Empowering Seniors to hold free seminar in Hyrum on Thursday

Empowering Seniors is a local organization and the name very well describes what they do: giving power to seniors through events that offer education, to provide an opportunity for seniors to ask experts questions, from attorneys to those who work in real estate. An event is coming up Thursday, September 6th at 2 p.m. at the Hyrum Senior Center. It is entitled “How to Prepare for the Latter Years.”

Sid Roderer is a senior real estate specialist and associate broker with Cornerstone Real Estate. She was a guest on KVNU’s For the People program Tuesday and said, “the Empowering Seniors group got started with some thoughts I had in regards to observing my grandparents age and some of the decisions that had to made quickly when there were some falls and things like that.”

She said this made her realize that when you’re dealing with seniors, often you’re lacking information and when something happens you have to make a quick decision and places to go to. She said she met Bruce Lee and they decided to do seminars.  She said he had an even more brilliant idea – a radio show. The program, titled Senior Moments, airs Saturday mornings at 7:30 a.m. on KVNU.

Lee explained, “ I own a company called ComForCare and it is a home care company. In that business I see many people who have questions about what to do when life’s challenges hit and they’re caring for a loved one and they just don’t know where to go with that and what their options may be.

“Sid approached me with the idea of helping people understand what professional services are available to people and doing that in a way that is not a sales pitch.”

Lee said what seniors and their families, and caretakers, need the most is education. The educational seminar is free but you can register at EmpoweringSeniors.info. The address of Thursday’s meeting is 695 E. Main in Hyrum.

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