Dear Friends,

Are you Aging in Place?

Aging in place refers to the choice to live in your current building and neighborhood as you grow older. Some are faced with moving to a building with elder care services, but a new video from ENGAGE-IL and the City of Chicago shows how some services can be brought to you in your building.  Additionally, The Seniors Connected brochure brings online programming and classes directly to your home. See https://www.chicago.gov/content/dam/city/depts/fss/supp_info/SeniorServices/SeniorsConnectedBrochure.pdf

Building management staff are the first line of contact for identifying healthcare problems with residents. Educating building managers, door people and maintenance crews will help create an environment where all will be able to help with the needs of older adult residents, particularly those with memory or cognitive problems.

“ENGAGE-IL” has created a training video for high rise residential buildings with information and resources on managing aging residents.

Pass this information along to your building management company. Ask them to require the building staff to view it. Perhaps you can get it in your building’s newsletter. Have a watch party in your unit and discuss the information with your neighbors. It’s free. The video is Chicago-specific with updated contact information for elder care services.

Register here for video.

Respectfully,

Your Skyline Village Chicago Board

Advanced Care Planning: Preparing for Future Medical Care

Thursday, July 17 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Free

Members & guests- free! Virtual, via Zoom

Register Here

*This program is brought to you by the Chicago Area Villages Collaborative, as the first session of our End-of-Life Series. Stay posted for information about our August, September and October sessions of this series.

Join us for an informational session about planning for end-of-life care, including how to communicate and document your wishes and values with your healthcare team. Advance Care Planning is for everyone, not just those with a serious illness. An illness or injury can often come without warning. If you plan now, you can make sure that the medical treatment you get in the future will be the treatment you would want. We will provide an overview of Illinois advanced care planning documents including Living Will, Power of Attorney, Practitioner Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment, and more. Attendees will get early access to sign-ups for individual consultations, including guided completion of advanced directives and document sharing with healthcare providers.

Lucky Penny Lunch

Skyline Village hosts a luncheon with speakers the last Friday of every month Watch your email for announcements.

Register here for July 25th lunch.

Join us for a conversation with

Thomas McAfee, President, Northwestern Medicine

Friday, July 25, 1:00-2:00 PM

Register Here

Eggs, Inc. Cafe

680 North Lake Shore Drive

Old Furniture Mart

(Note: entrances also on McClurg and Erie)

Dutch Treat. Order from the Menu.

Pay at restaurant

Skyliner Social

Every 4th Tuesday

Next is Tuesday July 29, 4:30 - 6:00 PM

Aster Hall, 6th Floor

900 N. Michigan

Let’s get together. Deepen your connections, or connect anew with Skyliner friends. Kibbitz over dutch-treat drinks and nosh.

Free! Register HERE

Women's Salon

Have You Seen Me?

Rodent control - Call 311 or 

Report Online to CHI311, Click "Animals", then "Rodents"

Submit a "Rodent Baiting/Rat Request". 

This request will be routed to the Department of Streets and Sanitation's (DSS) Bureau of Rodent Control. Rodent abatement crews will typically treat the reported location within two weeks. 

The Bureau of Rodent Control investigates every reported rat sighting, inspecting alley conditions, replacing damaged carts, and placing rodenticide in rat burrows to eradicate nests. 

Center for Life and Learning 4th Presbyterian Church: Website

Mesulam Center for Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer’s Disease: website

Rush Generations Center for Excellence in Aging:  Website

Streeterville Organization for Active Residents: Website 

The Chicago Covenants Project: Website

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