Category Archives: Retirement/Senior Services
Get a Benefits Check-Up for Free
There’s a wealth of information on the BenefitsCheckUp website, a service of the National Council on Aging. If you need financial assistance in any area of your life, or know someone who does, just click on the link to … Continue reading
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Medicare Open Enrollment
The Medicare Open Enrollment period is earlier than usual this year: October 15 – December 7, 2011. From the Medicare website: “New prescription drug & health plan choices are offered every year. You could save money, get better coverage, or … Continue reading
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National Senior Center Month
Dale at Transition Aging Parents wrote: “I recall my mother complaining back in the early 1980s. She told me my grandmother absolutely refused to go back to their local Senior Center, because, as my grandmother put it, ‘the center made … Continue reading
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Protecting the Rights of Low-Income Seniors
“The National Senior Citizens Law Center is a non-profit organization whose principal mission is to protect the rights of low-income older adults. Through advocacy, litigation, and the education and counseling of local advocates, we seek to ensure the health … Continue reading
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Preparing for an Emergency in LA County
SNAP is the Special Needs Voluntary Registry that’s been set up as part of Los Angeles county’s emergency preparedness plan. The Registry allows anyone with physical disabilities or other limitations to register to facilitate the planning and implementation of disaster response by first-responder … Continue reading
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Helpful Websites Focus on Senior Health
Medicare’s main website offers a list of seven useful websites that provide information about not only Medicare eligibility and enrollment, coverage, rights and protections, health plan options, prescription drugs, and programs for people with lower income, but also such topics as chronic diseases that … Continue reading
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76th Anniversary of Social Security
This week members of the Alliance for Retired Americans sponsored a series of events nationwide to let their lawmakers know how much working people depend on Medicare and Social Security. Last month was the 46th anniversay of the establishment of … Continue reading
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