Waching daily Jan 26 2017

Northwest profiles, presented

by Car Star

Cars are more then just metal

They're our friend... and our

best friend's best friend. When

Something happends to them, you

can depend on Car Star for

collison, glass, and auto care

Car Star, where accidents

unhappen.

Inside the Brookdale Canyon Lakes Retirement community in

Kennewick Washington, This Week at Canyon Lakes is happening!

(Joe Green) So we're going to get started

with this week at canyon lakes.

>>Every week, Joe Green resident programs coordinator at

Brookdale Canyon Lakes, and the creator and producer behind this

senior weekly news show gathers with his news team, planning

and practicing their lines for their next broadcast.

(Joe Green) We have a lot of residents who

have done amazing things in their lives but

we don't really have anyone that's ever done this before

we don't have residents that have ever been in

broadcasting or any type of video journalism so it's very

new to them and myself.

>>Building from an IPAD class he began teaching a few years

back, Joe decided the skills learned would dovetail nicely

into the skills needed to create content for a senior newscast.

>>Coming up on this episode, Art Swoboda will be following a

story on a Brookdale resident who made a quilt to honor a

local Viet Nam veteran. Myrlen will tell us all about her

recent zip line tour through the jungles of Costa Rica. Dorothy

will give us her top picks for November and we'll take a look

at what's ahead on the activity calendar.

>>You're watching This Week at Canyon Lakes.

(Joe Green) Using the IPAD we really got into filming

activities and making I-movies out of those activities that

they were doing we even had an I-movie film festival

>>We're starting the day with floor exercises...

(Joe Green) Each resident made their own video

and so they really seem to enjoy that. When I introduced

the idea of having a weekly resident newscast they

already had a little bit of background in filming and

editing, some of them a very small group of them were very

excited about doing something like that.

>>This weeks WOW is a comment from

Mark Twain on aging. He says age is an issue of mind

over matter, if you don't mind it doesn't matter.

>>Every July, Canyon Lakes residents and friends race

remote controlled hydroplanes around the ponds.

(Joe Green) The final product

ultimately is meant for our residents that live here at

Canyon Lakes it's made for them and by them and it's really to

give them background on our community information about

what's going on, Secondarily it's for our residents' family

members and potential future residents that want

to live in a community that's active and in doing interesting

new and innovative things.

>>Since the creation of This Week at Canyon Lakes, in June

of 2015, it has produced over 70 weekly episodes viewed in

over 47 countries, with nearly 40,000 hits. From meetings to

decide story ideas to the recording of the segments, the

final edited product is published from the IPAD

onto Vimeo and Facebook.

(Joe Green) It's very helpful to have a large crew

because one, it's more people that are participating and

everyone has a small part in it rather than an overwhelming

part, these people are retired we don't want our residents to

feel obligated, we want them to have fun so having a small

piece in each episode gives them that gratification and also does

not take up a whole lot of their time and it helps me.

>>Happy Veterans

Day everyone...Goodbye...Have a great week.

(Joe Green) I never say we want to make a

broadcast or we want to go on a cruise, I say we

are doing this and who's ready to join in? Seniors don't

just travel for fun they travel to learn something they want to

see something new and they want to have an experience, we really

try to find something that will catch them whether it be an

amazing natural wonder or something that is just very

historical like the Panama Canal

This broadcast is a great vehicle for letting residents

not only tell their stories but show their

talents and kind of dispel the myth of aging.

It's so important for anyone whether you're 16 or 96

to have a purpose in life, Something that entertains them

that gives them purpose that makes them excited about

getting up every day. >>Now for this weeks events...

(Ginger Vetrano) Well I feel like I'm more a part

of the community, when I moved here a year and a half ago I

thought hey I'm going to do things to get involved, and this

is one of the first things that happened to come up.

(Art Swoboda) It keeps you from stagnating,

something to do every day, deadline to meet.

(Joyce Green) When I moved to Brookdale Canyon Lakes,

I thought I was moving to an old folks home, my

mind has changed so much.

(Myrtle Nesbitt) I found out you're never too old

to learn something different.

(Eleanor Ferreira) Behind the scenes is so much more fun than

even being on camera, you can't believe it.

(Flora Mae Goodale) Hi KSPS I'm so glad you're here,

you're making all of us famous.

(Myrlen McKinnon) This is just a small representation

of who we have, we have a lot of people,

and we have so...much...fun.

(Joe Green) The more it's seen the more people show their

appreciation and their excitement for it,

I think the bigger it's going to grow. And the more we

can inspire other retirement communities across the United

States to do something that may be similar or just show their

residents being themselves and giving residents the opportunity

for meaningful engagement.

>>Thank you guys, you're all done!