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Our Br ains Are Not Mush at the
Emmitsburg Senior Center
by Phyllis Clark
Don’t we all have those days
that we can’t remember why we
opened the door to the refrigerator?
We had a speaker last month from
Brookdale Senior Living Solutions,
who presented a four-session video
on “Know Your Brain.” Just
imagine that your brain really looks
like a jungle, and not what we think
of as moth-eaten mush between our
ears.
Probably the best bit of
information presented was that
the brain doesn’t even know how
old it is—and we’re not going to
tell it! We learned that “by living
a proactive, healthy life, we can
develop brain resilience” through
physical, nutritional, emotional,
social, and intellectual approaches,
which all help to stimulate the brain.
There’s a great deal more to learn
about our brains, of course, but we
have to emphatically restate that
the Emmitsburg Senior Center is a
seriously good source of important,
vital information—and fun
activities, too. So, come join us!
Call Emmitsburg Senior Center
Coordinator Linda Umbel at 301-
600-6350 for more information on
any program or activity, as well as
to schedule appointments or order
lunch.
There are so many events to tell
you about taking place at the Center
in May, and if we only did half of
them, we’d all be regular Einsteins! cruise “ship” leaves port at 11:00
Law Day is Tuesday, May
1, 2018, and a lawyer from the
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will be at the Center to help prepare
advance directives, beginning
at 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. This
document is as important as your
will or your power of attorney. This
is a great opportunity, and it’s free.
Please make an appointment by
calling Linda. Also at the Center
on May 1 will be a speaker from
the Commission on Aging, who
will present a program entitled
“Living Well in Place” (taking care
of yourself in your own home), from
12:15-1:15 p.m.
On Tuesday, May 8, 2018, a
MAP representative will talk to us
about the health/medical, housing,
food, and other similar programs
available through Frederick County.
So much worthwhile information—
and your brain can handle it!
Nurse Steve will present another
informative talk on Tuesday, May
15, 2018, beginning at 11:00 a.m.,
entitled “Black and Blue. And Green
and Purple.” The causes and care of
bruising and skin tears. We’re also
ready to have blood pressure checks.
Your brain is ready to learn!
All Aboard! A really big and
fun cruise is coming to the Senior
Center on Friday, May 18, 2018.
We’re creating an entertaining event,
where you’ll enjoy deck games, a
gift shop, cocktails at our piano bar,
a sumptuous lunch, and Elvis. Our
a.m. and returns home at 2:00 p.m.
This great time is only $10.00.
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Registration and payment are due by
Friday, May 11. You can register at
any of the Frederick County senior
centers or call Linda at 301-600-
6350. This will be a wonderful
social experience for your brain.
On Tuesday, May 22, 2018, a
Frederick County representative will
be at the Emmitsburg Senior Center,
from 11:00-11:30 a.m., to discuss
and answer any questions you may
have about mental health issues and
County assistance programs.
The Urbana Senior Center is
hosting a Polka Dot Brunch and
Book Talk on Wednesday, May
23, 2018. The cost is $7.00 (and
wearing something with polka
dots is encouraged). You’ll hear
humorous and informative advice
from the author of Chasing Pills:
I Must Be Old, I Have a Pill
Dispenser. Linda has room for six
people in our van, or you may want
to travel to Urbana on your own.
Registration and payment are due by
May 16.
The Memory Cafe will be at
the Emmitsburg Senior Center on
Tuesday, May 29, 2018, with a free
lunch and creative activity. Our
special friends and their caregivers
are especially invited to attend. It’s a
fun afternoon for all of us.
We haven’t even mentioned
our regularly scheduled activities,
including bowling on Mondays
(meet at the Center at noon) at the
Thunderhead Lanes in Taneytown,
and our art class, from 1:30-3:00
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p.m., in the lower-level classroom.
As you’ll remember (that brain
is working), we exercise at 10:00
a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays in
the lower-level classroom. There is
no charge, and registration is not
necessary. This is also an exercise for
your brain, not just your body.
Lunch (nutrition for the brain)
begins at 11:30 a.m. every day but
Monday, for a donation, but you
must call Linda two days prior for
her to have the appropriate number
of lunches.
You can walk around the park in
the morning (area behind the Senior
Center building), and participate
in Hoop Shoot (first-floor gym)
at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesdays and
Fridays. Pickleball (first-floor gym)
is held on Wednesdays at 1:00 p.m.,
and Tai Chi (first-floor gym) on
Fridays at 1:00 p.m. In addition,
on Thursdays and Fridays, we play
Canasta games after lunch.
You’ve now been physically,
socially, emotionally, intellectually,
and nutritionally stimulating your
brain. Congratulations!
Here are some afterthoughts: “If
the human brain were so simple that
we could understand it, we would
be so simple that we couldn’t.”
• “Learning never exhausts the
mind.” • “To keep the body in good
health is a duty…otherwise, we
shall not be able to keep our mind
strong and clear.” • “The brain is
an apparatus with which we think
we think.”