 I'm Marcia Joyner, and we are Navigating the Journey. Navigating the Journey is dedicated to exploring the options and choices in life. And today, we are going to explore active aging for 50, oh my goodness. I've got children over 50, oh! Anyway, we are going to talk to my dear friend and project program director at the Waikiki Community Center. So we are going to learn all about refresh, rejuvenate, and reset senior wellness there. An active aging activity at the Waikiki Community Center. Welcome, my dear, welcome, welcome, welcome. Thank you, Marcia. This is quite a pleasure for me to be here and honor. It's always a wonderful thing to be with you. Oh, Robert, would you send her the check, please? So, tell me about the Waikiki Community Center. First of all, what do you do? How long has it been, you know, all those things? Well, the Waikiki Community Center is located in Waikiki, in the heart of Waikiki, between Paul Kalani Avenue and Ohua. We're two blocks, Eva, of the zoo. Now, we've been around for 39 years. And in fact, we're part of what used to be the St. Augustine School. So that's behind the church there. Yeah, it's behind the church. It's very close to the church. So for 39 years, we've been dedicated to serving the community of Waikiki and all its surrounding areas. So up to Kapahulu, Mo'ili'ili, Waikiki Diamond Head, Kaka'ako Makali. So if there's anybody that's listening that is a senior, remember when that was the jungle? Exactly. I remember the jungle. So for anybody that doesn't know, that was a part of Waikiki that had real character, I think. And part of the reason it was called the jungle is that it was so close to the zoo, you could hear the animals. Exactly. And so that was called the jungle. But now it's spiffed up and high-rises and you can't hear the zoo. I guess can you hear them? We can hear the zoo. One of the things that I love about the Waikiki Community Center, when you go down there, and you have to go, you just must, to hear the people, the old tutus play in the ukulele, and hear and watch the hula, and feel the breeze on the lanai. It's all Hawaii and it's the only place in Waikiki that's left that's all Hawaii. And so if you really want to experience, that's where you need to go. We are an oasis. This is how we hold it. We are an oasis and a home for the community, essentially. We serve preschool children all the way up to kupuna. And the Thriving After 50 program is all about changing the image of what we consider older adults. What do you mean? Oh, I still have trouble thinking that I have children over 50 and that they are seniors. That really blows my mind, but that's a different story. So exactly what do you do with aging? Why active aging? What is that? Active aging. So when we think about aging, most of us think about sick care, or the emphasis has been about sick care and long-term health and financial planning and retirement planning. That's one option. The second option that we sometimes hear about is called anti-aging, the denial of aging period. People that do facelifts and cosmetic surgery and on and on and on. And active aging is about remaining active physically, emotionally, socially and in retirement and being meaningful not only to yourself but to society. So continuing to contribute while working on offsetting the age-related conditions that most of us relate to as aging. So this is possible to actually mitigate or extend that active period of life. So when you live in a throwaway culture, they throw away everything. Yes. Everything. If you notice that when women get to be a certain age, they divorce them and then trade them in for some, for two 20-year-olds or whatever. And then they put a grandma in a nursing home that just, they constantly throw away. So what do we have to do to change that model? What do we have to do to say that a person at, would you say 50? And 50, 60, 70, 80, now you have people in their hundreds. What do we have to do to change that model? We're actually grappling with that concept because the current paradigm of sick aging is so embedded in all the activities that we relate to when we talk about seniorhood. And seniorhood. I like the word seniorhood. Yeah. So Marshall talks about 50 and over. And the reason why we start at 50 is because we're beginning to look at how do we take the continue activity that we engage in in the 50s and bring it into the 60s and the 70s and the 80s. That's part of the concept. It's about entraining and bringing our younger seniors into the mode of being more active. The whole other thing about active aging is that when you look at the aging population, Hawaii is one of the few states that has the highest growth in seniorhood. As an example, every day 10,000 people in the United States celebrate their 60th birthday and will continue to do that for the next 13 years. So we're looking at about 3.5 million people a year for 13 years. So when you look at that, you can say, okay, the threat is that we're going to need more services for the decrepit, demented, depressed and debilitated. But look at another way that. No, it doesn't have to be that. And when we look at the generation, the boomer generation, what I consider the greatest generation that has brought about all of these social initiatives for our country from equality. And equal rights and opportunities. I say to myself, well, what are we going to do with that huge resource? Is the largest natural resource that we have available? And can we direct that resource into improving the social condition of our community? So when I think about active aging, that is a major component of the way that I think. So then in programming, I think, well, how do we support people to continue to actively age, to live their life to the fullest while contributing not only to self but society? My daughter is an RN and she did not become an RN until she was 50. After she had raised her children, done all those things that mothers do, right, then she took care of herself. And she became an RN. And she's loving every minute of it and all of the skills that she learned as a mother. That's what she brings to nursing. Exactly. And she is loving every minute of it. But it's good for her. But it was 50. Right. And everybody said, oh, you're so old. It's like, well, here I am. And so for her, it was wonderful. It is wonderful. It is wonderful. You've done all your work by the time you're 50, all the things you need to do and you've chosen to do indirectly or directly. And now you have time to really look and say, you know, I potentially have 50 more years on this planet. So what am I going to do? You know, I can lay back and so-called retire in the traditional way. Or I can create a new chapter in my life where I am more invigorated and more rejuvenated and more committed to the things that matter to me. When she graduated, I was surprised and thrilled to see how many older people were in her graduating class. And then as well. Yes. And with that same, okay, I've done all this now, but I can't retire. Right. And it was just an eye-opener to see how many people in that class. At least they looked over 50. I don't know. I don't know. It's invigorating to see what we consider seniors to really take action in terms of the things that they really are passionate about. Yes. It was just, like I said, to see this. Now let's get back to your fare. Yes. I love the way you spelled fare. Many people have asked me about why I did that quirky spelling of F-A-I-R-E. And primarily it's because I wanted to change up on the, you know, on how people see fares, you know, to have them kind of take relook at the name, refresh, rejuvenate, and reset. Because this is the opportunity. So, at the fare of the date of the fare is October 7. Right. Which is a Saturday. Saturday? October 7 from 2 to 430. Yes. At the Waikiki Community Center. So, what's going to happen? Well, we have about 25 or 30 vendors. And specifically I have told each vendor that this is a festive event. It's not about sickness. It's not about the things that you usually think about fares. Keeping people occupied with a hobby. It's not about that. Although it can include hobbies. What it's about is looking, the vendors we have selected are vendors that, one, help to prevent the onset of physical conditions that we usually see with aging. But in addition to that, it's also things like when we look at refresh. One of the things that we start out with is, where am I? Where am I in terms of health? Well, we are going to take a break. And when we come back, I want to talk about the rest of the vendors. Because that suddenly makes an impressive list. Thank you. We'll be right back. Aloha. I'm Tim Apachea, host for Moving Hawaii Forward, a show dedicated to transportation issues and traffic. We identify those areas where we do have problems in the state. But also the show is dedicated to trying to find solutions, not just detail our problems. So join me every other Tuesday on Moving Hawaii Forward. I'm Tim Apachea. Thank you. Ted Rawson here, folks. You're a host on Where the Drone Leads, our weekly show at noon on Thursdays here on ThinkDeck. When we talk about drones, anything to do about drones, drones, remotely piloted aircraft, unmanned aircraft systems, whatever you want to call them, emerging into Hawaii's economy, educational framework, and our public life. We talk about things associated with the use, the misuse, technology, engineering, legislation with local experts, as well as people from across the country. Join us noon on Thursdays and catch the latest on what's taking place in the world of drones that might affect you. Welcome back. We are visiting with my dear, dear friend and lovely, lovely, lovely pro-aging. How's that? Pro-aging. Maro Onyoshi is the director of Projects at the Waikiki Community Center. And they are having a fair, I love this fair, F-A-I-R-E, Refresh, Rejuvenate, and Reset Senior Wellness Fair, Active Aging. So tell us, this list of vendors is impressive. So tell us about who they are and what we can expect. Okay, so the fair is purposefully titled, Refresh, Rejuvenate, and Reset. Because we feel that it's important that you look at all areas of where you are, how to rejuvenate yourself, and then how to re-navigate or re...you know... That's what you meant, re-navigate. Exactly. So in the area of Refresh as an example, what we're asking... What we're providing is an opportunity for people to do vision screening. Medication review, Times Pharmacy is sending their pharmacists so that you can bring your bag of pills. They'll look at all your medication to make sure that it's working in synergy. The vision screening is done for free by Project Vision. And they'll even do retinal photographs of your retina to identify any early signs of any kind of disease. We'll have a volunteer ophthalmologist that will go even further on looking at those retinal screenings. We have all the Medicare Advantage Plan representatives from UAC, Humana, Kaiser, AlohaCare, HMSA. And we also will have a pharmacist there to do flu shots, so be sure to bring your identification as well as your health card. Rejuvenate looks as exercise, dance, music and art. And so we'll have demonstrations of activities at the center from Zumba to Tai Chi to tap dancing to art and music, etc. And Reset is all about creating your new chapter after retirement. And for that group, we have individuals that, like Dr. Kallen Hayashita will be speaking. He is the founder of the Kupuna Care Education Center at KCC, an elder care advisor. And his program is called Retire or Rewire. And he's currently with St. Francis. So St. Francis has that component. They also have a resource guide for all kinds of services for those of us who are maturing, as well as care services if needed. We have wonderful options, like we have a program on paying management. And maybe you want to mention that Royal Hawaiian CBD. Well, that's, yeah, that is, the Royal Hawaiian CBD is about the use of hemp. Right. Hemp oils, hemp, lotions and what have you as an exchange or rather than the heavy opiates. Exactly. Exactly. It's a natural product. It's legal. Anybody that gets any kind, it's totally legal in all 50 states. We're not selling anything. We're just demonstrating. Right. And then we also have the sound table music therapy. Now, this is an age old therapy where people listen to music. It's a one on one. It's not a big demonstrate. Well, one on one where people listen to music of their culture, their age, what not. And it stimulates somehow the brain so that that music brings back something that's been lost. I watched on the television and they had followed a woman for 50, well, for several years, I don't remember. And you could see her deteriorate. And then when they tried the music therapy, you could see her face and the life came back. And it was the most incredible thing I had ever seen. So I am looking forward to the music therapy. Well, this music therapy is known, you know, my husband was involved in music therapy maybe about 30 years ago. And we have found noticeable changes in the physical, emotional, the thinking skills and fulfilling the social needs of the individual. So it's rejuvenating this music therapy. In addition to that, as I mentioned before, Times Pharmacy is going to be there. But we're also going to have the Honolulu Police Department. Red Cross will be there to provide information on disaster preparedness. In addition to that, they are also doing a smoke detector, smoke alarm program, where they will provide smoke alarms to seniors as well as especially to families that have children. It's not limited to an age group whatsoever, although that seniors and children are the priority groups. The Honolulu Police Department, if I haven't mentioned, will be there. St. Francis, Catholic Charities, our own programs will also be there. Now, where do you have room for all of this? That sounds like a really big event. Where do you have room for all of this? We'll have everyone in the auditorium for the private... We also have nutrition counseling. So if you have a particular illness that you're dealing with, there will be a nutritionist there that will support you with counseling on the kinds of foods to eat and how to make the choices. The auditorium will hold at least 25. We have breakout rooms for additional people. The project vision van, actually, RV will be parked out in the parking lot. We're making it work. I'm not sure that. This sounds really exciting. There's so much in it, and I checked up, I want to see this, I want to see this. What is a lifestyle machine? Iqahi Ornish is actually a lifestyle health program, particularly for people that have cardiac disease. I read about Dr. Ornish, who's actually from, I believe it's a University of San Francisco. I'm not sure, someplace in the Bay Area. And he's done work with individuals, food, nutrition, exercise, you know, all the medical kinds of things. And people have recovered and improved their physicality through this program. Wonderful. So we're not selling anything, we're just introducing people to ways to kind of prevent or delay the onset of physical conditions. We have a minute left. So real quick, tell me about the Kidney Foundation. When I read that Hawaii has such a huge percentage of diabetes, do they go into this? Yes, what they'll do is they'll do pre-assessments. And then, of course, there's the nutrition piece to it. So because our time is short, I just want to make sure that people know that the refresh, rejuvenate, and reset senior wellness sphere, not only for seniors, but for everyone, is happening at the Waikiki Community Center on Saturday, October the 7th, from 2 to 4.30. It's free. It's free. And tell me that you mentioned that it's open to everybody, and you're going to have the people given that flu. What about bringing your youngsters for the flu shot? Is that okay? I think it is, I'm not sure. I can check with our... Well, that's okay, but I just, you know, of course we're thinking senior, but let's suppose that I have to bring my grandchild with me. Are they open to the vaccination, the flu? Because everybody should have it. Right, right. Well, it's just like the pharmacy. Any pharmacy that offers flu shots, it will be available to that same audience. Be sure to bring your healthcare insurance card, as well as your ID, because if there is a copay, they will let you know. Okay. So it's not a free, it's more a convenient service. And we encourage you to register. Our telephone number is on the screen. It's 923-1802. This way we can prepare for the crowd. Well, we want you to have a crowd. We really do. Thank you, Marcia. I appreciate that. I am looking forward to this, and I would love, again, we're back to the title, Refresh, Rejuvenate, and Reset Senior Wellness Fair, F-A-I-R-E, Active Aging. And for anybody that's saying, wow, but that is the original English spelling. That's right. Oh, English spelling. Yes. Thank you. When the whole month of May was dedicated to the fair. And it's going to be faster than fun and be prepared not to be bored. Yes. Again, thank you so much. We will see you next week. Aloha. Aloha.