Dear Skyline Village Chicago, 

A year ago, Skyline hosted a speaker at our Lost Penny Luncheon who described the need for Illinois to develop a Multi Sector Pan for Aging that would assure that everyone in Illinois could thrive as they grew up and grew old here.  Skyline signed on to this. Last summer Governor Pritzker signed an Executive Order to create a plan, due to  the Governor and the Illinois General Assembly by December 31.

The Illinois Plan for Aging will address ways to make our communities more livable and connected, will address all aspects of health care, will focus on the needs of caregiving family members and the caregiving workforce, and finally will address issues of affordability and financial stability.

We each have a wonderful opportunity to weigh in on all these issues. Sign up for one of the virtual sessions HERE. You have an option of either Monday, September 8,10:00 am -12:00 pm or Thursday, October 2, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm. Submit your ideas on ways to make Illinois and Chicago, more livable for each of us, and for future generations.

As members of a Village of older adults, we have a lot to say about how things can be better. Share them!  All of your thoughts and ideas are welcome. 

Happy Labor Day, and Happy Fall!



Respectfully,

Your Skyline Village Chicago Board

Lucky Penny Lunch

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

Register here for the September 26th lunch.

Friday, September 26, 1:00-2:30 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

Fall 2025 Update on Flu, Covid and Viruses

Do we still need Flu, Covid and RSV Vaccines?



Does Medicare and Health Insurance Cover Vaccinations?

Ask Dr. Ison

 Thursday, September 4, 2025

4:00-5:00 pm (central)

On Zoom

REGISTER HERE

Dr. Michael Ison alerts us to the latest advancements in Covid and Flu vaccines and what viruses to watch for this winter.

Register Here for Zoom Link

Dr. Michael Ison is formerly a Professor in the Divisions of Infectious Diseases and Organ Transplantation at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Medical Director of the Transplant & Immunocompromised Host Infectious Diseases Service, Northwestern University Comprehensive Transplant Center. His current research focus relates to respiratory viral infections, especially influenza, in hospitalized and immunocompromised hosts and donor-derived disease transmission.

Join us to hear the latest on viruses, vaccines, the bird flu and the measles outbreak. Bring your questions.

Skyliner Social

Every 4th Tuesday

Next is Tuesday September 23, 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

Let’s Go to LUMA!

Join Skyline friends to visit the Loyola Art Museum (LUMA) for the Richard Hunt exhibit on Friday, October 3.

Meet at the ticket office at LUMA in Loyola’s Lewis Towers, 820 N. Michigan Avenue.

Tickets for the exhibit can be purchased online for $14.45 or at the museum. Each person is responsible for their own ticket.

Richard Hunt (1935-2023) born on Chicago’s southside and student at the School of the Art Institute rose to international renown in his lifetime.

For the first time anywhere, visitors will be able to see two works together that serve as bookends to Hunt’s career. Hunt created Hero’s Head (1956) when he was 19, after attending the open-casket funeral of Emmett Till, Hunt’s 14-year-old neighbor who was brutally murdered in a racial killing in Money, Mississippi, in 1955. Till’s murder galvanized the Civil Rights Movement and influenced Hunt’s artistic practice. Before his death in 2023, Hunt completed the designs for Hero Ascending, a soaring monument for Till’s childhood home in Chicago, which will become the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-

Mobley House Museum. Freedom in Form presents Hunt’s life and work in the years between these two seminal works.

Let us know to expect you - Register Here

Register here for Medical Aid in Dying - 9/10/2025

Register here for Death Doula Discussion - 10/15/2025

"Apps” Cafe 

Thursday, September 25, 2:00-3:30 pm

Register HERE for Location

Join fellow Skyliners to share your favorite “App”. Snacks and laughs abound in this lively exchange of practical wisdom. Everyone invited.

“Apps” refers to applications, which are software programs designed to run on mobile devices, computers, and other electronic devices, accessed through app stores like the Google Play Store for Android or the Apple App Store for iOS devices. We all have our favorites. Bring your Apps to share and pick up some new ones.

Artificial Intelligence and Medicine: Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer science fiction; it’s quietly shaping our daily lives, from smart assistants and medical advances to tools that help us connect and learn. Dr. David Liebovitz, a NW practicing internal medicine physician, board certified in clinical informatics with engineering training, briefed Skyline Village on AI and medicine, August 21, 2025 at Eggs Cafe lunch, 680 N. Michigan.

Helen Mirren feels "insulted" by 'condescending' comments from young people

'They think they are being kind - but they're not,' the British star said

Jacob Stolworthy

Monday 25 August 2025

Dame Helen Mirren has criticized the "insulting" younger people who patronize her because of her age. The British actor, who turned 80 in July, said she is left "really annoyed" by people who call her "sweet" because she is older.

Actor Mirren said she typically gets this response when she's having a walk with her husband, director Taylor Hackford, who is also 80."The hardest part is the condescension--it really annoys me," the star told The Times in a new interview.

"If my husband and I are holding hands, someone might say, 'Oh, look. How sweet.' It's like, excuse my language, ''F*** off.'

She added: "There's something very condescending about some people's attitudes and I think they think they are being kind and generous. But they're not. They're being insulting."

Mirren said she is not "afraid of getting older" as she's realized her mindset has evolved over the passing years. "An amazing thing happens. When you're 18 the thought of being 35 is horrific. And you get to 35 and it's actually a lot better than being 18. And when you're 35 the thought of being 55.

"Then you hit 55 and you realize there are great things about being 55. Your life has moved on, you lose certain stuff but you gain other stuff.' That's certainly the case for me." Mirren, who won an Oscar for 2006 film The Queen, has been married to Hackford since 1997.

Stop the Presses! People carrying two copies of 'Alzheimer's gene' lowered risk by 35 % via diet changes.

Closely following the Mediterranean diet lowered the risk of dementia by at least 35% in people with two copies of the APOE4 gene, a major risk factor for Alzheimer's, according to a new study. "We followed over 5,700 people for 34 years and found those who followed a baseline Mediterranean diet with little alcohol, red and processed meat but full of vegetables, fruits, nuts, whole grains, legumes, fish and olive oil all reduced the risk of dementia," said Yuxi Liu, lead author of the Mass General Brigham study published Monday in the journal Nature. "But the benefit was highest for people with the APOE4 gene, especially those with two copies of APOE4," said Liu, a research fellow in medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston. "Not only did following a baseline Mediterranean diet r e d u c e the probability of developing dementia by 35% in people with two APOE4 genes, but higher adherence to the diet further reduced their risk."

Another major finding of the study: People with the APOE4 gene appear to have distinctive metabolic profiles that dramatically respond to healthy nutrients in the Mediterranean diet. Metabolic processes such as nutrient digestion, energy production, and the building and repairing of nerves and tissues of the body and brain are highly dependent on the quality of

vitamins, enzymes, amino acids, carbohydrates and lipids (fats) in a healthy diet, Liu said.

"Improving the metabolic function in people with APOE4 through diet might explain, or at least partially explain, the huge fall in dementia risk we saw in our study," she said. "Of course, we need future studies to further validate that concept.

This is a "stop the presses" finding, said neurologist Dr. Richard Isaacson, director of research at the Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases in Florida who conducts studies on cognitive improvement in people who are genetically at risk for Alzheimer's disease.

"Hopefully this will change the current dogma that having two copies of the APOE4 is a 'fait accompli' for developing Alzheimer's," said Isaacson, who was not involved in the study.

"Genes do not have to be your destiny," he added. "If the risk of dementia in a person in the highest risk category can be cut by 35% just by following a specific diet, imagine what can be done when you work on dozens of modifiable risk factors such as exercise, sleep, stress and the like.

The Mediterranean diet is plant-based with little red meat or sweets and incorporates daily exercise and socialization.

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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