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Senior Sense
Actively Involving Older Adults In Community Prevention Efforts
Senior Sense, a national and international prevention program, offers positive approaches to the important issues
faced by today’s older adults. Focusing on the experiences and wisdom gained throughout a lifetime, Senior Sense
promotes the concept that all stages of life can be lived richly and fully.
Senior Sense Programs
Heighten awareness of the widespread drug misuse and alcohol abuse among older adults.
Encourage self-awareness concerning personal attitudes about aging.
Promote positive programming for prevention activities with older adults.
Advocate strategies for turning adult volunteers into an effective prevention force intragenerationally and cross generationally.
Programs Offered
SENIOR SENSE:
An educational presentation for healthcare professionals focusing on at risk behavior of older adults concerning their use of medications and alcohol.
SENIOR SENSE SPEAKS:
An educational program that trains older adults in safe medication practices and warns them of their risk for addiction.
SENIORS AND YOUTH - GENERATIONS GROWING TOGETHER:
A volunteer project that joins older adults with preschool and early elementary youngsters.
SENIORS SHARING:
A volunteer prevention project that brings older adults together with their peers to discuss the problems of medication misuse and alcohol abuse.
GENERATIONS SHARING TOGETHER:
A program utilizing volunteers to record life journals; capturing the memories and traditions that shape our lives.
To request consultation, training or written materials, contact:
www.seniorsense.org
Senior Sense/CompDrug
547 East Eleventh Ave
Columbus, Ohio 43211
Tel: 614/224-4506
Fax 614/224-8451
Contact CompDrug, Inc
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