From 7:00 to 8:00 pm on the dates below
All Cameron Park neighbors and other interested friends are invited to attend this annual forum series. We hope these talks will help all of us make informed decisions about how we live now and how we wish to live as we age.
All sessions will be held online using Zoom. If you are on the Cameron Park listserve, you will automatically receive a Zoom invitation to each forum. If you are NOT on the Cameron Park listserve but would like to attend any or all of the forums, send an email to [email protected] and you will receive an invitation.
For anyone who needs a Zoom refresher, we will hold two help sessions on Jan 21 at 2:00 pm and Jan 26 at 7:00 pm. If you are interested in attending, please send a note to [email protected].
Tuesday, February 9 / Please click on the below meeting title to watch a recording of this Zoom meeting.
Moving Your Financial World Online. How to do it Safely.
• Tom Ogburn and members of the Raleigh Senior TechEd group. Tom is chair of the group, which teaches technology classes and helps adults with technology questions and problems
• More and more of your financial interactions are moving online. This presentation will discuss your options for shopping and banking and how to do it safely. As tax time is near,we will look at safely filing your taxes online as well.
• Click here for a PDF of the presentation.
Thursday, March 4
Aging Decisions for Yourself or Loved Ones.
• Liisa Ogburn came to the second career of elder consulting through the doorway of taking care of her in-laws in her home while also raising three young children and teaching at Duke. She wrote about her experiences for the New York Times, among other publications. In addition to her extensive client work, she has written over 200 columns on aging and also lectures widely.
• The great majority of us want to “age in place,” to live at home until we die; however, few of us know the situations and circumstances that most often prevent that. While it’s not possible for all of us to stay safely at home always, it is possible to extend the time we do so if we anticipate the most common barriers and put in place the tools and resources to counter them. Liisa will share some ways other communities have worked together to enable their senior neighbors to continue to live at home, as well as some useful tools and resources available now that may be of use.
Tuesday, March 23
Shoulder, Hip, and Knee Health: Common Conditions, Treatments, and Strategies to keep Your Joints Healthy.
• Jocelyn Wittstein, MD and Tally Lassiter, MD, Orthopaedic Surgeons, Duke University Medical Center
• How do you know if you have a rotator cuff tear or just bursitis? What does it mean if your knee creaks or swells? Does running cause arthritis? Drs. Lassiter and Wittstein of 216 East Park Drive can answer these questions and more. They will present common orthopaedic conditions and explain what home remedies are worth spending money on, when to seek medical help, and what treatment options are available. They will also speak about best activities for knees and hips with early arthritis to prolong joint health, yet promote strength and fitness.
Thursday, April 15
History of Oberlin: a Freedman’s Community Established after the Civil War.
• Myrick Howard, President of Preservation North Carolina, the state’s only statewide private nonprofit preservation organization. Howard, a long time resident of Cameron Park, has received a number of statewide awards, including induction into the Order of the Long Leaf Pine.
• For decades Oberlin was a proud, thriving black community with churches, schools, businesses and homes. However, annexation by the City of Raleigh, the Great Depression, the construction of Cameron Village Shopping Center and Wade Avenue/Oberlin Road interchange, urban renewal, and commercial development have largely wiped out Oberlin. Howard will talk about some of the unexpected findings with the Oberlin project. He will also talk about preservation easements, a tool that can be used to permanently protect historic homes in Cameron Park.