Saturday, February 16, 2008

New Malden Senior Center Malden Ma

Our new Senior Center is scheduled to open on December 8, 2008. The contractor is up to date on his work and has indicated that he will meet the set date.
FRONT AND CENTER
From Coast to Coast the staid old senior center is being revamped as an "activity center" filled with boomer-friendly offerings such as basketball and martial arts. We at MSAC have been looking out for are present Senior members who range in the late seventys but in Malden government circles we are looking to open to a broad range of the community. We are looking forward to a range of 50 and up. THIS PUBLIC CENTER WILL BE KNOWN AS "Planet 50 Plus"
Another suggestion as been made to get more diversification and open the doors to all Senior Citizens. How about programs and services published in the languages that all our Seniors bring to Malden Since we have a wide range of Seniors in Malden how about the affluent come to the center to participate by helping those who through a variety of circumstances are left behind and in need of help and advise. WE could use a Food Pantry in the newly renovated Senior Center with the help of Bread of Life.
ALERT
Bills required Defibrillators at health clubs (one of the goals of the Senior Center )
Massachusetts should require health clubs (senior center to have defibrillators as advocates say could save lives. With those now using the Senior Center presently at risk we are courting an incident that get attention.
The legislature should require fitness centers to have a least one of these devices on site in case a visitor or employee goes in cardiac arrest and needs immediate help
The devices cost beteen $1000 and $3000 each, reads a patients vital signs when pads are placed on the persons chest.
Many models speak to the rescuer, telling the person when to bush a button that delivers a shock to revive or regulate the heart rate (AP)
AGING BOOMERS FACING INCREASED HEALTH PROBLEMS.