Adams County Senior Council marks sock hop, shares medicine safety tips
A sock hop at Adams County Senior Citizens Day mixed dancing and root beer floats with six practical ways to lock up, track and safely discard medicines.
Adams County seniors marked their Senior Citizens Day celebration with a sock hop that brought out pictures, videos, dancing, singing, lunch, cookies and root beer or cream soda floats for dessert. The May 14 gathering also gave the county a chance to thank the sponsors, vendors and volunteers who handled setup and decorating, along with Mark Tolle, who served as emcee and singer, The Party Starters, and Blair Carmen and his daughter Naomi.
The upbeat afternoon quickly turned into something more useful for families across Adams County: a reminder to keep prescription drugs and over-the-counter medicine out of the wrong hands. The first step is simple, lock up medicines or move them to a place where they cannot be easily found, especially cough syrup, sleep aids and motion sickness medicine. That matters in homes with children, visiting grandchildren or anyone who might mistake medicine for something harmless.
Old and unused medicines deserve attention too. Sort through them and dispose of them safely, mixing them with something unpleasant such as cat litter or coffee grounds before placing the mixture in a sealed container in the trash. Most medicine should not be flushed because it can enter creeks and rivers. Pharmacies and local police departments can also help residents find take-back programs for drugs that should not stay in the house.
Weekly checks help keep tighter control of medications that carry the highest risk. Opioids and painkillers should be counted on a regular basis so residents know exactly how many pills should be in the bottle. That routine can catch a missing dose, an accidental double-dose or a bottle that has been moved without anyone noticing.
The same advice applies to the places medicine hides in plain sight. Purses, coat pockets, kitchen cupboards, bureau drawers and hall closets can all hold forgotten prescriptions or loose pills. When staying in someone else’s home, keep prescriptions secured and do not leave them on a dresser, table or bathroom counter where they can be confused with another person’s medication.
The reminder ended with one number worth saving now: Poison Help at 800-222-1222. With warm weather arriving, the message also expanded beyond medicine storage, urging families to make sure cooling systems work and to identify public places where they can stay comfortable on hot days. In Adams County, a sock hop celebration became a practical public-health checkup for the season ahead.
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