YMCA Hosts Annual Senior Health and Resource Fair
The YMCA of Central Kentucky, in partnership with AARP Lexington, The Willows at Citation, and Bank of the Bluegrass will host the fourth annual Senior Health and Resource Fair on Thursday, September 30. Adults 55 and older can visit the North Lexington Family YMCA from 10 am to 2 pm to receive useful healthy living resources. There will be complimentary...
Mayor plans Center for Senior and Therapeutic Recreation
Mayor Linda Gorton is working to build a Center for Senior and Therapeutic Recreation in Shillito Park. The new center will provide new, accessible space for therapeutic programming, and supplement some of the services now offered at the Senior Center on Life Lane. “These programs are a good fit. The interest areas align easily. Shared use increases utilization and reduces...
UK hosts ‘Thank You’ Lunch for vaccine and testing volunteers
University of Kentucky Dining provided a complimentary thank you lunch to honor the volunteers who have made it possible for UK and UK HealthCare to provide public COVID-19 testing and vaccinations over the last several months. Employee and student volunteers come from many areas across UK’s campus, including UK HealthCare and the colleges of Medicine, Pharmacy, Dentistry, Health Sciences, Nursing...
Next phase of COVID vaccinations for 70 and above announced for 2021
Gov. Andy Beshear and Dr. Steven Stack, commissioner of the Kentucky Department for Public Health, announced that the next priority group (Phase 1b) for COVID 19 vaccination will be Kentuckians who are at least 70 years old, as well as first responders and educators. Depending on the vaccine distribution schedule, Phase 1b could begin as early as February 1, 2021,...
Kentucky Department for Aging and Independent Living receives grant
The Administration for Community Living has awarded the Department for Aging and Independent Living (DAIL), an agency of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services (CHFS), a $999,999 Innovations in Nutrition Programs and Services grant. The funding will help senior centers plan for emergencies that would otherwise stand in the way of connecting seniors with nutritious meals and integral services. “The...