Can
you imagine any services or supports you could use to continue to live in your
own home? Home delivered meals? Handyman services? Or maybe you are caring for
a spouse or parent. What services could you use to better care for them?
Respite care? A resource guide to find existing services?
In
2013 the Oregon
Legislature passed Senate Bill 21 which directed the Aging and People with
Disabilities Department to develop a plan to improve and strengthen Oregon’s
public long term services and supports system. But they need to hear from you:
what challenges and issues you or your family face and any ideas you may have to
address those challenges.
Aging and People with
Disabilities Department have scheduled two meetings in The Dalles on Monday, October
6th. The first is at the Center from 12:30 – 2:00 (you can come at
noon and have lunch) followed by an evening meeting at Spooky’s from 5:30 to
7:00 pm.
I would encourage
anyone interested in the future of services and supports for older adults to
attend one of these meetings to share your ideas and what you consider are the
unmet needs. Representatives from the Aging and People with Disabilities
Department as well as State Representative John Huffman will be in attendance to
listen to your comments and suggestions.
Never
has there been a time when so much information is available - all by just by
searching on the Internet. But that now means the individual faces the
difficult task, and the responsibility, of separating the false and misleading
from the accurate and reliable. This is particularly true regarding health
information - when the knowing the difference can affect your wellbeing.
At
the Center’s last Tuesday Lecture, Molly Hamlin, from the Planetree Health
Resource Center, provided the following tips on how to protect yourself from
the snake oil salesmen on the Internet. You should visit sites that are set up
by reputable, established medical institutions or healthcare organizations - usually
identified by the .edu, .org, .net or .gov in their web address. Make sure the
information is current – medical knowledge is constantly expanding. And share with
your healthcare provider any health information you find on the Internet.
What
you should avoid are personal web sites on health issues: “Jane’s Alzheimer’s
Help Page”; sites selling products: “Miracle Cure for Arthritis - only $29.95”;
and sites that discount conventional medical practices: “What Your Doctor
Doesn’t Want You to Know about Lowering Cholesterol”. Finally, as I have often
stressed, do not disclose any personal information. If you do, at best you may
be bombarded with unwanted solicitations, and at worst your identity and
personal information may be compromised.
Two reliable
resources for health information are the Planetree Health Resource Center’s web
site at
http://www.mcmc.net/library. And Medlineplus (the National Library of
Medicine’s website at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/) where you can find basic
information on a comprehensive list of health topics including complimentary
medicines, drugs and supplements, as well as tutorials and videos.
The
topic for the Center’s 11:00 Tuesday Lecture on October 7th will be “Aging
in Place – the challenges and benefits”. There will be several short video
presentations followed by a group discussion. Everyone is welcome to
participate.
For the
Center’s Tuesday Night Music beginning at 7:00 on October 7th, Andre, K.C. and
Tom will be performing for your dancing and listening pleasure. All ages are
welcome and donations are appreciated.
And the last
reminder. The Baby Back Rib Dinner sponsored by The Springs at Mill Creek is
this Friday from 4:30 – 7:30 at the Center. Besides the finger lickin’ ribs,
there will be a silent auction, and music by Hardshell Harmony. Tickets are $15
and can be purchased at the Center, Kllindt’s Booksellers or at the door. All
proceeds support Meals-on-Wheels and the Center.
The singing
duo that recorded “Wake Up, Little Suzy”, their first #1 hit in 1957, were the
Everly Brothers. (And the winner of a free Saturday Breakfast is Nadine
McCracken.)
For this week’s
“Remember When” quote let’s move to the art world of the 1960’s. What American
artist, a leading figure in the Pop Art Movement made the prediction "In
the future everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes."? E-mail your
answer to mcseniorcenter@gmail.com, call 541-296-4788 or send it with a case of
Campbell’s Soup.
Well, it’s
been another week trying to keep this from that. Until we meet again, don’t
fret over what you can’t control - it won’t make any difference anyway.
"Did you ever feel like the whole world was
a tuxedo and you were a pair of brown shoes?" George Gobel on the Johnny
Carson Tonight Show.
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