authority has developed for our applicants,” said SHRA Executive Director La Shelle Dozier. “This process has created greater efficiency and

Dave Edwards from the Yolo County District Attorney’s office will teach older adults how to avoid becoming a victim of Identity Theft, Mail Fraud, Check Scams, Foreign Lotteries and Telephone Solicitations in a 60-minute talk that is fun and informative. Wednesday, August 3rd, from 11 am - 12 noon in the Arthur F. Turner Community Library meeting room in West Sacramento on 1212 Merkley Avenue. For more information call 916-375-6465. This is a FREE event. Disclosure: Gabrielle Callison is a Grant Coordinator with Yolo County for the Arthur F. Turner Community Library

Officials from the County Redevelopment Agency (www.shra.org) and developer BRIDGE Housing Corporation broke ground today on a new 138-unit apartment complex for low income seniors in the Old Foothill Farms community at 5400 Auburn Boulevard, the site of a former Kmart retail center. “I think this project is going to be a great synergy for the community and for this corner,” said Supervisor Susan Peters whose district includes the Old Foothill Farms community. The development is the first project that BRIDGE Housing will build in Sacramento. President and CEO Cynthia Parker says the apartments will be a catalyst for revitalizing the area. “This is a first step to attracting other develo

The best caregiver for an elderly person is a friend, said Priya Bansal, owner of Sacramento’s Seniors Helping Seniors, which employs seniors to help their peers with activities they can no longer do alone. “Seniors are the most-neglected people with needs,” Bansal, 33, said. “It’s a satisfying feeling knowing you can help and make a difference in someone’s life.” Seniors Helping Seniors is a national organization founded in 1998 with more than 120 locations in the United States, and Bansal opened the Sacramento franchise in late 2009. “Since then, we’ve helped 60-65 families,” she said. “We have 35-40 caregivers who all go through background checks with the California Department of Jus

Editor's Note: The Sacramento Press is not affiliated with The Sacramento Housing Authority. Please visit http://www.sacwaitlist.com for more information. The Sacramento Housing Authority will open wait lists for Public Housing and Downtown Elderly Project Based vouchers in the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV/formerly Section 8) programs for online applicants at 12:01 a.m., Monday, November 29, 2010. Wait lists will open for public housing that is owned and managed by the Housing Authority. Another wait list will open for project based vouchers in housing designated for Elderly families. The head of household spouse or the co-head of household must be at least 55 or older to apply and prior

About 20 protesters – many of whom were in wheelchairs – were arrested Wednesday afternoon after blocking L Street in front of the Capitol to protest cuts to in-home care services in the state budget. “Those services provide the means for people to live independently and stay out of nursing homes,” said Peni Hall, who came from Berkeley to participate in the protest but who left the street before officers started making arrests. About 40 police and CHP officers arrived at the protest, said Sgt. Norm Leong, spokesman for the Sacramento Police Department. “We were notified of an improvised protest in the middle of L Street,” Leong said, adding that he believed the group had a permit to pr

According to the U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission, over 600,000 elderly Americans are seen each year in hospital emergency rooms from accidents in their homes. You can help make your home or your parent’s much safer and often it doesn’t take a lot of cash to do so. Since falls are the number one cause of fatal injury for seniors, pulling up those throw rugs and removing any clutter from the floors will do a lot to keep your parents safe. Not all improvements are this easy but many are. Experts have studied home safety and handy checklists are available on many websites. On the California Department of Aging website you can use the search words “home safety” to find a good list. Bu

Loomis, CA- Early Sunday morning structure fire claims the life of an elderly disabled man. Wife and dog escape the blaze. The beautiful mansion type home in the 6900 Prarie Ct., Loomis, CA, caught fire early Sunday morning. Penryn Battalion Chief stated that the home was fully engulfed in flames when they arrived. He stated that the wife and dog escaped but her elderly disabled husband did not escape. The home was located deep in the hills of Loomis and difficult to access. Fire crews also had to shuttle water via "water tender" trucks to finally extinguish the fire. In some of the photos you will see some blue light showering in the upper right corner. The power was live during the en

 Wednesday, on the eve of Governor Schwarzenegger's annual state address, droves of people gathered at the State Capitol to protest the recent budget cuts. Various state, union and trade organization members, as well as local students and state workers, attended the rally entitled "State of the People." The recent cuts -- totaling $10 billion in 2008-09 -- have left many throwing blame at each other for the state's financial problems. In the meantime, many California families' financial problems multiply in the midst of our nation's economic crisis. This protest is held annually, with a similar larger one scheduled during the Governor's address. Though upwards of a thousand people showed

On December 1st, 2008 Regional Transit unlawfully, wrongfully, illegally implemented a policy against elderly disabled paratransit card riders in violation of their federal, state, civil and constitutional rights by charging fares that they have no right to collect. Federal transportation code law 49 USCS 5310 J, states that individuals with disabilities and elderly individuals, "Are not required to pay a fare." On the upper right hand corner of the paratransit card it states, "No RT fare required." Federal government policy is that elderly and disabled individuals have the same right as other individuals to use mass transit service and facilities pursuant to code 49 USC 5301d. Riders ar