During this year's observance of Older Americans Month in May, SCAN Health Plan invites local seniors to visit the health plan's recently opened Senior Connections Resource Center at 1001 Partridge Drive, Suite 200 in Ventura and get the information they need to remain healthy and better manage their life.

Staffed by community resource specialists, the center is where seniors or their loved ones can get help with finding the services they may need in a relaxed setting.

At the center, visitors can: access information on health improvement and management, connect to important resources in the community, have free Internet access to the Healthwise Knowledgebase, attend presentations on health topics and healthful food samples, access weight and blood pressure self-management equipment, and obtain fallprevention information and attend fall-prevention classes.

Presentations are generally on the first Tuesday of every month at 10 a.m.

For more information, call (805) 658-0365. Founded in 1977, SCAN is

one of the four largest Medicare Advantage Plans in California and also manages one of the larg

est Multi-Purpose Senior Service Projects (MSSP) in California, providing community-based, long-term care and in-home per

sonal-care coordination for lowincome frail seniors. For more information, visit the website at www.scanhealthplan.com.