Amador County – A new program that is for and about seniors and their families debuted Wednesday morning on TSPN TV.

Sue Slivick, TSPN TV co-owner and vice president said “Today’s Seniors Living Well” will showcase the resources and activities that keep seniors and their families healthy and engaged in their community.

After the first show aired Wednesday, co-producer and co-host Virginia Manner said the show is about “knowing what resources are there and keeping seniors in the community Living Well and thriving.”

Laurie Webb, co-producer and host said the show plans different topics each week for the 13-week morning show series, which airs at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday. Each show will air fresh mid-week, and run a total of eight times during the week.

Webb said Amador County has a large population of seniors – about 33-36 percent of the population – and she expects it to grow as Baby Boomers age. She said Amador County has the seventh highest percentage of seniors among all California counties.

Webb, executive director of the Amador Senior Center, said what really makes Amador County special is the way its agencies, organizations and service providers are very collaborative, and do not worry about “turf” so much as offering great services. She said there is also a “culture of neighbors watching over neighbors.”

Manner agreed, saying once, one of her Amador Lifeline ATCAA customers actually came out of the hospital and was invited to come live with her neighbors for a few months, until she was able to stay alone. They set up the Lifeline, a personal response service, at the neighbor’s house.

Manner said Amador County is a safe community and seniors stay here because they feel safe, and know that law enforcement and other agencies are looking out for them. She said they may not have felt that safe in their past communities, and that encourages them to stay in Amador.

Webb said that is the type of thing Today’s Seniors Living Well plans to touch on. She and Manner have planned the 13 weeks to have a different weekly topic, with next week being “recreation and leisure.”

Other topics include Area 12 Agency on the Aging programs; home safety and comfort; health and resources; volunteer opportunities; travel; support groups; insurance, Medicare and beyond; scams, sweepstakes and hiring contractors; housing options; dementia; exercise; and gardening.

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