Upcoming and Recent Events

July Luncheon
Save The Date - Wednesday, July 16, 2025
Please save the date for our upcoming ARMS Luncheon
This luncheon will take place on Wednesday, July 16, 2025.
More information / invitations will be sent out closer to the date.

Senior Caucus Webinar - Monthly First Friday Educational meeting
Thank you to all the members who were able to join us this morning for our monthly Senior Caucus meeting. We appreciate all the questions we received and feedback from our survey.
If you did not have your questions answered in real time, or left additional questions in the survey we will respond once Angela has reviewed and reached out for additional information. Please remember if you were not able to join in real time, you can watch the meeting on YouTube, we would still love to hear from you. Send questions or future topic suggestions for First Friday or our Voices & Choices program to memberparticipation@kp.org.
April Monthly meeting: YouTube link: https://youtu.be/fkkh7Crwo4U
Thank you to both of our presenters, we appreciate your time and knowledge!
Upcoming Voices & Choices: Ready to register! Be sure to register using the links below.
February 25th Bill Affolter: # 1 key to successful healthy aging: social connections
Registration link: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/dpIAH2CfRlSoOiGuj-dmuw
February 11th Chris Fordyce: Plan to grow old part 3: Dementia Advanced Directives
Registration link: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/oP4wl9KSRB2qCrCeffWvDQ
Senior Lobby Resources:
Getting involved:
Join the Senior Caucus: https://forms.office.com/r/hZdXLf23tH
Have an idea for an upcoming topic we would love to hear from you, please email memberparticipation@KP.ORG
Have a KP member in mind who is not a Senior Caucus member, we are looking to grow our membership, email memberparticipation@KP.ORG

March Luncheon
Thank you so much to those that were able to join Thursday’s ARMS luncheon.
If you were unable to attend the meeting, or if you would like to view again, the video can be viewed here.
Please take a few minutes to fill out our post-luncheon survey. This will help us in preparing for our future meetings as well as making ARMS what you -- its members -- want it to be.
Please click here to complete the survey.
For those interested in signing up for the Senior Caucus, you can fill out their membership form
Don’t forget to email wpmgretirees@kp.org if you:
Would like to share something with ARMS members in our Newsletter or on our website (news about work, travels, family, experiences, obituaries/memorials of members, etc.)
If you have any speakers to recommend or would like to present something of interest at our luncheons
Would like to be a part of the ARMS Advisory Committee
Have any questions for us (Ruth & Annie) or ARMS
Please continue to visit our website for the latest happenings and announcements at https://www.wpmgretirees.com/
The speaker for March 27th Bill Affolter, MD. Bill Affolter, a retired family physician talked about a personal project he started last summer called Story Bench. He stressed the importance and joy of staying socially connected
His story was covered by a local TV station. (can be seen here)
Lester Thompson relating a story to Sara Thompson
Murray Rouse and Ann McKee
Guest speak Bill Affholter with Marshall Eaton and web master Suzanne Spencer
Older retired “Groupies”

Senior Caucus Webinar - Monthly First Friday Educational meeting
Thank you for joining our meeting this morning. For those who were not able to join, the YouTube link is located below.
YouTube link: https://youtu.be/noSEwWWnm14
March First Friday Senior Caucus Monthly Webinar. We were very lucky to have Eric Larson, MD, MPH join us this morning.
· Eric Larson, MD joined us to present the most up to date research on dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.
· After watching the recording, please send any follow up questions for our presenter
Upcoming Presentations:
Linda Tolbert , MD: WPMG Leadership updates
Andrea Grace, MD: Top 10 things your geriatrician wants you to know
Paul Minardi, MD: Foundation Leadership Updates
Spring Voices & Choices sessions will be announced soon, and registration links will be sent.
Getting involved:
Have an idea for an upcoming topic we would love to hear from you, please email memberparticipation@KP.ORG
Have a KP member in mind who is not a Senior Caucus member, we are looking to grow our membership, email memberparticipation@KP.ORG

Senior Caucus Webinar - Monthly First Friday Educational meeting
Good afternoon and thank you for joining our meeting this morning. For those who were not able to join, the YouTube link is located below.
YouTube link: https://youtu.be/-yQV0t2enxw
Friday, February 7th@ 10am will be our February First Friday Senior Caucus Monthly Webinar. We are very lucky to have Mary Badger joining us this week. Zoom link below for Friday’s meeting.
Mary Schaefer Badger, MD will be joining us as an expert on Climate Change, what you should know? And what we should be doing?
To set up emergency kits: https://www.ready.gov/kit
Upcoming Voices & Choices: Ready to register!
Be sure to register using the links below.
February 11th Chris Fordyce: Plan to Grow Old, Part 2: Emergency planning for older adults
Registration link: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/rS5rcS8VSTq74d8rmjyMAQ
February 25th Cynthia Stewart: Trends in Legislative Action
Registration link: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUrcuqurjotH9F7ydbHh32UltlKqtWow9pp
Getting involved:
Have an idea for an upcoming topic we would love to hear from you, please email memberparticipation@KP.ORG
Have a KP member in mind who is not a Senior Caucus member, we are looking to grow our membership, email memberparticipation@KP.ORG

Senior Caucus Webinar - Monthly First Friday Educational meeting
Thank you for joining today’s meeting, and the engaging conversation and insights you have as our valued Senior Caucus members
Attached are the presentations from today’s meeting along with the link to the YouTube video.
YouTube link: https://youtu.be/gs78t7T5f30
Satisfaction Survey: https://kp.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5tM7R7nr8csUPb0
Additional Links:
Individual Medicare Advantage plans: https://healthy.kaiserpermanente.org/washington/shop-plans/ready-for-medicare
Federal Retiree Medicare Advantage plans: https://healthplans.kaiserpermanente.org/federal-employees-fehb/medicare/
Public Employee Retiree Medicare Advantage plan: https://mybenefits.kaiserpermanente.org/pebb/plans
Member Health Apps: https://healthy.kaiserpermanente.org/washington/health-wellness/mental-health/tools-resources/digital
Hearing Aid benefit response:
Hearing Aid “Advantage Plus 2”: The 24-month calendar does not reset if members purchase the optional rider. If a member used the benefit in 2024, and then purchased the rider in 2025, the 24-month timing would still apply to the use date in 2024.
Upcoming Voices & Choices:
Our second year of the Voices and Choices series will be rolling out in October 2024, with new topics from some of our favorite presenters, and some fresh faces. Please look out for upcoming information on these presentations, dates below if you would like to add these to your calendar.
Eric Larson, What the Conversation Around Aging Presidential Candidates Can Teach Us About Our Aging Selves: Oct. 15th @ 10am
Registration link: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIuc--tpj4vH9G0MUby2LlZeeEUENRbap0g
Jackie Lopez, Patient Advocacy: November 5th @ 10am
Registration link: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcpd-ugqT8oHNNG66pUpp47srJOvZbNIPI6
Bill Affolter, Social Connections and the Science of Connectedness, Project StoryBench : Nov. 19th @ 10am
Registration link: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAoduquqzMtGNI56RkyvPd_mfa3_fUmjn_s
Getting involved:
Have an idea for an upcoming topic we would love to hear from you, please email memberparticipation@KP.ORG
Would you like to be on a distribution list for upcoming volunteer opportunities, or feedback requests? Email: memberparticipation@KP.ORG
Have a KP member in mind who is not a Senior Caucus member, we are looking to grow our membership, email memberparticipation@KP.ORG for more information.