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Adopt and present a resolution proclaiming the week of September 22-28, 2019 as Centenarian Week in Solano County
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
The County Administrator's Office and Department of Health and Social Services, in partnership with the Senior Coalition of Solano County, recommends that the Board to adopt and present a resolution proclaiming the week of September 22-28, 2019 as Centenarian Week in Solano County.
SUMMARY:
This year will mark the 13th Annual Centenarian Commemoration in Solano County. The Centenarian Commemoration is designed to honor and pay tribute to individuals who have reached 100 years of age or older.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
The costs associated with preparing the agenda item are nominal and absorbed by the department's FY2019/20 Adopted Budget. The costs associated with preparation and purchase of the resolution materials are included in the Board's FY2019/20 Adopted Budget.
DISCUSSION:
To date, the Board of Supervisors has honored 170 centenarians, the oldest of them, Marie West, reached super-centenarian status in January 2011.
According to the Boston University School of Medicine New England Centenarian Study, centenarians are remarkable examples of healthy aging. Centenarians come from all walks of life. They have different educational, socioeconomic, and religious backgrounds and they are of different ethnicities and live in regions all over the globe. However, they do share some of the following characteristics associated with healthy aging:
1) They generally do not smoke,
2) They remain active and engaged with their families and the community either through extended working, volunteer work, and contributing to the household throughout their later years,
3) They stay physically strong through exercise and physical activity,
4) They maintain a healthy diet, tend to be thin, and
5) They are better able ...
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