Learn how to keep your mind sharp tomorrow
SUNSHINE CLUB
Patty Barnett-Mouton will give a presentation titled “Mind Your Brain” at the Sunshine Club’s meeting on Friday, May 6, in Clubhouse 3, Room 2, from 10 a.m.-noon. The club no longer meets via Zoom.
All residents are welcome to attend; no membership is required. Individually wrapped refreshment will be served. People are asked to arrive 5-10 minutes early to enjoy refreshment before the meeting begins and sign the attendance book with their name, Mutual and unit number to comply with GRF Recreation Committee policy.
Barnett-Mouton will discuss strategies residents can use to keep their mind sharp, improve memory skills and reduce risk for dementia. Barnett-Mouton, MSGc, is the vice president of Alzheimer’s Orange County. She began her career in healthcare as a representative for divisions of Johnson & Johnson and in leadership positions with the American Red Cross Blood Services. She has served as the vice president for outreach and advocacy at Alzheimer’s Orange County since 2005, after volunteering for five years as a speaker and support group facilitator while working in hospice care.
Barnett-Mouton also manages community and clinical outreach, as well as the advocacy and public policy activities at the local, state and federal levels. She has served as co-chair of the OC POLST Coalition, now known as the OC Advance Care Planning Partners, since 2010. She currently serves on both the Cal Optima OneCare Connect and Member Advisory committees.
Active in the work of the OC Aging Services Collaborative and the OC Strategic Plan for Aging, Barnett-Mouton serves as chair of the social engagement pillar for this work, exploring ways to solve the problems of isolation and loneliness among seniors. She has recently been appointed to the board of directors for the Sacred Dying Foundation.
Barnett-Mouton has been a featured lecturer at many national and statewide conferences, including the National POLST Paradigm Conference, California Council of Geriatrics and Gerontology, American Society on Aging National Conference, and the California Association of Health Services at Home Conference.
This month ,the Sunshine Club will host four speakers, including Barnett-Mouton tomorrow, Westminister California Highway Patrol Officer Mitchell Smith on May 13, Maryann Shaddow from On Site Home Sales on May 20, and Beau Onouye from Balance/ Fumanet, on May 27.
The topic of each guest speaker’s presentation will be announced in the LW Weekly with more information on the meeting.
The club’s mission is to keep LWers informed through reading the LW Weekly and hearing from professionals who work inside and outside Leisure World. It is designed to help people from different backgrounds meet and create community among neighbors.
For more information, text Anna Derby at (562) 301-5339.
