Wills, Trusts, and Powers of Attorney Presented by Matt Haralson Wednesday, March 25, 2020, 11 a.m., Sharon Lawson Room Focus on Seniors Where estate planning is concerned, failure to plan is planning to fail. It’s easy to procrastinate tackling what may seem like an overwhelming task. Ultimately, however, having a will can insure that your […]
Medicare and Drug Plans 2020
Medicare and Drug Plans Presented by Joani Shaver and Pat Collins Wednesday, November 20, 2019, 11 a.m., Sharon Lawson Room Focus on Seniors Joani Shaver of the Blount County Office on Aging and Pat Collins, BS Pharm, will review Medicare and drug plan options available for 2020. Medicare open enrollment ends on December 7. This […]
Medicare Matters 2020
Joani Shaver, Director of the Blount County Office on Aging, presents Medicare MattersOverview and Updates. For many people, going on Medicare is scary and complicated. Shaver will review the basics and explain changes proposed for 2020. This program is part of the Focus on Seniors partnership between the Library and the Office on Aging. Attendees […]
Get Moving!
Focus on Seniors: Get Moving! Wednesday, September 25, 2019, Sharon Lawson Room Presented by volunteer instructors with the S.A.I.L program The right sort of exercise is vital to maintaining good health and independence, especially for seniors. Volunteer instructors with the exercise class Staying Active and Independent for Life (S.A.I.L) will lead attendees in exercises that […]
Dementia
Dementia Kevin James, M.D. Monday, April 24, 2019, 11 a.m., Sharon Lawson Room Focus on Seniors series Dementia is a family illness. It is well recognized that an adult diagnosed with one of the many illnesses that lead to dementia will see their life change profoundly. It is less well understood outside of affected families […]
Legal Issues for Seniors
Matt Haralson, Elder Law Attorney with Kizer & Black will offer information on legal issues encountered in later life. This presentation is a great follow-up to his earlier session on wills and trusts, and will cover how to make other decisions, such as powers of attorney, healthcare decision-making, planning for Medicaid and planning for nursing […]
Managing Photo Collections and Digitizing Items
Managing Photo Collections and Digitizing Items will be presented by Wil Davenport on Wednesday, January 24, 2018 at 11 a.m. in the Sharon Lawson Room of the Library. If you have boxes and boxes of photographs or many albums assembled, and don’t know what to do with them so that you can leave a legacy […]
