Life In Sherman Oaks

The Sherman Oaks Library is holding, in collaboration with the Van Nuys Adult School, Creative-Life Writing Workshops. Join and write about your life! Or someones life! It’s a great opportunity to learn to write and share your experiences with others! Mondays, 10AM to 12:30PM — beginning Sept. 14 and running thru November 16, 2009. Sherman Oak Library is located at 14245 Moorpark, Sherman Oaks CA 91423. Phone 818.205.9716

Gerontologist have long known that the old addage “If you don’t use it, you’ll lose it” is correct. But exercising your brain is in the right way is the key for those of us growing older. According to gerontologist, not only can we keep our brain working the way it always has — we can actually reverse memory loss, etc — by exercising our brain. A great website for brain [...]

The Sherman Oaks Library is holding, in collaboration with the Van Nuys Adult School, Creative-Life Writing Workshops. Join and write about your life! Or someones life! It’s a great opportunity to learn to write and share your experiences with others! Mondays, 10AM to 12:30PM — beginning Sept. 14 and running thru November 16, 2009. Sherman Oak Library is located at 14245 Moorpark, Sherman Oaks CA 91423. Phone 818.205.9716

David Copperfield, By Charles Dickens. Discussion. September 19, 2009 The Andromeda Strain. By Michael Crichton. October 17, 2009. Poetry. By Edgar Allan Poe. November 21, 2009. The Barretts of Wimpole Street, By Rudolpf Besier. December 19, 2009 Discussion to be held at: Sherman Oaks Public Library. 14245 Moorpark St. Sherman Oaks, CA 91423. Phone: 818.205.9716 for more information.

Sherman Oaks Hospital recently opened a 19-bed Geriatric Psychiatric (Gero-Psych.) facility offering much needed mental health care services for the seniors in the area. The Gero-Psych. Department opened in the same unit where the previous operator of Sherman Oaks Hospital, had closed down the unit. PHS made the decision to reopen the department after it determined behavioral health services were greatly needed, especially for seniors. “We are doing everything possible [...]