Aging seniors and their families are often confounded by the complexity of issues facing the elderly. Not only do older Americans have to contend with declining income, increased debt and poor investment returns, but they have to deal with declining health, medical crises, complex insurance programs, long term care challenges, who-gets-what decisions, end-of-life, where to live in their final years and a whole range of other difficult situations requiring hard decisions. This book takes a comprehensive approach to issues facing aging seniors and attempts to address these problems and provide solutions to many of the challenges.
Here is a list of the aging senior issues covered in this publication:
Reduced Spending Power
Evaluating Savings and Investments
Converting Assets to Income
Transferring Assets to the Next Generation
Understanding Medicare
Medicare Advantage and Supplement Plans
Maintaining Good Personal Health
Strategies for Successful Aging
Living Arrangements for Aging Seniors
Services for Aging Seniors
Government and Community Aging Services
Planning for Long Term Care
Informal Family Caregivers
The Family Care Plan and Caregiving Agreement
Medicare Temporary Care Services
Medicaid Long Term Care
Benefits for Senior Veterans
Long Term Care Insurance and Short Term Care Insurance
Hello from the Lincoln 55+ Seniors Paper, OLLI – Osher Life Long Learning – has been just a great success. In the last months of a 3 year grant, OLLI had 304 members with a long term goal of reaching 500 members. Meeting this goal would earn a $1 Million endowment to help educate Seniors in Lincoln NE..On March 1st, 2007, with publication of a 4 page, color ad in the spring issue of the Lincoln 55+ Senior Paper, our membership jumped in just 6 weeks to 447. After the next 4-page ad in the summer issue, we reached 537 – well beyond the “long-term goal.” After the membership year ended, we dropped back to 440 members but surged forward again after the Fall 2007 ads – to 650 members. So – in 10 months, OLLI membership rose from 304 to 650. Wow. And yes! We did get that 1st $Million endowment.
OLLI board members carried 1200-1500 papers (of 12,000 total) to their friends and neighbors and doctors offices for each issue. Offering the 55+ Paper became a method for starting a conversation about OLLI. The Lincoln 55+ is proud of the the 12 years relationship with OLLI. in 2018, we are over 1400 members and now have a second endowment in hand. A million here and an million there adds up.
Most Living Wills Don’t Help You Plan for Dementia Care, This One Does Posted On 12 Apr 2018 By :Casey Kelly-Barton
We all know we’re supposed to have a living will so our doctors and families will know what type of care we want (and don’t want) if we can’t decide for ourselves. For about a third of us, though, dementia will present a problem a traditional living will can’t solve. That’s because most living wills — also known as advance directives — only take effect after a catastrophic sudden change in your cognitive abilities, like a serious accident or stroke.
Dementia, however, affects decision-making in slower, more subtle ways, leaving patients competent to make simple choices but often overwhelmed by major decisions about treatment options.
Ways to Talk About Dementia Care Planning With Your Loved Ones
(…) talking about the possibility of dementia and planning for it can make the difference between a good end of life and one that’s unnecessarily painful and stressful for the whole family.
(…) thousands of people who’ve downloaded the dementia directive online.
The Flatwater Shakespeare Company will present William Shakespeare’s “The Tempest,” one of the first English tragic comedies. You are invited to see the production and then participate in a talk back session with actors and others from the Company.
Come with us to an enchanted island where Prospero, a sorcerer and the rightful Duke of Milan, and his daughter Miranda have been marooned for twelve years. When Prospero discovers that his old enemies are sailing near the island, he creates a storm to wreck the ship. The survivors, including young Ferdinand who catches Miranda’s eye, make it to shore only to fall prey to Prospero’s machinations.
Register for only one performance.
Event Days/Dates:
18532EV – Sun, Jun 10
18533EV – Thu, June 14
Registration Deadline: Fri, June 1
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: The Stables at Wyuka Cemetery
Cost: $15. Cancellation after the registration deadline date will be non-refundable
With physicist Dr. Robert Davies, the Fry Street String Quartet, original music by composer Laura Kaminsky, and visual works by artist Rebecca Allan and photo-journalist Garth Lenz
At the dawn of the 21st century, humanity has arrived at an extraordinary Crossroads. The Crossroads Project brings the power of performance art to bear on one of the great conversations of our time — humanity’s growing unsustainability and the possibility for a truly meaningful response. This multi-disciplinary performance by a physicist, a composer, visual artists, and a string quartet, combines artistic and scientific voices in response to one of society’s greatest challenges—global sustainability and climate change. It takes the audience from intellectual understanding, to visceral experience, to courage and resolve. Powerful.
As we mature, it’s natural to consider our own mortality and whether our legacy is embodied in the hearts and minds of loved ones. Most of us will be satisfied just to pass on our most cherished memories, but taking the time to preserve your living legacy can improve your life and that of your family’s for years to come.
Working on your family’s living legacy will not only provide your loved ones with a precious, tangible attachment to you after you are gone, but will also improve your level of happiness, life satisfaction and psychological well being.
Read our top six tips for preserving your living legacy:
1. Collect Family Recipes
2. Make an Audio or Video Recording
3. Make a Family Tree
4. Make a Family Time Capsule
5. Transcribe Favorite Memories
The National Day of Listening also includes a list of “great questions” — that could serve as excellent writing prompts.
(…) I wasn’t able to back it up and look to see things behind me. My neck doesn’t turn as well as it used to, and my peripheral vision is not as good as it used to be, either.”
(…) There have never been so many senior drivers on the roads as there are today and their numbers are growing: in 2015, there were 50% more drivers over age 65 than there were in 1999, according to the Federal Highway Administration.
With these large numbers comes an increased need for vehicles that make driving easier while keeping seniors– and other people on America’s roads – safe. The good news is cars have never been safer than they are today. The bad news is with so many cars on the market, the process of finding the right one can be daunting.
This independent program allows the flexibility to explore on your own. Affordable optional sightseeing excursions are available to enhance your holiday. This program offers a selection of hotels to accommodate a variety of tastes and budgets. Please note that this tour is not escorted and therefore you will not have the services of a tour manager to assist with hotel check-in formalities and luggage handling. The program’s unconstrained nature excludes group advantages associated with escorted tours.
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When an emergency strikes, like what we are seeing now in Houston, a lack of knowledge about water can hurt you and your family.
Source: Emergency Water 101 –
Posted by Glenn Meder – Inventor of the Survival Still
Today I’m proud to make a big announcement!
As you may know, I am the designer of the Survival Still emergency water distiller. I’m very proud of this product because I know it can help people. Over my years selling the Survival Still however, I’ve come to realize that the EDUCATION I provide on the topic of “water in an emergency” is just as important as my product itself.
People simply don’t know much about water. This fact doesn’t hurt us in daily life because we can just turn on the tap anytime and drink safe water. But when an emergency strikes, like what we are seeing now in Houston, a lack of knowledge about water can hurt you and your family.
Yes, there are a lot of articles online that tell you “how to treat water in an emergency,” but MANY of these articles provide bad information. The Red Cross and government sites do a decent job, but they basically only tell you what to do instead of providing real education.
I believe that this is a very important topic that everyone should know. So I’ve been working very hard over many months to come out with a comprehensive site that provides this education. I am proud to announce the launch of my new site EmergencyWater101.com.
EmergencyWater101.com is a new website designed to teach you how to provide your family with safe drinking water in an emergency! While some of the advice you find online about this subject is sketchy, and some of it is downright dangerous, ourgoal is to provide solid, scientifically sound education that you can count on.
So let me give you a tour of the new site…
FIRST, on the home page you will see our detailed articles.
SECOND, click here and you will see our “Basic Training” videos, which are free and excellent!
THIRD, we have a new course about “Storing Water for an Emergency”. This is the only “paid” course on our site right now. It’s normally $49.99, but for this launch we will be selling the course for $19.99.
FOURTH, I have worked very hard to write a brand new ebook that explains everything you need to know about water in an emergency. To get this ebook for free, send an email to freebook@emergencywater101.com and one will automatically be sent to you.
On a final note, I ask you to please tell everyone you know about my new site. There are many people who NEED this information right now.
Thank you!
Glenn Meder
P.S. Some of you will remember that we launched EmergencyWater101.com a few years ago as a membership site, but we’ve completely changed it, and made most everything on it free.
Keith N. Larsen - Lincoln NE 