NEWS RELEASE
RELEASE: Thursday, September 11, 2008
SENIOR JOURNAL BROADCAST SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED
CRANSTON --- The Senior Journal cable television program is devoted to exploring the issues of growing older in Rhode Island through the personal perspectives of seniors.
Programs are produced by senior volunteers and are sponsored by the Department of Elderly Affairs (DEA) with the support of COX Communications. Programs are aired on Sundays at 5:00 p.m., Mondays at 7:00 p.m., and Tuesdays at 11:30 a.m. over statewide Cox Communications channel 13 and Verizon channel 32.
From September 21 to October 7, The Senior Health Insurance Program (SHIP) and the
Senior Medicare Patrol Program (SMP) will air. Libby Arron of Cranston interviews Maria Sansiveri, Health Promotion Coordinator for DEA, Ana Hanley, customer information specialist for DEA and Charlotte Becher, Manager of The Point resource center.
The Department of Elderly Affairs (DEA) was established as a cabinet-level position in 1977 under Rhode Island General Law 42-66-1. DEA is responsible for the development and implementation of a comprehensive system of programs and services for Rhode Islanders age 60 and older. DEA is also the state's single planning and service area agency on aging under the provisions of The Older Americans Act of 1965.
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