Special Features - Adult Living - Nov. 2015

Abbotsford News

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Veteran “volun-deer” encourages community to help Operation Red Nose For the past 20 years during the holiday season, Operation Red Nose (ORN) has helped hundreds of people make it home safe after a night of drinking. Their objective is to keep impaired drivers off the road by deploying a group of volunteers (or “volun-deers”) to take them home in their own vehicle.

PacificSport Fraser Valley (PSFV) is the host organization for ORN in the Abbotsford/Mission and Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows areas. Although ORN’s services are free, donations are accepted and go towards assisting with the expenses of the athletes and coaches that PSFV serves.

As a founding member of PSFV, and secretary of its board of directors until 2007, Peg Wenting recalls when the organization was looking to host a fundraiser 20 years ago.

“It was most fortunate that the board accepted the idea and ORN began in Abbotsford,” she says. ”It’s important to the community to get our clients home safely and off the road if they are impaired, and I’m sure they appreciate having their car back home as well as themselves.”

ford Quilters Guild, where she makes quilts for the nursery at the hospital and transition houses.

Still, ORN remains an organization closest to her heart.

“The volunteers are a great group to work with,” she says. “They are dedicated, fun, and good at what they do.”

ORN is currently looking for volunteers for the upcoming season. If you want to get some volunteer hours on your resume, this seasonal program is a great option with impact.

“Jump on the train and contribute, enjoy, and feel good about what you do,” says Wenting. “The community will benefit too. “ A typical volunteer shift is 8:30 p.m. to 3:30 a.m., sometimes longer. Volunteer training is provided on each night of service.

For more information, including volunteer application packages, visit pacificsportfraservalley.com

Wenting has remained heavily involved with ORN since its launch, even though she jokingly admits that she no longer volunteers for the 4 a.m. shifts.

Her involvement with the community has spanned far beyond ORN, beginning when she and her husband bought a small bicycle shop in town in 1978.

Now located in Mission, Wentings’ Cycle & Mountain Shop’s cycling club hosted the Canadian National Road Cycling Championships in 1998. Wenting held the role of Sport Chair for Cycling for the 1995 Western Canada Summer Games, the Abbotsford BC Summer Games in 2004, and the Abbotsford BC Senior Games in 2006. She is also the recipient of the Volunteer of the Year Award (City of Abbotsford), the PacificSport Fraser Valley Builder Award, and the Community Sport Hero Award (Sport BC).

Peg Wenting is a founding member of PacificSport Fraser Valley — the host organization for Operation Red Nose.

She continues to volunteer at the Red Cross depot, which loans out equipment such as walkers, wheel chairs and crutches, and she belongs to the Abbots-

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Keep your heart running strong Heart health should be a concern for people of all ages, but especially for men and women over 50. That’s because even men and women who are free of cardiovascular disease at age 50 are at a significant lifetime risk of developing the disease.

• Get sufficient exercise. At least 30 minutes of exercise per day can protect against disease.

• Quit smoking. Smoking increases your risk for a host of ailments, including heart disease. Quitting is a great way to start getting your heart and other parts of your body back on track.

Heart disease does not have to be an accepted byproduct of aging. Maintaining or increasing physical activity after age 65 can improve the heart’s well-being and lower risk of heart attack.

• Include heart-healthy foods in your diet. A diet that is rich in fruits and vegetables and low in cholesterol, salt and saturated fat promotes heart health.

In addition to increasing physical activity as they age, older men and women who understand heart disease and learn to recognize its symptoms have a greater chance of minimizing its affects and lowering their risk of having a heart attack.

• Don’t drink alcohol to excess. Like smoking, drinking alcohol to excess can lead to a host of problems, such as high blood pressure, arrhythmia and high cholesterol, each of which increases your risk of heart disease.

What are the symptoms of heart disease?

Heart disease is a blanket term used to describe a host of conditions, so symptoms vary depending on the condition.

The following are some widely known conditions and their symptoms:

and women to the presence of hypertension. Include routine visits to the doctor’s office as part of your health regime, where blood pressure can be taken.

• Hypertension: Also known as high blood pressure, hypertension is a largely symptomless form of heart disease. The idea that hypertension produces symptoms such as difficulty sleeping, facial flushing, nervousness, and sweating is a misconception.

Symptoms typically do not alert men

• Heart attack: The symptoms of a heart attack are different than the symptoms of heart disease that may lead to heart attack. Signs that you may be heading toward a heart attack include undue fatigue, palpitations (the sensation that your heart is skipping a beat or beating too rapidly),

dyspnea (difficulty or labored breathing), chest pain or discomfort from increased activity.

• Arrhythmia: Arrhythmia means your heartbeat is irregular, and men and women often mistakenly believe arrhythmia only afflicts those who already have been diagnosed with heart disease or have had a heart attack. But arrhythmia can affect even those who have healthy hearts and no history of cardiovascular disease.

Symptoms of arrhythmia can vary

• Lose weight. Being overweight or obese is a major risk factor for heart greatly, from a single premature beat disease. If you have already started to to a series of premature beats that exercise daily and eat a more heartoccur in rapid succession. Arrhythhealthy diet, then you’re on your way mia that lasts long enough to affect to losing weight. Consult your physiheart function may include sympcian if diet and exercise don’t seem to toms such as rapid heartbeat, fatigue, be helping you to shed pounds. dizziness, lightheadedness, shortness of breath, and chest pain.

Heart disease kills millions of people across the globe each year, many of How can I protect my heart? whom are over 50. But men and women Heart healthy habits take some effort, who learn about heart disease and how but men and women can protect their to reduce their risk stand a far greater hearts regardless of their age. chance of fighting the disease.

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One of the biggest trends in travel today is river cruising.

More Canadians are discovering the joy of sailing along a legendary European river on a sleek, intimate ship where you only have to unpack once. Days are spent sailing past ancient vineyards and castles, stopping in bustling cities and medieval towns.

One of Avalon Waterways most popular itineraries is the 10 day Balkan Discovery, sailing from historic Bucharest, Romania to stunning Budapest, the capital of Hungary. Relax onboard this intimate ship, holding a maximum of 166 passengers, as you float along the famous Danube River through Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia and Hungary.

journey into Bulgaria. Over the next 2 days you’ll visit medieval fortresses, the Church of the Nativity and the eclectic rock formations of Belogradchik. As you sail from Bulgaria to Serbia be sure not to miss a highlight of this trip, the dramatic scenery of the Iron Gates gorge, a narrow and formerly very dangerous passage dividing Europe’s Alps in the Northwest from the Carpathians in the

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I became aware that seniors in assisted living and care homes are Quite often, behind hearing loss is falling through the cracks when it a dignified story of the sacrifices comes to their follow-ups and ad- these individuals have made for justments. The emotional toll is their families - working in noisy, devastating, let alone the toll on industrial environments to make a comfortable home for their family physical and social health. and to provide a college education Requests from seniors and their for their children who are now children for ‘in home’ hearing care productive in their careers. is frequent. Anytime individuals need to rely on someone else to Stress is part of everyday life, but bring them to appointments, it can for people with hearing loss, it bebe an inconvenience. Dedicated comes an extra challenge. Imagine ‘in home’ hearing services, with if your mom or dad is having diffiongoing follow-up support will culty hearing the doctor’s words about his/her medical condition eliminate this. and follow up care. They feel conNot long ago, I visited a patient liv- fused, frustrated, and vulnerable. ing in a care home with his wife. Financial and travel matters along Both expressed they knew ‘Joe’ with personal safety are challengneeded hearing aids desperately. ing for those of us with normal Their delay was based on two fac- hearing. This is more difficult, not tors: No transportation (they did to mention exhausting for individnot want to burden their adult uals who are unable to hear clearly. children, who were already so involved with careers and raising When a patient is fit with hearing ‘their grandchildren’). Secondly, aids, they are often set at a gentle they felt discouraged by lack of fol- setting. Why? Too much sound low ups to ensure he would hear stimulus could cause anxiety for properly. Their adult children individuals, and they may not lived just outside of town and want to wear their hearing when they did visit with their aids.  So, we set the hearing aids to grandchildren, they wanted to a gentle sound and gradually move

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Also, perception of sound varies by each individual. Once hearing aids are custom fit/programmed according to an individual’s hearing loss, we need to consider the patient’s perception of sound and provide them with ongoing support to ensure optimal hearing and speech understanding.

In short, hearing loss affects many aspects of life for seniors, from physical well-being to emotional health and family relationships.

But the hearing aid fitting is the beginning - follow-ups are key for success. Fortunately, the solution lies in just one call to an in home and after care clinic.