Senior Life magazine, which I created and edited myself. Forgive the awkward layouts - the ads were sold in "pre-fab" blocks. I built the ads per client requests.

1. Senior Life
PUBLICATIONS
JUNE - JULY 2016
From Your
Friends At:
REBECCA J.REBECCA J.
HELPING YOU
LIVE BETTER
At the Manatee YMCA we’re not just a gym
programs, classes and support that help you g
and believe in yourself to find a better you.
www.SeniorLifePublications.com
SEE INSIDE FOR:
• GUIDES ON WHAT
TO DO, WHERE TO
GO AND HOW TO GET
THERE...
• ARE YOU A
VETERAN? SEE THE
“VETERANS’ POST”
FOR VET NEWS...
• SAVINGS
FOR SENIORS
THROUGHOUT!
• PUZZLES!
SUMMER
HEAT
AND
COOL
TREATS!

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GREAT CHOICES FOR
SENIOR LIVING IN BRADENTON
Westminster Communities of Florida has two great communities to choose from in Bradenton!
Make a choice that’s right for you: quiet neighborhood streets or waterfront living on the Manatee
a range of supportive services like assisted living, skilled nursing therapy and rehabilitation. No
matter what choice you make, residents enjoy a maintenance-free lifestyle emphasizing wellness
and lifelong learning, all backed by the assurance of a full range of healthcare services.
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3. • FUN, FUN, FUN! ................................ P. 4
• WHICH HEARING AID IS RIGHT
FOR ME?.................................................. P. 6
• VETERAN’S SERVICES PROGRAMS............... P. 7
• EVENTS CALENDAR FOR FEBRUARY
by Renaissance 9........................................... P. 8
• King Puzzle Page.................................. P. 10
• TO YOUR GOOD
HEALTH............................................... P. 11
• SIP & ART............................................... P. 11
• VETERANS’ POST............................. P. 12
• KING PUZZLE PAGE
ANSWERS.............................................. P. 15
• VETERAN’S BENEFITS: YOU MAY NOT KNOW
WHAT YOU’RE MISSING.......................... P. 16
IN THIS MONTH’S ISSUE OF
Senior Life
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• Assistance with Medication &
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for family members. Often, the physical,
emotional and financial responsibilities can be
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well-being of adults with impairments.
Provides a protective environment for activities
and services that often include exercise,
health screens, education & socialization/
camaradarie. Programs also may include arts,
crafts & hobbies, music & day trips as well as
other social activities.
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6. HOW CAN I KNOW WHICH HEARING AID IS BEST FOR ME?
By Mark Krywko
Starting with a
comprehensive
hearing exam will tell
us if your hearing loss
is caused by a medical
issue that would be
best treated by a
medical doctor or if it
is one of many factors
that can lead to hearing loss.
Next, we’ll find out about you: what is your
lifestyle? Do you work, or are you retired? How active
is your social life (ie - restaurants, theaters, clubs [like
The Elks, etc], bingo, charity events, cruises, shopping,
grandchildren, family, friends & neighbors)?
After we have gathered the information, we’ll find
the right hearing aid for you and have you try it in our
office. All EarTech hearing aids come with a 30-day
trial period so that you can be confident that you’ve
made the right choice.
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ACA
Established 1988
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Bradenton, FL 34205
(941)747-8193
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11. TO YOUR GOOD HEALTH ☤ By
Keith Roach, M.D.
DEAR DR. ROACH: Our issue is with doctor’s offices and germs. My
husband won’t see a doctor because he says they are some of the
“germiest” places around. After his last visit to the dermatologist, he said
he wouldn’t go back because the doctor didn’t wash his hands or change
gloves before examining him. I asked a doctor once to wash his hands,
and he got very defensive, to the point of being rude, and I didn’t feel
comfortable seeing him again.
Also, what about skin diseases, such as rosacea, lupus, etc.? Can these
be transferred via stethoscopes, equipment or incidental contact? What
can I do to reassure my husband that he won’t get a disease at the
doctor’s office? -- R.
ANSWER: It is certainly reasonable to expect that your doctor’s office be
kept clean, and you have every right to ask your doctor to wash his or her
hands before an exam, if you haven’t seen him or her washing hands in
front of you. I don’t blame you for being uncomfortable about seeing the
defensive doctor -- infection control is part of our business.
However, it is impossible (and unnecessary) to keep the surfaces truly
sterile, since diseases that are transmitted in the doctor’s office most
often come from hands, or occasionally are airborne, such as during
flu season (which is why you may be asked to wear a mask if you have
a cough or sneeze). One exception is C. diff, which is why it is such a
problem in hospitals. Washing your own hands is a good idea when
leaving the physician’s office, but you don’t want to go overboard worrying
about acquiring diseases in the doctor’s office. Rosacea and lupus are not
spread by skin-to-skin contact.
DEAR DR. ROACH: I was prescribed Lamisil (terbinafine 250 mg). I
developed diarrhea after 44 pills. My doctor told me to stop taking the
pills. The diarrhea has continued, and it still hasn’t stopped to this day.
I tried over-the-counter treatments, which did not help. I read on the
Internet that this is a common side effect. I’m concerned and don’t know
what to do to get relief. Do you have any suggestions? -- E.B.
ANSWER: I also have read in online forums about diarrhea lasting for
months after oral terbinafine, a powerful antifungal agent that can be used
as a cream. However, the published reports state that the diarrhea, which
isn’t uncommon, usually goes away by itself pretty quickly.
General advice for acute diarrhea (that is, lasting less than two weeks)
includes drinking plenty of fluids with some salt and sugar, not eating at
all for the first 24 hours and then only modest amounts of bland foods,
such as rice, potatoes, bananas and crackers. The over-the-counter
drug loperamide usually is safe. If you are having more than six bowel
movements a day on this regimen after two days, it’s time to call your
doctor again.
Oral terbinafine rarely causes serious liver damage. Although it’s not
life-threatening, it can cause taste disturbances, which can become
permanent. I recommend thinking twice before taking oral terbinafine.
Dr. Roach regrets that he is unable to answer individual letters, but
will incorporate them in the column whenever possible. Readers
may email questions to ToYourGoodHealth@med.cornell.edu. To
view and order health pamphlets, visit www.rbmamall.com, or write
to
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12. VETERANS’ POST
VA Expands Telehealth
Mental-Health Care
Veterans living in rural areas have been able
in many cases to take advantage of TeleHealth.
Via phone calls, video conferencing or storage
of information, more than 600,000 veterans
received care last year without leaving home.
Now the Department of Veterans Affairs is
adding more mental-health resource centers to
its lineup. What this means to veterans is rapid
access to mental-health care in rural areas or
areas that are underserved by mental-health
providers. The facilities, gearing up this summer,
will be located in Charleston, South Carolina;
Salt Lake City, Utah; Pittsburgh; Boise, Idaho;
Seattle; and Portland, Oregon. An additional
facility is already up and running in West Haven,
Connecticut, for serious and complex mental-
health concerns such as bipolar disorder and
chronic depression.
Telemedicine might well be one of the most
technologically beneficial forms of patient care
that the VA provides, with 2.1 million televisits
last year. Thanks to TeleHealth, many veterans
can continue to live at home and have their
vitals monitored without having to move to a
nursing home. Clinical Video Telehealth means
a veteran can have a prescription changed or
consult and ask questions without having to go
to a medical facility.
Real-time video conferencing allows a patient
to communicate directly with the health-care
provider through one of the gadgets, such as
computers, telephone and monitors. Store-and-
Forward collects images and signals that are
transmitted to the medical staff to be reviewed
and assessed later.
If you live in an area where much of your care
from the VA is through Telehealth, you can
keep an eye on changes via its quarterly online
newsletter. Go to www.telehealth.va.gov and
click on Newsletters for the list of current and
past issues.
(c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.
By
Freddy Groves

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16. VETERANS’ BENEFITS:YOU MAYNOTKNOWWHATYOU’RE MISSING!
Veterans Benefits
An excellent source of funds for long term
care for the elderly, either at home or at a
facility, are Veterans Benefits. This article is
not lengthy enough to go over all benefits
or requirements, but I do want to set forth
a quick summary of benefits call “Pension”.
Under the Veterans Administration system,
pension has nothing to do with years of
service as we normally think of pension,
instead, it is available to certain wartime
veterans or their dependents, who are
totally disabled because of a non-service
connected condition and who are in
financial need. The Veterans Administration
(VA) offers two broad categories of Pension
benefit programs:
Veterans Pension: This is a tax-free monetary
benefit payable to low-income wartime
Veterans.
Survivors’ Pension: A tax-free monetary
benefit payable to a low-income, un-
remarried surviving spouse and/or
unmarried children of a deceased Veteran
with wartime service.
Veterans and survivors who are eligible
for Pension benefits and are housebound or
require the aid and attendance of another
person may be eligible to receive additional
monies, that which is not a topic this article
covers.
The Eligibility Requirements for Pension
benefits are needs-based and takes into
consideration your “countable” family
income which must fall below the yearly
limit set by law. Veterans must have least
90 days of active duty, including one day
during a wartime period. You must also be:
• Age 65 or older with limited or no
income, OR
• Totally and permanently disabled, OR
• A patient in a nursing home receiving
skilled nursing care, OR
• Receiving Social Security Disability
Insurance, OR
• Receiving Supplemental Security
Income
For surviving spouses and children
applying for the Survivors’ Pension,
the Veteran must have met the service
requirements above. For more information
about VA benefits that you or your family
member may be eligible, contact your local
VA Regional Office.
REBECCA J.
PROCTOR, ESQ.
– ELDER LAW PRACTICE
3027 Manatee Avenue West, Ste. A
Bradenton, FL 34205-4200
Phone: 941-251-6969
Fax: 941-243-3825
rproctor@rebeccaproctor.com