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Join At Home in Alexandria as we put on the Goodwin Living StrongerMemory program. The curriculum helps improve your ability to retrieve memories. Past participants have noticed improvement in their ability to focus, find misplaced items and remember conversations. The session kicks off on February 4. All sessions will meet on Wednesday from 3 – 4 pm on Zoom. You will be given a workbook to guide you. For 12 weeks, you will be encouraged to spend just 20 to 30 minutes a day reading aloud, writing and quickly completing simple math problems in the workbook. To register, contact the AHA office: 703-231-0824 or aha@athomeinalexandria.org. You can also read more about the program at https://goodwinliving.org/strongermemory-the-fight-against-cognitive-decline/

Virtual Speaker Series - Attorney General Schwalb will discuss what the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) is doing to assist and support older adults in the District. He will speak about the OAG‘s work to combat scams, protect consumers and preserve and defend home rule. Brian L. Schwalb has committed his legal career to using the law in service of others, advocating for what matters most to the people and organizations he represents. As the District of Columbia‘s second independent elected attorney general, Brian is committed to fighting for D.C., District residents and District autonomy, to advancing the public interest, and to ensuring that the law works to make the District safer, healthier, and more equitable for all who live, visit and work here. Brian is a third-generation Washingtonian. After graduating from Duke University and Harvard Law School, and completing a two-year judicial clerkship, Brian served as a trial attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice. After completing his service with the Justice Department, Brian entered private practice representing clients – individuals, businesses, nonprofits and families — in a multitude of high stakes matters including advocating for people injured by excessive, unconstitutional police force, defrauded out of their assets, and fighting for their lives on death row. Before being elected Attorney General, Brian was an experienced law firm leader, having served as Venable’s firm-wide Vice Chairman and as the Partner-in-Charge of Venable’s D.C. office. Among other professional recognitions, Brian is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. Host Village: Northwest Neighbors Village Limited to 100 Registration is required by April 8th Zoom link will be sent to registrants after registration

Join At Home in Alexandria as we put on the Goodwin Living StrongerMemory program. The curriculum helps improve your ability to retrieve memories. Past participants have noticed improvement in their ability to focus, find misplaced items and remember conversations. The session kicks off on February 4. All sessions will meet on Wednesday from 3 – 4 pm on Zoom. You will be given a workbook to guide you. For 12 weeks, you will be encouraged to spend just 20 to 30 minutes a day reading aloud, writing and quickly completing simple math problems in the workbook. To register, contact the AHA office: 703-231-0824 or aha@athomeinalexandria.org. You can also read more about the program at https://goodwinliving.org/strongermemory-the-fight-against-cognitive-decline/

The population continues to age, which unfortunately introduces the onset of a variety of chronic health or cognitive illnesses, and the resulting need for LTC services. Industry sources and retirement planners in fact estimate that up to 70% of the population will need some level of long-term care and assistance at some point in their lives. Adult children are increasingly becoming aware of the costs of an extended care/long term care episode as a result of assisting their elder parents or other family members. Unfortunately, they are also learning about the need to have LTC funding options in place as a result of the onset of a chronic condition or due to an accident at an earlier age. In order to bring a greater understanding of the subject. Mark A. Gottlieb, MHA, Long Term Care Specialist, is offering a one-hour webinar which will address the topics of: The challenges and costs associated with the need for and use of LTC services The LTC services spectrum and associated costs Options for funding LTC costs, including but not limited to LTC Insurance products (both traditional & hybrid), as well as public and private funding sources

Our PCV Women‘s Group, with guided discussion on a variety of topics, including the power of friendship, meets at the Potomac Library once a month, with attendance at the group‘s monthly meetings free and open to all.

About Mr. Athié: His work has evolved over the years with long gaps for travel in his work as environmental scientist. The life experiences he has gathered through his professional life, and his keen observation of nature, inform his art.

Please come and support our Potomac Community Village. Our Village will get a portion of the proceeds that night. Mexican food is available from the attached restaurant, La Mexicana. Buy your ticket directly from GiveaHoot: https://www.giveahootcomedy.com/shows/340134

Join At Home in Alexandria as we put on the Goodwin Living StrongerMemory program. The curriculum helps improve your ability to retrieve memories. Past participants have noticed improvement in their ability to focus, find misplaced items and remember conversations. The session kicks off on February 4. All sessions will meet on Wednesday from 3 – 4 pm on Zoom. You will be given a workbook to guide you. For 12 weeks, you will be encouraged to spend just 20 to 30 minutes a day reading aloud, writing and quickly completing simple math problems in the workbook. To register, contact the AHA office: 703-231-0824 or aha@athomeinalexandria.org. You can also read more about the program at https://goodwinliving.org/strongermemory-the-fight-against-cognitive-decline/

Dr Pru Foster will speak to us. We all know that taking a walk in the woods can be a soothing experience. But did you know that a growing body of research finds that contact with nature is more than just enjoyable: it can significantly improve our health and well-being.We all know that taking a walk in the woods can be a soothing experience. But did you know that a growing body of research finds that contact with nature is more than just enjoyable: it can significantly improve our health and well-being.

Steve Gurney, the facilitator for this event, is a nationally recognized leader, innovator, and advocate in the field of aging and longevity. Join us for a welcoming, community-oriented first discussion for individuals navigating aging without traditional family support, such as spouses or other care partners.

Join At Home in Alexandria as we put on the Goodwin Living StrongerMemory program. The curriculum helps improve your ability to retrieve memories. Past participants have noticed improvement in their ability to focus, find misplaced items and remember conversations. The session kicks off on February 4. All sessions will meet on Wednesday from 3 – 4 pm on Zoom. You will be given a workbook to guide you. For 12 weeks, you will be encouraged to spend just 20 to 30 minutes a day reading aloud, writing and quickly completing simple math problems in the workbook. To register, contact the AHA office: 703-231-0824 or aha@athomeinalexandria.org. You can also read more about the program at https://goodwinliving.org/strongermemory-the-fight-against-cognitive-decline/

The US and Israeli war with Iran should remind us all that the US often seems to be a modern day Gulliver wandering around in a region it often fails to understand; tied up by powers large and small whose interests are frequently not its own, and burdened by its own illusions. What are US interests in the Middle East and how can America best protect them? Join Aaron David Miller veteran State Department Middle East analyst, adviser, negotiator in Republican and Democratic Administrations in conversation. Aaron David Miller is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, focusing on U.S. foreign policy. He has written five books, including his most recent, The End of Greatness: Why America Can’t Have (and Doesn’t Want) Another Great President (Palgrave, 2014) and The Much Too Promised Land: America’s Elusive Search for Arab-Israeli Peace (Bantam, 2008), and hosts Carnegie Connects, Carnegie’s premier live podcast.

Identity theft is a growing epidemic with devastating consequences , and being informed is your best defense. Join Dupont Circle Village‘s virtual Live & Learn: Protecting Yourself from Identity Fraud, led by Herb Weisbaum, Contributing Editor at Consumers‘ Checkbook, as he shares practical tips to protect your money and personal information from online thieves. Mark your calendar for this virtual session on Friday, April 24th, 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM. Register here.

Since 1988, the National Orchestral Institute + Festival at The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center has brought the country’s top young performers together for a month of intensive study and world-class performances. In 2018 they received a Grammy nomination for Best Orchestral Performance, and in 2020 they announced trailblazing conductor Marin Alsop as their first-ever Music Director. For the past seven years, the program has been overseen by it’s director Richard Scerbo — a resident of Mount Rainier. He joins us to talk about the festival and institute, discuss upcoming performances, and answer questions.