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Aging America
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Savvy Senior
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ADRC: Medicare rules changed for diabetics
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HEALTH: Optimism Can Improve Your Health
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Finance: Grandparents Can Be Primary Childcare Providers
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Dr. Stacey E. Soeldner
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Vaccinations important as we age
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Brandon Beck, left, physician assistant, and Gloria Thon, RN, of Holy Family Memorial, pose with vaccines those 50 and over should take at HFM’s facility at Harbor Town Campus.Sue Pischke/50 Plus
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Aging America
EDITOR’S NOTE _ Aging America is a joint AP-APME project examining the aging of the baby boomers and the impact that this so-called silver tsunami will have on the communities in which they live. Ninety birthdays maybe, but not 120: Americans hope to stretch out life expectancy another decade or so, but they’re ambivalent, even skeptical, about a fountain of youth. A new poll by the Pew Research Center explores attitudes about a scientific quest: Creating treatments that one day might slow the aging process and let people live decades longer than is normal today. Scientists already can extend the life span of certain laboratory animals — mice, worms, flies — with various techniques. They’ve also tried with monkeys, although the evidence in that species is mixed. There’s no way to know if there ever will be some type of Methuselah pill for humans. But with the field growing, Pew took the public’s pulse and found most Americans wouldn’t want a treatment that would let them live to 120. Fifty-six percent said no thanks — although two-thirds expect most other people would want to try such a step, said the report issued Tuesday.
Few expect such a radical idea to become reality, at least by 2050, although most of those surveyed expect other medical advances that could more gradually extend life expectancy, such as better cancer care. When asked about living to 120 or beyond, the survey found 51 percent of people said that would be bad for society. They worried about a strain on natural resources, and that such treatments probably would be available only to the rich rather than to everyone. What is the ideal life span? To most Americans, it’s between 79 and 100; the median answer was 90 years, Pew reported. In the U.S., a child born today can expect to live 78.7 years. Women’s life expectancy is longer, 81 years, than men’s, 76.2. With a rapidly graying population that is bringing concern about the growth of Alzheimer’s disease and an overburdened Medicare system, caution about the idea of one day living even longer may not be surprising. But longevity pioneer Cynthia Kenyon of the University of California, San Francisco, wonders if the public understands the real goal of such research, which is better health. Many of the experimental animals whose lives have been extended look and act far younger — and are far healthier — than their untreated counterparts of the same age, she said. “It would be the equivalent of a 90-yearold person that you think is looking like a 45-year-old,” Kenyon told The Associated Press. Because aging itself underlies the development of many chronic diseases as our bodies break down, the theory is that slowing the aging process might help keep people healthier for longer — even if it’s never as dramatic as what has happened with animals. “We are very interested in not only life extension, but extension of the health span,” said Dr. Marie A. Bernard, deputy director of the National Institute on Aging, which pays for much of this research.
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What about people? Some research has found healthy centenarians are more likely to harbor similarly protective genes. The next step is to find medications that might somehow switch on those protective pathways, rather than drastic dieting or gene manipulation. A number of candidates have worked in animals. Just last month, NIA researchers reported that a low dose of the diabetes drug metformin improved the health and longevity of middle-aged mice. No anti-aging pill is ready to try in people yet. Aging specialists say for now, commonsense is the best medicine: Eat a healthy diet, maintain a healthy weight and exercise. Asked about the poll, graduate student Katie Lebling, 24, of Washington said good health is key to how long she’d like to live: “It depends on how happy I am, if I was able to move or if I’m just sitting in a rocking chair.” If good health was a given, others wouldn’t mind living to 120. “I’m curious to see how things now would be then,” said John Gold, 38, a San Francisco software engineer. The Pew Research Center’s Religion & Public Life Project survey was conducted from March 21 to April 8, 2013. The nationally representative survey involved interviews, conducted on cell phones and landlines, with 2,012 adults. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.9 percentage points.
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Shingles Vaccine Protects Seniors and is Covered by Medicare Dear Savvy Senior: What can you tell me about the shingles vaccine? I just turned 65 and have been thinking about getting vaccinated, but would like to know how effective it is and how it’s covered by Medicare.
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Dear Afraid: Older adults who get the shingles vaccine can actually cut their risk of getting the painful condition in half, and those that do happen to get it are likely to have a milder case if they’ve been inoculated. Here’s what else you should know about the shingles vaccine, along with how it’s covered by Medicare. Shingles, also known as herpes zoster, is a burning, blistering, often excruciating skin rash that affects about 1 million Americans each year. The same virus that causes chickenpox causes it. What happens is the chickenpox virus that most people get as kids never leaves the body. It hides in the nerve cells near the spinal cord and, for some people, emerges later in the form of shingles.
In the U.S., one out of every three people will develop shingles during their lifetime. While anyone who’s had chickenpox can get shingles, it most commonly occurs in people over age 60, along with people who have weakened immune systems. But you can’t catch shingles from someone else. Early signs of the disease include pain, itching or tingling before a blistering rash appears several days later, and can last up to four weeks. The rash typically occurs on one side of the body, often as a band of blisters that extends from the middle of your back around to the breastbone. It can also appear above an eye or on the side of the face or neck. In addition to the rash, more than onethird who get shingles go on to develop severe nerve pain that can last for months or even years. Vaccination coverage The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that everyone age 60 and older should get a one-time shingles vaccination – called Zostavax. Even if you’ve already had shingles, you
still need the vaccination because reJim Miller occurring cases are possible. See zostavax.com or call If you’re vaccinated at a drugstore, check 877-974-4645 for more information or to make certain it’s in your Part D plan to locate a vaccine provider in your area. pharmacy network. Otherwise, the shot The vaccine is also very safe. For most will cost you more than your usual copeople the worst side effect is mild red- pay. ness or arm soreness. If you’re inoculated in a doctor’s office, You also need to know that Medicare check to make sure the office can bill covers the shingles vaccine as one of your plan or at least can work through its preventive benefits. But, unlike some a drugstore in your plan’s network. Othother vaccines that are paid through Part erwise, you’ll have to pay the entire bill B, the shingles vaccination is covered by upfront and then claim reimbursement Part D. from your plan. If you have a Part D prescription drug Just to be safe, call your Part D drug plan plan, it will pay for the vaccine itself and for your doctor or other health care ahead of time and ask which pharmacies provider to give you the shot. You are and doctors in your area you can use to only responsible for paying the plan’s receive the shingles vaccine at the plan’s approved copay at the time you get vac- regular copay. cinated, which usually runs around $60 Send your senior questions to: Savvy Senior, to $80. P.O. Box 5443, Norman, OK 73070, or visit But, you need to make sure you follow SavvySenior.org. Jim Miller is a contributor your plan’s rules in order to keep your to the NBC Today show and author of “The out-of-pocket costs down. Savvy Senior” book.
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ADRC: Medicare rules changed for diabetics By Judy Rank If you are a diabetic and enrolled in Medicare, you may have recently encountered some changes in getting diabetic testing supplies. Medicare Part B covers some diabetic test supplies, including blood sugar test strips as durable medical equipment (DME). Medicare will only cover your DME if your doctor or supplier is enrolled in Medicare. If you purchase DME from a supplier than doesn’t accept Medicare assignment, there are no limitations by Medicare as to how much the supplier can charge you. As of July 1, 2013, Medicare is requiring diabetic individuals to use a Medicare national mail-order contract supplier for test strips delivered to your home if you wish to have Medicare cover 80 percent of the costs. For those who choose not to have the strips and other supplies delivered to the home, you can go to any local pharmacy that’s enrolled with Medicare and buy them. Individuals enrolled in an advantage plan, should check with the plan to see what options are available. Open enrollment Open enrollment into an insurance plan through the Affordable Care Act is still on schedule to start Oct. 1. The website www.HealthCare.gov has a lot of information on it and can answer most questions. Individuals can apply for Marketplace coverage three ways: online, by mail, or in-person with the help of a navigator or other qualified helper. HIRSP insurance will end Dec. 31, so current enrollees in this plan will need to purchase insurance through the Marketplace. Most everyone currently enrolled in BadgerCare Core or Plus whose poverty level is greater than 100 percent will also need to get insurance through the Marketplace. Kaiser Foundation has a website that allows you to calculate your insurance rates. The website www.kff.org/interactive/subsidy-calculator asks your state, zip code, yearly income and number of people in your household needing insurance. From this it can tell you your yearly insurance cost and whether you are eligible for federal credits. It also gives you options to pay less, but does inform you that this increases your copayments. Thirteen health insurers will be available in Wisconsin through the Health Insurance Marketplace. At this time, two plans may be available in Manito-
woc County, Dean Health Plan, and Arise, but this is subject to change prior to Oct. 1. Certified Application Counselors are being trained to guide people through the application process and provide assistance in applying for credits through the Marketplace. Independent agents who were able to write HIRSP insurance may decide to become these Certified Application Counselors. There will also be Navigators, who will be more broadly skilled and able to help with Medicaid applications if the person would be eligible for MA. Neither the counselor nor the navigator can recommend which plan is best. Economic Support, or Income Maintenance as some of you may refer to these staff, located at the Manitowoc County Job Center, will have a trained counselor on staff to assist. Individuals on Medicare will not be eligible to enroll in the Marketplace. Medicare enrollment Open enrollment into Part D for Medicare recipients will begin Oct. 15. We will begin accepting drug lists the last week in September as volunteers will be trained and ready to review plans starting Oct. 1 in preparation for the Oct. 15 enrollment date. We ask that you bring your drug list, your Drug List ID and your password if you saved that from last year. And then also a phone number and address if we are to mail out some comparison plans.
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It is funny, after 100 plus years of psychology, people still feel that they need • Work smarter, not harder! Have you noticed that after a physical trauma to be abnormal in order to have a visit to such as a heart attack, people will the psychologist. change their diet and start exercisMore and more though, psychology is ing, but they don’t change their attibecoming a matter of the body, not just tude? Think about someone who has the brain. What you will see in the future, a device placed inside their heart to if you haven’t already, are psychologists shock it when there is an arrhythmia. working with your primary care physiI don’t know about you, but if that cian to make sure you are experiencing was inside me, I may experience some an overall healthy lifestyle. anxiety. However, this does not have to be a time of panic. You can work For example, did you know that the with a psychologist to help you figure American Heart Association is recomout some strategies that will minimize mending depression screening and psyanxiety. When you are relaxed and chological treatment for coronary heart calm you are more resistant to physidisease? This combined approach of cal health problems. psychology and traditional medicine is being used in many different fields and • Take 2 tablets of optimism and call making recovery more successful. me in the morning! Developing an optimistic mindset will help you ward Our heart is one of the most important off physical health problems. Most organs and taking care of it is crucial. people will tell themselves to “buck One way that you can be proactive in up” or “pick yourself up by your bootyour overall health is by knowing the straps,” but the truth is they are probpsychological risk factors that affect your ably avoiding the fear and anger they health systems and how positive emoare feeling. tions can be a preventative measure. Do you want to be the healthiest you can No one likes to get bad news from the be? Here is how you can start to be effec- doctor, but it does not have to be a death sentence. We can’t predict the days we tive today: are healthy and the days we are not; but • Don’t worry. Be happy! How does we can decide whether or not we are gosomeone know when you are angry? ing to make today the best day ever. Be Does your face get bright red? Re- optimistic about your future and make search shows that anger, hostility and sure every day is filled with meaning depression lead to coronary heart and purpose. You may not be the next disease. But what if I told you that Elvis Presley, but your life matters and you can learn how to regulate your the more you can see that, the healthier emotions in order to have a healthier you will be.
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Vaccinations important as we age By Tara Meissner 50 Plus Correspondent
• Some adults were never vaccinated as children;
Influenza or “flu” vaccine
Manitowoc — Vaccinations are something you think about most often for infants and children, but it is just as important to remember as an adult, according to local experts.
• Newer vaccines were not available when some adults were children;
Influenza is a contagious disease that spreads around the United States every winter, usually between October and May. It is caused by the influenza virus, and can be spread by coughing, sneezing and close contact. Flu can make some people much sicker than others.
People should consider inoculations as part of their health care as they reach age 50 and again at age 65. Additionally all adults should talk with a health care professional about the benefits of an influenza vaccination. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), some adults incorrectly assume that the vaccines they received as children will protect them for the rest of their lives. Generally this is true, except that:
• Immunity can begin to fade over time; and • As we age, we become more susceptible to serious disease caused by common infections (such as flu and pneumococcus) Gloria Thom, RN, serves as a vaccination coordinator for Holy Family Memorial. She works closely with the Manitowoc County Health Department and said that adults over the age of 50 may need to have an annual influenza, pneumonia and shingles vaccines, along with a tetanus booster if 10 years have passed.
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The vaccine is especially important for people 65 or older and people with certain health conditions — such as heart, lung or kidney disease, or a weakened immune system. A “high-dose” flue vaccine is available for people age 65 and older. Flu viruses are always changing. Each year’s flu vaccine is made to protect from viruses that are most likely to cause
disease that year. While flu vaccine cannot prevent all cases of flu, it is the best defense against the disease, because it protects against three or four different influenza viruses, according to the CDC.
Shingles vaccine Shingles is a painful skin rash, often with blisters. It is also called Herpes Zoster, or just Zoster. A shingles rash usually appears on one side of the face or body and lasts from two to four weeks. Its main symptom is pain, which can be quite severe. Other symptoms can include fever, headache, chills and upset stomach. Very rarely, a shingles infection can lead to pneumonia, hearing problems, blindness, brain inflammation (encephalitis) or death.
Gloria Thon, RN at Holy Family Memorial, demonstrates administering a tetanus/diphtheria vaccine to a patient. Sue Pischke/50 Plus
The CDC has compiled some handy tools and tables to help adults understand what vaccines are needed as an adult. The following link provides a table where you can learn about each disease. It includes a short description, symptoms, complications, transmission, and whether or not you need the vaccine as an adult. http://www.cdc.gov/ vaccines/schedules/ downloads/adult/adultschedule-easy-read. pdf#preventable
Shingles is caused by the Varicella Zoster virus, the same virus that causes chickenpox. Only someone who has had chickenpox — or rarely has gotten the chickenpox vaccine — can get shingles. The virus stays in your body, and can cause shingles many years later.
implant; anyone age 2-64 who has a disease or condition that lowers the body’s resistance to infection; anyone age 2-64 who is taking a drug or treatment that lowers the body’s resistance to infection, or any adult who is a smoker or has asthma.
Shingles is far more common in people 50 years of age and older, and it is more common in people whose immune systems are weakened.
Tetanus
A vaccine was licensed in 2006, and in clinical trials reduced the risk of shingles by 50 percent. The CDC recommends a single dose of shingles vaccine for adults over the age of 60.
Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine (PPSV) Pneumococcal disease is caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteria. It is a leading cause of vaccine-preventable illness and death in the United States. Anyone can get pneumococcal disease, but some people are at a greater risk, including those over the age of 65, people with certain health problems, smokers and people with weakened immune systems. Pheumococcal disease can lead to serious infections of the lungs (pneumonia), blood (bacteremian), and covering of the brain (meningitis). Pneumococcal pneumonia kills about one out of 20 people who get it. Bacteremia kills about one person in five, and meningitis about three people in 10. The CDC recommends the PPSV for all adults age 65 and older; anyone age 2-64 with long-term health problems such as heart disease, lung disease, sickle cell disease, diabetes, alcoholism, cirrhosis, leaks of cerebrospinal fluid or cochlear
Tetanus (lockjaw) cause painful muscle tightening and stiffness, usually all over the body. It can lead to tightening of muscles in the head and neck so you can’t open your mouth, swallow, or sometimes even breathe. Tetanus kills about one of five people who are infected. This disease is caused by bacteria, which enters the body through cuts, scratches or wounds.
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Brandon Beck, who works in family medicine at Holy Family Memorial, said people are informed of vaccinations that are due during routine office visits. He finds some people are reluctant to get the flu vaccine, because they think the vaccine can “cause” a person to get the flu.
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Beck says this is not true. The flu vaccine protects against several strains of flu virus that are predicted. However, it is possible to become infected with a different flu strain even if the flu vaccine is received. This is not “caused” by the vaccine, however.
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It can be difficult to accept these new These scenarios can take a tremendous toll on a marital relationship. When eco- techniques that research has shown are nomic stress is added to the brew, grand- better and safer for children. parents are often asked or even volunteer When you walk into your child’s home to shoulder the burden of childcare. and clothes are everywhere, dirty dishes Before you say “yes” to this arrangement are piled in the sink and the fridge is you need to realize this is a fairly long- growing some science experiments are term commitment. If you find yourself you compelled to clean up? Will your overwhelmed after a week, it could take children resent you when they come some time to make alternative arrange- home from work and the house looks ments. Toddlers are filled with energy like a home show display? They may feel and infants never sleep when you want that they are still being treated as chilthem to. You may have to kiss your post- dren and not adults at all. lunch nap good-bye. When you hold a baby in your arms and Do you have the physical stamina and feel their weight on your chest or snuggle strength to take on this responsibility? with a toddler on the couch reading their Do you wear hearing aids? A scream- favorite book for the umpteenth time, ing toddler in mid-meltdown or a crying it may all seem worth it. Maybe that is baby could be especially painful. what you enjoy most. If you have made this decision based on You want to enjoy your grandchildren your child’s economic situation, have on your terms. You don’t want the buryou calculated the cost to you? You may den of responsibility. You want to pick have to fill your car more often with gas and choose those activities that you enif you’re going between two homes. If the children are school aged do you have joy, you want to spoil them with treats to drive them to school and also pick up and then send them home. It is possible them up? Do you have to taxi them to to share the work of childcare. Both sets after school sports, piano lessons, karate of grandparents could take one to two days a week, perhaps mom or dad could or dance class? telecommute one day a week. Parents today are bombarded with advice from so many sources — television, Grandparents bring the perspective of books, magazines. Every expert assures having lived through this already; they new parents that if they follow their lat- bring reassurance and inspire confidence est parenting techniques, they will raise in new parents that they too can successfully raise loving and wonderful children. an exceptional child.
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39. Pang 40. *Capri, e.g. 41. Anklebone 43. Shamu 44. Nigerian money 46. Dharma teacher 47. Chinese restaurant staple, pl. 48. Founder of Scholasticism
1. Hi-___ 2. Montreal baseballer 3. Ethiopean currency 4. Omit or suppress 5. *On a map 6. Cash cache 7. Bonanza find 8. Similar to giraffe but smaller 9. Tarantino’s “____ Bill” 10. Not in action 11. Believe 12. Nemo’s forgetful friend 15. Shrinking ______ 20. To modify a book into a screenplay, e.g. 22. Slight amount 24. Get off an airplane
Fill in the blank squares in the grid, making sure that every row, column and 3-by-3 box includes all digits 1 through 9. Crossword and Sudoku solutions on page 11. 25. *Most populous country 26. South Korean port 27. a.k.a. Tangelos 29. Eagerness 31. “____ me the money!” 32. It may get you to first base 33. *_____ Mountains 34. Flirt 36. Bone-dry 38. Form of wrestling 42. Chip dip 45. Even though 49. No ___ 51. Hang around 54. Up or down step
56. Type of edible ray 57. “National Velvet” author ____ Bagnold 58. *Tropical rainforests contain ninety percent of the world’s ____ species 59. “___ quam videri” or “To be, rather than to seem (to be)” 60. Instrument type 61. To be very hot 62. Yearn or pine 63. Told an untruth 66. Bearded antelope 68. Give it a go
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Flu • People who have severe (life-threatening) allergies. • People who have had Guillain-Barre Syndrome • People who are not feeling well
Shingles • People who have ever had a life-threatening allergic reaction to gelatin, the antibiotic neomycin, or any other component of shingles vaccine. Tell your doctor if you have any severe allergies. • People with a weakened immune system because of AIDS, drug treatments, certain cancers or cancer treatments
current: Someone with a minor acute illness, such as a cold, may be vaccinated, but anyone with a moderate or severe acute illness should usually wait until they recover before getting the vaccine.
• Anyone who has a life-threatening allergic reaction to PPSV should not get another dose. • Anyone who has a severe allergy to any component of a vaccine.
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Availability Vaccinations are widely available. You will see flu vaccine clinics at pharmacies and health fairs. Thom says it is good to have the flu vaccine available from many outlets. She believes everyone should have a flu shot annually, unless they have one of the exemptions listed above.
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Vaccinations can be pricey and are not always covered by Medicare or other insurances. It is important to talk with your insurance company and health care provider to find out the cost. There are programs available to receive the vaccination for free from the manufacturers who offer patience assistance or rebates. Thom helps people learn how to apply for these options.
Tara Meissner is a freelance writer in Manitowoc. She can be reached at 920-860-6957 or tarameissner@yahoo.com.
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By JOANN LOVIGLIO Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — The world thinks of Grace Kelly as a fashion icon, movie star, princess, wife and mother, but in Philadelphia she’s first and foremost remembered as a hometown girl who never forgot her roots. So it seems fitting that an exhibit on Kelly’s upbringing, Hollywood career and storybook ascent to royalty will make its only U.S. stop in the area where she spent her early years, organizers said at a news conference unveiling details of “Grace Kelly: Beyond the Icon” at an event recently that was held, aptly, in the Hotel Monaco in downtown Philadelphia. “She never lost touch with her family and the Philadelphians that she grew up with,” said Kelly’s nephew Christopher Le Vine, who recalled his aunt packing up some Philadelphia scrapple — a love-it-or-hate-it loaf of pork scraps and cornmeal — to bring back to Monaco so the palace chef could recreate the humble dish. “She was going to tell him that it was a certain special pate from Philadelphia … for petit dejeuner (breakfast),” Le Vine told the laughing crowd. “She had her Philadelphia roots with her wherever she went.” The exhibit opens Oct. 28 at the Michener Art Museum in suburban Doylestown, not far from where Kelly made her professional stage debut at the Bucks County Playhouse in 1949. On view will be personal photos, love letters from her husband Prince Rainier
of Monaco, her 1954 best actress Academy Award for “The Country Girl,” film clips and home movies, as well as iconic fashions from gowns and the Yves Saint Laurent “Mondrian” dress to the Hermes “Kelly” bag she made famous. Monaco’s ruling sovereign, Prince Albert II, said in video-recorded remarks his mother “was indeed a talented woman who became an international fashion icon but that is just the surface of her life.” “Those of us who were fortunate enough to know my mother, her family and friends, knew her to be a genuine, warm and loving woman — a woman who always put her family first,” he said. “I hope that through experiencing this exhibition you will be able to get a glimpse of the real Grace Kelly, the woman behind the icon, my mother.” Monegasques appreciate their late princess, who died in 1982 in a car crash in Monaco, less as a screen legend and more as a humanitarian and philanthropist responsible for making Monaco a vibrant arts center and protecting the rights of vulnerable children, said Maguy Maccario Doyle, consul general of Monaco in New York. “There are many places in Monaco that today remind us of her presence,” she said. “Her memory endures, and certainly the principality of Monaco will forever bear the imprint of her presence and the heartache of her absence.” Online: Michener Museum: www.michenerartmuseum.org
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