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Meals on Wheels celebrates 40 years in community
BY SARAH MAETCHELACOMBE EXPRESS
Meals on Wheels is celebrating 40 years in Lacombe.
The meal support pro-gram, which began in the city in 1976, continues to be a community service that not only promotes health but also indepen-dence.
In essence, the program is meeting an essential need in the community - providing meals to indi-viduals who cannot cook for themselves.
“The program helps maintain independence with nutritious meals de-livered right to the home by caring volunteers,” said Ruth Riffi n, Lacombe and District FCSS seniors pro-gram coordinator.
While Meals on Wheels can be seen as a service predominately offered for seniors, it’s also open to anyone who may be frail, ill, have a disability, or are unable to prepare meals for themselves for any rea-son.
Riffi n noted that Meals on Wheels can be used on a long-term or short-term basis, depending on each individual’s need for the service.
“It helps people be inde-pendent in their homes,” explained Riffi n. “Through the program, they (seniors) can stay longer in their own homes and receive nutrition through bal-anced meals.”
Meals on Wheels offers clients the freedom from worrying about how they will prepare their next meal and also relieves the responsibility of shopping, which can alleviate stress off those who have mobil-ity issues.
The hot-n-ready meals are brought to each client’s door around noon by a vol-unteer fi ve days a week. The meals feature usual-ly a salad or soup, main course and a dessert. Riffi n said most clients note that the meals are large enough to be two meals.
Frozen meals are also available once a month on a pre-order basis.
Through frozen Meals on Wheels, the entrees are prepared in advance at the Golden Circle kitchen in Red Deer and then deliv-ered for clients to keep in their freezers until need-ed. Some clients use this service for days when hot meals may not be available.
Newly offered through the program is a vegetari-an option.
“We’ve had many ask about it, so now it is a new option,” said Riffi n.
Meals on Wheels also ac-commodates diabetic diets or no fi sh or pork diets.
Also new to program is HT Catering, who began as the new kitchen venue for the program this past August. The program cur-rently serves 20 clients in the local area.
While Meals on Wheels is a food service, it does offer a socialization oppor-tunity for both volunteers and clients.
“The social aspect is very important,” added Riffi n. “I think the clients appreci-ate the social contact with the volunteers.”
While volunteers may only have a few minutes to drop off the meal, the moment can brighten a client’s day.
Meals on Wheels is pro-vided on a volunteer basis.
In the beginning, the program’s volunteer base was mainly distributed through 12 local churches. Today, the program is op-erated through 10 church-es and two organizations.
Riffi n said volunteers are the critical glue to operate the service.
“We couldn’t offer this program without volun-teers,” she said.
More volunteers are needed for the program, especially for an upcoming one-month period. Riffi n suggests that a group or business, who has ample manpower, could volun-teer their time, as opposed to an individual, due to the regularity of the program.
While Lacombe and District FCSS covers the City of Lacombe and all of Lacombe County, Meals on Wheels is only offered within the city limits. Meals on Wheels does come at a minimal cost. Veterans may fi nd fi nan-cial help for the program through Veterans Affairs.
For more information about the program, to sign up or to volunteer, contact FCSS at 403-782-6637.
HEALTHY MEAL - Meals on Wheels client John Kangiesser is happy to see his hot and ready Meals on Wheels meal delivered to his home by a volunteer. submitted photo
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The Kozy Korner Senior’s Centre has been around for a long time.
The organization was originally opened on Oct. 22nd, 1971 by the then Town’s Council on Aging in what is now the Lacombe Day Care Centre. In 1973 the Kozy Korner split off from the Council on Aging and became its own in-dependent community organization called the Lacombe Kozy Korner Community Centre, locat-ed along 53 St.
“They bought this prop-erty, I think there was three lots here, and devel-oped it to the point where they built the building,” said Kozy Korner President Lawrence Henderson of the building’s current lo-cation.
According to Henderson, the new building was paid for with a $130,000 grant from the City and has been continuously updated for the past 30 years.
“It was built by a lot of volunteer work. These sorts of facilities have to run by volunteers. I put in probably 100 hours a month here,” said Henderson, who is retired from all of his other jobs and now spends much of his time at the centre.
“After about 2000, I seemed to get involved over here and became a director one day and a president the next and I’ve been here ever since,” he added.
Today, the centre of-fers a number of differ-ent activities for senior citizens, including coffee every morning, fl oor curl-ing, fl oor bowling, shuf-fl eboard, pool and pretty much every card game you can imagine.
“It gives me something
to do. I lost my wife on Thanksgiving Day last fall, so it’s a great thing for me
to do. I don’t know what you would do if you didn’t have something like this,” Henderson said of why he
has stayed involved at the centre for so long.
There is a certain quality about the Kozy Korner that only a building that has been standing for more than 30 years can have. The décor and appliances are an eclectic mix of old and new. For example, the kitchen is done up with a modern dishwasher, fridge and counters, and yet it still has the original stove from the ‘70s. The cen-tre still uses the original hot-water heating system as well.
The building itself is made up of two large fl oors. The main fl oor is taken up by a large com-munity hall as well as a kitchen, board room and offi ce.
The basement, on the
other hand, primarily holds the fl oor curling rink and the centre’s three pool
tables, two of which are full sized snooker tables. There is also a small room
that is rented out by one of Lacombe’s crafting clubs.
Despite all of the activ-ities that are available, Henderson said the cen-tre’s membership numbers have been going down in recent years. “Things have sort of backed away be-cause the numbers aren’t here,” he said, adding last year the organization lost 12 of its members.
“It’s hard to replace them. We have more ‘new’ retirees wanting to go somewhere warm in the winter time. In summer time they’re busy golfi ng.”
He added while the cen-tre’s main source of reve-nue is hall rentals, mem-berships are still import-ant to a community orga-nization.
“We fi nance this place primarily by rentals and the membership is around 130,” he said.
Memberships for the Kozy Korner Senior’s Centre cost only $10 per year and go towards the maintenance of the facil-ity.
For a full schedule of ac-tivities, residents can visit the Kozy Korner.
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Kozy Korner provides activities for seniorsBY ZACHARY CORMIERLACOMBE EXPRESS
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CRIB NIGHT - Irene Plester, left, and Michele Mackintosh enjoy a game of crib at the Kozy Korner Senior’s Centre. Crib games are just one of the many activities the centre offers throughout the week. Zachary Cormier/Lacombe Express
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Aging Well program enhances independenceBY SARAH MAETCHELACOMBE EXPRESS
The exercise program Aging Well has the goal, through fi tness, to assist seniors in maintaining their independence.
Facilitator and Exercise Specialist at Wolf Creek Primary Care Network (PCN) Heather Mielke said the class was initial-ly developed from funding received from the City of Lacombe’s Recreation and Culture Grant.
The fi rst installment of the class ran last September to December for 12 weeks with the hope that it would continue on.
Mielke began a new six-week session of the class last month and hopes to start new sessions in the spring.
“I really could see this as something that carries on,” she said. “I think more and more people will become aware of it. My hope, as with really any exercise class, that people can learn something and they can somehow keep it going.”
Aging Well is an active exercise class that focuses on ‘functional strengthen-ing’.
Mielke said the program is designed for seniors in the community who currently live independently who may be nearing
the point where something in the situ-ation could change, like a fall or health challenges.
“We all know the benefi ts of exercise,” she said. “We want it (the class) to be functional, with a focus on strength, en-durance, balance and some education on preventing falls.”
As for equipment, the class current-ly incorporates resistance bands and urban poles, mainly used for balance assistance.
A typical class begins with a group warm up, some type of range of motion exercise to increase circulation, fol-lowed by strengthening ex-ercises and then stretch-ing. Most of the class is done standing up as many other classes already feature exercises in a sitting po-sition.
“We do upper and lower body strengthening,” said Mielke. “We talk about core and posture. Every class we do a balance component.”
She added the class definite-ly has a social component to it, with many of the attendees
looking forward to the class each week.“If you can maintain your fi tness, you
will maintain your independence,” said Mielke. “As people age, it becomes some-thing that is quite important to them.”
Other programs offered through the Wolf Creek PCN include Back Strong, an exercise class for the prevention and treatment of back pain. Learn safe and
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increase your fl exibility. The class runs Thursdays, from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. Session two begins on March 17th. As well, Bone Strong is an exercise class for the pre-vention and management of osteoporosis. Improve your posture, strength
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With an aim towards maintaining indepen-dence and fall prevention, an exercise class is being offered in the community.
Titled Finding Balance, the class is held twice a week at the Lacombe Physiotherapy Clinic.
Facilitator Karen Leung said the class is an oppor-tunity to learn how to stay independent and perhaps prevent a fall in the future.
“We focus on balance and strengthening the
muscles and learn to help hold the muscles that keep us upright,” she said. “We do talk about keep-ing balance and prevent-ing falls, but more than that, we learn from each other. We provide tips and awareness.”
Leung said the class is targeted towards individu-als who have maybe fallen over the past year, have a fear of falling or who have poor balance.
The class itself involves a series of exercises that work on strengthening the hips, thighs and an-
kles. Attendees also work on their posture, in both standing and sitting posi-tions. Through repetition, the concepts of the exer-cises are reinforced.
On week three of the class, the group gathered at the clinic and were working on their posture through a series of leg movements, using a chair as prop. One thing for sure was the exercises were challenging and ‘harder than they look’.
The class is also about camaraderie, learning from one another and giv-
ing each other encourage-ment.
Leung said the goal be-hind the class is to give attendees skills and exer-cises they can use in their home well after the class concludes.
“We work together to-wards continuing educa-tion,” she said. “My goal is to go through a routine and give them something they can work on at home. We want to give them
some skills and confi dence so they feel comfortable.”
Prior to attending the class, a physiotherapy assessment is required. Leung will speak to the potential attendee about some of their issues and see if the class is a correct fi t for them.
She said the class has been offered in the commu-nity for around three years.
The class is offered in partnership with the
Wolf Creek Primary Care Network and Lacombe Physiotherapy Clinic. It is also offered in Ponoka. The Lacombe class runs Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. The new spring ses-sion begins on March 15th. The cost to participants is $50 and includes an as-sessment.
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Education key to preventing scams and fraudEducation and awareness of preventive
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Grandchild in trouble - a criminal con-tacts an elderly person and pretends to be a grandchild or other family member in trouble with the police. The scammer will tell the victim that he/she has been ar-rested by a police service outside of their
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