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Avoid Scams And Guard Your Card

Senior News

With the New Year upon us many people have updated or changed their insurance coverage. These changes can bring about new health insurance cards being issued. The New York StateWide Senior Action Council (StateWide), is advising seniors to “Guard Your Card,” as Scammers will use various tactics to trick individuals into revealing their Medicare information. StateWide is a component of the Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP), the definitive resource for New York State’s senior citizens and caregivers to detect, prevent, and report healthcare fraud, errors, and abuse. “In 2018, Medicare ...

‘Its Entertaining’

Senior News

CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. (AP) — Joyce Loaiza lives alone, but when she returns to her apartment at a Florida senior community, the retired office worker often has a chat with a friendly female voice that asks about her day. A few miles away, the same voice comforted 83-year-old Deanna Dezern ...

Home Care In Our Community

Senior News

If you need help at home, there are a few options available. The type of care is based on what you need and for how long. There are short-term needs that require a skilled service like a nurse or physical therapist. This may be a return to your home after a procedure like a hip or knee replacement. Typically, your health insurance covers this short-term service. Long-term care needs are ongoing- you need them regularly. These supports allow you to remain in your home rather than possibly moving to a higher level of care like assisted living or enriched housing options. You may have ...

Wildlife And Winter

Nature

The winter cold is upon us, and it might have you worried about wildlife, wondering where they go or how they find food in our harsh winters. Wildlife in Western New York has survived cold winters for many thousands of years with a host of different adaptations to survive cold temperatures, ...

Adrift On The River Of Life

Nature

I wanted to write an article for you about setting goals for the year. It was going to be a practical and spiritual path to accomplish something for fun, for growth, and for self betterment. But I can’t write it. I feel like I should have a pile of resolutions and goals for the year, yet ...

2023: A Year Of Change And Action

Nature

As we close out one year and look forward to another, let’s look back at 2023 and the accomplishments of the Chautauqua Watershed Conservancy. In 2023, we learned from days of suffering from wildfire smoke that we here in western New York can’t hide from the deleterious impacts of ...