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elderly father. He’s arthritic and overweight and struggles mightily with getting up from most of the cushioned furniture in the house. What can you recommend? – Need a Boost
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The Savvy Senior: Furniture aids for mobility-challenged seniors
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Energy assistance available to help combat cold
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Using sight, sound to trigger dementia patients’ memories
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Study shows value of knee replacement surgery, other options
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Book Review: This Old Man by Roger Angell
Send your senior questions to: Savvy Senior, P.O. Box 5443, Norman, OK 73070, or visit SavvySenior.org. Jim Miller is a contributor to the NBC Today show and author of “The Savvy Senior” book.
Senior-friendly furniture aids for mobility-challenged seniors Dear Savvy Senior, I am interested in purchasing a recliner that lifts and lowers off the ground, or some other type of senior-friendly furniture that can help my
Dear Need, The task of sitting down and/or getting up from soft-cushioned furniture is a problem for many seniors who struggle with excessive weight, arthritis or other mobility issues. Here are some different product solutions that can help. Lift recliners One of the most popular types of
cushioned furniture on the market today for mobility challenged seniors is an electric recliner lift chair. While they look just like regular recliners, powerlift recliners come with a built-in motor that raises and lowers the entire chair, which makes sitting down and getting up much easier. With literally dozens of different types and styles of lift recliners to choose from, here are a few key points that can help you select a good fit for your dad. • Chair size: The recliner needs to fit the person sitting in it, so your dad’s height and weight will determine the size of chair he needs. • Reclining options: Aside from the lifting system, the degree in which the chair reclines is your choice, too. Most SAVVY SENIOR continued on page 3
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SAVVY SENIOR continued from page 2 lift recliners are sold as either two-position, three-position or infinite-position lift chairs. The two-position chairs recline only to about 45 degrees, which makes them ideal for watching TV or reading. But if your dad wants to nap, he’ll probably want a threeposition or infinite-position chair that reclines almost completely horizontally. • Style and features: You’ll also need to choose the type of fabric, color and back style you want the chair to be, or if you want any extra features like built-in heating or massage elements, or a wallhugging chair, which is great if you’re tight on space. While there are many companies that make lift recliners – such as Med-Lift, NexIdea, Catnapper, Berkline, Franklin and La-z-boy – Pride Mobility and
Golden Technologies have been around the longest and have some of the best reputations. With prices typically ranging between $600 and $2,000, you can find lift recliners at many medical supply stores and online. You’ll also be happy to know that Medicare provides some help purchasing a lift chair. They cover the lift mechanism portion, which equates to around $300 toward your purchase. Risedale chairs If powerlift recliners don’t appeal to your dad, another option to consider is a Risedale chair. These are open-legged, wing-back chairs that are different from lift recliners because only the seat cushion lifts instead of the whole chair. Sold by Carex Health Brands, the Risedale costs $725. Furniture adapters If you’re looking for something less expensive, or if your dad doesn’t want
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different furniture, a number of assistive products can be added to his current furniture that can help, too, like the Stander CouchCane or EZ Stand-N-Go. These products provide support handles that make sitting down and standing up a little easier, and they both work on couches and recliners. Available online atAmazon.com, the CouchCanes sell for around $110, and the EZ Stand-N-Go costs $129. Another way to make your dad’s furniture more accessible is by increasing its height with furniture risers. These typically range from 2 to 5 inches in height, are made of heavy-duty plastic or wood, and are inserted under the base of the legs or supports of his furniture. Costs typically range from a few dollars up to $50 or more and can be purchased at retail stores like Walmart and Target, or online at Amazon.com.
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Energy assistance available to help combat cold By Cathy Ley Happy New Year! Even though we have had an amazing winter so far, cold temperatures will most likely be around the corner. Please remember a program for energy assistance is available. The Wisconsin Home Energy Assistance Program (WHEAP) provides assistance for heating and electric costs. The amount of financial assistance provided by the program varies from household to household. To qualify for any assistance, a household’s income must be at or below 60 percent of the Wisconsin state median income. Eligible households may receive financial assistance from WHEAP for a variety of energy needs, below are some of the common uses of the funds.
Heating assistance
• One-time payment during heating season (Oct. 1-May 15); • Pays portion of heating costs, but not entire cost of heating a residence; and • Most types of fuel are eligible for assistance.
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• One-time payment during heating season (Oct. 1-May 15); and • Pays portion of electric costs, but not entire cost for the residence.
Energy crisis assistance
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tions. It may also offer funds to repair or replace a furnace if it is no longer working. WHEAP is administered locally through social services offices, tribal governments, and private nonprofit agencies in each county of Wisconsin. Please note that a utility company may not disconnect residential electric, natural gas, or water service for non-payment during the cold-weather season from Nov. 1 to April 15. For more details, visit: http:// h o m e e n e r g y p l u s. w i . g ov / c a t e g o r y. asp?linkcatid=239 or call the ADRC of the Lakeshore (toll-free) at 877-416-7083.
Volunteer advocates for elderly sought
The State of Wisconsin Board on Aging and Long Term Care is recruiting volunteers in North Eastern Wisconsin. Volunteer advocates are needed for the elderly in nursing homes. The main criteria is an interest in making a difference in the life of the elderly. Volunteers will represent the State of Wisconsin and will work in partnership with the state’s Regional Ombudsman to provide advocacy services to residents in the long-term care facilities. Volunteers will be trained and assigned a single facility by the coordinator of the program. Volunteers receive ongoing assistance and in-service training to ensure excellence in serving nursing home residents. To be considered for this important volunteer opportunity, an individual should be willing to submit an application and background check, volunteer at least two hours per week and agree to a minimum six-month commitment. A plus for volunteers is the amount of flexibility in conducting weekly visits. Individuals in-
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The following information is provided by the Greater Wisconsin Agency on Aging Resources, Inc. In Wisconsin, nearly all voters will need to present a photo ID to cast a vote in upcoming elections. Limited exceptions include absentee voters (who are in the military, live permanently overseas, or are classified as confidential elector); voters who are indefinitely confined; and voters who have spiritual beliefs that prevent them from being photographed. Individuals who do not fit into one of these limited exceptions will need to present acceptable photo identification. What is acceptable photo ID for voting purposes? Acceptable ID that can be unexpired or expired after the most recent (currently Nov. 4, 2014) general election: • A Wisconsin DOT-issued driver’s license, even if driving privileges are revoked or suspended; • A Wisconsin DOT-issued identification card; • Military ID card issued by a U.S. uniformed service; • A U.S. passport; or • An identification card issued by a federally-recognized Indian tribe in Wisconsin (can be expired prior to most
recent general election). Acceptable ID that must be unexpired: • A certificate of naturalization that was issued not earlier than two years before the date of an election at which it is presented; • A driving receipt issued by Wisconsin DOT (valid for 45 days); • An identification card receipt issued by Wisconsin DOT (valid for 45 days); • A photo identification card issued by a Wisconsin accredited university or college that contains date of issuance, signature of student, and an expiration date no later than two years after date of issuance. Also, the university or college ID must be accompanied by a separate document that proves enrollment. • A citation or notice of intent to revoke or suspend a Wisconsin DOT-issued driver’s license that is dated within 60 days of the date of the election. If you do not have acceptable photo identification for voting purposes, you need to obtain a Wisconsin State ID Card from the Division of Motor Vehicles office if you would like to vote and are not excepted from the law. See Wisconsin Statute § 5.02(6m) http://bringit.wisconsin.gov/do-i-have-rightphoto-id
Using sight, sound to trigger dementia patients’ memories Nursing homes try to evoke the past with functional design MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press
EASTON, Pa. - From the antique castiron stove in the kitchen to the ancient wood-paneled radio in the living room, the decor in the Easton Home comes straight out of the 1930s, ’40s and ’50s. That’s by design. The old-fashioned rooms are in the dementia wing of the elder-care facility and serve an important function: They’re intended to make residents feel at home, help them retrieve memories and get them talking about their younger selves. It’s reminiscence as therapy. “As soon as they walk in, they become comfortable … and it just takes them back to a place that they’re familiar with,” said Jennifer Woolley, community life coordinator. “They can talk about their stories and share their experiences, so you’re just walking into the past, and they love it.” Nursing homes and assisted living facilities increasingly use sight, sound and other sensory cues to stimulate memory and provide a touch of the familiar for people with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia — part of a broader shift toward specialized memory units that care for this segment of the population. About 5.3 million Americans have Alzheimer’s, and that number is expected to rise dramatically as Baby Boomers age. In Olathe, Kansas, the Cedar Lake Village retirement community is building a memory-care assisted-living facility that includes a 1968 Ford pickup in the courtyard for residents to sit in, tinker on, listen to music “and reminisce about their first vehicle,” said Joanna Randall, executive director. In England, Grove Care Ltd. has “Memory Lane” at its dementia-care facilities, featuring a 1950s-themed pub, post office and grocery store.
The Easton Home, about 50 miles north of Philadelphia, converted two rooms into its own version of Memory Lane. Experts say dementia sufferers’ memories can be triggered by an object, a sound, a smell. Danish researchers found that dementia patients placed in a setting that reminded them of their youth were able to summon more autobiographical memories than a group studied in an everyday setting. While reminiscing won’t reverse the progression of Alzheimer’s and is not guaranteed to work for everyone, it can improve mood and reduce agitation and wandering, said Ruth Drew, director of family and information services at the Alzheimer’s Association. “Sensory cues are really the secret to providing what we call comfort care,” said Marguerite McLaughlin, who’s in charge of quality improvement at the American Health Care Association, the country’s largest trade group for nursing homes. Chris Boyce partly credits the surroundings at the Easton Home — and the conversations they start — with making her time with her grandmother more enriching. They often sit in the kitchen, where an antique ironing board and wringer washing machine recently prompted 90-year-old Olga Deacon, who has dementia, to explain how she used to help her mother with the ironing. “It took me forever. She’d tell you, ‘This has to be straight; that has to be straight.’ You had to get the creases straight,” recalled Deacon, laughing at the ancient memory. “It winds up becoming a conversation I wouldn’t know to start with her,” Boyce said later. “I’ve learned more about her in the two months she’s been here than I think I knew before that in a lot of ways.”
In the Easton Home’s retro living room, 81-year-old resident Decima Assise, who has Alzheimer’s, danced cheek-to-cheek with her longtime companion, Harry Lomping, to “Maria Elena,” a 1941 charttopper for Jimmy Dorsey. The song wafted from an iPod hidden inside the radio cabinet. “When the music comes on, she wants to dance,” said Lomping, 84, who visits Assise nearly every day. “I think it revives something, some feelings.”
Decima Assise, who has Alzheimer’s disease, and Harry Lomping dance to old music in a replica mid-1900s living room at The Easton Home in Easton, Pennsylvania. Nursing homes and assisted-living facilities are increasingly using sight, sound and other sensory cues to stimulate memory in people with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. (Photo: Matt Rourke / AP)
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Study shows value of knee replacement surgery, other options Operation has best results, but comes with more complications MARILYNN MARCHIONE Associated Press
People with knees worn out by arthritis will get more pain relief from joint replacement surgery, but it has more risks and there’s a good chance that less drastic approaches also would help. That’s the bottom line from the first study to strictly test other treatments against knee replacement, an operation done hundreds of thousands of times a year in the U.S. “It’s one of the great operations of the 20th century,” yet good evidence of its effectiveness has been lacking, said Dr. Jeffrey Katz, a joint specialist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. He wrote a commentary that appeared with the results in the New England Journal of Medicine, and said the right choice will be different for each patient, depending on goals, overall health, and whether the person wants to have or avoid surgery. More than 670,000 total-knee replacements are performed annually in the United States, mostly for arthritis, which deteriorates cartilage in the joints. Medical experts advise trying other things before considering surgery, such
as weight loss, physical therapy, exercise and medicines, and many studies show these can help. But for how long is not known, nor are there good comparisons of side effects. Soren Skou at Aalborg University Hospital Science and Innovation Center in Aalborg, Denmark, led the study. Researchers there assigned 100 patients to either 12 weeks of nonsurgical treatment — physical therapy, exercise, diet advice, special insoles and pain medicine — or surgery followed by 12 weeks of the other treatments. After one year, the surgery group improved twice as much as the others did on scores for pain, activities of daily living and quality of life. However, two-thirds of those not given surgery still had a meaningful improvement, and only one-fourth of them ended up having surgery within the year. Complications were more frequent with surgery, including several serious deep vein clots, a fracture and a deep infection. And other studies show that surgery “is not universally successful,” and that 1 in 5 patients still have some pain six months later, Katz wrote. Others viewed the results as a clear victory for surgery. “This certainly adds to the evidence
that what we’re doing is effective and improves patients’ quality of life,” said Dr. Joshua Jacobs, a joint surgeon at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago and spokesman for the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Many people get relief with therapy but ultimately need surgery when arthritis worsens, he said. The operation runs $20,000 to $25,000 but research also suggests it saves money because it keeps people working and active and helps prevent other health problems, Jacobs said. Lynnette Friend, a retired male carrier from Crown Point, Indiana, tried jointlubricating shots before having a knee replaced five years ago. She plans to have the other one done in January. “This time I just went ahead and went for the knee replacement,” she said. “There’s not much that can be done when it really starts to deteriorate.” Kenneth Rose, a retired Chicago police officer, also tried shots before having a knee replaced in 2011. When the other one worsened, he had it replaced in May, and now is able to lose weight and walk a couple miles a day with his wife. “I wish I had done it sooner,” he said. “It’s such a pleasure, really, you don’t
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10 decades and still going: Roger Angell looks back ROB MERRILL Associated Press
“This Old Man: All in Pieces” (Doubleday), by Roger Angell You don’t make it to age 95 without seeing a lot of stuff. Or in the case of Roger Angell, writing it. Having delivered his memoir nearly a decade ago (“Let Me Finish,” published in 2006), Angell combed through six decades’ worth of work to put together this collection: “This Old Man: All in Pieces.” Much of it is reprinted from the pages of The New Yorker. Angell’s a true craftsman, carefully picking each word and phrase and, like any good editor, cutting out the fluff. The best entries are about baseball, which he began covering for The New Yorker in 1962. There are obits for Bob Feller, Earl Weaver and Don Zimmer, tributes to Jackie Robinson, Derek Jeter and Bob Gibson, and game recaps from recent World Series victories by the Red Sox and Giants. As Angell writes in the introduction, “Readers are invited to … skip about, make a grab, turn back.” So first read the title piece nestled near the end if you haven’t already.
of “Lolita” as he Angell wrote “This remembers Vladimir Old Man” last year Nabokov, pays and it deserves every tribute to the eternal accolade it’s received. writerly advice of his Deeply personal stepfather, E.B. White, and yet universal in in “The Elements of its sentiment, it’s a Style” (“Revise and marvel of the essay rewrite,” “Do not form. explain too much” Interspersed and “Be clear”), throughout the book and heaps praise on are non-traditional the illustrations of writings like haikus William Steig, whose about one of his beloved fox terriers and The New cartoons distinguished The New Yorker Yorker’s annual Christmas letter from other magazines. (“Greetings, Friends!”), as well as correspondence between Angell and the fiction writers he collaborated with for the magazine — Ann Beattie, Robert Creamer and Tracy Daughtery, just to name a few. To Beattie, now one of the country’s most celebrated short story writers, he wrote in 1985: “I’m sorry — extremely sorry — to say that we’re sending back ‘Another Day.’ No one here could recognize these people; they don’t seem to have any connection with real life.” The “Past Masters” is another highlight. Angell offers literary criticism
What stitches together the collection is a sense of gratitude. Angell knows he’s lived a full life enriched by family, friends and colleagues. He doesn’t know when his life will end, but came to terms with that long ago. (From “This Old Man”: “There’s never anything new about death, to be sure, except its improved publicity.”) It feels like he assembled this collection in great part to say thank you. But it’s his readers who should be saying it. For as long as we have him and as long as he’s still contributing to The Sporting Scene and other fixtures of The New Yorker, we should appreciate his talent.
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Pinball wizard Manitowoc man brings back childhood by restoring vintage pinball machines SARAH KLOEPPING, HTR Media
If the saying, “He who dies with the most toys wins,” is true, Steve Wallander may be tough to beat. He certainly has some of the best toys. The 51-year-old Manitowoc man missed the days when he was able to go to an arcade, so he built one in his basement. “When you get my age, you want to buy your childhood back. Because I like playing pinball and there is no place around here to play, the only way to play machines is to own them,” he said in his game room of
about a dozen restored machines. “So I’ll buy them, fix them up and play them.” Wallander first began restoring machines when he found an Atari Space Riders pinball game for sale on Craigslist in Green Bay for a few hundred dollars. It didn’t look pretty at first. As a kid, he’d always enjoyed playing pinball. As an adult, he still enjoys playing and also owns a handyman company. That combination led to upwards of 30 restored machines — some of which he keeps and others he’s sold — in a span of about five years. “It just started and it grew,” he
said. “To me it’s just been unbelievable to get from one machine to this far.” Some machines Wallander buys only need a good cleaning and a few touch-ups, like his “Phantom of the Opera” game. Others are top-tobottom overhauls, like his Barracora machine. “You never know what you’re really going to encounter until you get into them,” said Wallander, who’s currently working on seven restoration projects in his basement workshop. “The way for me to enjoy them more is, I really love tearing them apart and putting them back PINBALL continued on page 10
Steve Wallander poses Dec. 2 with some of the pinball machines he bought and restored in his basement. Wallander started collecting pinball machines about five years ago. Yi-Chin Lee/HTR Media
This is the third KISS-themed pinball machine that Steve Wallander has fixed and it was featured in Pinball Magazine in October. Yi-Chin Lee/HTR Media
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together.” So, what turns a box of metal, wood and wires into a winner again? “Time and effort,” Wallander says. Ringing bells, flashing lights and a whistle or two don’t hurt either. Often times, Wallander customizes the circuit board-controlled machines to give them new life. On his “Pirates of the Caribbean” pinball game, he added skulls with glowing eyes. He painted the Barracora game purple, had the artwork redone and installed a one-of-a-kind etched-glass topper. “I think having the machines look more modern brings these older ones back into play,” he said. “If I want to put something on it that I think is going to enhance it, I do. Some people don’t like it, some people will. It’s art.” Some he’s made look cooler include customizing highly-sought-after KISS pinball machines. He owns one, sold two and is working on restoring a fourth. One of his restorations was featured in the latest edition of “Pinball Magazine,” a publication produced in the Netherlands and shipped internationally. The restoration included new artwork, LED lighting, fiber optic KISS busts,
and themed bumpers, shooter rod and playfield. “I’m floored by the fact I’m in this magazine,” Wallander said. “I’m a guy in Manitowoc, middle of nowhere really, doing work out of my basement.” When restoring a machine, Wallander works with a technician and up to six artists who specialize in different aspects of a pinball game, whether that’s redrawing the original artwork for a damaged playfield, coming up with new graphics for the outside of the machine or creating unique bumpers and eye-catching toppers. Wallander’s newest machine is from 2007, but most are from the ’70s and ’80s, with the oldest from 1978. He said he doesn’t have a favorite but does have ones he prefers. “Pirates, Guns N’ Roses, pretty much this whole wall here,” he said pointing to the row of six machines. Then he started naming his preferred machines along the next wall, which also included all of them. “They all have different nuances,” he said. “Every machine has its own little function that makes things a little different.” Because he appreciates the differences
of each machine — for which he’s driven as far as Illinois and Minnesota to buy — Wallander doesn’t have a “Holy Grail machine” he’s been searching for since his hobby began, unlike most enthusiasts. He’s owned and sold an “Addam’s Family” game, which is sought after by many collectors. “I had one. I sold it. No big deal,” he said. Wallander, who’s sold machines to enthusiasts as far away as South Africa and Australia to make space for new ones, even got rid of the Flash pinball machine he often played as a kid after he found out the trick to get a high score. He would like to restore a Twilight Zone game because of its popularity, but it’s not one he’d need to keep. Friends who see Wallander’s game room for the first time often have a jawdropping reaction. His family, though, is less impressed, Wallander joked. “My kids get embarrassed when I tell people I’m into pinball machines,” he said of his 15- and 17-year-old daughters. Wallander’s wife, Stacey, said she was OK with the purchase of the first machine. She didn’t expect her basement to be full a few years later.
Steve Wallander plays the Barracora machine that he customized in his basement on Wednesday, Dec. 2. Wallander purchased this pinball machine in bad condition and he spet time and effor to make the machine come back to life. Yi-Chin Lee/HTR Media
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“The first one was fine. I didn’t realize it would take over such a big part of my basement,” she said with a laugh. “I didn’t anticipate him acquiring so many when he first started. But it’s his hobby and it makes him happy, so I guess that’s the main thing. He does an excellent job and puts in a lot of hard work and time. He’s very dedicated ... very creative. I’m very proud of him.” During the winter when his company is less busy, Wallander may spend 50 to 60 hours a week working on pinball machines. And he plays them at least a couple hours a week. “I can hold my own,” he said. “If you’re good at pinball … back when I was a kid, if you had $1 and went to an arcade, you could possibly play all day on pinball, whereas video games, I could go through $10 an hour. “I’m old and my reflexes aren’t as good as they used to be, I don’t think, but I’ll turn one of these games on and the first couple are (2 million-point games), then all of a sudden I’ll have a 200 million game. Most of the high scores on these games right now are mine, which is kind of cool.”
A pile of pinball parts and wires are set aside from a pinball machine that Steve Wallander is working on in his basement on Wednesday, Dec. 2. Wallander fixes and customizes pinball machines as a hobby. Yi-Chin Lee/HTR Media
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Marvin Kliment nets vet recognition HTR Media
Marvin Kliment, who entered service in November 1952 and separated from service in October 1954, recently received an Ambassador for Peace official proclamation from the minister of Patriots and Veterans Affairs and the chairman of the Korean Veterans Association, both of the Republic of Korea. The proclamation reads as follows: “It is a great honor and pleasure to express the everlasting gratitude of the Republic of Korea and our people for the service you and your countrymen have performed in restoring and preserving our freedom and democracy. “We cherish in our hearts the memory of your boundless sacrifices in helping us reestablish our free nation. “In grateful recognition of your dedicated contributions, it is our privilege to proclaim you an Ambassador for Peace with every good wish of people of the Republic of Korea. Let each of us reaffirm our mutual respect and friendship that they may endure for generations to come.” Kliment is a life member of American Legion No. 88, Amvets No. 99, VFW No. 659 and an honor guard member.
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