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Senior Services News
July Volunteer of the Month
by Tina Podboy Laughner, Volunteer & Outreach Manager Dave Evans has been nominated as Volunteer of the Month for July. Dave has been volunteering since September 2019 as both a Transportation Driver and a Meals on Wheels volunteer, accumulating over 600 hours....
Understanding and Challenging Ageism
By blinding us to the benefits of aging and heightening our fears, ageism makes growing older far harder than it should be. By Angela Mulka Ageism involves the assumptions we make about people because of their age. And it is the most socially acceptable prejudice on...
Senior Services Simply Stellar Recipients
The following are Senior Services staff members who have gone above and beyond to offer YOU the best experience with the agency! You may nominate a staff member here. Tina Podboy Laughner, Volunteer & Outreach Manager - Tina received two nominations. In serving on...
Justice in Aging – Fighting Senior Poverty Through Law
On May 28, 2021, the Social Security Administration (SSA) began offering “express interviews” (EXI) at its field offices and Social Security card centers nationwide. According to the Emergency Message released on implementation of the EXI process, “EXIs are brief...
Our Mind Matters: Wandering
Alzheimer’s disease causes people to lose their ability to recognize familiar places and faces. It is common for a person living with dementia to wander or become lost or confused about their location, and it can happen at any stage of the disease. Six in 10 people...
Medicare Reminder
Medicare’s coverage of care when you travel depends on where you travel and how you receive your Medicare benefits. Travel within the U.S. If you have Original Medicare, you have coverage anywhere in the U.S. and its territories. This includes all 50 states, the...
Launch of the Emergency Broadband Benefit
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC)’s Emergency Broadband Benefit launched on May 12th. This benefit provides a discount of $50 per month for eligible low-income households or $75 per month for households on Tribal lands to cover internet bills, as well as...
Senior Services adds new staff members
Senior Services is announcing the addition of new staff to their agency. Travis Schriber has joined the nutrition team as Food Service Manager. Travis has 15 years of experience in the hospitality industry as a manager or general manager for Midland area businesses,...
Viscount of Verse, Lord of the Limerick
By Tom Lowrey, Education Program Assistant “It’s an affliction of some kind, and I don’t think there’s a vaccine against it, either.”-Dick Votaw It’s a malady, much like a curse It compels lousy rhyming and worse But it seems like such fun Just to pen a poor pun And...
