Physical activity is one of the most important things to help prevent the many health problems that come with age. Some health benefits of physical activity include improved thinking, learning, and judgement skills as well as reduced feelings of anxiety. In addition to weight management and ...
The New York State Department of Health and State Office for the Aging announced a five-point plan to help long term care residents and their families access services through the Office of the State Long Term Care Ombudsman Program, provide additional resources to residents and families appealing involuntary discharges, expand the ombudsman volunteer program, “reimagine” a multi-agency workgroup to enhance services, and provide up to $1 million in funding for long term care facilities to purchase tablets, webcams, headphones, or other accessories to help residents stay connected with ...
NY Connects is an aging and disability resource center. We have people-specially trained operators working to understand your needs and inform you, connect you, work with you to get the help you may need during different events in life. The weather is not predictable — we have seen that snow in early May and high at the end of the month! Keeping cool can be just as important as keeping warm at other times of the year. There are services throughout Chautauqua County that will with disabilities in an enriched quality of life When it is hot it is important to be able to cool off. Many ...
Wow! It’s already July and we have been dealing with COVID-19 for 4 months now. I wish I could tell seniors that this will all be over soon and we can go back to normal but unfortunately I can’t. Until there is a vaccine everyone, but especially older adults, need to continue to be vigilant to prevent from becoming infected. Many younger people who become infected will either show no symptoms or talk about the virus as the worst flu they have ever had. My nephew in LA had it recently and experienced a loss of taste and smell but had no fever or cough. Even though his symptoms were ...
Have you been receiving all those annoying phone calls from scam artists stating they are contact tracers? Are they asking you for your personal identifying information? Have you received emails or text messages about contact tracing that want you to click on links for more information? More than likely these messages are from scam artists. As the number of COVID-19 cases have gone down in New York State, we know there will be a slight increase of the number of cases as the snowbirds return home for the summer. People who have tested positive for the coronavirus work with ...
If you are 65 years old or older and recently lost your employer health insurance coverage and now need to “opt in” to Medicare Part B, you are facing a dilemma about how to enroll into Medicare Part B since the Social Security offices are closed to the public due to COVID 19. There are two ways to apply for Medicare online: You can use the online application found here: https://www.ssa.gov/benefits/medicare/ If you are enrolling back into Medicare Part B because you originally “opted out” of Part B because you had other coverage through you or your spouse’s ACTIVE employer ...
