Date: Thursday,
February 22, 2007
Location: Parkwood Shores Asst. Living
3663 Park Center Blvd.
St. Louis Park, MN 55416
Lower Level 952-924-0400
Schedule:
2:25-2:40 Registration and Networking
2:40-3:15 Business Meeting
3:15-4:15 Program Presentation
4:15 Networking/Optional Tour
Topic: “Introduction to Pallative Care”
Speaker: Olufemi Banjoko, M.D.
Geriatrics, Park Nicollet
Objectives:
Define Pallative Care
Differentiate between palliative care and
hospice.
Understand the suffering paradigm.
Identify the different settings for
palliative care.
Identify the core disciplines involved in
palliative care.
Define clinical success at end of life.
1 CEU credit
Questions about MASWA?
Click to email Angie Furr or Marlene
Panek
or call Angie at (651) 633-6484
or
Marlene at (612) 729-9096
Public Policy News
The first Joint Committee on Public Policy met on January
17, 2007. Members are excited about the potential of
this joint committee’s ability to help the Senior
Workers of St. Paul and Minneapolis stay abreast of legislative
policy issues and how to effectively try to affect change
and have their opinions heard. Judy Abbott, of SPASWA,
had worked on a mission statement for the group, so the
members adopted a mission with only a few minor adjustments
resulting in: “To bring information, insight and
empowerment into the Minneapolis and St. Paul Senior
Worker’s Associations through organization, education
and research to ensure an informed public policy debate
and decision-making process on behalf of their members
and the senior population they serve.”
Lots of good discussion was held around whether or not
we endorse particular bills and policies. An old “Endorsement
Procedure” that SPASWA had adopted in the past (means
of seeking consensus from the membership regarding a position
on a particular bill or policy in order to endorse as an
organization) will be looked at. The goals for this group
are to work closely together to enhance the senior workers.org
website to incorporate a united Public Policy section that
is linked from the splash page, rather than having individual
policy pages within each website. Also talked about was
trying to get members of each committee to provide an update
verbally at the monthly meetings. A long-term goal would
be collecting members emails to easily disseminate information
electronically. This would make the process much easier.
St. Paul already has the email addresses of each of their
members online, and Minneapolis is working in that direction.
The next monthly meeting will be at Judy Abbott’s
home on February 21, 2007, and future meetings will be
on the third Wednesday of the month. If you are interested
in coming to a meeting, you may contact Judy Abbott at
judy@tcaging.org, or you may contact Paul Blom at pblom@rah-tc.net.
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Message from
the President
To my fellow MASWA members:
 It
may be colder than it’s been all
Winter, but for some reason, February
always seems like a turning point in my mind. The Vernal
Equinox is
suddenly within sight and that means
Spring. For thousands of years people have celebrated the
Vernal Equinox (equal night..there is almost equal day
and night on the equinox). There is no shortage of rituals
and traditions surrounding the coming of Spring. Many early
peoples celebrated because their food supplies would soon
be restored by growing season. The date is significant
for Christianity because Easter always falls on the first
Sunday
after the first full moon after the Vernal Equinox. It
is also no coincidence that early Egyptians built the Great
Sphinx so that it points directly toward the
rising sun on the day of the Vernal Equinox.
The coming of Spring via the Vernal Equinox means special
things for the Minneapolis Area Senior
Workers Association as well. Our year culminates at our
annual meeting at the Spring Luncheon in May. It is at
this meeting that we report on the happenings of the past
year, look forward to the year ahead by
installing a new Board, share a meal together (what
better communion than sharing a meal), and listen to a
top-notch speaker. Although I want ALL of you to attend
the Spring Luncheon, my intent wasn’t just to plug
that meeting. My intention was to encourage each of you
to contemplate your level of involvement as a member of
MASWA. It is during these months leading up to Spring where
our Nominating Committee is having conversations with
those who are
interested in serving our fine organization as a Board
member for the upcoming year. Give it some thought.
Being on the Board can be fun and rewarding! Check out
our website, www.seniorworkers.org for descriptions of
the different committees.
Paul R. Blom, President
Did you know?..........
The Minneapolis Area Senior Workers Association originated over 30 years ago.
It was first called Senior Citizen Workers Association of the Greater Minneapolis
Area. Some very prominent citizens (Phyllis Wheatley and Dutch Kastenbaum,
for example) were involved in creating the beginnings of this great organization.
In 1972, members sent letters to congressman, Donald Fraser and Senators
Mondale and H.H. Humphrey as well as President Nixon regarding a cut of welfare
benefits for those seniors who received a raise in Social Security payments.
Public Policy issues were a vital part of this organization early on!
Membership
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a pdf of our Membership Application.
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