Senior groups list meeting schedules

State offers aid to help cool homes

The Dutchess County Office for the Aging has information for seniors who may need assistance cooling their homes.

Heat is a quiet but deadly menace. According to federal data covering the past 30 years, heat is responsible for three times as many deaths as winter weather, and it is also responsible for more deaths than hurricanes, tornadoes and lightning.

Older people are more susceptible to heat’s effects for many reasons. Older people generally do not adapt to quick increases in temperature as well as younger people, some medications may affect the body’s temperature regulation and some chronic health conditions also interfere with temperature regulation.

If you don’t have home air conditioning and meet eligibility requirements, the New York State Cooling Assistance Benefit is worth exploring. If you are eligible, you may receive one Cooling Assistance benefit per applicant household for the purchase and installation of an air conditioner or a fan to help your home stay cool.

According to state guidelines, you may be eligible for a Cooling Assistance HEAP benefit if:

• Your household’s gross monthly income is at or below the current income guidelines for your household size, or

• You receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as food stamp) benefits, or

• You receive Temporary Assistance (TA), or

• You receive Code A Supplemental Security Income (SSI Living Alone), and

• You and your household members are United States citizens or qualified aliens, and include an individual with a documented medical condition that is exacerbated by heat, and

• You received a regular benefit greater than $21 in the current program year, and

• You currently do not have a working air conditioner or the air conditioner you have is five years old or older, and

• You did not receive a HEAP-funded air conditioner within the past ten years.

For people who have questions about their eligibility, call the Office for the Aging at (845) 486-2555 or visit otda.ny.gov/programs/ heap/#cooling-assistance/

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The Board of Managers of Hudson Valley Senior Residence will meet Thursday, June 22, at 10:30 a.m. at the residence at 80 Washington Ave.

Members attending the meeting are asked bring items for the Yard Sale to be held on the front lawn of the residence on Saturday, July 8, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The rain date is July 15.

Notify Anna Mae Knowles if you cannot attend.

The Woodstock Senior Citizens will meet Wednesday, June 21, at noon at the Community Center.

There may be a speaker, and there are many matters to catch up on.

The Town of Esopus Seniors will have its next meeting on June 19 at the Esopus Town Hall Community Center, 284 Broadway.

The group will have ice cream at around 12 p.m. and have the meeting shortly after.

The group will also be collecting payment for the trip on July 18 to the Royal Manor to see “You’ve Got a Friend”. Cost is $60 for members of Town of Esopus Seniors, and $70 for nonmembers. For questions about trips, call Don at (845) 331-8577.

On Tuesday, June 20, members who have previously signed up for the trip to see the tribute to the Beach Boys, will need to be on the bus that will leave the Town Hall Parking Lot at 8 a.m.

At the meeting on July 17, the seniors will have a presentation on “Heart Health” and learn about new information to help and improve the health of one’s hearts.

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