[Senior Expo]
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WE ARE HERE AT THE PINE TRAIN CENTER FOR THE 2024 JEFFERSON PARISH SENIOR SERVICES EXPO.
AND HERE THE SENIORS GET TO VISIT ALL OF THE VARIOUS VENDORS, WHICH IS FROM HEALTHCARE TO INSURANCE, MEDICARE, JUST ABOUT ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN POSSIBLY IMAGINE.
THEY GET A FREE LUNCH AND THEN THEY HAVE ACTIVITIES.
SENIOR EXPO, EVERY YEAR IS SUCH A SPECIAL TIME.
PEOPLE WAIT OUTSIDE THE DOORS FOR THE MINUTE IT OPENS AND THEN GO UP AND DOWN.
THERE ARE SO MANY BOOTHS OF INFORMATION AND FUN LITTLE THINGS THAT WE GIVE AWAY.
IT'S JUST A SPECIAL TIME FOR OUR SENIOR COMMUNITY TO GATHER TOGETHER IN JEFFERSON PARISH.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN FOR OUR SENIORS.
SO AS YOU GO FROM BOOTH TO BOOTH, YOU NOT ONLY GET A LITTLE COMRADERY AND GET TO SEE PEOPLE IN PERSON, YOU GET GOOD INFORMATION.
I KNOW ONE OF THE BOOTHS THAT WE'RE NEAR IS THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, AND THEY HAVE A WHOLE BOOKLET ON FRAUD PREVENTION BECAUSE OUR SENIORS CAN BE A TARGET OF FRAUD.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE A LOT OF GREAT RESOURCES RIGHT HERE IN THE PARISH, AND THE EXPO IS A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO GET INTRODUCED TO SEVERAL OF THINGS THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, LEISURE ACTIVITIES, HEALTHCARE, UM, OPPORTUNITIES, MEETING DIFFERENT DOCTORS AND UNDERSTANDING YOUR NEEDS IS PART OF WHAT WE ARE HERE TO DO.
BUT IT'S REALLY ALSO A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE SENIORS TO SEE WHAT'S AVAILABLE.
NOT ONLY CAN SENIORS COME HERE AND FIND ABOUT OUT ABOUT ALL THE SERVICES THAT WE AS A PARISH GOVERNMENT PROVIDE, BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF VENDORS COME, HEALTHCARE VENDORS, HOSPITALS, INSURANCE COMPANIES.
SO OUR SENIORS HAVE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES TO GET INFORMATION ABOUT SERVICES THAT THEY CAN USE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
IF YOU LOOK AROUND HERE, IT IT, IT'S BUSTLING, UH, THE PARKING LOT'S COMPLETELY FULL.
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE REACH OUT TO SENIORS.
THERE'S A LOT MORE THAT WE CAN DO.
I KNOW THE ADMINISTRATION IS INTERESTED IN HAVING FACILITIES FOR SENIORS, SO THIS IS THE FIRST STEP.
AND, AND, AND IT'S OBVIOUSLY WORKING REALLY, REALLY WELL.
WE HAVE, UH, OVER 84,000 SENIOR CITIZENS.
SO WE ARE AN AGING PARISH IN JEFFERSON AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE OFFER THESE SERVICES TO THEM SO THAT THEY CAN LIVE, UH, ON THEIR OWN AND JUST HAVE A HEALTHY AND GOOD QUALITY OF LIFE.