The older you get

the more you realize how

precious life is. You have

no desire for drama, conflict

or stress. You just want good

friends, a cozy home, food

on the table and people

who make you happy.

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Health Advocates New York Gala to Raise Funds for Healthy

& Safe Living Programs for the NYC Community

Health Advocates’ 2021 Honorees Jean Shafiroff, Evan A. Davis, and Rebecca Myers Thomas

(photo credits Michael Paniccia; Cleary Gottlieb; HAFOP)

Event to Honor Jean Shafiroff, Evan A. Davis, and Rebecca Myers Thomas

Health Advocates for Older People’s New York Treasures Gala will take place on Wednesday, October 6^th, 2021, at The Union Club in Manhattan.

The festive event will be a momentous affair with guests enjoying cocktails and dinner.  Co-chairs Leonard Van Lowe and Richard S. Johnson along with Executive Director, Nancy Houghton, will help host the benefit that will honor the three Health Advocates’ 2021 New York Treasures that include Jean Shafiroff, Evan A. Davis, and Rebecca Myers Thomas.  Houghton states, “We are excited to be celebrating 36 years of providing tools, techniques, and support for the City’s seniors to help them to age with vitality and independence.”

The honorees hold an impressive number of achievements. Jean Shafiroff is a philanthropist, humanitarian, advocate, TV host and author of the book, “Successful Philanthropy: How to Make a Life by What You Give.“

Evan A. Davis has clerked for Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart and served in the administration of New York City Mayor John Lindsay as Chief of the Law Department’s Consumer Protection Division.  He served 12 years as a member of Columbia University Board of Directors and was a partner at Cleary Gottlieb LLP.  He also served as Counsel to Governor Mario M. Cuomo.

Rebecca Myers Thomas has served on numerous nonprofit boards including the Junior League of the City of New York, the London Service League, the Civil Support Division of the Legal Aid Society, Musica Sacra, the Gateway School, and Berkshire Choral Festival. She partnered with Dr. Nina Lief in beginning one of the earliest childhood development programs, “From 0 to 3” which became the model for measuring growth in the first 3 years of a child’s life.

“I am so pleased to be able to support the work of Health Advocates for Older People. They provide tools, techniques, and support so that all people can thrive with vitality and independence. Life for the aged can be particularly difficult. I am very impressed with the dedication of their staff headed by Executive Director, Nancy Houghton. Health Advocates provides free programs that help our neighborhood elderly to remain independent and in control of their aging process. I am truly honored to be honored by Health Advocates,” says Jean Shafiroff.

Additionally, Elizabeth (Betsy) Timberman will receive the organization’s Josephine N. McFadden Volunteer of the Year award.  She has been a volunteer for Health Advocates for over 10 years and currently chairs the agency’s Advisory Board.  Special recognition will also be granted to Simone Hannah-Clarke, a nurse at Mount Sinai Hospital, who was interviewed by Anderson Cooper of CNN and will be representing the essential workers who have kept the city afloat during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Funds raised at the gala will benefit Health Advocates for Older People, which for 36 years has promoted safe and healthy aging through programs designed to facilitate independent living, physical well-being, and greater social interaction. The organization proudly provides exercise classes to build balance, strength and flexibility, and home safety assessments to help seniors remain at home safely. Also offered are 22 weekly exercise, wellness classes, informational seminars, and social activities in 14 locations, as well as online.

For more information on the Health Advocates for Older People New York Treasures Gala please visit https://www.hafop.org.

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About Health Advocates for Older People:

Health Advocates for Older People, Inc., a 501 (c) (3) organization was founded in 1985 by a coalition of individuals and non-profit agencies to promote healthy aging. During its first five years it was involved in the establishment of clinics in the Bronx to provide preventive health care and promote wellness. In 1993 Health Advocates became aware of the increasing need for housing with supportive services for the growing aging population and developed Carnegie East House, a 104-unit non-profit assisted residence which was transitioned in 2007 to another non-profit organization. This allowed Health Advocates to return to its original focus on programs and services for a broader and more diverse, increasingly frail elderly population.

For more information, visit: www.hafop.org

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Unexplained high cholesterol. High cholesterol is sometimes the only evidence of an underactive thyroid in an older person. Because this sign may stand alone, high cholesterol warrants a thyroid evaluation.

Heart failure. Reduced blood volume, weaker contractions of the heart muscle, and a slower heart rate—all caused by low thyroid hormone levels—can contribute to heart failure, when your heart can’t pump out blood as effectively as it should The ineffective pumping may cause subtle symptoms such as feeling less energetic or just walking more slowly. In more advanced stages, fluid can back up in the lungs and legs causing shortness of breath and leg swelling.

Bowel movement changes. An older person with hypothyroidism might have constipation because stool moves more slowly through the bowels.

Joint or muscle pain. Vague joint pain is a classic hypothyroidism symptom. It sometimes is the only symptom of hypothyroidism in an older person. Many people experience general muscle aches, particularly in large muscle groups like those in the legs.

Psychiatric problems. Clinical depression—a common symptom in younger people with hypothyroidism—can also affect older people with the condition. The difference is that in older people it can be the only hypothyroidism symptom. Some older adults also develop psychosis with delusional behavior or hallucinations.

Cognitive decline. Older people with a very underactive thyroid gland can sometimes be misdiagnosed as dementia. That’s why doctors usual order thyroid testing in people with new cognitive decline. If you or a loved one is being evaluated for dementia, make sure that a thyroid test is part of the evaluation.

To learn more about diseases and conditions of the thyroid, read the Special Health Report, Thyroid Disease from Harvard Medical School.

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Whenever I teach clinical medicine to students in the fourth year of medicine, I ask the following question :

What are the causes of mental confusion in the elderly?
Some offer: “Tumors in the head”. I answer: No!

Others suggest: “Early symptoms of Alzheimer’s”. I answer again: No!

With each rejection of their answers, their responses dry up.

And they are even more open-mouthed when I list the three most common causes:

– uncontrolled diabetes
– urinary infection
– dehydration

It may sound like a joke, but it isn’t. People over 60 generally stop feeling thirsty and consequently stop drinking fluids.

When no one is around to remind them to drink fluids, they quickly dehydrate. Dehydration is severe and affects the entire body It may cause abrupt mental confusion, a drop in blood pressure, increased heart palpitations, angina (chest pain), coma and even death.

This habit of forgetting to drink fluids begins at age 60, when we have just over 50% of the water we should have in our bodies. People over 60 have a lower water reserve. This is part of the natural aging process.

But there are more complications. Although they are dehydrated, they don’t feel like drinking water, because their internal balance mechanisms don’t work very well.

Conclusion:

People over 60 years old dehydrate easily, not only because they have a smaller water supply, but also because they do not feel the lack of water in the body.

Although people over 60 may look healthy, the performance of reactions and chemical functions can damage their entire body.

So here are two alerts:

1) Get into the habit of drinking liquids. Liquids include water, juices, teas, coconut water, milk, soups, and water-rich fruits, such as watermelon, melon, peaches and pineapple; Orange and tangerine also work.

The important thing is that, every two hours, you must drink some liquid. Remember this!

2) Alert for family members: constantly offer fluids to people over 60. At the same time, observe them.

If you realize that they are rejecting liquids and, from one day to the next, they are irritable, breathless or display a lack of attention, these are almost certainly recurrent symptoms of dehydration.

Inspired to drink more water now?? Send this information out to others! DO IT NOW! Your friends and family need to know for themselves and help you to be healthier and happier.

It’s good to share!
For people over 60

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Listen to “Dr. Ronald Caplan” on Spreaker.

www.careoftheolderperson.com shares the Good News of Ronald M. Caplan
MD, CM, FACS, FACOG, FRCS(C), Clinical Associate Professor Emeritus Obstetrics and Gynecology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Ronald M. Caplan MD is an Obstetrician Gynecologist and medical author.

He did his medical and postgraduate training at McGill University, where his interest in renal disease in pregnancy and homotransplantation culminated in the first delivery of a baby from a mother who had received a deceased donor kidney transplant.

After serving on the Faculty of McGill University, he transferred to New York City, and a long career at the Joan and Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University , where he became one of the early proponents of minimally invasive surgery, and where he is now Clinical Associate Professor Emeritus of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and the Royal College of Surgeons (Canada).

He previously edited the textbooks Principles of Obstetrics, which was translated into both Spanish and Portuguese, and Advances in Obstetrics and Gynecology, which was translated into Spanish. He authored another four mass market medical books in multiple editions. Prestigious medical and comprehensive libraries around the world hold copies of his work.

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Your kids are becoming you… and you don’t like them but your grandchildren are perfect!

Going out is good. Coming home is better!

When people say you look “Great”… they add “for your age!”

When you needed the discount you paid full price now you get discounts on everything, movies, hotels, flights, but you are too tired to use them.

You forget names … but it’s OK because other people forgot they even knew you!!!

The 5 pounds you wanted to lose is now 15 and you have a better chance of losing your keys than the 15 pounds.

You realize you’re never going to be really good at anything….especially golf.

Your husband is counting on you to remember things you don’t remember.

The things you used to care to do, you no longer care to do, but you really do care that you don’t care to do them anymore.

Remember when your mother said, “Wear clean underwear in case you get in an accident”? Now you bring clean underwear in case you have an accident!

You used to say, “I hope my kids get married..Now you say, “I hope they stay married.”

You miss the days when everything worked with just an ON and OFF switch..

When GOOGLE, ipod, email, modem … were unheard of, and a mouse was something that made you climb on a table.

You used to use more 4 letter words … “what?”….”when?”

Now that you can afford expensive jewelry, it’s not safe to wear it anywhere.

You read 100 pages into a book before you realize you’ve read it.

Notice everything they sell in stores is “sleeveless”?!!!

What used to be freckles are now liver spots.

Everybody whispers.

You have 3 sizes of clothes in your closet … 2 of which you will never wear.

But old is good in some things:

old songs

old movies

And Best OLD FRIENDS!

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