The Department of Public Administration conducted the second training session for officers who are officially retiring within a year or two. The sessions, under the theme ‘From work to Retirement’ were held from November 19, 2013 to November 21, 2013 at the Teachers’ Resource Centre – 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon daily.
Public Administration recognizes that while the transition ‘from work to retirement’ may be new and exciting, it can also be a traumatic experience. Consequently, the sessions were aimed at providing the retiring officers with some information on a wide range of topics to assist them as they prepare for the next phase in their lives.
Nurse Alma Hughes (Soon to Retire)
In an attempt to meet the needs of the officers and based on the feedback from the session which was held in May 2013, a medical section dealing with ‘common health issues relating to aging’ was added to the programme.
The topics included:-
• Pensions and Benefits
• Estate Planning/Management and Wills
• Staying Healthy and Happy – Medical Issues, Fitness, Wellness and Diet
• Staying Healthy – Medical (Common health issues)
• Enhancing Family Life
• Travel
• Budgeting and Investing
• Volunteering/Mentoring
• Using ICT to Stay in Touch
The facilitators for the sessions were Mr Stanley Reid, Hon Deputy Governor, Mrs Aurjul Wilson, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, Mrs Marilyn Hodge, Corrections Counsellor, Department of Probation, Ms Robertha Campbell , Dietitian, Health Authority of Anguilla, Dr Patvin Adams, Family Physician, Mr Damien Harrigan, Communications Engineer, Department of Information Technology,
Mrs Monifa Brooks- Gumbs, Accountant, Public Service, Pension Fund, Mrs Kathleen Rogers, Permanent Secretary, Public Administration, Mrs Lana Horsford-Harrigan, Director, HRM, Public Administration, Miss Sherise Brooks, Human Resource Management Officer, Public Administration and Mrs C Charmaine Rogers, Deputy Director, HRM, Public Administration.
– Press Release
(Published without editing by The Anguillian newspaper.)
