better living february 2013

A special supplement to The Daily Nonpareil

Help can be found to navigate the world of technology

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February 2013

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Quilt-a-Quarter January 2013 - March 2013 Tickets cost $5 for 1 and $10 for 3

Last sale day for tickets at senior centers is Friday, March 22nd

Last day to purchase tickets in the office is Friday, March 29th

Drawing will be held Monday, April 1st (Really - No foolin’ here!)

This gorgeous and colorful quilt is a full-sized original design with a pale yel-low flannel backing, great for cuddly afternoons by the fire.

This quilt was made and donated by Leola Poppen, who is a long-serving South-west 8 Senior Companion volunteer!

Proceeds will help keep seniors independent and in their own homes.

For more information or to buy tickets, contact Connie Wilson or your local senior center:

Connie Wilson Senior Center 712-328-2540 ext. 1042 _____________________, __________________, IA [email protected] 712-_______-_________

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This edition featuring . . . TechnologyLivingLiving

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Technology is a rapidly changing frontier; what was popular yesterday might not be used by anyone tomorrow.

Keeping up with what is going on in all matters technological can be dif-ficult for the most prac-ticed gadget-head, but it can be even more intimi-dating for seniors who have never been inclined to adopt new technology.

Whether it is Face-book, Twitter or an e-reader, tackling any-thing new can be diffi-cult, especially with little computer knowledge to start.

If you don’t know the difference between a tweet and a poke, there are people out there that can help.

And the importance of an Internet connection and the ability to use technology becomes more important each day as services shift to strictly online availability.

Connect Iowa released a 2012 report focusing on the challenges Iowa seniors face in embrac-ing technology that can deeply impact their qual-ity of life.

According to Connect Iowa – which embraces widespread access, use and adoption of broad-band to improve all areas of life for Iowa residents – high-speed Internet is becoming increasingly important for access to government services, healthcare resources and countless other personal

tasks like banking, shop-ping and communicating with family and friends.

The issue of elderly technology adoption is especially important in Iowa because the state has the sixth largest share of residents over the age of 70 in the nation.

According to the Con-nect Iowa research, 47 percent of Iowans age 70+ – approximately 169,000 – do not own a computer.

Thirty-nine percent say they simply don’t understand how broad-band is relevant to their lives; 24 percent say digi-tal literacy is their prob-lem and they don’t know how to use a computer or the Internet. However, of those Iowans over age 70 who do subscribe to home Internet service, 56 percent say they go

online on a daily basis.“Broadband offers

Iowa’s senior citizens new power and inde-pendence,” said Connect Iowa Program Manager Amy Kuhlers. “With an interactive link to fam-ily and friends, as well as increased access to healthcare information and services, broadband is empowering them to live more independently while enabling them to engage more fully with society.”

Getting over that ini-tial fear of the machines themselves can be the first step.

In Council Bluffs, one source to help seniors tackle technology is the Council Bluffs Public Library.

Lynn Friesner, ref-erence manager at the

library, said seniors can benefit from basic com-puter instruction at the library four days a week through a program the library administers with West Central Commu-nity Action called “Senior Tech Time.”

For a few hours, an instructor assists seniors in the library’s computer lab.

“Anyone is welcome; the instructor starts each individual at their own level of comfort,” he said.

Even if a senior has never touched a com-puter mouse, they can get assistance feeling out the computer.

Friesner said the classes are usually well attended.

“We usually have four or five seniors a day,” he

said. “And they return until they get to the level they wanted to attain.”

And that level varies from person to person, he said. Some just want to learn how to work on a keyboard better, while others want to learn how to do some basic Internet research.

“When they get to the point they can use Face-book or email to commu-nicate with family, they usually are off and on their way,” Friesner said.

The library also occa-sionally offers a traveling road show version of the class that visits senior centers and senior com-munities throughout the area.

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Eighty-eight percent of Iowans filed their income tax return electronically last year! Join your friends and neighbors – get your Iowa income tax refund in 10 days or less when you file elec-tronically. eFiling is fast, safe, and easy!

Most people 65 or older are eligible to eFile for free! Begin-ning in mid-January, the Iowa Depart-ment of Revenue Web site (www.iowa.

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Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, announced the agency is expanding the services available with a my Social Secu-rity account, a personal-ized online account that people can use beginning in their working years and continuing through-out the time they receive Social Security benefits.

More than 60 million Social Security benefi-ciaries and Supplemen-tal Security Income (SSI) recipients can now access their benefit veri-fication letter, payment history and earnings record instantly using their online account. Social Security benefi-ciaries also can change their address and start or change direct deposit information online.

“We are making it even easier for people to do their business with us from the comfort of their home, office, or library,” Commissioner Astrue said. “I encourage people of all ages to take advan-tage of our award-win-ning online services and check out the new fea-tures available through an online my Social Secu-rity account.”

Social Security benefi-ciaries and SSI recipients with a my Social Security account can go online and get an official benefit ver-ification letter instantly. The benefit verification letter serves as proof of income to secure loans, mortgages and other

housing, and state or local benefits. Addition-ally, people use the letter to prove current Medi-care health insurance coverage, retirement or disability status, and age. People can print or save a customized letter.

Social Security pro-cessed nearly nine million requests for benefit veri-fication letters in the past year. This new online ser-vice allows people to con-duct business with Social Security without having to visit an office or make a phone call, and very often wait for a letter to arrive in the mail. It also will reduce the time spent by employees completing these requests and free them to focus on other workloads.

People age 18 and older can sign up for an account at www.socialse-curity.gov/myaccount. Once there, they must be able to provide infor-mation about themselves and answers to questions that only they are likely to know. After complet-ing the secure verifica-tion process, people can create a my Social Security account with a

unique user name and password to access their information.

People age 18 and older who are not receiving ben-efits can sign up for a my Social Security account to get a personalized online Social Security State-ment. The online State-ment provides eligible workers with secure and convenient access to their Social Security earnings and benefit information, and estimates of future benefits they can use to plan for their retirement. In addition, the portal also includes links to information about other online services, such as applications for retire-ment, disability and Medicare.

“Given our signifi-cantly reduced funding, we have to find innova-tive ways to continue to meet the needs of the American people without compromising service,” said Astrue. “These new enhancements will allow us to provide faster ser-vice to more people in more places.”

For more informa-tion, please go to www.socialsecurity.gov/myac-count.

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If two or more per-sons reside together and qualify for a reim-bursement, each per-son may file a claim based on each individ-ual’s income and each individual’s portion of the rent paid.

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Quilt-a-Quarter

January 2013 - March 2013 Tickets cost $5 for 1 and $10 for 3

Last sale day for tickets at senior centers is Friday, March 22nd

Last day to purchase tickets in the office is Friday, March 29th

Drawing will be held Monday, April 1st (Really - No foolin’ here!)

This gorgeous and colorful quilt is a full-sized original design with a pale yel-low flannel backing, great for cuddly afternoons by the fire.

This quilt was made and donated by Leola Poppen, who is a long-serving South-west 8 Senior Companion volunteer!

Proceeds will help keep seniors independent and in their own homes.

For more information or to buy tickets, contact Connie Wilson or your local senior center:

Connie Wilson Senior Center 712-328-2540 ext. 1042 _____________________, __________________, IA [email protected] 712-_______-_________

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Neola Senior Center110 Fourth St.(712) 485-2179M-F 12 p.m.

Red Oak Senior Center109 E. Washington(712) 623-3497M-F 12 p.m.

Woodbine Senior Center411 Walker St.(712) 647-3011M-F 11:30 a.m.Open 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Lunch at 11:30 a.m.

Stanton Senior Center 326 Broad Ave.(712) 826-2782Tue./Wed./Thurs. 11:45 a.m.

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Glenwood Sr. Center20 N. Vine St.(712) 527-4213M-F 11:30 a.m.

Harlan Senior Center*706 Victoria (712) 755-2757M-F 12 p.m.

Irwin Senior Center520 Ann St. (712) 782-3367M-F 11:30 a.m.

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Malvern Senior Center201 East Fourth St.(712) 624-8985 M-F 11:30 a.m.

The following centers are affiliated with the Southwest 8 Nutrition Department. Meals from Southwest 8 Senior Services Senior Centers follow the menu on the last page of the Better Living Courier, and meals are based on a suggested contribution of $3.25 to

individuals age 60 or older. For the following centers please make meal reservations at 11 a.m. one day in advance.

Villisca Senior Center312 S. Third Ave.(712) 826-5182M-F 11:30 a.m.

The following centers are not affiliated with Southwest 8 Senior Services:

Shenandoah Senior Activity Center405 W. Sheridan Ave. (712) 246-2002, M/W/F 12:30 to 4 p.m.; T, Th 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Meal 2nd Wednesday of the month.

Please note: the Lakin Campus, Shenandoah (Meal Site) and Hamburg Senior Centers have closed, contact Southwest 8 at 1-800-432-9209 with questions.

Atlantic Senior Center411 Walnut St.(712) 243-3599M–F 9 a.m. to 4p.m.; Meals served Tues./Wed./Thurs., 11:30 a.m.

Help for understand-ing Medicare

coverage for serious chronic illnesses

Does cancer, diabetes or Alzheimer’s disease affect you or someone you care for? The National Council on Aging is offer-ing a new resource to help you understand the services Medicare covers as they relate to these serious illnesses. Other organizations that offer helpful tips for persons touched by these dis-eases are also listed. Go to www.MyMedicare-Matters.org, look for the “Staying Healthy” sec-tion, then click on “dis-ease information.”

The more you inform yourself about Medicare coverage, the better able you’ll be to find possi-ble billing mistakes on your Medicare Summary Notice. When your Medi-care Summary Notice arrives in the mail, take time to review all the charges sent to Medi-care. Use your “Personal Health Care Journal” to check for mistakes on the Medicare notice (call Senior Medicare Patrol at 1-800-423-2449 if you’d like a free journal). If you have a question about what was billed to Medicare, call the medi-cal provider to ask for more information. If they find a mistake, they’ll correct it with Medicare; then you’ll get a new Medicare notice to see the changes.

If you aren’t able to get the information or action you request, call Iowa

Senior Medicare Patrol to get tips on what to do next, 1-800-423-2449.

Online pharmacies: Buyer beware!

“Ninety-seven per-cent of online pharma-cies don’t follow U.S. pharmacy laws.” This is according to the Food & Drug Administration’s “BeSafeRX” campaign, www.fda.gov/Drugs. (Go to “Buying Medicines Over the Internet.”) If you pick an online phar-macy that’s part of that 97 percent, you could put yourself in danger by using counterfeit or sub-standard drugs! We all know that our medica-tions are very expensive; if you’re trying to save money, please be alert to these signs of a fake pharmacy:

• Lets you buy drugs without giving them a prescription;

• Offers cheap prices that seem too good to be true;

• Isn’t located in the United States;

• Isn’t licensed in the United States.

You can use the Iowa Board of Phar-

macy website to verify licensed pharmacies at http://www.state.ia.us/ibpe/verification.html. The Internet is a ter-rific source of world-wide information but we should always be careful to make sure the infor-mation we use is cred-ible. Protect yourself!

Ideas for ways you can help your kids

and grandkidsYou have some infor-

mation that could be a life saver for your family – what is it? The answer: Your family health his-tory. The U.S. Surgeon General offers an inter-net-based tool called “My Family Health Portrait.” In about 20 minutes, you can enter informa-tion that creates a family health history for you. Then you can share that history with your chil-dren or grandchildren, who can enter health his-tory information on their own “portrait” and view results that may help identify if they have a higher than average risk for certain illnesses. The information you enter

into your “portrait” can also be shared with your doctor. It may be helpful to him/her or your doc-tor may be able to fill in some blanks that you can’t recall about your health history.

The “family health por-trait” tool does not offer medical advice, but, when used by your doctor, may help him/her provide bet-ter care and make, good informed decisions. The effort that you make to provide this critical infor-mation to your family, and then encourage them to make certain their medical records reflect this family history, could make a huge difference in their lives.

So ... do it before you forget! Go to https://fami-

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Senior Medicare Patrol requests opportunity to

submit articles for your newsletters

Do you receive a news-letter or are you an edi-tor for a newsletter that reaches older Iowans, their caregivers or profes-sionals who serve them? Senior Medicare Patrol is looking for opportuni-ties to submit articles to be printed in newsletters around the state. You can help us by:

• Sending a paper copy of the newsletter to Iowa SMP, P. O. Box 388, Waterloo, IA 50704. Or: • Forwarding electronic newsletters to [email protected].

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If you are like most people, you feel cold every now and then during the winter. What you may not know is that being really cold can make you very sick. Older adults can lose body heat fast – faster than when they were young. A big chill can turn into a danger-ous problem before an older person even knows what’s happening. Doc-tors call this serious problem hypothermia.

Hypothermia is what happens when your body temperature gets very low. For an older per-son, a body temperature colder than 95 degrees can cause many health problems such as heart attack, kidney problems, liver damage or even worse. Being outside in the cold or even in a very cold house can lead to hypothermia. There are steps you can take to reduce your chance of getting hypothermia.

Tips for keeping warm inside:

Set your heat at 68 degrees or higher. To save on heating bills, close off rooms you are not using.

To keep warm at home, wear long johns under your clothes. Throw a blanket over your legs. Wear socks and slippers.

When you go to sleep, wear long johns under your pajamas, and use extra covers. Wear a cap or hat.

Ask family and friends to check on your during

cold weather months.Tips for bundling up if you have to

be outside:Dress for the weather

if you must go out on chilly, cold or damp days.

Wear loose layers of clothing. The air between the layers helps

keep you warm.Put on a hat and scarf.

You lose a lot of body heat when your head and neck are uncovered.

Wear a waterproof coat or jacket if it’s snowy.

– Information provided by the National Institute on Aging and

National Institutes of Health.


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Better Living (Senior Courier) is a publication of The Daily Nonpareil and Southwest 8 Senior Services, Inc., the Area Agency on Aging for southwest Iowa.

The publication is distributed by The Daily Nonpareil to approximately 17,000 households in Pot-tawattamie, Mills and Harrison counties.

An additional 8,000 copies are distributed through a volunteer distribution network to people age 60 and older in Cass, Fre-mont, Mills, Montgom-ery, Page and Shelby counties in Iowa.

Address all corre-spondence to: Better Living/Courier Coor-dinator, Southwest 8 Senior Services, 300 W. Broadway, Suite 240, Council Bluffs, IA 51503; or call (712)

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“We have a trunk with 10 laptop comput-ers and we set up a lab on site,” he said. “It is really well received, they usually want us to come back.”

Seniors that have already mastered com-puter and Internet basics, might want to step it up technologi-cally.

Those interested in

learning more about e-readers can also find help at the library.

Anyone thinking about purchasing an e-reader, or who has received one as a gift and doesn’t know how it works, can attend an e-reader “petting zoo” at the library.

Friesner said they have examples of tab-lets, IPads, Nooks and Kindles that attendees can try out, or they can

bring their own gad-gets to the class for help mastering.

“We show people how to use the e-readers, and we have over a thousand titles they can check out at the library,” he said.

While using technol-ogy can be intimidat-ing, it’s about trying it out and finding what is comfortable. And there is plenty of help out there to get you to where you want to be.

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MON TUE WED THU FRI

Beef soft tacos (x2)taco meat/shredded cheese

sour cream/taco saucesweet potato wedges

cowboy caviarfresh orange

1

Ham shanks in scalloped potatoes

lima beansOroweat fiber bread

cinnamon apples

5Sweet and sour chicken breast

over white riceJapanese vegetablesfruit punch juice cupfortune cookies (x2)

apricot halves

4Beef roast in gravymashed potatoes

green beanswheat roll

Birthday cake or white cake square

7Breaded chicken breast

leaf lettuce and tomatoeswheat hamburger bun

mashed sweet potatoescowboy caviarfresh orange

8Turkey tetrazziniItalian vegetablesspinach side salad

Vienna breadcubed cantaloupe

6

Lasagna casserolechuckwagon cornspinach side saladwheat bread stick

red seedless grapes

12Meatballs in gravy

over wild ricecarrot coins

grape juice cupwheatberry roll

Mandarin oranges

11Breaded fish wedgescalloped potatoescreamy coleslaw

Oroweat fiber breadcubed cantaloupe

13Fried chicken (x2)Baby red potatoes

Oregon blend vegetableswheat roll

strawberry shortcake with whipped cream

14

Sloppy Joewheat hamburger bun

baked potatopickled beets

Mandarin oranges and pineapple

19

Cheese omelettater rounds

orange juice cupfresh baked biscuit with gravy

cubed cantaloupe

15

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Senior Center Menu

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18Pork loin in gravymashed potatoes

peas and pearl onionsdeli rye bread

tapioca pudding or sugar-free vanilla pudding

21Grilled turkey burgerleaf lettuce/tomato

wheat hamburger bunGarlic parm. whip potatoes

vegetable pasta saladdiced peaches

20Macaroni and cheese

Oregon blend vegetablesspinach side salad

wheat rollbanana

22

Swiss steak in tomato veg. gravy mashed potatoes

green and gold beansblueberry bread

banana pudding or sugar-free vanilla pudding

25Chicken alfredo

sliced beetsspinach side salad

Italian rollred seedless grapes

26Carved ham steak inpineapple raisin glaze

1/2 baked sweet potatobroccoli, Oroweat fiber breadMom’s peach cobbler or white

cake square

28Meaty chili with kidney beans

over baked potatoshredded cheese/sour cream

corn muffinoatmeal raisin cookies

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Elder abuse happens, but everyone can act to protect seniors. Here are 10 things you can do to help prevent elder abuse:

1. Learn the signs of elder abuse and neglect.

2. Call or visit elderly relatives, friends, and neighbors and ask how they are doing.

3. Provide a respite for a caregiver by filling in for a few hours or more.

4. Ask an older acquaintance to share his or her talents by teaching you or your children a new skill.

5. Ask your faith leaders to discuss with their congregations elder abuse prevention and the importance of respecting older adults.

6. Ask your bank manager to train tellers on how to detect financial exploitation of elders.

7. Suggest your doctor talk to his or her older patients individually about possible abuse.

8. Contact your local adult protective services or long-term care ombudsman to learn how to support their work helping at-risk elders.

9. Volunteer to be a friendly visitor to a nursing home resident or homebound elder in your community.

10. Send a letter to your local paper, radio, or TV station suggesting it cover World Elder Abuse Awareness Day or National Grandparents Day.

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February brings us up to heart month with the wearing of the red, Valentine’s Day, Presidents’ birth-days, and Ground Hog Day with his prediction of the length of winter! (Probably more!)

Even with all of these things to celebrate, the seniors here at the Harlan Senior Center still have time to do crafts on Mondays and Fri-days, play cards and Bingo and hold a Movie Day.

There will be blood pressure checks on the Feb. 14 and Feb. 21. Our Valentine’s Day will be cel-ebrated at our evening meal for the month on Feb. 14 with Lee Williams performing as “Abe Lincoln.” We are also gearing up for our annual Belgian waffle supper fundraiser at Vet’s Auditorium from 5-7 p.m. Tick-ets will be available.

To continue our celebration of Heart month, we will be having talks about taking care of your heart all month long!

Carter LakeGreetings from the Carter Lake

Senior Citizen Center. We would like to invite you to our open house being held on Sunday, Feb. 10 from 1 to 3 p.m. We have done some painting and sprucing up and would love to have you join us for coffee and cook-ies.

Other events this month at the center: On Feb. 2, we will be joining the Opti-mists for their spaghetti dinner. Also, there will be a bake sale at the Senior Center from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Senior’s bowling will be held on Feb. 7, Feb. 14, and Feb. 28. Movie Day will take place on Feb. 21. The blood pressure clinic will be held on Feb. 11 at 10:30 a.m. Crafts will be on Feb. 13 and the Valen-tine/Birthday Party will be held on Feb. 14. Manicures and nail painting will be held on Feb. 15. Site coun-cil is Wednesday, Feb. 20. Flexibility, mobility and stability class will continue to be held every Friday at 10:30 a.m. See you there!

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