Senior Help Desk Community Timeline
When Is It Time to Stop Driving?
By: Linda Ziac
“To Drive or Not to Drive”
By Linda Ziac
The Caregiver Resource Center
October 18, 2018
www.TheCaregiverResourceCenter.com
Celebrating 28 Years of Delivering Excellence and Changing Lives
By: Linda ZiacThe Caregiver Resource Center is proud to announce that this month; we are celebrating
our 28th year of service to the community.
In 1990, Linda Ziac had a vision of creating a place where seniors, people with special needs and their loved ones could turn for support, find answers to their questions, and engage trained professionals to help them navigate the often confusing and overwhelming healthcare maze.
The Healthcare Maze
The Caregiver Resource Center is proud to announce that this month; we are celebrating
our 28th year of service to the community.
Linda Ziac awarded International Certified Advanced Alcohol and Drug Counselor Credential
By: Linda Ziac
We are pleased to announce that Linda Ziac has earned the professional credential as an International Certified Advanced Alcohol and Drug Counselor (ICAADC)
Linda Ziac is the owner and founder of The Caregiver Resource Center. The Caregiver Resource Center is a division of Employee Assistance Professionals, Inc., which Ms. Ziac founded in October 1990.
We are pleased to announce that Linda Ziac has earned the professional credential as an International Certified Advanced Alcohol and Drug Counselor (ICAADC)
New Online Social Security COLA Notices
By: Senior Help DeskNew Online Social Security COLA Notices
by Jim Borland, Acting Deputy Commissioner for Communications The Social Security Administration
We are constantly expanding our online services to give you freedom and control when doing business with us. Our new online cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) notices are another example of our commitment in this area.
New Online Social Security COLA Notices
by Jim Borland, Acting Deputy Commissioner for Communications The Social Security Administration
Hospital Discharge Planning 101
By: Linda Ziac
Welcome to the Case Manager’s Corner – Sept 2018
By Linda Ziac
September 24, 2018
The Caregiver Resource Center
www.CaregiverResourceCenter.com
“Discharge Planning Aids Recovery & Reduces Readmission”
Welcome to the Case Manager’s Corner – Sept 2018
By Linda Ziac
September 24, 2018
The Caregiver Resource Center
Medicare & You: Medicare & You: Vaccines
By: Senior Help DeskPreventing pneumonia is easy!
Did you know that about 1 million Americans go to the hospital with pneumonia every year? Pneumonia is a lung infection caused by pneumococcal disease, which can also cause blood infections and meningitis. The bacteria that causes pneumococcal disease spreads by direct person-to-person contact. There’s a vaccine to help prevent pneumonia, but only 67% of adults 65 and over have ever gotten it.
Preventing pneumonia is easy!
Fight Procrastination by Changing Your Social Security Direct Deposit Early!
By: Senior Help DeskFight Procrastination by Changing Your Social Security Direct Deposit Early!
by Jim Borland, Acting Deputy Commissioner for Communications
Fight Procrastination by Changing Your Social Security Direct Deposit Early!
by Jim Borland, Acting Deputy Commissioner for Communications
Help with Alzheimer's Caregiving!
By: Senior Help DeskSenior Help Desk healthcare blog credited to The National Institute on Aging, part of NIH www.nia.nih.gov
Some caregivers need help when the person is in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease. Other caregivers look for help when the person is in the later stages of Alzheimer’s. It's okay to seek help whenever you need it.
Senior Help Desk healthcare blog credited to The National Institute on Aging, part of NIH www.nia.nih.gov
Coming Full Circle, Doulas Cradle The Dying
By: Senior Help DeskArticle by Bruce Horovitz and Kaiser Health News
Cover photo: Bob and Ellen Gutenstein celebrate Ellen's birthday three months before her death. (Courtesy of the Gutenstein family)
As Ellen Gutenstein lay in her bed at home, dying from lung cancer that had metastasized in her brain, a heart-wrenching Mother’s Day card arrived from her granddaughter. Neither Ellen’s daughter — nor her husband — felt they could read it to her without breaking down.
Article by Bruce Horovitz and Kaiser Health News
Cover photo: Bob and Ellen Gutenstein celebrate Ellen's birthday three months before her death. (Courtesy of the Gutenstein family)
How To Fight For Yourself At The Hospital — And Avoid Readmission
By: Senior Help DeskSeniorhelpdesk.com Healthcare Blog by Judith Graham and Kaiser Health News http://khn.org
Everything initially went well with Barbara Charnes’ surgery to fix a troublesome ankle. But after leaving the hospital, the 83-year-old soon found herself in a bad way.
Dazed by a bad response to anesthesia, the Denver resident stopped eating and drinking. Within days, she was dangerously weak, almost entirely immobile and alarmingly apathetic.
Seniorhelpdesk.com Healthcare Blog by Judith Graham and Kaiser Health News http://khn.org
For Seniors, Teeth Need Care — But Insurance Coverage Is Rare
By: Senior Help DeskArticle by Michelle Andrews and Kaiser Health News
Cover photo: Ada Anderson helps her mother, Violeta Anderson, brush her teeth before her dentist appointment in November 2015. (Photo by Heidi de Marco/KHN).
Aging can take a toll on teeth, and for many seniors paying for dental services is a serious concern because they can’t rely on their Medicare coverage.
Article by Michelle Andrews and Kaiser Health News
Day-Tripping To The Dispensary: Seniors In Pain Hop Aboard The Canna-Bus
By: Senior Help DeskBy Stephanie O'Neill and Kaiser Health News
Cover photo: Megan Baker (left) of Papa & Barkley Co., a cannabis company based in Eureka, Calif., shows Shirley Avedon different products intended to help with pain relief. (Stephanie O’Neill for KHN)
This story also ran on NPR. This story can be republished for free. http://khn.org/syndication/ 
By Stephanie O'Neill and Kaiser Health News
You Are Invited - Free 4 Part Series
By: Linda Ziac
THE CAREGIVER CIRCLE - GREENWICH
Founded by the Greenwich Commission on Aging, River House, Junior League of Greenwich and the American Red Cross, the Caregiver Circle is a free four part series designed for non-professional caregivers in the community.
Four sessions are held in the Fall and the Spring of each year at the Greenwich Main Library from 6 – 7:30 p.m. (2nd floor Meeting Room).
For Seniors, Medicare's Obesity-Counseling Benefit Goes Largely Unused
By: Senior Help DeskSeniorhelpdesk.com Healthcare Blog By Phil Galewitz and Kaiser Health News http://khn.org
The Obama administration offered hope to millions of overweight seniors when it announced Medicare would offer free weight-loss counseling.
Officials estimated that about 30 percent of seniors are obese and therefore eligible for counseling services, which studies have shown improve the odds of significant weight loss.
By Law, Hospitals Now Must Tell Medicare Patients When Care Is ‘Observation’ Only
By: Senior Help DeskSeniorhelpdesk.com Healthcare Blog By Susan Jaffe and Kaiser Health News http://khn.org Cover
Under a new federal law, hospitals across the country must now alert Medicare patients when they are getting observation care and why they were not admitted — even if they stay in the hospital a few nights. For years, seniors often found out only when they got surprise bills for the services Medicare doesn’t cover for observation patients, including some drugs and expensive nursing home care.
Seniorhelpdesk.com Healthcare Blog By Susan Jaffe and Kaiser Health News http://khn.org Cover
Staying Out Of The Closet In Old Age
By: Senior Help DeskSeniorhelpdesk.com Healthcare Blog by Anna Gorman and Kaiser Health News http://khn.org
Cover photo:Partners Edwin Fisher, 86, and Patrick Mizelle, 64, moved to Rose Villa in Portland, Oregon, from Georgia about three years ago. Fisher and Mizelle worried residents of senior living communities in Georgia wouldn’t accept their gay lifestyle. (Anna Gorman/KHN)
Patrick Mizelle and Edwin Fisher, who have been together for 37 years, were planning to grow old in their home state of Georgia.
Seniorhelpdesk.com Healthcare Blog by Anna Gorman and Kaiser Health News http://khn.org
