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Rhode Island Department of Elderly Affairs
RELEASE: Friday, March 13, 2009
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 March 22 to March 31, the Medicaid Global Waiver will be broadcast. Larry Grimaldi, chief of information and public relations for DEA, interviews Gary Alexander, Acting Secretary of the Executive Office of Health and Human Services, Corinne Russo, DEA Director, and Elena Nicolella of the RI Department of Human Services.
- From April 5 to April 14, NEADS Dogs will air. Libby Arron of Cranston interviews Tracey Poole, chief of information and public relations for the Adult Correctional Institution,
- Christie Bassett, trainer for the National Education for Assistant Dog Services, Debbie Kaszwk and Capt. Nelson Lafabure of the ACI.
- From April 19 to April 28, Cranston Public Library will be broadcast. Arron interviews Beth Johnson, coordinator of adult services and Ed Garcia, information access librarian for the Cranston Public Library.
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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