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The Auburn Senior Activity Center enhances the quality of life of senior adults in the com-munity through social, recreational, health and wellness, educational and nutritional services and programs.

The center, at 808 Ninth St. SE, serves indi-viduals age 50-plus with a variety of activities and social needs. The center is open Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., with extended activity evening hours, Monday-Wednes-day, 5 p.m.-9 p.m.

An activity brochure is produced every other month that lists upcom-ing classes, activities and events. There are many opportunities to get involved either as a vol-unteer or a participant.

Recreational opportu-nities include hiking and

nature walks, snowshoe-ing, chair yoga, line danc-ing, variety of exercise classes, travel options,

volleyball, pickle ball, drop in and tournament play in pool room.

the Auburn Senior Activity Center serves lunch Monday to Friday. The salad bar begins at 11:30 a.m. The main meal is served at noon. Cost is a suggested $3 donation for ages 60 and over, $5.75 for those younger than 60. COURTESY PHOTO

By the numbers: 2011• Number of volunteers: 190 volunteers• Volunteer hours recorded: 22,416• 41,662 visits were made to the center, which equates to approximately 165 visits per day.• 1,320 customers using the Senior Savers Pantry, 80 of whom were first-time users.• 104 clients were served by the Meals on Wheels program. 17,608 meals were delivered in the program. 50 cases of En-sure were delivered to home-bound seniors.• 18,625 luncheon meals were served by Catholic Community Services, up 13 percent from 2010.• Free AARP tax assistance was given to 307 clients between Feb. 1 and April 15.• $3,762 was netted at the annual rummage sale. Proceeds were used to purchase a new sound system for the Millennium Room.• 80 people participated (21 were new) to the hiking program; 56 hikes were offered for a total of 239 miles

Center offers many services, opportunities for senior community

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A power of attorney document is an extremely important part of estate planning, yet one of the most misunderstood.

Everyone has been told that it is important to have a will, but for many older people, the most important documents are powers of attorney. They are, quite frankly, the neglected step-children of estate planning, yet in my prac-tice, they serve to be more impor-tant than wills.

Many people confuse the power of attorney (POA) with a will, but these documents are two very dif-ferent things and have two very different functions. A will goes into effect on the day you die. A POA applies during your lifetime and ceases to apply when you die. So you actually need both a POA and a will as they complement, and do not overlap, each other.

To add a twist to the subject, there are two types of POA: one for finances and legal matters, and one

for health care. These two types are completely separate. They deal with different areas of your life and both are required for effective estate planning.

Power of attorney for finances, legal matters

A POA for property gives the designated “attorney” – the person you name on the

POA document as your decision maker – legal control over all your property. “Property” refers to both real prop-erty (real estate) and personal property (all other assets includ-ing stocks IRA’s, and

bank accounts).The purpose of a POA is to

make it easy for your desig-nated attorney to access your finances and, in that way, take care of your property.

The language in the docu-ment controls anything the agent can do. As such, it must be carefully drafted accord-ing to your desire. Most POA’s allow a wide range of

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Richard “Rich the Hat” Geiler performed his Trick Shot Show at the Auburn Senior Activity Center this past summer – one of the special visits to the center. Geiler, who has been playing pocket billiards for more than 50 years, was ranked No. 32 in the world by the Men’s Professional Billiards Tour in 1993. His trick shot exhibitions have been entertaining audiences throughout the world for more than 30 years. His shows consist of a combination of trick shots and lessons.MARK KLAAS, Auburn Reporter

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The center hosts a variety of special events and luncheon celebrations.

There is a daily lunch pro-gram, a monthly supper club and a monthly coffee hour with the mayor and Auburn City Councilmembers. A food pantry is offered two days a month and provides access to a wide variety of items such as cereals, grains, cheeses, spices, raisins, juice and soup at bulk discount prices, perfect por-tions for small households.

Educational and learn-ing opportunities are offered through book club, computer classes, driver’s safety, Spanish

classes, art and creative writ-ing classes. A variety of health and wellness programs are offered each session, includ-ing foot care, blood pressure clinics, massage and dental cleaning.

Ongoing social time at the center includes games such as Mah Jongg, Scrabble, Bingo, Mexican Train Dominoes, Hand and Foot, Canasta, Pinochle, Contract Bridge and puzzles as well as a coffee bar and movie days.

To learn more about pro-grams at the center or those offered through Auburn Parks, Arts & Recreation, please call 253-931-3016 or visit www.auburnwa.gov.

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Water color art classes are among the many offerings at the Senior Activity Center.COURTESY PHOTO


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things, including: paying bills, selling your home, managing investment ac-counts and IRA’s, dealing with the IRS (including signing tax returns)

Although a POA for property may be used to help you when you can no longer help yourself, it usually goes into effect the day it is signed. It’s there-fore essential that you have

great confidence in your designated attorney. They must be someone you can trust, without reservation, to use your property for you and not for themselves, or anyone else.

You can specify in the POA document that you must be mentally incapaci-tated for the POA to take effect, but this provision is not recommended. That’s because it’s difficult to define and prove “incapaci-tated” and could mean that your case goes to court in

an attempt to determine whether you can make de-cisions for yourself or not.

Such a lengthy, compli-cated and expensive legal process defeats the whole purpose of the POA which, as pointed out earlier, is to give your designated attorney fast and easy ac-cess to your finances, when necessary.

In all cases, you want to choose someone who is good at managing money to be your POA. Your partner may not be the best choice if you know they have diffi-culty with money. However, if your partner is trustwor-thy with money, they may be the perfect choice.

If you don’t have a valid financial POA in place and you become incapable, the person who wants to manage your property would need to apply to the courts for the right to do so through a process called a

guardianship. Many people call the guardianship a “liv-ing probate”, and it should be avoided at all costs. The process is time consuming and expensive, especially when compared to the costs of putting a POA for property in place.

Furthermore, the person who applies for the right to manage your property may not be the person you would have selected. With a POA in place, you can guarantee that a person of your choosing is in charge of your property.

Power of attorney for health care

A POA for personal care gives your designated at-torney the power to make decisions on your behalf in relation to medical issues, hospitalization and long-term care when you are no

longer capable of making such decisions yourself. In the case of a POA for personal care, it is a doctor who determines whether you are able to make such decisions.

If you have specific wishes for a particular treatment or plan of care, you can write them directly into your POA document. If your wishes are included in the POA document, or if you have expressed your wishes verbally, your attorney is required by law to make decisions based on those wishes. In the absence of any specific wishes, your attorney is left to make decisions based on what they consider to be your best interests.

Once again, you will want to designate some-one you trust implicitly to serve as your attorney. They will be making very important decisions for

you regarding your health and long-term care.

Everyone needs to des-ignate a power of attorney, no matter what his or her financial or relationship status. POA ensures that a person of your choosing is the one who retains the un-disputed right to make key decisions about your life.

Make sure you have cre-ated both a both POA’s, in addition to a will.

Drafting a power of attor-ney is inexpensive, especial-ly when compared to the expense potentially created by not having one in place when the need arises. Cost should not be a reason for you to postpone the process of creating your POA.

Mark Albertson is an at-torney at law at Hanis Irvine Prothero, PLLC. Reach him at 253-520-5000 or [email protected]. To learn more, visit www.hiplawfirm.com.

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While regular physi-cal activity has long been regarded as an important component of healthy ag-ing, its impact on mental health has remained less explored – until now.

Several new studies on the role of exercise for the prevention of mental decline in older adults have been presented at this year’s Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) in Vancouver, Brit-ish Columbia.

For these studies, re-searchers from the United States, Canada and Japan conducted 6 to 12 month clinical trials with focus on potential benefits of different types of exercising, including weight lifting, aerobics and balance-stretching training, for maintaining cognitive abili-ties at old age.

The results showed that even low-impact activities such as walking can help improve memory and other mental functions. What’s most striking is that the hu-man brain seems to be able to grow and develop even late in life if sufficiently stimulated, not only by staying mentally active but physically as well.

Strength training, in

particular, had positive effects on attention and memory and other higher brain functions. One study from the University of British Columbia, Canada, found that participants with higher levels of intellect, and perhaps education, reaped the most benefits.

The scientists involved in the respective studies agreed that their findings are preliminary at best at this point in time.

“Very little is under-stood regarding the molecular processes that contribute to enhanced brain health with exercise, or the impact that greater brain volume has on cognitive function,” said Dr. Kirk Erickson of the University of Pittsburgh, who worked on one of the studies. But he also pointed to some immedi-ate implications. “Our findings suggest that the aging brain remains modi-fiable, and that sedentary older adults can benefit from starting a moderate walking regimen,” he said.

Walking, not for the purpose of exercising but as a normal daily func-

tion, was the subject of another study presented at the confer-ence. It found that older people’s slower

gait could also be a symp-tom for mental decline. A reduced pace has always been considered as a natu-ral part of aging. But the results of this study seem to indicate that being less swift and steady on one’s feet may be a sign that cognitive functions are suffering as well.

This is potentially a new perspective for health care professionals who treat older patients with mental health issues.

“People who are focused on cognition largely never watch people move,” said Dr. Stephanie Studenski, a geriatrician at the Univer-sity of Pittsburgh who did not take part in the study, in an interview with the New York Times. “The tests are all done sitting down.”

Simply by observing how older people walk could provide doctors with an additional tool for diagnos-ing impairments such as Alzheimer’s disease.

Although the studies

reported at the confer-ence have yet to undergo peer reviews before being released for publication, they have already gener-ated a considerable buzz in the medical community and beyond. The AAIC is the world’s largest of its kind and is sponsored by the Alzheimer’s Associa-tion, the world’s leading health organization in Alzheimer care, support and research.

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