Chautauqua County’s Senior Sweetheart this year is Richard “Dick” Reardon. Reardon and his wife celebrated their 76th anniversary in August. She has been a resident of Heritage Green for the past year and he leaves home every day at 7:45 a.m. to go be with her for breakfast and lunch. He ...
The Chautauqua County Office for Aging Services (OFAS) is an agency dedicated to advocating for and providing services to older adults in our community that help to promote and preserve their independence, safety and wellness. One way in which OFAS works toward that mission is through our Nutrition and Wellness department’s home delivered meal service, called Dining In. The mission of the Dining In program is to provide necessary nutrition to older adults who are unable to get out of their homes, prepare their own food, and do not have others to help them. We carry out this mission by ...
Did you know that NY Connects services all ages? We do! We partner with many agencies that can serve people of many ages. Recently our staff attended the “Connecting the Dots” event at The Jamestown Community College. This event was hosted by Strong Starts Chautauqua, this is a local network of community-based organizations that work to serve Chautauqua County families, and children from prenatal through age 5. This organization offers education, community events, outreach, information, assistance and referral services, and maternal and early childhood risk screening. What a ...
Like all of you, the Office for Aging Services (OFAS) is itching to get back to in-person programs and activities that have been on hold during the pandemic. While I can’t say that we are done with COVID-19, my staff and I feel that we are at a point where we can set aside some of the emergent things we were doing and focus on rebuilding programs and activities that have been on hold for the last two years. A lot of work has been going on behind the scenes by our nutrition team to modernize and streamline our Dining-In (Home-delivered), Dining-Out (Restaurant) and Dining-Together ...
Question: My pharmacists said I can get some of my medications cheaper. How can that be? Answer: I often have individuals tell me their medication is cheaper for cash than their insurance coverage price. Remember than your insurance company is negotiating that cost with the pharmacy and the pharmaceutical company. Sometimes those prices seem to be inflated and then they discount the cost to your copay structure. Companies like “GoodRx” and CostPlusDrugs are medication discount opportunities you can use. We regularly talk with clients about GoodRx and CostPlusDrugs. First, let ...
People need to be aware of the potential costs of medical care in retirement and plan ahead so they can meet those obligations if and when the need arises. When individuals retire, they not only walk away from work, but also relinquish thier steady paychecks. For many, retirement can be a ...
