Scroll below the video for the transcript of the chat from the meeting, and further for links to the websites of organizations mentioned. 

Click the link below for the written chat from the meeting.

CHAT from OWL meeting on March 22 2025

Click the next link for slides included in the presentation.

SLIDES from OWL Meeting on March 22, 2025

Legal Assistance for Seniors Oakland: https://www.lashicap.org/

Legal Assistance to the Elderly San Francisco: https://laesf.org/

Self Help for the Elderly: https://www.selfhelpelderly.org/

State Health Insurance Assistance Program: https://www.shiphelp.org/

NAVIGATING THE HIRING AND
EMPLOYMENT OF CAREGIVERS

WHEN & WHERE:
Saturday, March 22, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
via Zoom

Jennifer Pardini, Community Education Manager of Legal Assistance for Seniors, will educate us about identifying, hiring and managing people whose roles can make a vital difference in quality of life for elders in need of in-home assistance, including:

• Definitions of skilled care and personal care, and available payment sources
• Tips for success and how to identify care needs to safely remain in the home
• Differences between hiring through an agency or other methods
• Resources for how to hire and maintain employment of caregivers

ZOOM INFO TO FOLLOW

For more info:

info@owlsf.org, (415) 712-1695 

A light lunch will be provided. If you wish to partake of lunch, please RSVP to info@owlsf.org or (415) 712-1695 by Thursday, February 20.

DIRECTIONS:

• Post Street is one block north of Geary Boulevard; Scott is one block east of Divisadero.
• Accessible by Muni Lines 2, 22, 24 and 38.
• Rhoda Goldman Plaza has free, wheelchair accessible onsite parking, entrance on Sutter between Scott and Pierce.

The Legacy Film Festival on Aging (LFFOA), based in San Francisco, is extremely proud to present its 12th Annual/3rd Virtual Film Festival beginning February 14-23, 2025.

Get your TICKETS or ALL-FEST PASS now for this highly anticipated Festival, which represents the evolution that all of us have been experiencing since birth: AGING!

Tickets can be purchased at:
$12 for an individual program, consisting of 2-4 films,
averaging 1.5 to 2 hours total time, or $65 for an ALL-FEST PASS.

Provocative and Celebratory films from around the globe will be featured, both fiction and documentary, all aimed at supporting the LFFOA mission: To educate, inspire, and entertain intergenerational audiences on the issues of aging. Our goal in presenting these festival films is for all of us–no matter our age–to conceive of later life as an adventure, with its lighter and darker moments. In addition, we hope to promote new and fresh ideas for older adults to live a more productive, healthy, and meaningful older life, both physically, mentally, and spiritually.

OWL-SF is proud to spread the word: The California Association of Retired Americans (CARA) will be hosting two very important Zoom events in January, focusing on Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.

Presents:

Forum on OHCA: Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025 at 7 pm Pacific

What is the Office of Health Care Affordability?
Who Wins, Who Loses?

Join the Movement to End Privatization of Medicare for an Educational Forum on the Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA). Learn what it is, and how it could impact your health and the health of your community. OHCA promises to control costs through cost caps and value-based payment.

Will cost caps control health care costs? Will workers see health premiums shrink? Will the health of the people of California improve? Could value-based payment promote the proliferation of profit?

Moderator: James G. Kahn, M.D., M.P.H., emeritus professor in the Phillip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies at U.C.S.F.
Presenter: Ana Malinow, M.D, retired professor of pediatrics, UCSF.

Panelists:
Catherine Frugoni, M.D., Deligate, California Medical Association;
Stephen Vernon, F.M.T., Board, Healthy California Now, representing Therapists for Single Payer, which he co-founded;
Michael Lyon, San Francisco Grey Panthers, Senior and Disability Action;
Peter Shapiro, Board, Healthy California Now. 

Click HERE to register for the forum on OHCA January 23. 

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CARA FRIDAY FORUM!

Federal Outlook on Social Security and Medicare

On Friday, Jan 24th at noon Pacific

Featuring: The Alliance for Retired Americans, California Labor Federation, and Caring Across Generations

Hear from the President of the California Labor Federation, Legislative Representative from the National Alliance for Retired Americans, and the Director of Public Policy at LTSS advocacy group Caring Across Generations. We will be discussing what the next four years will mean for federal social programs like Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security.
 

LEARN WHAT IS ON THE HORIZON
AND WHAT YOU CAN DO TO FIGHT BACK.

Click HERE to register for the CARA FRIDAY FORUM January 24. 

The OWL Book Group will be meeting at 10:00 am on Tuesday, January 14th on Zoom. We will be discussing Everything That Rises Must Converge by Flannery O’Connor.  Click HERE to read the short story. 

2025 OWL PLANNING MEETING

Let’s make 2025 Exceptional for OWL members!
Join in to plan OWL’s Agenda for 2025

WHEN & WHERE: Saturday, January 25, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.,
VIA ZOOM

We want your ideas for the following:

• Thought-provoking membership meetings!
• Informative newsletters and updates!
• Political Advocacy on issues important to Older Women!
• Social gatherings and holiday events to make new friends and connect with old friends!

PLUS: ELECTION OF NEW BOARD MEMBERS!

Bring your ideas, creativity and inspiration!

Zoom Link to follow

PLEASE JOIN OWL-SF FOR A DELICIOUS

CELEBRATION OF THE HOLIDAY SEASON

When: Saturday, December 14 11:30 AM to 2 PM
(R.S.V.P. by December 6, (415) 712-1695, info@owlsf.org)

Where: SF County Fair Building, Rec Room
(*see below for location and transportation details) 

Since OWLs enjoyed the incredibly delicious food in Savor Café at last year’s holiday party, this year Savor will be catering our gathering. Mouthwatering, vegan Mediterranean dishes will be served buffet style. 

Lunch is complimentary for OWL Members plus one guest—please consider bringing someone who might want to join OWL-SF.

In addition to your appetite, if you are able, please also bring a book or two for for the book swap (bring a book that needs a new home, and give a new home to a book that needs one).

WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU!

*SF County Fair Building, 9th Avenue and Lincoln: 7 Haight and 44 O’Shaughnessy MUNI lines, one block from N-Judah, two blocks from 43 Masonic and 6 Haight-Parnassus. Limited handicapped parking: let us know if you need one of the spots.

LET’S TALK ABOUT FOOD:
EATING WELL & EATING HEALTHY FOR THE HOLIDAYS

When: Saturday, Nov 23rd, 11 AM to 1 PM
Location: San Francisco Public Library, Richmond Branch* 
(*see below for location specifics)

Professional Chef and Herbalist Lorraine Gruber will instruct us in the use of herbs and spices for holiday dishes, reducing the salt, sugar and fat we once cooked with, especially during the holidays! 

Chef Lorraine will bring samples of her delicious and nutritious creations!

LOCATION SPECIFICS

The Richmond branch of San Francisco Public Library, 351 9th Avenue, is half a block north of Geary Boulevard. The Local 38 MUNI line will take you to 9th and Geary, the Rapid does not stop at 9th, but will take you to either 6th Avenue or Park Presidio–sixth being the closest. The 44 line also stops at 6th and Geary. Street parking is reasonably easy within a two block radius.

All branches of SFPL are wheelchair accessible.

The community meeting room is on the ground floor. If you enter through the 9th Avenue doors, the room is downstairs. If you enter through the 10th Avenue doors, as you do so, the room is to your right.

SEE YOU THERE!

ALZHEIMER’S DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTS WOMEN.

GATHER WITH OWL-SF OCTOBER 19
TO SUPPORT EFFORTS TO END ALZHEIMER’S

For the October Member Meeting, OWL-SF will be making a donation to this year’s WALK TO END ALZHEIMER’S, and has created a walking team. Our team is called OWL-SF Walks. 

WHEN: Saturday, October 19, 9:30 a.m.
WHERE: Pier 27, Fisherman’s Wharf, San Francisco

LOOK FOR THE OWL BANNER: We will gather at Pier 27, Fisherman’s Wharf, the Embarcadero, for refreshments, entertainment, information and support. The walk is one mile, but those choosing not to walk can stay at the gathering and cheer others on! 

• Gather outdoors and socialize with OWL Members
• Support Research on Alzheimer’s Disease
• Get the word out that OWL is still going strong
• Get Some Exercise (Optional)

RSVP to OWL-SF by phone or email: (415) 712-1695, info@owlsf.org, no later than October 17. Wear your OWL shirt if you’ve got one, or something purple if you have it. Donation optional. Accessible by MUNI F Line. Parking can be both challenging and expensive. 

GATHER WITH OWL-SF WALKS
TO SUPPORT THE FIGHT
AGAINST ALZHEIMER’S!

Here is the League of Women Voters’ Pros and Cons page about local San Francisco initiatives.

Here is their Pros and Cons page for statewide measures.

Here are their recommendations.

Stay informed on important local ballot measures!
Ask questions!
Be ready to turn in your mail-in ballots early!

ZOOM meeting
Saturday, September 28, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

The League of Women Voters (LWV)—a grassroots nonprofit dedicated to empowering all to fully participate in our democracy—will provide speakers to present both for and against arguments from a nonpartisan point of view

Speakers: 

Michelle Moritz is Co-vice President and Chair of the Speakers Bureau for San Francisco’s LWV.

Danielle Deibler works on the pros and cons guide for LWV and is co-founder and CEO of MarvelousAI, a natural language technology startup to expose bias and misinformation in online media.

Register to attend HERE

PLEASE JOIN US FOR LUNCH!

When: July 27, 11:30 AM to 2:00 PM
Where: Delancey Street Restaurant
600 Embarcadero at Brannan, San Francisco

Public transportation is encouraged
MUNI Metro Lines N-Judah and T-Third Street
Limited metered street parking available

OWL-SF is proud to invite Members and friends to dine with us at the restaurant of the Delancey Street Foundation. Lunch is complimentary for Members and one friend.

Consider bringing someone who might be
interested in becoming a Member of OWL-SF!

You must:

• RSVP no later than July 20, by emailing info@owlsf.org or calling (415) 712-1695
• Include the number of people attendin
• Include menu choices for each person attending—one entree and one dessert
• If you choose a sandwich as an entree, include your choice of regular or sweet potato fries

Your delicious options are:

ENTREES
(Select one per person.)

(1) Spinach Salad: Feta cheese, bacon, Greek olives, tomatoes, spicy pecans and mint

(2) Grilled Vermont Cheddar Cheese Sandwich
served with regular fries

(3) Grilled Vermont Cheddar Cheese Sandwich
served with sweet potato fries

(4) Grilled or Blackened Chicken Breast Sandwich: 
Lemon cayenne aioli on a Kaiser roll, served with regular fries

(5) Grilled or Blackened Chicken Breast Sandwich: 
Lemon cayenne aioli on a Kaiser roll, served with sweet potato fries

(6) Vegetarian Crepe: Smoked mozzarella, roasted peppers, sliced Portobello mushroom, tomato and basil

DESSERT
(Select one per person)

(A) Warm 3 Ginger Gingerbread with whipped cream, OR

(B) Sweet Potato Pie with whipped cream

WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU!

WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT

DEMENTIA AND ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE

Saturday, June 22, 11 AM to 12:30 PM
—  IN PERSON  —
Latino/Hispanic Room, SF Main Library
100 Larkin Street, Civic Center, San Francisco

(415) 712-1695, OR info@owlsf.org

Speaker: Marie Jobling, Co-Executive Director of the Community Living Campaign, will talk to OWL-SF members about how CLC helps seniors and people with disabilities age in place and thrive at home and in their communities, with services such as:

JOIN OWL-SF at NEVER BETTER ELDERS

NEVER BETTER ELDERS

COME OUT TO SUPPORT OWL AND OTHER
AGENCIES SERVING OLDER WOMEN

850 Judah St, between 14th and Funston
San Francisco

   Community Living Campaign is bringing together agencies, resources,
services and more for an afternoon of education, social connection, entertainment, and fun!

Keep Learning and Get Hands on Help:

• Sign up for low cost and free taxi rides with the ETC card!
• Get hands on tech help!
• Learn about brain health with UCSF!
• Prepare for emergencies!
• Exercise Demos and much more!

Live Music: Community Living Campaign Writers, The Miraloma Ukulele Strummers, SF Youth Circus, Groovetime with MeloB n’ Jen

Participating Agencies: Older Women’s League, Institute on Aging, UCSF, Bay Area Cancer Institute, SF Paratransit, Shanti LAASN Project, Home Match and many other resources and connections.

Location specifics:

Enter on Funston St. side of Moriarty Hall. 
Free Parking at St. Anne’s on Funston St.
MUNI: N Judah, 6 Parnassus, 7 Haight, 44 O’Shaughnessy, 43 Masonic

     JOIN THE GREY PANTHERS FOR A RALLY TO

     SAVE THE PEOPLES’ NURSING HOME

Tuesday, April 9, 2:30-4 pm

Polk Street Steps of City Hall

(Prior to Laguna Honda Joint Conference Committee Meeting, 4 p.m. at San Francisco Health Commission/SFDPH on Grove and Polk)

Bring signs! We can walk over to the LHH JCC Meeting at 4!

Laguna Honda has been closed to new admissions for 2 years!

How many more months will San Franciscans who need a nursing home bed have to wait?

San Franciscans need this 780 bed safety net long term care facility to resume full operation. Over 40 people at Laguna Honda have been waiting for safe discharge for months—where are the services to accommodate them?

Why is no new system of oversight being proposed (over and above SFDPH and the Health Commission) to prevent profound mismanagement of our public nursing home from continuing?

                                  Click HERE for more information.

Most of us know very little about human trafficking and sexual exploitation.  OWL’s April program sheds some light on the women caught up in its dangerous web, the help available for a way out, and recovery.  Learn about important nonprofit resources and services available, founded by women to help women in San Francisco.
 
Speaker: Toni Eby—CEO of SF SafeHouse for unhoused women experiencing sexual exploitation—will help us understand the complex struggles of women dealing with these issues, and what we can do to support our sisters on the streets. Among issues she will cover:

• How sex trafficking, trauma and drugs are intertwined
• Prevention and support for women at risk
• Resources for help and recovery

SF SafeHouse, founded by OWL Past President Glenda Hope, operates a residential transitional housing program, as well as the Hope Center, a non-residential outreach center in the Tenderloin. SafeHouse is currently negotiating to acquire a building for permanent supportive housing, making more lifesaving services available to  women.

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LOCATION SPECIFICS

The Richmond branch of San Francisco Public Library, 351 9th Avenue, is half a block north of Geary Boulevard. The Local 38 MUNI line will take you to 9th and Geary, the Rapid does not stop at 9th, but will take you to either 6th Avenue or Park Presidio–sixth being the closest. The 44 line also stops at 6th and Geary. Street parking is reasonably easy within a two block radius.

All branches of SFPL are wheelchair accessible.

The community meeting room is on the ground floor. If you enter through the 9th Avenue doors, the room is downstairs. If you enter through the 10th Avenue doors, as you do so, the room is to your right.

IMPROVE YOUR BALANCE,
STRENGTH & FLEXIBILITY

Saturday, March 23, 11 AM to 12:15
Zoom video and call-in meeting

• Gentle exercises done sitting or standing
• Exercises and stretches for daily and at home use
• No special equipment or abilities needed
• Fun and easy to do

Coach Kyra returns to OWL to help our members increase balance, build strength, and improve flexibility for mobility and safety at home and out of doors.

For more information:
Call (415) 712-1695, or email info@owlsf.org