What Do Older Adults In West Orange Need? Board Seeks Public Input

WEST ORANGE, NJ — The following news release comes courtesy of the West Orange Older Adult Advisory Board. Find out how to post announcements or events to your local Patch site.

The Older Adult Advisory Board of the Township of West Orange is interested in the views, suggestions, recommendations and input on the needs and services for older adult residents of the Township of West Orange.

To accomplish this, the board will be holding an open “town hall” style meeting where residents or persons with interest in the older adult residents of the township will be invited to speak for not more than five minutes on topics directly related to the quality of life for older adults living in our township.

This “town hall” meeting will take place on Monday, Dec. 18 at 6 p.m. in the Council Chambers of the West Orange Township Hall, 66 Main Street.

In addition, the Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center will provide a Winter Wellness program aimed at prevention of common winter ailments, improve diet and exercise and keys to staying warm this winter.

The Older Adult Advisory Board was established by the township to serve as a volunteer advisory committee to the mayor and township council with regard to issues affecting the safety, welfare, health, finances, transportation, social interaction, housing, and quality of life for older adults and their caregivers. This board held its first meeting in April and has provided the community with a forum to tackle the issues of aging in place for West Orange residents.

The Older Adult Advisory Board will use the information gathered by the “town hall” meeting to continue to make recommendations to the mayor and the township council on the needs of seniors and their families.

Light refreshments will be served to celebrate the holiday period.

For more information, contact Sam Bernstein, Older Adult Advisory Board chair, at sammsw@comcast.net.

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