50plus LIFE Cumberland County April 2017

Complimentary | Cumberland County Edition

April 2017 • Vol. 18 No. 4

Staying One Step Ahead of the Game page 4

Special focus: foot health page 7

south korea: ‘Miracle on the hAn’ page 12

On Life and Love after 50

It’s Never Too Late to Find a Mate Tom Blake

I receive far too many emails that state something like this: “I just turned 71. I’ve been single for 10 years. I’ve given up on meeting a mate.”

Emails similar to the one above come from widows, widowers, divorced people, and sometimes from people who’ve never married. The common thread is loneliness; they would like to have someone in their lives, but finding someone seems impossible. So, they don’t try.

Yes, the dating world for people age 60-plus can appear bleak. But, in the 23 years I’ve written about senior dating, I’ve also received hundreds of emails from singles telling me they’ve met someone and to remind older singles to “never give up.” And these emails are not from spring chickens, but from people age 70-plus.

Chris and Tina.

Phil and Sue.

On Feb. 12, 2017, my partner Greta and I attended the wedding of Chris and Tina. They met in 2004 on a cruise. Chris was a dance host and Tina a passenger. He lived in California; she lived in England. It

would have been easy for them to give up seeing each other because the distance between them was 5,419 miles.

But they hung in there and saw each other as often as they could.

“When you’ve met the right person, you have to figure out a way to make it work,” Chris said. “Tina and I never gave up hope and never gave up trying. Now we are man and wife.”

By the way, Chris is 83 and Tina is 76.

Last month, I received an email that said two of my high school classmates, Phil and Sue, both 77, had gotten married on Feb. 24. I was dumbfounded and frankly did not believe the news.

They had not seen each other in 50 years, except for a half hour at their 50th high school reunion. They had never dated. She lived in Michigan, he in California. I wondered how it was possible that they got married.

Later, I received the rest of the story: Both were widowed. Both had been caregivers for the last few years.

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On Feb. 1, Sue took the initiative to call Phil to tell him the person she had been caregiving passed away. Sue was assertive and called him again the next day.

They spoke on the phone every day until Feb. 12. They were openly honest with each other. Finally, Sue said to Phil, “If you want to marry me, why don’t you ask me?”

Phil said, “I just did.”

Sue flew to California on Feb. 24.

They were married an hour later.

Both couples simply refused to allow health issues, mileage distances, public opinion, family members, and other obstacles get in their way in their quest to share life with a mate in the waning years of their lives.

They stopped at Greta’s and my home on March 11. We were

amazed at how thrilled they are to be together.

When I hear from naysayers who say it’s too hard to meet someone later in life, I say that is simply a hurdle to overcome.

Older singles should attend their class reunions. Plus, older singles, men and women alike, should be assertive (not aggressive—there is a difference), as Sue was, in trying to

meet someone.

Love can happen, as these two stories illustrate, with a little effort from both parties on the relationship.

Being with someone later in life is a heck of a lot better than being alone.

For dating information, previous articles, or to sign up for Tom’s complimentary, weekly e-newsletter, go to www.

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At Your Fingertips Helpful numbers, hotlines, and local businesses and organizations eager to serve you—all just a phone call away.

Funeral & Cremation Services Cremation Society of Pennsylvania Serving Cumberland County (800) 720-8221 Emergency Numbers American Red Cross (717) 845-2751 Central PA Poison Center (800) 521-6110 Cumberland County Assistance (800) 269-0173 Energy Assistance Cumberland County Board of Assistance (800) 269-0173 Eye care services Kilmore Eye Associates 890 Century Drive, Mechanicsburg (717) 697-1414 Funeral Directors Cocklin Funeral Home, Inc. 30 N. Chestnut St., Dillsburg (717) 432-5312 Health & Medical Services Alzheimer’s Association (717) 651-5020 American Diabetes Association (800) 342-2383 Arthritis Foundation (717) 763-0900 CONTACT Helpline (717) 652-4400 The National Kidney Foundation (800) 697-7007 PACE (800) 225-7223 Social Security Administration (Medicare) (800) 302-1274 Vision Resources of Central Pennsylvania (717) 238-2531 www.50plusLifePA.com

Healthcare Information Pa. HealthCare Cost Containment Council (717) 232-6787 Hearing Services Duncan Nulph Hearing Associates 5020 Ritter Road, Suite 10G Mechanicsburg (717) 766-1500 Enhanced Hearing Solutions 431 E. Chocolate Ave., Hershey (717) 298-6441 Pennsylvania Office for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (800) 233-3008 V/TTY Home Care Services Asbury Home Services (717) 591-8332 Hospice Services Homeland Hospice 2300 Vartan Way, Suite 115, Harrisburg (717) 221-7890 Housing Assistance Cumberland County Housing Authority 114 N. Hanover St., Carlisle (717) 249-1315 Property Tax/Rent Rebate (888) 728-2937 Salvation Army (717) 249-1411 Insurance Apprise Insurance Counseling (800) 783-7067 Nursing/Rehab Homeland Center 1901 N. Fifth St., Harrisburg (717) 221-7902 Nutrition Meals on Wheels Carlisle (717) 245-0707

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Flu or Influenza (888) 232-3228

Homeland Center 1901 N. Fifth St., Harrisburg (717) 221-7902 Pharmacies CVS/pharmacy www.cvs.com Services Cumberland County Aging & Community Services (717) 240-6110 Therapies Vitality to You by Genesis Rehab Services (717) 599-0539 Toll-Free Numbers Bureau of Consumer Protection (800) 441-2555

Passport Information (888) 362-8668

Cancer Information Service (800) 422-6237

Lebanon VA Medical Center 1700 S. Lincoln Ave., Lebanon (717) 228-6000 or (800) 409-8771

Consumer Information (888) 878-3256 Disease and Health Risk (888) 232-3228

Health and Human Services Discrimination (800) 368-1019 Internal Revenue Service (800) 829-1040 Liberty Program (866) 542-3788 Medicare Hotline (800) 638-6833 National Council on Aging (800) 424-9046 Organ Donor Hotline (800) 243-6667

Smoking Information (800) 232-1331 Social Security Fraud (800) 269-0217 Social Security Office (800) 772-1213 Travel Rabbittransit (800) 632-9063 Veterans Services American Legion (717) 730-9100 Governor’s Veterans Outreach (717) 234-1681

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By Sam Peeples and Megan Joyce

In the sports world, the players get the praise. But also there, literally on the sidelines, are the referees whose knowledge and skill are integral to the structure and flow of the game.

Also overlooked is the sheer physicality of a referee’s job; to effectively officiate a game, refs must run alongside the athletes and keep up with game play—and they need to remain mentally and physically fit enough to do so.

Eileen Grumbine has officiated a variety of sports for more than 30 years, from basketball to field hockey to lacrosse.

She’s still hustling across the outdoor fields and indoor courts, keeping pace with the players and making calls that keep game play running smoothly.

“I played field hockey, basketball, and tennis in high school,” Grumbine said. “I grew up on a farm and would rather stay after school and participate in other activities so I would not have to go home and do farm chores.”

She continued playing well into her adult years, spending a lot of time either on the courts or beside them.

When a friend brought her into a local field hockey adult league where the coaches and officials both ran the games and participated in them, Grumbine became curious about getting involved as more than just a player.

“I started to play on a league, and then went for my test with [the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association], and one sport grew into another and then another,” she said.

She started officiating games in 1981, beginning with basketball and soon adding field hockey.

Years later, lacrosse arrived in the area. Despite having never played or watched a lacrosse game, Grumbine learned its rules and signed up to try her hands at

Grumbine indicating a penalty corner. refereeing it. The sport proved very entertaining and popular with audiences, so she added it to her regular roster.

She continued to referee all three sports until injury forced her to cut back.

“After suffering a knee injury and having surgery, I gave up the basketball and lacrosse and stayed with hockey,” Grumbine said. “Indoor hockey started to grow in this area, and we had [large facilities in the region] for more indoor games and large tournaments.”

Grumbine worked for an international designer and manufacturer of floors and ceilings for 28 years, mostly with customer financial services in the company’s floor division.

When new management proved less flexible with the hours she needed to continue refereeing, Grumbine chose to take early retirement and find employment with a more accommodating schedule.

When not refereeing, Grumbine now works at a women’s boutique or provides private, in-home care to seniors, depending on the day.

“It was the best decision I could have made,” she said.

When Grumbine first began officiating, there were more than 20 women refereeing girls’ games for basketball alone. Currently, there are about a dozen left. She considers the dip a likely result of family and work issues taking up most of women’s already-busy schedules.

“There is a big time commitment involved when you want to be an official,” she said.

“There are numerous meetings to attend and training sessions to keep on top of all the rule changes.”

Conversely, the number of men involved with girls’ sports has seen a steady rise. Fathers get involved in the games through their daughters and eventually become interested in coaching or officiating.

Another change Grumbine has observed over the decades: Some teams are now mixing the sexes.

When Grumbine first became an official, there were two chapters for basketball in her area: one for girls, one for boys. But as the pool of available referees and coaches became smaller, the two chapters merged into one.

This can cause minor issues for a referee, as the rules for men’s and women’s versions of the sports are often slightly different.

Grumbine herself preferred to referee games for girls and women, being more familiar with their rule set, but she has refereed a few boys’ basketball games and some mixed field hockey games as well.

“It is so rewarding to see young girls learn this game and develop a love for hockey as they go through school and into college and then their adult lives,” she said.

Grumbine currently calls games both during the school season and the winter break, particularly the national field hockey tournaments.

Despite now being considered “semi-retired,” she plans to continue hurrying up and down the field, keeping the game play honest and fair.

“I enjoy student athletes and want to give back to them, as someone had to do this when I was playing sports or I would have been stuck down on the farm,” she said. “I enjoy doing something I love and getting in some extra exercise!” www.50plusLifePA.com

It Was 50 Years Ago Today

‘Strawberry Fields Forever’ Randal Hill

Accompanied only by his acoustic guitar, John Lennon auditioned “Strawberry Fields Forever”— conceived as a slow-talking blues song—for Beatles producer George Martin, who sat entranced in a dimly lit Abbey Road studio room while Lennon sang his complex and sophisticated tune.

In the Beatles’ Anthology, Martin recalled, “It was magic. It was absolutely lovely. I love John’s voice anyway, and it was a great privilege listening to it.”

Such poignancy and intimacy were rare from the normally guarded Beatle, who had become lyrically more introspective after falling under the influence of American icon Bob Dylan.

Strawberry Field (no “s”) was a Liverpool orphanage young Lennon

could see from in the trees his upstairs that became their private window. playground The old and a residence was a sprawling sanctuary from annoying 1870 Victorian adults. home set His aunt in wooded Mimi (who grounds and “Strawberry Fields Forever” raised him) converted by The Beatles sometimes the Salvation April 1967 Army in 1936. complained to her nephew about his trespassing The name had come from the rows onto private property. Lennon would of strawberries that grew in the lush retort, “What are they going to do, gardens there. hang me?” From that would later Lennon’s song “Strawberry Fields Forever” (he added the “s” as a come his often-misconstrued lyric line, “Nothing to get hung about.” stylistic choice) took Lennon back to his childhood and carefree summer Lennon called his work “psychoanalysis set to music,” mornings with his friends, who often according to The Beatles: The scaled the orphanage walls to play

Biography. It featured surreal images that helped him bring his emotional world alive, some lyrics revealing long-suppressed insecurities and feelings of being misunderstood as a child.

“No one I think is in my tree” shows his concern about being above or below everybody else—either a genius (“high”) or a madman (“low”).

With an open-ended recording budget, Martin could grant Lennon the 45 hours he needed to create what would become the most complex Beatles single ever.

Experimentation became the key word as “Fields” developed. Lennon added the sound of a Mellotron, a synthesizer-type machine that played recorded instruments (in this case, flutes). please see THE BEATLES page 14

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Cumberland County

Calendar of Events

Support Groups Free and open to the public

Senior Center Activities

April 3, 4-5 p.m.

Caregivers Support Group Messiah Lifeways Meetinghouse 1155 Walnut Bottom Road, Carlisle (717) 243-0447

April 10, 1:30-3 p.m.

Caregivers Support Group St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church 310 Hertzler Road, Upper Allen Township (717) 766-8806

April 4, 6 p.m.

CanSurmount Cancer Support Group HealthSouth Acute Rehab Hospital 175 Lancaster Blvd., Mechanicsburg (717) 691-6786

April 11, 6:30-8 p.m.

Carlisle Area Men’s Cancer Support Group The Live Well Center 3 Alexandria Court, Carlisle (717) 877-7561 sirbrady12@gmail.com

Big Spring Senior Center – (717) 776-4478 91 Doubling Gap Road, Suite 1, Newville April 4, 9:30 a.m. – Violet Starter Pots and Potpourri Project April 5, 9:30 a.m. – Attorney General’s Office Program: Senior Bullying April 11, 12:45 p.m. – Big Spring High School Spring Luncheon

April 4, 6-7 p.m.

Alzheimer’s Support Group Senior Helpers 3806 Market St., Suite 3, Camp Hill (717) 920-0707 April 5, 1:30 p.m.

The Bridges Support Group for the Alzheimer’s Association The Bridges at Bent Creek 2100 Bent Creek Blvd., Mechanicsburg (717) 795-1100 April 5, 7 p.m.

Caregivers Support Group Claremont Nursing and Rehabilitation Center 1000 Claremont Road, Carlisle (717) 386-0047 April 6, 6:30 p.m.

Too Sweet: Diabetes Support Group Chapel Hill United Church of Christ 701 Poplar Church Road, Camp Hill (717) 557-9041

April 12, 1:30 p.m.

Parkinson’s Support Group Bethany Village West – Springfield Room 325 Asbury Drive, Mechanicsburg (717) 877-0624 April 18, 1 p.m.

Caregiver Support Group Mechanicsburg Church of the Brethren 501 Gale St., Mechanicsburg (717) 766-8880 April 20, 6-8 p.m.

Bladder Cancer Discussion Group Urology of Central PA 100 Corporate Center Drive, Camp Hill (484) 695-0731 pachapter@bcan.org April 25, 6 p.m.

Multiple Sclerosis Support Group HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital 175 Lancaster Blvd., Mechanicsburg (717) 486-3596 apcoulson@comcast.net

Carlisle Senior Action Center – (717) 249-5007 20 E. Pomfret St., Carlisle Mary Schaner Senior Citizens Center – (717) 732-3915 98 S. Enola Drive, Enola Mechanicsburg Place – (717) 697-5947 97 W. Portland St., Mechanicsburg West Shore Senior Citizens Center – (717) 774-0409 122 Geary St., New Cumberland Please call or visit their website for more information.

Library Programs Amelia Givin Library, 114 N. Baltimore Ave., Mt. Holly Springs, (717) 486-3688

Community Programs Free and open to the public

Bosler Memorial Library, 158 W. High St., Carlisle, (717) 243-4642 April 3, 7:30-8:45 p.m. – Monday Bosler Book Discussion Group April 7, 7 p.m. – Music @ Bosler April 28, 1-2 p.m. – Just Mysteries! Book Club

April 12, 11:30 a.m.

NARFE West Shore Chapter 1465 VFW Post 7530 4545 Westport Drive, Mechanicsburg (717) 737-1486 www.narfe1465.org Visitors welcome; meeting is free but fee for food.

Cleve J. Fredricksen Library, 100 N. 19th St., Camp Hill, (717) 761-3900 April 13, 7 p.m. – Considerations When Buying or Selling Real Estate for Sale by Owner April 20-23 – Friends of Fredricksen Spring Book & Media Sale April 30, 2 p.m. – Spring into Organization

If you have an event you would like to include, please email information to mjoyce@onlinepub.com for consideration.

‘Superfoods’ Will Be Big in 2017 The most recent “What’s Trending in Nutrition” national survey of more than 1,700 dieticians has found that Americans are putting more emphasis on eating healthier foods.

Here’s a list of the top 10 “superfoods” this year:

• Seeds, like chia and hemp • Avocado

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• Nuts, like almonds and walnuts • Fermented foods like yogurt • Ancient grains • Kale • Green tea • Coconut products • Exotic fruits • Salmon

New Cumberland Public Library, 1 Benjamin Plaza, New Cumberland, (717) 774-7820 April 11, 10:30-11 :30 a.m. – Book Review: The Hershey Story by Amy Bischof April 26, 6-9 p.m. – Pennwriters Writing Group April 30, 3-4 p.m. – Cultural Program: Pennsylvania Jack Introduces William Penn Shippensburg Public Library, 73 W. King St., Shippensburg, (717) 532-4508 www.50plusLifePA.com

Not Just for Walking: Our Revelatory Feet

By Barbara Trainin Blank Our feet contain a quarter of the body’s bones. Each foot has multiple joints, tendons, muscles, and ligaments. The nerves and blood vessels in the feet go all the way to the heart, spine, and brain.

So it’s no wonder they’re sometimes a barometer of our general health.

Vascular Disease Pain in the calves after walking short distances or while lying flat can indicate that the lower legs are not getting enough blood and nutrients to keep up with the demand.

When someone presents with these symptoms, a podiatrist would need to rule out peripheral vascular disease.

Or if the patient has cold toes, a lack of hair growth on the feet, or dry skin, a vascular issue may be involved.

Gout Another condition that affects the feet but is systemic is gout. A gouty

arthritis, findings attack presents as show up on the red, hot, swollen X-rays of the joints, mostly foot that may in the big toe. be indicative of It indicates an early signs of a elevated uric acid rheumatologic level, leading to disease. The the formation of podiatrist crystals inside a would refer joint. the patient to a The podiatrist rheumatologist works with a for further primary care workup. doctor to treat April is National Foot Health Degenerative it and prevent Awareness Month and postrecurrent gout traumatic attacks, which can cause arthritis are not usually associated with a systemic arthritic changes in the joint they issue. continue to occur in.

Arthritis Other types of arthritis can present in the foot: degenerative, posttraumatic (injury), rheumatoid, and psoriatic.

With psoriatic and rheumatoid

Plantar Fasciitis In cases of plantar fasciitis, the thick band of tissue that runs across the bottom of your foot, connecting your heel bone to your toes, becomes inflamed and causes pain.

Shoe inserts or physical therapy, which rehabilitates muscles to improve flexibility and strength, can help.

Diabetes When a diabetic patient comes in, the podiatrist stratifies that person in a specific risk category based on multiple factors and the effects the illness has already had.

The stratification identifies the likelihood of the person developing complications in the lower extremities.

Diabetes can cause blood flow and nerve problems. The longer the glucose is elevated, the more negative effects the diabetic may experience.

A podiatrist who sees patients with “pins and needles in their feet” can rule diabetes in or out with further testing and coordination with a primary care physician. Neuropathy (problems with the nerves, usually the peripheral nerves as opposed to please see FOOT HEALTH page 14

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Other Certifications and Services: Providing all levels of care (PCAs, CNAs, LPNs, RNs) in the home, hospital, or retirement communities with specifically trained caregivers for Alzheimer’s and dementia clients.

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Other Certifications and Services: Surrey, a nonprofit, provides complete inhome services including the following: certified geriatric care managers and aging life care professionals, RNs, LPNs, CNAs, licensed clinical social workers (LCSW), and home health aides (HHA). Additional services include transportation and house cleaning.

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Year Est.: 2009 Counties Served: Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Fulton, Juniata, Lancaster, Lebanon, Northumberland, Perry, Schuylkill, Snyder, York RNs: Yes LPNs: Yes CNAs/Home Aides: Yes Medicare Certified?: Yes

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Registered nurses are certified in hospice and palliative care for both adults and children.

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Eggs were colored, blessed, exchanged, and eaten as part of the rites of spring long before Christian times.

Even the earliest civilizations held springtime festivals to welcome the sun’s rising from its long winter sleep, viewing the sun’s return from darkness as an annual miracle and the egg as a symbol of the renewal of life.

As Christianity spread, the egg was adopted as a reminder of resurrection. Here’s how eggs have been celebrated at Easter in different countries:

Slavic countries. Baskets of food including eggs are traditionally taken to church to be blessed on Holy Saturday or before the Easter midnight Mass and then taken home for a part of Easter breakfast.

Central European countries. Polish, Slavic, and

Ukrainian people create intricate designs on the eggs. They draw lines with a wax pencil or stylus, dip the egg in color, and repeat the process many times to make true works of art. Every dot and line in the pattern has a meaning.

Yugoslavian Easter eggs bear the initials XV for “Christ is Risen,” a traditional Easter greeting.

Russia. During the reign of the tsars, the Russian royal family carried the custom of decorative eggs to great lengths, giving exquisitely detailed jeweled eggs made by goldsmith Carl Faberge from the 1880s until 1917.

Germany. Eggs that go into Easter foods are not broken, but emptied out. The empty shells are painted and decorated with bits of lace, cloth, or ribbon and then hung with ribbons on an evergreen or small, leafless tree.

Some Taxing Trivia No one enjoys paying taxes, but these factoids might take some of the sting out of writing that annual check: • The first national income tax was established by Congress in 1894. However, it was ruled unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court the following year. The Constitution was changed in 1913 to allow for a legal income tax.

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to April 15 to spread out the work of processing all the tax forms.

• The first tax form was just four pages long, including instructions.

• Unusual deductions: A parent was able to deduct the expenses for her child’s clarinet lessons because she claimed they corrected the child’s overbite.

A junkyard owner deducted cat food for the cats he kept to drive away mice and rats, and the IRS approved it as a business expense.

A bodybuilder claimed a deduction for the cost of the body oil that he used in competitions, and again the IRS allowed it as a business expense.

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Homeland Center: Meeting the Needs of South-Central Pennsylvania for 150 Years The Civil War remains the bloodiest conflict in American history. After the guns fell silent, Harrisburg, like communities across the country, was left stunned by the staggering losses its families had suffered.

“They are in the midst of us,’’ the local newspaper said of the households struggling to survive after losing fathers and sons, the breadwinners. “The homeless stranger and friendless, the destitute widow, the fatherless and orphan children.’’

But 18 women representing nine Harrisburg churches vowed to make a difference and establish a “Home for the Friendless’’ to save the widows and orphaned children from life on the streets.

It was an act made more remarkable by the times: In the 19th century, married women could not legally conduct the business functions required to open such a place. Undeterred, the members of what became Homeland’s first “board of lady managers” convinced seven prominent men to lend their support and serve as the board of trustees.

As Homeland Center celebrates its 150th anniversary this year, many things have changed, not the least of which is that women proudly serve as trustees as well as managers who focus

on the day-to-day needs of residents. What hasn’t changed is Homeland’s commitment to meeting the unmet medical and social needs of South-Central Pennsylvania.

By the 1950s, the Home for the Friendless became Homeland Center, and with it a new mission: caring for the community’s seniors. Still located on its original Fifth Street site, Homeland offers personal and skilled care and rehabilitation services. A special unit provides a supportive environment to help those with Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia.

In keeping with its founders’ goal to meet the region’s needs, Homeland last year unveiled two new services to help seniors remain in their homes while receiving the quality care they require.

Homeland HomeCare will assist seniors with daily tasks such as meal preparation and transportation, while Homeland HomeHealth will provide doctorordered medical assistance, ranging from providing intravenous therapy and other medications to physical therapy.

Homeland Hospice, which serves 13 counties, in 2016 became the only service in Central Pennsylvania to offer a dedicated pediatric hospice program.

Also in keeping with the spirit of Homeland’s founders, no resident in financial distress has ever been asked to leave.

Homeland in the past year provided more than $3 million in charitable care.

When those determined 18 “lady managers” first opened the doors, they certainly could not have Sunday, May 7, 2017 foreseen all they set in th motion. But everything Homeland is today harkens Hilton Harrisburg back to their abiding principles of providing the best quality of care in a homelike and welcoming setting.

Emphasizing Homeland’s commitment to these principles, the center received a perfect Featured Speaker 5.0 score in U.S. News Charles Osgood and World Report’s Best from CBS Nursing Homes 2016Sunday Morning 17. Homeland also is one of the few in Central Pennsylvania to earn For information and tickets, please call (717) 221-7727

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Antiques and Alzheimer’s Memory Care Lori Verderame

My parents both suffered from Alzheimer’s disease and required specialized care. I am not a specialist in Alzheimer’s care, nor am I trained to give medical advice.

That said, as a child of two parents with Alzheimer’s, I know something about the struggles for families living with the disease. Since I have met many other Alzheimer’s families, I wanted to share what I have learned about how heirlooms contribute to happy visits with loved ones suffering from Alzheimer’s.

While my parents’ care facilities offered a quiet room, a reminiscence room, and a Snoezelen room to help stimulate the five senses, my parents responded best to personal visits from family and friends.

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Verderame’s parents, circa 1950. went to visit my parents, they would have thought I was crazy with all the collectibles I carried around.

The most comforting activity for my parents was discussing stuff that they recognized as their own.

Memory Album I regularly brought a memory

Her mother’s salt and pepper shakers. album filled with small ephemera (paper), mementos, and photos. I scanned old photos and printed them out in booklet form from my computer.

Digitalization allowed me to reproduce original photos and leave a copy of the memory albums with my parents without the fear of losing

original family photographs. The album helped my mom recall the names of her eight siblings, children, grandchildren, friends, neighbors, etc.

Dad liked to talk about the summer cottage he built or his cars. Each page had a photo and a caption with names, ages, locations, approximate dates, and descriptions.

Photos of family homes, vacation spots, schools attended, church weddings, and childhood pets were featured. The visuals sparked questions and conversation from Mom and Dad. Mom’s Kitchen In addition to the memory album, my mom, who loved to cook for our big, Italian family, lit up when I brought part of her kitchen canister set for our visit.

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South Korea: From Hanboks to Headsets

By Andrea Gross

Flash back 60 years. Korea had barely recovered from a half century of domination by the Japanese when it became ground zero for a contest between China and Russia to the north and United Nations forces to the south.

The streets of Seoul were filled with oxcarts, the buildings were pockmarked with shrapnel, and starving people, dressed in tattered hanboks, foraged in the country for food.

Today the streets are filled with Hyundais, the buildings have been replaced with skyscrapers, and the country has morphed from one of the poorest in the world to one of the richest.

Korea’s growth has been so extraordinary that it is commonly referred to as “The Miracle on the

Deoksugung Palace is one of five royal palaces in Seoul.

Namdaemon Market is the largest traditional market in Korea.

Han,� the Han being a river that flows through the center of Seoul.

To accomplish such a miracle, a country needs folks who are driven. It also needs folks who are caffeinated.

Fortunately, South Korea has both.

And now it plans to use that energy to brag a bit, to invite others to

learn about its prewar past and its remarkable present.

It seems to be succeeding. National Geographic lists Seoul as one of the top go-to places for 2017.

Thus, here we are—tourists in the Land of the Morning Calm, which actually isn’t very calm at all. The

only thing that’s calm is the traffic, which is calm because it’s gridlocked to a standstill.

It takes us a while to acclimate.

Few signs are written in English, few people speak English, and most are too rushed to try even if they can.

But on the other hand, it’s worth the trouble. Where else can you see a miracle still in the making?

We begin our exploration at Deoksugung Palace, one of five royal homes in Seoul that served as the seat of government during the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910). It’s here that we’re able to glimpse the city’s transition from past to present.

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A short subway ride takes us to Bukchon Hanok Village, an authentic enclave of centuries-old homes (hanoks).

Many of the homes have been turned into guesthouses and cultural centers, and women stroll the streets dressed in colorful hanboks, the shortjacketed, long-skirted dresses that date back thousands of years.

No matter that the women are tourists who spent $20 to rent a hanbok for four selfie-filled hours.

They give the village a certain panache, and I’m delighted to revel in a picturesque version of Korea’s past.

What’s more, off in the distance, framed by wing-roofed homes, I can see the high-rises of downtown Seoul.

This serves as yet another reminder of the miracle that has transformed the city.

We leave the past behind when we go to Hapjeong, a former riverfront neighborhood that is now dominated

by Mecenatpolis Mall, a group of three towers that punch more than 40 stories into the air.

On the streets people scurry about, a smartphone in one hand, a latte

Bukchon Village is a historic neighborhood filled with traditional homes, narrow alleys, and a few teashops and eateries.

Bulgogi, a popular Korean dish made of grilled meat and usually served with an assortment of sides, literally means “fire meat.”

in the other. This is the home of the driven, folks who are harried as well as hurried.

But as we wander a few blocks downhill from the mall, we come upon a neighborhood that has yet to be renovated. It’s filled with homes that date back to the ’70s; some still have echoes of traditional architecture. The owner of a small café tells us that these buildings are slated to be torn down and replaced with modern skyscrapers filled with

offices for tech-savvy geeks.

“But,” he says, “others are betting it’ll become part of the area’s creative renaissance, a place for filmmakers, musicians, and other artists. After all, Hapjeong is part of the new Seoul.”

Located across the Han River, Gangnam is the new Seoul on steroids. The people may be determined, but they’re also energized—not only by the omnipresent coffee shops but also by a palpable enthusiasm that permeates

the rarefied air.

A while back, Gangnam was rice fields, but then came the 1988 Olympics and the rice fields became expensive real estate.

In 2012 a South Korean rapper named Psy released a song about the upscale neighborhood in which he grew up. After “Gangnam Style” was featured on a YouTube video that received a reputed billion hits, his old neighborhood became Seoul’s hippest hangout.

We gaze at tall skyscrapers, visit the largest underground shopping mall in Asia, and wander through a maze of upscale shops, galleries, and restaurants that seems to go on forever.

It’s a far cry from the war-torn and depressed city of the ’50s. Korea has indeed leapfrogged from hanboks to headsets with unprecedented speed.

It’s a miracle to be sure.

For more information on Korea, see the Napkin Notes section of our website: www.traveltizers.com.

Photos © Irv Green unless otherwise noted; story by Andrea Gross (www. andreagross.com).

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My mom’s memory could be sparked by such diverse objects— shown to her one at a time so as not to overwhelm her—as her wedding photo, a Hummel figurine from her collection from the 1950s, or an afghan that she crocheted in the 1970s.

finger placement or recall the day he struck out a minor leaguer named Mickey Mantle.

Dad’s postwar-era baseballs sparked a positive conversation and stopped, albeit temporarily, the repetitive chatter. This heirloom helped my dad reminisce calmly. It helped me find comfort in the fact that he could recall memories with the aid of an heirloom.

Dad’s Sports Of course, my At my mom’s disease appraisal events, was different I often say that from my dad’s. antiques spark Mom was less all types of combative, more emotions. Some engaged, and objects collected Her dad’s baseballs. more talkative over a lifetime than Dad. My dad was very quiet can stir memories even when you until he was upset by some outside think there are none. stimulus. Then he was in the moment.

Vintage objects from my parents’ After he calmed down and started home significantly helped my parents to enjoy our visit, he would repeat in their memory care. They helped me sentences and phrases over and over too. again. A highly intelligent man and a It goes to show that heirlooms are professional athlete, listening to him much more than just basement clutter repeat himself was very difficult for or china-cabinet dust collectors. me.

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Player Cries Foul, But Was It?

By Mark Pilarski

Dear Mark: I would like to know how you would have handled this blackjack scenario.

I made my biggest bet of the evening ($100), and the dealer proceeded to deal two cards to each player on the table. Before the first hand was played, the player in the middle position informed the dealer that he only had one card.

The dealer called over the pit boss, and she decided to give that player the option of calling his hand dead or taking the next card.

Not to be a whiner, but what about me? Wouldn’t what happened be considered a misdeal?

Since I was sitting third base, my cards would have been different, and not the 16 that I received and eventually busted on. – Dale L.

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I begin by saying that all players should expect the occasional mistake from a dealer.

Dealers deal 300 hands an hour, six hours a day, five shifts weekly, equating to approximately a half million hands of pitching, counting, and paying and taking per year.

No one can do something roughly 500,000 times error free.

Now, Dale, playing referee, I would have handled your circumstance in the following manner, based, of course, on the rules in the multiple

casinos where I had worked.

First, the player in the middle position slighted a card would be given the option of either receiving the next card or being allowed to fold his hand.

Then, with the cards being “out of order,” everyone else would also be given the opportunity of staying in with the two cards they were dealt or calling their hand dead.

What you seldom see in any casino is the cards backed up, nor do you hear the use of the word misdeal.

Misdeals in a casino do happen, but they are typically related to a poker room when cards are dealt without being cut or when cards are dealt out of order, but not on a blackjack table.

Where you can have a legitimate beef is if different pit bosses, even in the same pit, make contrary decisions.

Calling a particular hand differently confuses players, and that is why most casinos have inch-thick

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Dear Mark: I have always been curious as to how often the dealer busts. What is the average amount of times that it happens? – Skip B. How often the dealer busts, Skip, is dependent on his or her up-card.

Excluding having a “natural 21,” if the dealer is showing a seven through an ace, he or she will bust 17 percent of the time.

If the up-card is a two through a six, then the dealer will bust approximately 42 percent of the time.

Overall, the dealer will bust about 28 percent of the time considering all possible dealer up-cards.

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At the particular casino where you played, it’s debatable if you were given a fair shake; it depends if you were given the option to call your hand dead. Their rules and regulations are obviously different from my experiences.

Or possibly, Dale, the size of your wager ($100) not being closer to the table minimum was the deciding factor. I’ve seen this played both ways, based more on the fear of players being in cahoots with each other than over a dealer error.

Nevertheless, the joints where I worked allowed some leeway when it came to a scenario such as yours. My approach was to always try to render a solution in the player’s favor, figuring, Dale, that the casino would most likely recoup any player’s winnings within a hand or two.

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