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Free Workshop to Help You Live Smarter
Fighting ageism, keeping your brain healthy, Medicare, modifying your home, and free shredding on tap for this free event!
Keynote speaker will discuss combatting ageism
Join us at the AARP Virginia Academy: Smarter Living for All Ages to learn about keeping your brain healthy, preparing to care for a loved one, avoiding scams and frauds, and much more.
The event will be held from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 17, 2017 at Lee Center, 1108 Jefferson Street, Alexandria, VA 22314. Registration begins at 8:15 a.m. There is plenty of free parking at the center.
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The momentum to expose and eradicate ageism is mounting on a national level and decades of research devoted to the study of ageism is being translated and disseminated to wider audiences, a topic that will be addressed by keynote speaker Tracey Gendron, Associate Professor in the Department of Gerontology in the School of Allied Health Professions at Virginia Commonwealth University. Gendron says there is still much work to be done to create a “new lens” in which we challenge society’s long standing view of aging as deterioration and decline. Her presentation will describe how subtle language based age discrimination impact aging anxiety and internalized ageism.
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Free document shredding will be available from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Complimentary light refreshments will be available in the morning, and lunch will be provided in the afternoon. No products will be sold at this event.
Classes include:
- Medicare 101
- Re-imagining Your Life
- Modifying Your Home
- Preparing to be a Caregiver
- Keeping Your Brain Healthy
- Getting the Most out of Your Retirement
- Protecting Yourself from Fraud and Identity Theft
- Social Security: What You Need to Know Today and Tomorrow
Nonperishable food items will be collected for ALIVE!, the largest private safety net for the needy in the city of Alexandria. Attendees who bring three items or more will receive a gift, while supplies last.
This event is free, however, registration is required; preferred classes fill up quickly.
RSVP at states.aarp.org/june17-academy or call 1-877-926-8300.
