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Self-HELP! Manual

A Southfield resident has an all-you-need-to-know
guide about retirement.

idea where to turn to help them
answer their questions on aging.
After much encouragement and
prodding
from Helen, his wife of 52
hen Southfield resident
years, and sons Robert and Steven, he
Frank Singer turned 65,
wrote Help! I Woke Up a Senior Citizen
his thoughts turned
and Don't Know What To Do.
toward retirement and
The book has a large and growing
how he would spend his free time. He
target audience. Singer says
never thought a series of
seniors are the fastest
strokes would lead him
growing segment of the
instead to a new career as
U.S. population, number-
an author and television
ing over 35 million. That
producer.
number is expected to
Singer, 79, now half-
double in 20 years.
jokingly says having the
After reading about self-
strokes was "one of the
publishing in the New York
best things that ever hap-
Times, Singer learned how
pened to me." Forced to
to
navigate the Internet.
retire, his recuperation
He found a company
gave him time to figure
called 1st Books Library
out what he was going to
that agreed to publish his
do with the time he now
book in limited quanti-
had.
ties. Now that his work is
Frank Singer
"These days, retiring
in print, Singer has held
doesn't mean retiring from
book discussions and
life," he says. "It means doing the
book signings in libraries, community
things you couldn't or wouldn't do
centers and, Singer laughs, "any place
beforehand."
that would let me talk about the
It was during that convalescence
book."
that he discovered cable television.
The book is an all-encompassing
Not the home shopping or food chan-
information and resource guide, in an
nels, but local Southfield access televi-
easy-to-read format with large print.
sion. He learned that the city of
The
introduction of Help! indicates
Southfield offered free workshops on
that it is not just for seniors, but also
television production through its com-
for children of aging parents, the dis-
munity access channel, City Cable 15.
abled, the homebound, caretakers and
He took the class for fun, and
others.
-
enjoyed it so much and was such an
Its 148 pages cover a variety of top-
avid learner that the city offered him a
ics, such as applying for Social
part-time job. That was 14 years ago.
Security and Medicare, hospice care
Singer has been with the station ever
for the terminally ill, how the bOdy
since.
After helping to produce several pro- ages and what to expect, housing
grams, Singer felt that what the station options, health and fitness and travel-
ing for seniors.
needed was a program for senior citi-
The pages are filled with helpful tips,
zens. He not only wanted to produce
along
with resource phone numbers of
it, he wanted to be the host. His pro-
numerous
agencies that deal with issues
gram, "Focus on Seniors," deals with a
on
aging
and
health. The guide is not
variety of subjects, ranging from low-
designed with only a Michigan audi-
impact and chair exercises to tips for
ence in mind — the agencies listed are
seniors seeking employment.
national, as are the Web sites. The
appendix includes a section on "Where
Research To Book
to Call for Help" and lists telephone
numbers in all 50 states plus U.S. terri-
As the years passed, Singer discovered
tories for a variety of agencies.
that while he had gathered volumes of
useful and interesting research for his
SELF HELP MANUAL on page 86
shows, many seniors he met had no

LISA BARSON
Special to the Jewish News