Free Senior Information Directory to be Available Soon
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hirty-two area businesses have jumped on board to underwrite the 2012-13 Senior Information Directory published every two years by Area I Agency on Aging. Senior Information Directory 2012-13 (a working title for now) directs people age 60 and older, the disabled and their families to an array of services that support an active, independent and healthy lifestyle
for residents of Humboldt and Del Norte counties. It will be available by the New Year. “It’s the go-to guide that refers seniors and the disabled to low- or no-cost services provided by nonprofit or public service groups,” said AIAA Director of Programs Todd Metcalf. Color-coded and organized by topic, the guide is available for free thanks to the many advertisers who view it as the phone
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book that matters for the one in five local residents who are age 60 or older. Transportation, finance, food and nutrition, caregiving, housing, health and wellness, and legal matters are a sampling of what’s covered. AIAA’s Information & Assistance staff is updating the listings. Two-thirds of the ad space has already been sold. For advertising or listings, call AIAA at 707-442-3763. A print run of 15,000 – a 25 percent increase from the last edition – is planned. The directory goes to press in November with the help of the North Coast Journal.
Gray Matters is a quarterly publication of the Area I Agency on Aging. Cindy Denbo Executive Director and Publisher director@AIAA.org. Carol Harrison Editor cah5@humboldt.edu. AIAA is located at 434 Seventh Street in Eureka, 95501. Phone: 707-442-3763. Gray Matters is designed by graphic artist Siobhan Calderwood of the NCJ and is posted on the NCJ website at www.northcoastjournal.com. The next edition of Gray Matters is January 5, 2012