Do you know a secret to personal well being?
in prose or poetry.
Tell us about it

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Creative Writing
Contest
"My Keys to Well-Being"

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sponsored by The Detroit Jewish News and
ES , the Commission on Jewish Eldercare Services

Several programs are avail-
able to help senior drivers
continue on the road.
For information, call:

Winners to be announced at the
COJES Community Education Day,
"Vim,Vigor and Vitality: The Keys to Well-Being"

* The Traffic Improvement
Association, (248) 334-
4971.

Sunday, September 13, I - 4 p.m.

* AAPP 55/Alive, (800)
424-3410.
* Providence Hospital Driver
Education Program, (248)
424-3907.

D. Dan and Betty Kahn Jewish Community Center
West Bloomfield

Deadline for entries: August 14, 1998

For entry form or information, call (ON
Pat Mayer, (248) 642-4260, ext. 224.

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more left-turn lanes, upgrading
inadequate highway lighting and
designing roads to enhance views of
oncoming traffic. These are
improvements that benefit drivers of
all ages.
States are enacting shorter driver
license renewal periods and some
even require age-based road testing.
Alternative or public transportation
offers an option for those who
would otherwise not drive, but
many have no other choice.
But all this doesn't absolve older
drivers from taking action on their
own to improve their driving.
In addition, older drivers must
anticipate a time in their lives when
they will need to change, limit or
give up driving. Dr. Klyman offers
these suggestions:
* Begin a gradual process of relin-
quishing the car.
* Stop driving at night and on
crowded freeways.
* Take routes that are extremely
familiar so you're not groping for
street names.
According to author Dr. Kahn,
friendship patterns matter. Most
older people tend to have same-
aged friends, which has its disadvan-
tages. If you have connections with
people of many ages, then without
seriously imposing on them, it's pos-
sible to ride with these individuals
instead of drive.
The American Association of
Retired People's 55/ALIVE program
asserts that if there is a question
about driving, older people should
enroll in a driver assessment pro-
gram. These programs are geared
more toward helping and less
toward regulating older people out
of their cars.
A senior assessment involves
examining previous driving records,
one's medications and cognitive abil-

ity, judgment, mobility, reaction
time, coordination and nutritional
history.
But sometimes the family must
intervene. "If there are problems,"
said Dr. Klyman, "it is really your
responsibility to find a way to com-
municate with your relative that is
in the best interests of everyone to
let someone else handle the driving.
It's important to be involved, sup-
portive, and to help identify their
options." El

Notes

Crittenton Hospital will offer a
geopsychiatri.- program to help older
adults deal with the changes in their
lives. For program information, call
(248) 652-5688.

Wayne State University is participating
in a study to assess the effectiveness
and safety of a hormone replacement
skin patch to treat hot flashes. For
information, call (313) 493-6580.

The first international prostate cancer
symposium for patients will be Friday
through Sunday, July 31-Aug. 2, at the
Power Center in Ann Arbor. It is free
and open to the public and health care
professionals. To register, call (800)
835-7633.

To have an event included in the
Notes column, please include the
name, time, day, date, location
and subject of the event as well as
a contact name and phone num-
ber. Send all information at least
two weeks in advance to Alan
Hitsky, Detroit Jewish News,
27676 Franklin Road, Southfield,
MI 48034.

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