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Social Security News

By John Johnston

Social Security Announces 1.6% Benefit Increase for 2020

Social Security and Supplemental Security Income benefits for nearly 69 million Americans will increase 1.6% in 2020, the Social Security Administration announced recently.

The 1.6% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) will begin with benefits payable to more than 63 million Social Security beneficiaries in January 2020.

Increased payments to more than 8 million SSI beneficiaries will begin on Dec. 31, 2019. (Note: Some people receive both Social Security and SSI benefits.)

The Social Security Act ties the annual COLA to the increase in the Consumer Price Index as

determined by the Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Some other adjustments that take effect in January of each year are based on the increase in average wages. Based on that increase, the maximum amount of earnings subject to the Social Security tax (taxable maximum) will increase to $137,700 from $132,900.

Social Security and SSI beneficiaries are normally notified by mail in early December about their new benefit amount.

Most people who receive Social Security payments please see Benefits page 5

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Services Address Wandering in Those with Memory Impairment

By Megan Joyce For caregivers of people with memory issues, keeping their loved one in a safe space — whether it’s their home or a care facility — is vital to the person’s well-being. But the reality is that 6 in 10 people with dementia will wander away from that safe space at least once.

Someone with Alzheimer’s disease or dementia may wander as a result of agitation, confusion, anxiety, overstimulation, or the belief that they are searching for something. They may become disoriented and attempt to relive the past or revive past habits, such as going to work or returning to a familiar neighborhood.

While wandering, the person might not recall their name or address, making it difficult for those who encounter the person to assess their needs and return them to safety.

Clay Jacobs, vice president of programs and services for the Alzheimer’s Association Greater Pennsylvania Chapter, said anyone who has memory problems and is able to walk is at risk for wandering, even in the early stages of dementia.

There are certain behaviors, however, that are red flags indicating wandering is more likely to occur.

“It’s important to plan ahead for this type of situation,” Jacobs said. “Be on the lookout for the following warning signs: [your loved one] returns from a regular walk or drive later than usual; tries to fulfill former obligations, such as going to work; has difficulty locating familiar places like the bathroom, bedroom, or dining room; or appears lost in a new or changed environment.”

There are some steps caregivers can take to reduce the likelihood of wandering, such as creating a daily routine for their loved one, which reduces his or her anxiety. Identify the times of day when agitation is highest — these are the times when wandering is likelier to occur — and plan activities and exercise for those times.

“It’s also important to understand how the stress experienced by families and caregivers when a person with dementia wanders and becomes lost is significant,” Jacobs added. “Have a plan in place beforehand so you know what to do in case of emergency.”

Statistics show that 94 percent of people who wander are found within just 1.5 miles of their home, so Jacobs recommends caregivers ask neighbors to call if they ever see the person with memory issues alone; keep a recent, close-up photo

and updated medical information handy to give to police; provide the person with ID jewelry; and keep a list of places where the person may wander (former homes or jobs, restaurants, places of worship).

Another interesting note to make is whether the person with dementia is right- or left-handed, as wandering tends to follow the direction of the dominant hand.

Once it is determined that a loved one is missing, caregivers should call 911 and file a “missing report” for a person with dementia, a “vulnerable adult.”

Police will then begin to search for the individual.

In addition, Jacobs encourages caregivers to enroll their loved one in MedicAlert® + Alzheimer’s Association Safe Return®, a 24-hour, nationwide emergency-response service for individuals with Alzheimer’s or related dementia who wander or have a medical emergency.

When a caregiver calls the emergencyresponse line to report a missing person, a community network will be activated, including local Alzheimer’s Association chapters and law enforcement agencies, Jacobs said. Critical medical information will also be provided to emergency responders if needed.

A person enrolled in the program will be wearing MedicAlert® + SafeReturn® ID jewelry, so that whoever locates the individual can call the tollfree number listed on the jewelry. MedicAlert® + SafeReturn® then notifies the listed contacts to make sure they are returned home.

ComfortZone, another program available through the Alzheimer’s Association, allows caregivers to monitor the person with dementia from a secured website and receive alerts when the person leaves a preset safety zone. “[ComfortZone] provides peace of mind and allows independence for the person living with Alzheimer’s,” Jacobs said.

The service includes enrollment in MedicAlert® + SafeReturn® as well as 24/7 access to a monitoring center.

“Both services can be in place concurrently but have different aims,” Jacobs said. “ComfortZone is meant for daily use … It can be changed depending on the progression of the disease and can range from a device placed in a vehicle to something please see Services page 6

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Becoming Chronologically Gifted: An Alternative Approach to Aging

By Dr. Erica Miller As Dr. Andrew Weil says, “Growing old should increase, not decrease, the value of human life. Just as with bourbon, it has the potential to smooth out roughness, add agreeable qualities, and improve character.”

Ask a handful of people to describe what comes to mind when they hear the word “old.”

Undoubtedly, some responses associate “old” with negative connotations, like “obsolete” or “weak,” or phrases like “past her prime” and the always-popular “over the hill.”

Such expressions indicate how readily some cultures relegate the latter years of life to a period of steady decline — not only in terms of physiological health, but also in social prominence, personal originality, and cultural relevance.

On the other hand, there are other words — considerably more positive ones — that people use to describe “old.”

How about “wise” and “mature,” for instance? What about “seasoned” and “experienced”?

In some societies, elders are revered for their accumulation of knowledge and their life experiences.

Chronologically Gifted Almost everyone wants to live a long time, but no one wants to actually be old.

The chronologically gifted, on the other hand, are those who recognize it’s possible to age with a healthy mixture of acceptance and enthusiasm.

They regard their age as a gift, the seal of a lifelong journey for which they are profoundly grateful — a journey that began at birth and will continue through a personal legacy that immortalizes them in the memories of others.

In the face of their own mortality, please see Gifted page 6

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will be able to view their COLA notice online through their my Social Security account. People may create or access their my Social Security account online at www.socialsecurity.gov/myaccount.

Information about Medicare changes for 2020, when announced, will be available at www.medicare.gov. For Social Security beneficiaries receiving Medicare, Social Security will not be able to compute their new benefit amount until after the Medicare premium amounts for 2020 are announced.

Final 2020 benefit amounts will be communicated to beneficiaries in December through the mailed COLA notice and my Social Security’s Message Center.

The Social Security Act provides for how the COLA is calculated. To read more, visit www.socialsecurity.gov/cola.

John Johnston is a Social Security public affairs specialist.

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Gifted from page 5 they are determined to live with significance in the here and now. Even as they seize control over their attitude about aging, they surrender the illusion of control over the reality of aging.

Somewhere in the mix, they lose their concern over whether they live to see five more years, 10 more years, or 30. Yet as a group, they still tend to live longer and better lives than those who constantly preoccupy themselves with thoughts of getting older.

It all begins with attitude.

While there’s no “magical” way to halt or reverse the aging process, there are ways to embrace it.

Start by admitting that you’re getting older. Stop fighting it. Own it. Love it. Adopt a positive attitude. The world is going to move forward with or without you.

Where some people get hung up is with the misconception that as they age, they have to fit in with the younger generation. This simply isn’t true.

A more helpful attitude is, “I may not be young anymore, but I’m still capable of growing, and I will continue my process of evolving until the end of my life.”

Each time an individual acquires a piece of knowledge or improves upon a skill that helps them deepen their relationships, appreciate their past and current experiences, and leave a more robust legacy, that’s a change that matters.

Disrupt Aging It’s time to break the mold and disrupt the aging process. To do so, spend time in front of the mirror.

Fall in love with yourself all over again, but not in a narcissistic way. Join

the ranks of the chronologically gifted who have a healthy sense of self-love — one that makes them feel confident in their own skin — wrinkles and all.

Adopt a new perspective. Consider the mantra: “I’m not just getting older; I’m getting wiser.”

Let the features that reveal age be the ones that are reminiscent of the wisdom and maturity collected throughout a lifetime. Admire, appreciate, and like the person looking back at you in the mirror because that’s the person who still has a lot to offer the world.

Remember, everyone gets older, so aging is not an option. But how people age is a choice. People have far more power over how they age than society conditions them to believe.

Anyone can become chronologically gifted. Simply decide you don’t just want to live longer, you want to live better — beginning right here, right now.

Take comfort in knowing that everything you do from this point on takes you one step closer to living the kind of mindful, joyful, seize-the-day life you were designed to enjoy.

Let that belief become a springboard for deeper engagement with the life inside of you — the timeless part of you that is desperate to express itself, despite the best efforts of an age-fearing culture to suppress it.

Dr. Erica Miller holds her Ph.D. in clinical psychology and has written extensively on topics of positive psychology, longevity, overcoming challenges, and living life to its fullest. Her most recent book, Chronologically Gifted: Aging with Gusto, made her an international bestselling author. For more information, please visit www. drericamiller.com.

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Project Lifesaver information for Berks, Chester, Cumberland, and Lebanon counties:

and sheriff’s departments, senior living directly on the person.” communities, and throughout southeastern Another safety option for caregivers is Pennsylvania (see sidebar for details).

Project Lifesaver®, a rapid-response public safety program protecting individuals with Monteleone said that, on average, Alzheimer’s, dementia, and other cognitive the individual who wandered is usually found within 30 minutes of notifying law challenges. The 501(c)3 program was enforcement. founded in Virginia in 1999 and is marking th “Parents and caregivers of the enrollees its 20 anniversary this year.

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erks County Sheriff’s Department: Project Lifesaver® participants wear a feel a sense of relief knowing that this safety personalized wristband (a transmitter) on net is ‘around’ their family member,” she (610) 478-6240, ext. 3214 their wrist or ankle, which emits a tracking said.

• Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office: Services such as these have been created signal on an individually assigned FM radio with a primary goal of returning people frequency, explained Gail Monteleone of (717) 240-6390 the Pilot Club of Lancaster, a communitywith memory issues who have wandered to service club that worked in conjunction their safe spaces and to their caregivers.

• East Pikeland Township Police But also essential in their design is peace with local police departments to bring Department: (610) 935-0606 Project Lifesaver® to the county. of mind for those caregivers, who should not blame themselves if their loved one When a caregiver calls 911 to report that • Elmcroft Senior Living (Lebanon): someone enrolled in Project Lifesaver® has wanders and can instead count on the (717) 228-0909 wandered, a search team uses a handheld support of these programs to help bring the person home. mobile receiver to locate the tracking signal of the individual.

“Wandering can happen, even if you are the most diligent of caregivers,” Jacobs said.

According to its website, Project Lifesaver® has more than 1,200 participating agencies throughout 47 states in For more information, contact the Alzheimer’s Association Greater the U.S. and in Canada and Australia.

Pennsylvania Chapter at www.alz.org/pa or (800) 272-3900. Contact Project Project Lifesaver programs are also available through various police Lifesaver at www.projectlifesaver.org or (877) 580-LIFE.

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5 Unexpected Rewards of Becoming a Caregiver

By George Shannon It’s true, the life of a caregiver can be demanding, difficult, and daunting. I spent seven years of my life in that role, keeping an eye on my wife’s every move.

Just about every night, Carol and I awoke from our slumber at least five times to make trips to the bathroom. We spent endless nights in hospitals and long days in doctor’s offices.

If given the chance to do it all over again, I would. Those years of being a caregiver constitute the best seven of my life. I learned a ton about myself and my family, became a more fulfilled man, and had the incredible chance to fall in love with my wife all over again.

While I could easily list 20 wonderful things about serving in a caregiving role, here are five very important and unexpected rewards:

For Carol, it was pancakes. When she needed a boost, a single pancake could do the trick.

Every once in a while, she’d be down in the dumps. The minute I saw this, we were on the way to our local breakfast joint. Carol’s smile would make my day.

2. Precious Moments Similarly, you get to be a part of some very special moments. Before my wife’s strokes, we’d spend some time together but did our own thing most of the time. After Carol got sick, I spent 90% of my time with her, and I got to be a part of so many meaningful moments.

Her father had come to live with us for a few years during her illness. He was around 90 at the time. Every night the Pittsburgh Pirates played on TV, they stood, held hands, and sang “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” — every time.

You could just feel the love and joy between them. I’ll never forget those moments.

1. A Better Relationship November is National Family When I started being a caregiver, time slowed Caregivers Month down. Because the role can be so demanding, you must focus on the person.

In the process, you learn what makes them 3. Discovering Humility tick — maybe things you hadn’t noticed before. Putting these nuggets of This might be the most hidden of rewards. Before my wife became ill, I was wisdom to use can make that person so happy, which, in turn, makes you please see Caregiver page 9 feel good.

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Research Uncovers 5 New Risk Genes for Alzheimer’s Earlier this year, analysis of genetic data In addition to confirming the known from more than 94,000 individuals revealed association of 20 genes with risk of five new risk genes for Alzheimer’s disease Alzheimer’s and identifying five additional and confirmed 20 known others.

Alzheimer’s-associated genes, these genes An international team of researchers also were analyzed to see what cellular pathways reports for the first time that mutations in might be implicated in the disease process. genes specific to tau, a hallmark protein The pathway analysis implicated of Alzheimer’s disease, may play an earlier the immune system, lipid metabolism, role in the development of the disease than and amyloid precursor protein (APP) originally thought. metabolism. Mutations in the APP gene These new findings support developing have been shown to be directly related to evidence that groups of genes associated early-onset Alzheimer’s. with specific biological processes, such The present study, done in late-onset as cell trafficking, lipid transport, Alzheimer’s subjects, suggests that variants inflammation, and the immune response, affecting APP and amyloid beta protein are “genetic hubs” that are an important processing are associated with both earlypart of the disease process. onset autosomal dominant Alzheimer’s and The study was funded in part by the with late-onset Alzheimer’s.

National Institute on Aging and other In addition, for the first time, the study components of the National Institutes of implicated a genetic link to tau-binding November is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month Health. proteins.

“This continuing collaborative Taken together, data suggest that research into the genetic underpinnings therapies developed by studying subjects of Alzheimer’s is allowing us to dig deeper into the complexities of this with early-onset disease could also be applied to the late-onset form of devastating disease,” said Richard J. Hodes, M.D., director of the NIA. Alzheimer’s.

“The size of this study provides additional clarity on the genes to prioritize Once the functions of the five genes newly associated with Alzheimer’s are as we continue to better understand and target ways to treat and prevent understood and examined in conjunction with the functions of the 20 known Alzheimer’s.” genes, researchers will be in a better position to identify where the genetic hubs The researchers, members of the International Genomic Alzheimer’s Project, of Alzheimer’s are clustering. analyzed both rare and common gene variants in 94,437 individuals with lateArmed with these findings, researchers can look more deeply into these onset Alzheimer’s disease, the most common form of dementia in older adults. genetic hubs to reveal disease mechanisms and potential drug targets.

Understanding genetic variants is helping researchers define the molecular Source: NIH/National Institute on Aging mechanisms that influence disease onset and progression.

Caregiver from page 7 a decent man and generally thoughtful of others, but my world had veered toward self-centeredness. I was set in my ways and had been accustomed to the order in my world.

At first, out of necessity, I began taking care of her needs. Soon thereafter, I started feeling good when I did things to help her. Then something tremendous occurred: I began to derive sustained joy when making her life better.

By the time she passed away, I’d committed my life to completely serving her and felt total fulfillment. Why? I had become entirely selfless. There may not be a better feeling in the world.

4. A Deeper Relationship As I gave myself over to her, my wife started to really feel the love. And in turn, she began to outwardly show her love and appreciation.

A day wouldn’t go by that she didn’t tell me that “You’re too good to me,” or “Thanks for all that you do for me.” I never sought these assurances, but when she’d offer them, it would light up my day. It was then I realized that we were falling in love all over again.

It was during this rekindled time that we showed our truest selves. From her, I got to see a hidden sense of humor and sharp tongue that often had me belly-laughing. For her, my wife saw a much more tender side and the softer edges of my soul. www.50plusLifePA.com

5. A Stronger Family Only one of my siblings and one of our three sons lived locally when my wife got sick. At first, I felt sort of alone in dealing with her health crisis, but that didn’t last very long.

The one son who lived the closest moved in for a year. My other two kids came in regularly and showered their mother with love. My siblings came in all the time and called when they couldn’t.

I’ve lived my life abiding by the philosophy that what happens to you isn’t as important as how you responded to it. My entire family responded with love, concern, help, and support. Each time, their acts and deeds made Carol and I feel wonderful. I took great pride in seeing my family come together.

Don’t get me wrong; it wasn’t always easy. Yet, at the end of each day of caregiving, I always received a small gift: a sense of fulfillment. And now, when I look back at those seven years, I am reminded that my life had purpose, which is the greatest reward of them all.

George Shannon is the co-author of The Best Seven Years of My Life: The Story of an Unlikely Caregiver, written with his son, Chad Patrick Shannon. George’s experience as caregiver for his wife transformed his approach to accepting himself as he is, the circumstances as they are, and those around him as they are. www.bestsevenyears. com

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The Reel Deal

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood Randal Hill

Let’s get a couple of things straight here. The Thanksgiving-released A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood is not your standard (and often incorrect) celebrity biopic.

Also, Fred Rogers — channeled to perfection by Tom Hanks — becomes almost secondary when placed in juxtaposition to Lloyd Vogel, a cynical, emotionally scarred investigative journalist for Esquire magazine.

In the story, Vogel, whose character is loosely based on real-life Esquire writer Tom Junod, is assigned to do a puff piece on Mr. Rogers for a forthcoming issue on heroes.

“That hokey kid-show guy?” Vogel asks incredulously after being handed the job.

Vogel (Matthew Rhys) is a misanthropic, neurotic, and badly damaged adult who rails against his estranged, family-deserting father (Chris Cooper).

Then there’s the issue of Vogel’s fears about the raising of his infant son.

Rogers can see that Vogel is broken and badly in need of repair.

“Sometimes we have to ask for help,” proclaims Rogers, “and that’s OK.” In time, through patience and caring and persistent positivity, he manages to pierce Vogel’s armor of darkness to allow healing sunshine to first trickle, then flood, in.

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood shows why Rogers had such a positive effect on

millions of children who watched his show for 33 years. The man really was all about love. Love your children. Love your friends. Love your neighbors.

Love yourself.

Variety says, “Fred Rogers may have come off, on TV, like a walking piece of kitsch, but the real truth is that this ordained Presbyterian minister was the world’s squarest Middle America flower child.”

Director’s chores went to Marielle Heller, who recently guided The Diary of a Teenage Girl and Can You Ever Forgive Me? to success.

Here she has lit the soundstage set to deliberately make us feel that we are actually watching the modestly budgeted Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood show, complete with a jumble of painted pasteboards and low-end dolls and puppets, in the flat light of PBS’ WQED studios in late-1990s Pittsburgh.

The potentially cliched cynic-does-a-180 arc is avoided here, thanks to a pitch-perfect script by Noah Harpster and Micah Fitzerman-Blue, both Peabody Award-winning writers and producers who based their tale on Junod’s 1998 Esquire magazine cover story.

The writers even give us brief glimpses into some of Rogers’ imperfections, including an admission of his own family’s struggles and estrangements and him slamming a bit too hard on the low-end keys of a piano.

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood opens Nov. 22. Be forewarned: You’ll need lots of tissues for this one.

Randal C. Hill enjoys getting sneak peeks of forthcoming movies from his home on the Oregon coast. He can be reached at wryterhill@msn.com.

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The Bookworm Sez

Elvis in Vegas Terri Schlichenmeyer

Cherry, cherry, cherry.

That’s what you want to see as you reach for the lever and take another spin. Or is it a little ball in a slot you’d like better, or the right number from a deck of cards?

When you’re in Vegas, baby, anything can happen — even, as in the new book Elvis in Vegas by Richard Zoglin, breathing life into what seemed nearly dead.

His first time in Las Vegas was not his idea. And it wasn’t a good idea, either.

It was the spring of 1956, and Elvis Presley’s star was rising. Teenage girls screamed for him onstage, and he’d already been a “regional phenomenon” when he recorded his first mainstream single, “Heartbreak Hotel.”

That record was at the top of the charts when his manager, “Colonel Tom” Parker, booked Presley at the New Frontier hotel, but there was one problem: Vegas show-goers in 1956 were more middle-of-the-road and middle-aged. To them, rock ’n’ roll was just a fad.

That was Presley’s first show on a Las Vegas stage, and it would be his last for more than 13 years.

Elvis in Vegas by Richard Zoglin c. 2019, Simon & Schuster 297 pages

In the meantime, the city grew up and out.

During the 1950s, says Zoglin, every major (and many minor) stars from Hollywood, Broadway, and the sporting world performed in Las Vegas, onstage or in lounges, or they came just to hang out.

Singers honed their crafts and made their marks, actors offered unremarkable stage shows that were nevertheless sold out, and “Rat Pack” practically became a household term, while rock ’n’ roll bands came but didn’t stick around.

The city’s population swelled to 59,000 citizens by 1960 and some 20,000 tourists visited each day, while Elvis Presley made movies that, at the end, were box-office busts.

He’d always loved Las Vegas for its glamour and fun.

He’d been there many times, had even gotten married there, and it was the perfect place for him to perform, which was something he loved best.

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Foods from page 7 other vitamins and minerals. Nuts are calorie dense, however, so keep portion sizes in mind.

Yogurt. One large population study found that an increase of one serving of yogurt per day was associated with an 18% lower risk of developing Type 2 diabetes. It’s unclear how yogurt could influence health this way, but it may be related to its probiotics or unique nutritional profile.

Whole grains. Healthful patterns that include whole grains appear to be associated with less Type 2 diabetes. Examples of whole grains include whole wheat, wheat berries, farro, whole rye, whole-grain corn and barley, oats, oatmeal, rolled oats, wild and brown rice, popcorn, and quinoa.

Herbs and spices. These flavor boosters provide the same types of disease-fighting phytonutrients that are in fruits and vegetables. www.50plusLifePA.com

Cinnamon in particular has been studied for its potential effects on blood glucose levels. Add some fresh or dried seasonings to oatmeal, cottage cheese, yogurt, and even coffee.

other carb-containing foods.

“Fruits, along with other plant foods, contain so many diseasefighting, insulin-sensitizing compounds that it’s a bad idea to forgo them,” Weisenberger said.

rich in monounsaturated fatty acids and low in saturated fats. A few sources of unsaturated fats include olive, canola, and peanut oils; tree nuts; peanuts; nut butters; avocados; and olives.

Vinegar. Research suggests that vinegar consumed with a highcarbohydrate meal improves both blood glucose and insulin levels.

Sprinkle some on your salad, roasted vegetables, and other foods.

Coffee and tea. Several studies link drinking coffee (decaffeinated or regular) to less risk of developing Type 2 diabetes.

“Keep your coffee low-calorie and healthful by drinking it plain or with a splash of milk,” Weisenberger said.

“A heavy hand with syrups, sugars, and cream will turn your coffee into quite a nutritional goof.”

Likewise, analysis suggest that the more tea an individual drinks, the greater the benefit, with as little as one cup per day dropping the risk of developing the disease by 3 percent.

Weisenberger suggests using a list of foods that are associated with less risk of diabetes to create your weekly grocery list. It’s OK to gradually start introducing some of these foods into your diet. A complete diet overhaul rarely lasts, but one with gradual changes is more likely to stick.

Berries. A Finnish study found that middle-aged and older men who consumed the most berries had a whopping 35% lower risk of developing Type 2 diabetes. Choose strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, and others.

Fruits. Many people fear fruit because most of the carbohydrate in fruit is sugar. While carbohydrate raises blood glucose levels more than other nutrients, it is not true that fruit raises blood glucose more than

Unsaturated fats. Switching to more healthful monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats appears to boost insulin sensitivity. A Mediterranean-style diet is typically

Jill Weisenberger, MS, RDN, CDE, CHWC, FAND, partnered with the American Diabetes Association to write Prediabetes: A Complete Guide: Your Lifestyle Reset to Stop Prediabetes and Other Chronic Illnesses. An internationally recognized nutrition and diabetes expert and certified health and wellness coach, she is the author of four books. www.jillweisenberger.com or www.diabetes.org

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Fifties Flashback

King Leer Randal C. Hill

“Blessed is the rebel. Without him, there would be no progress.” – Hugh Hefner

he later labeled “a deadening slog into 1950s adulthood.”

He went to work for a pair of magazines, He has been variously described as vulgar, Esquire and Children’s Activities. In the meantime, adolescent, and exploitative. But, like him or not, he was busy planning his own magazine, a man’s Hugh Marston Hefner and his Playboy magazine “lifestyle” periodical to be called Stag Party. were responsible for many a tectonic social shift However, a Stag publication already existed, in 1950s America. so after considering Top Hat, Gentleman, and He was born in 1926, the older of two sons of Bachelor, Hefner switched the name to Playboy. straight-laced Methodists. As a boy, Hefner wrote To get started, he borrowed $8,000 (about horror stories and drew cartoons but applied little $60,000 in today’s money), including $1,000 of his 152 IQ to academic pursuits. from his mother. Hefner also paid $500 for He graduated from Chicago’s Steinmetz High an unpublished 1949 nude calendar photo of School in 1944. After spending two years in the Marilyn Monroe (for which she had earned $50).

U.S. Army, Hefner earned a psychology degree He assembled the first Playboy on his kitchen at the University of Illinois, where he created a table. The debut issue — featuring a clothed campus humor magazine called Shaft.

Monroe on the cover (and unclothed inside) — Chaste until age 22, he married high school hit newsstands in December 1953 with a run of The front cover of the first issue of Playboy, classmate Millie Williams and began what 53,000 copies. featuring Marilyn Monroe, December 1953.

Unsure there would ever be a second edition, Hefner had purposely left off a publication date About Our Company on the cover. All copies — offered at 50 cents each — sold out quickly, though, and Playboy became a winner. By 1957, Hefner was raking in $4 For more than 20 years, On-Line Publishers, Inc. has celebrated serving the million annually. mind, heart, and spirit of the 50plus community of central Pennsylvania. Our corporate office is located outside Columbia, Pa. Playboy became the guidebook for the unattached young male urbane sophisticate. The magazine featured literate articles, in-depth interviews Publications Events with people of importance, and a centerfold of a busty, unclothed young 50plus LIFE is a monthly newsprint OLP Events, our events division, woman. magazine touching on issues and produces six 50plus EXPOs annually events relevant to the 50+ community. in Chester, Cumberland, Dauphin, Hefner took unabashed delight in viewing his periodical as an emblem The Resource Directory for the Lancaster (two), and York counties. of the rapidly growing sexual revolution and an escape from longstanding Entrance to the event, health Caregiver, Aging, and Disabled is American puritanism and social intolerance. screenings, and seminars held published annually in distinct county Along the way, the now-divorced Hefner built a global empire that came throughout the day are free to visitors. editions with information from local to be worth $200 million.

The Women’s Expo is a onebusinesses and organizations that meet Hefner never lost interest in beautiful young women. In 1989, he day event featuring exhibitors and the needs of these groups. interactive fun that encompass many 50plus Living, an annual publication, surrendered his bachelorhood once more and married Kimberley Conrad, aspects of a woman’s life. In 2020, is a guide to residences and healthcare the 1989 Playmate of the Year who was 38 years his junior. The couple Women’s Expos will be held in options for mature adults in the divorced in 2010.

Hershey in the spring and in Lebanon, Susquehanna and Delaware valleys.

On New Year’s Eve of 2012, Hefner, age 86, married again, this time to Lancaster, and Carlisle in the fall.

BusinessWoman is a monthly 26-year-old beauty Crystal Harris.

OLP Events presents the Veterans’ magazine with a focus on business.

It features profiles of local executive Expo & Job Fair, a free, two-part Always obsessed with celebrity-hood, Hefner paid $75,000 for a women who are an inspiration to other event that takes place in York and mausoleum drawer adjacent to Marilyn Monroe’s in Los Angeles’s Westwood professionals. Lifestyle and wellness Wyomissing in the spring, in the Memorial Park. In 2009, he told the Los Angeles Times, “Spending eternity articles are also included to round out Capital Area in late summer, and in next to Marilyn is an opportunity too sweet to pass up.” the publication and address the many Lebanon and Lancaster in the fall.

The drawer was put to its intended use after Hefner drew his final breath facets of a woman’s life.

The Veterans’ Expo connects active All publications are available in print and retired military members and their on Sept. 27, 2017. He was 91 years old. and digital formats. families with benefits, resources, and employers.

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Aid & Attendance Veterans’ Benefit Savvy Senior

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The Long-Term Care Benefit Many Veterans Are Missing Out On

Dear Savvy Senior, I have heard that the VA has a benefit that can help veterans and spouses with long-term care costs. We recently had to move my 86-year-old father — who served in the Army nearly 60 years ago — into an assisted living facility, and my mom isn’t far behind. Can the VA help?

– Seeking Aid

basic pension. It pays a maximum of $2,230 a month to married veterans; $1,881 a month to single veterans; or $1,209 a month to a surviving spouse.

The money is tax free and can be used to pay for in-home care, assisted living, and nursing home care.

Today, only around 230,000 veterans and survivors receive Aid and Attendance, but millions more are eligible and either don’t know about it or don’t think they can qualify for it.

Dear Seeking, The Veterans Administration does indeed have a little-known, underutilized benefit that can help wartime veterans and their surviving spouses pay for a variety of long-term care costs.

This benefit, called “Aid and Attendance,” is a special pension that’s paid in addition to a

Help Ship Christmas Stockings to Soldiers Keystone Military Families, which ships 8,000–10,000 holiday stockings to American servicemen and women stationed around the world each year, is seeking monetary donations to help defray its sizable shipping costs.

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The stockings are filled with donations of food, hygienic supplies, and other requested items, as well as holiday decorations and cards.

Monetary donations are needed to help ship the care packages; funds for shipping are always the organization’s biggest need as postage costs increase annually. www.50plusLifePA.com

Eligibility Requirements To qualify, your dad must have served at please see Benefit page 17

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The Expo brings federal, state, and local agencies together with area businesses to provide information and resources to veterans and their families.

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backup groups, and practiced. And on July 31, 1969, he stepped on stage …

Elvis fans unite! Read this book but be sure to share. Elvis in Vegas has something for almost everyone inside.

Author Richard Zoglin does, indeed, write about Presley in his early career, but he does it with a difference: While there’s a strong but thin thread that ties the first pages to the last half of this book, the middle half offers a lively, nostalgic, cowtown-rags to high-rollerriches tale of not just a city, but of entertainment itself.

Photo credit: Howard Schatz Elvis in Vegas author The ascent and descent of many Richard Zoglin. careers are wrapped up in Las Vegas history, and Zoglin tells the stories with an insider’s feel and a sense that what happened 50 or 60 years ago is still great gossip.

Fans will hunka-hunka burnin’-love this book, while readers who are too young to recall Presley’s comeback but old enough to appreciate Sin City will enjoy it, too. Elvis in Vegas is a great read. You can bet on that.

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Honoring the Achievements of Women in the Military The words “veteran,” “hero,” and “patriot” usually evoke images of men.

Many people are not aware that some 3 million women are currently serving or have served in the U.S. Armed Forces, beginning with the American Revolution. Their stories are largely unknown.

“Women have served alongside men to gain and preserve liberty, from the American Revolution to today’s Global War on Terror,” says retired Army Maj. Gen. Dee Ann McWilliams, president of the Women in Service for America Memorial Foundation.

The foundation aims to bridge the gap in the public’s understanding of women’s military service and encourages everyone to help in the following ways:

Share Your Story Military women, past and present, can register their service with the Women’s Memorial and become part of the world’s largest register of U.S. servicewomen and women veterans, which now totals nearly 267,000 members.

To register and learn more, visit www.womensmemorial.org/register-now.

At a time when the Department of Veterans’ Affairs reports that women veterans are the fastest-growing veteran population, recognizing the collective service of women is more important Photo credit: Courtesy of Donna Parry than ever.

Veterans Day is Monday, Nov. 11 “No matter what you did during your service, it’s an important part of history,” says Gen. McWilliams. “Without your story, our history will never be complete.”

Learn Their History Learn about trailblazing military women. Here are five you should know about:

• In 1782, Deborah Sampson disguised herself as a man to become the first woman known to enlist as a soldier in the Continental Army. The only woman to earn a full military pension for service during the American Revolution, she served as an infantryman and was wounded in action.

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• Minnie Spotted-Wolf enlisted in the Marine Corps Women’s Reserve in 1943, making her the first known Native American woman to do so. Skilled at breaking horses, she described Marine boot camp as “hard but not too hard.”

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The Beauty in Nature

When the Tide is Out Clyde McMillan-Gamber

Earth’s oceans twice daily rise around the world like a “wave” of people at a sporting event because of the pull of our moon’s gravity.

That rising and falling of the oceans’ tides as the Earth continually spins on its axis causes ocean water to fill and recede from seaside saltmarsh channels twice a day throughout the world, every day of the year.

The filling and Snowy egret emptying of saltmarsh channels along the North Atlantic Coast of the United States, for example, affects wildlife adapted to those channels. During warmer months, great egrets and snowy egrets wade after small fish in the channels’ shallows, while common terns and least terns

dive for them from the air.

Ospreys, however, catch larger fish by dropping feet-first into the water from the air. They seize their finny prey with their curved, sharp talons.

But when the tide goes out, bare mud is left behind, which exposes aquatic worms, mollusks, and crustaceans, including the abundant fiddler crabs. Now other kinds of birds patrol the mudflats to find that invertebrate Osprey food in the exposed mud.

During spring and again in fall, little groups of migrant least sandpipers land on the mud like a handful of grain tossed across it. There they trot about, eating small invertebrates in please see Tide page 18

Urinary Leakage a Treatable Symptom of Pelvic Floor Dysfunction

By Justin and Kourtney Randsdorp If you are over the age of 50, it’s very healthcare. likely that either you or someone you The pelvic floor is a group of muscles know is suffering from urinary leakage, that form a “bowl” at the base of the a common symptom of pelvic floor pelvis with three main functions: dysfunction. elimination or containment for the Leakage may start as “rushing” to bowel and bladder, structural support get to the bathroom or a small dribble for your organs, and facilitating when you swing a golf club or sneeze; (pleasurable) sexual function. however, if not treated correctly, pelvic When considering the pelvic floor floor dysfunction can manifest into muscles with bladder control, a healthy more severe symptoms, such as bedpelvic floor has the ability to contract or wetting or continuous incontinence that tighten to hold urine in so leakage does will seriously impact a person’s quality not occur. Contrarily, healthy pelvic of life. floor muscles are able to fully relax in The good news is that pelvic floor order to allow urine to fully exit when dysfunction is not an inevitable we are on the toilet. life sentence as we age, and it can Like any muscle of the body, November is Bladder Health Month be reversed! In fact, 80% of cases the pelvic floor muscles need to of urinary incontinence are either have strength, the ability to relax, alleviated or completely eliminated with the correct interventions, which may coordination, and endurance to produce optimal function. include pelvic floor therapy.

Rehabilitating these muscles requires a personalized approach, as there is To many, the “pelvic floor” is a mystery, as it is not a visible structure, and not a “one size fits all” method. Many people are told to “just do Kegels,” the concept of rehabilitating this area of the body is a relatively new field in

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Benefit from page 13 least 90 days of active military service with at least one day of service during a period of war, and he must not have been discharged dishonorably.

Single surviving spouses of wartime vets are eligible if their marriage ended due to death.

In addition, your dad will also have to meet certain thresholds for medical and financial need to be eligible.

To qualify medically, he must be either disabled or over the age of 65 and need help with basic everyday living tasks, such as eating, dressing, bathing, or going to the bathroom. Being blind or in a nursing home or assisted living facility due to mental disability also qualifies him.

Single surviving spouses have no age restrictions, but they must require help with basic everyday living tasks to be eligible.

To qualify financially, your parents must have limited assets, under $127,061, excluding their home, vehicle, and personal belongings.

And their annual income (minus medical and long-term care expenses) cannot exceed the Maximum Allowable Pension Rate (MAPR), which, in 2019, is $26,766 for a veteran and their spouse, $22,577 for a single veteran, and $14,509 for a surviving spouse.

To calculate your parents’ income qualifications, add up their income over the past year (including Social Security, pensions, interest income from investments, annuities, etc.), minus any out-of-pocket medical expenses, prescription drugs, insurance premiums, and long-term care costs over that same period of time.

If the final tally is under the MAPR, and your dad meets the other requirements, he should be eligible for aid.

How to Apply To learn more, or to apply for Aid and Attendance, contact your regional

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VA benefit office (see www.benefits.va.gov/benefits/offices.asp or call (800) 827-1000), where you can apply in person. In eastern Pennsylvania, that is the Philadelphia Regional Office at (800) 827-1000.

You can also apply by writing the Pension Management Center at: Department of Veterans Affairs Claims Intake Center Attention: Philadelphia Pension Center P.O. Box 5206 Janesville, WI 53547-5206 You’ll need to include evidence, like VA Form 21-2680 (www.va.gov/ vaforms), which your dad’s doctor can fill out and shows his need for Aid and Attendance.

If you need some help, you can appoint a veteran service officer, a VAaccredited attorney, or a claims agent to represent your dad. See www. ebenefits.va.gov/ebenefits/vso-search to locate someone.

If your dad is eligible, it will take between six and 12 months for his application to be processed, so be patient.

You should also know that if your dad’s Aid and Attendance application is approved, the VA will send a lump-sum retroactive payment covering the time from the day you filed the application until the day it was approved. Then your dad receives monthly payments going forward.

Send your senior questions to: Savvy Senior, P.O. Box 5443, Norman, OK 73070, or visit www.savvysenior.org. Jim Miller is a contributor to the NBC Today show and author of The Savvy Senior book.

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Discover support and services available to meet challenges you may encounter as a senior, as someone who is caring for an older loved one, or as a person with a disability.

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Attention: RETIREMENT HOMES, CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS. Looking for entertainment?

Now booking our Christmas, variety, and specialty shows for 2019.

We have many variety shows featuring the music from the 1930s to the 60s.

Songs by legendary artists like Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Doris Day, Kay Starr, Dean Martin, Patsy Cline, and the Mills Brothers.

Specialty shows include …

Songs from the WWII Years • The Post WWII Years: 1945 – 1955 AMERICA: From Sea to Shining Sea Salute to the Rat Pack (or if you prefer, just Sinatra) Elvis & Patsy • Classic Country Please contact Memory Music to book your next event!

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9 Fantastic Reasons to Eat Pumpkin Seeds Suzy Cohen

Pumpkins can be white, yellow, or green. They’re not all orange! Did you know Antarctica is the only country that can’t grow a pumpkin?

One average-sized pumpkin can impart about a cup of seeds, about 500 seeds. I like to roast mine and sprinkle them with a little dried lime powder and sea salt. These are also excellent when roasted with olive oil and garlic/onion powder.

These seeds are not only delicious, but also nutrient dense. Here are nine health benefits from eating pumpkin seeds.

Diabetes. Thanks to their high fiber content, pumpkin seeds help regulate blood sugar and improve satiety.

One study showed that animals who received a combination of ground flax and pumpkin-seed powder exhibited better lab values and fewer problems as they pertain to diabetes.

Thanks to their alpha-linolenic acid content, the seeds can help with heart attack risk. Other foods with ALA content include flaxseed, walnuts, chia, and hemp.

Blood pressure. Magnesium is absolutely essential for healthy blood pressure and cardiac rhythm (as is potassium). Pumpkin seeds are particularly high in magnesium.

Immunity and prostate health.

Zinc will help with both immunity and prostate health. An ounce of pumpkin seeds contains enough zinc to help you with immune function, prostate health, and even testosterone production.

Sleep. A handful of pumpkin seeds at dinnertime might improve your ability to relax and sleep. The reason is the seeds’ magnesium, which helps create more serotonin, which quickly breaks down to melatonin, a sleep hormone.

Bladder infections. Pumpkin seeds contain zinc and other compounds that support bladder and kidney health. There isn’t enough data to say whether it helps UTIs, but I would guess that it probably helps reduce incidence. please see Pumpkin Seeds page 20

Teamwork Holds the Rolling Stones Together Even after playing together for more than 50 years, the Rolling Stones still understand the value of practicing together.

According to the Scoro website, the band commits to two months of rehearsal before every tour.

The routine helps them reconnect with each other’s rhythms until they can communicate and perform almost telepathically—Keith Richards knows what’s going on just by watching Charlie Watts’ left hand, for example. If the tempo of the show starts to sag, a single quick glance between the

two sparks a pickup in the pace.

The group understands each member’s distinctive roles: Richards is the band’s spiritual leader, Watts is the backbone, Ronnie Wood is the mediator, and lead singer Mick Jagger is the CEO, in charge of everything.

“This is the secret to becoming an excellent team,” the website says. “There is no substitute for the ongoing commitment and deliberate practice required to build better teams.”

Tide from page 16 the channel’s mudflats. In winter, flocks of dunlin, another kind of sandpiper, do the same when channel mud is exposed.

Ring-billed gulls eat exposed invertebrates from channel flats in saltmarshes in winter. And the striking and boisterous laughing gulls and beautiful redwinged blackbirds do the same in spring and summer. At that time, laughing gulls and red-wings nest among the tall grasses in the saltmarshes.

But I think clapper rails are the most interesting birds on exposed mud in saltmarsh channels along the Atlantic Coast through the year. These reclusive, permanent-resident birds and their fuzzy, black chicks hide among grasses in saltmarshes when the tide is in.

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Adults have thin builds to slip easily through the grasses. They are brown with darker streaks, which camouflage them. And they have long, strong legs for running across the marshes and long beaks to capture invertebrate food.

The abundant clapper rails are far more often heard calling “kek, kek, kek …” than seen. And they are mostly seen moving slowly over exposed mudflats with their young to catch invertebrates when the tide is out, particularly fiddler crabs.

Saltmarsh channels are interesting when full of water or empty. They are well worth watching when the reader is at the shore any time of year.

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Urinary Leakage from page 16 which are essentially contractions of these pelvic floor muscles.

This is poorly guided advice, as a majority of people do not complete Kegels correctly, and many times mindlessly doing Kegels will actually worsen symptoms if the muscles of the pelvic floor are naturally too tight.

Specialists in pelvic floor muscle function often utilize biofeedback, a tool that uses a sensor to retrieve information about muscular activity and shows the specialist and patient this muscular activity on a computer screen.

By knowing exactly how the muscles are impaired, treatment is developed to achieve normal muscular function.

While muscle function is a big contributor to a happy pelvic floor, pelvic health is also largely dependent upon our behaviors and lifestyle choices.

Did you know that drinking too little water can actually irritate the bladder and cause more urinary leakage? Inadequate water can also lead to constipation, which further impedes normal transit of urine out of the body and can contribute to unwanted leakage.

The frequency of how often we toilet can lead to habitual feelings of when we have to go. The “hold it all day pee-er” and “go every hour just in case peeer” may adversely train their brains into abnormal habits that lead to urinary leakage or retention.

Muscle training, behavioral modifications, and positional recommendations are essential in guiding you back toward a leakage-free life where you’re in control.

If you are noticing any kind of pelvic floor dysfunction, do not suffer in silence. Be sure to contact your doctor to determine next steps for treatment so you can regain your confidence and have the greatest quality of life possible.

Functional Freedom LLC provides mobile, outpatient therapy specializing in pelvic floor rehabilitation in your home. Justin and Kourtney Randsdorp are the owners and operators, allowing treatment to be conducted by the gender of your preference.

Services are covered under Medicare Part B. For further information, call (717) 6638307 or visit www.functionalfreedomllc.com.

Pumpkin Seeds from page 18 Libido. Pumpkin seeds contain leucine and also minerals that help you make testosterone. This is great because it improves energy, endurance, libido, and strength. Testosterone is needed for both men and women’s health.

Bone health. Zinc, magnesium, and selenium deficiencies are harmful to bones. Without these minerals, your risk for osteoporosis goes up. Eating pumpkin seeds can help you if you have osteoporosis.

Vision. Pumpkin seeds are very high in carotenoids and zinc, which protect your vision.

Skin health. Pumpkin seeds contain squalene, which protects your skin from UV light damage and other forms of potentially dangerous radiation.

Like any food, there is the risk for allergy. If you’re sensitive to pumpkin seeds, you might experience stomach pain after eating them, swelling or itching of the throat, or skin rashes, hives, or eczema-like irritations.

You can buy pumpkin seeds at any health-food store or supermarket. Storebought pumpkin seeds can be stored in a container for about three or four months. Pumpkin-seed oil is great for salads and soups and is usually sold online or at health-food stores.

This information is not intended to diagnose, prevent, or treat your disease. For more information about the author, visit suzycohen.com.

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Art & Antiques by Dr. Lori

Lori Verderame

Collecting Vintage Perfume

Today’s collectors are considering and collecting vintage perfumes both nationally and internationally.

While the scents are alluring, the design of the perfume bottle is what attracts one to a particular vintage perfume. When I started my research on vintage perfumes, it was all about the beauty Vintage perfumes Lauren of the bottles and the

by Ralph Lauren and Amarige by Givenchy. bravado of the brands.

Now, there is much high school days. more to the vintage When I hold those bottles and perfume market. A skilled group squirt the atomizer of my vintage of sellers/scientists is trying to Lauren or Calvin Klein perfume, blend old, familiar perfume scents I am immediately back in my with new additions to create some childhood bedroom, standing in collectible fragrances. front of my dresser, thrilled to be It is interesting and a bit exciting going somewhere fun. Alas, too to learn that a collector can actually many years have passed to save the find and purchase a favorite oldoriginal smell. school perfume on the market.

Would these old perfumes still smell Setback No. 2: You really can’t good? Would they smell the same, go back to Kansas … even if you bringing back memories with a were, like me, raised in Connecticut. whiff?

You see, perfumes can degrade from The idea of recovering old exposure to light, heat, and oxygen perfumes is intriguing but is not (air). without its obstacles. The science A perfume’s top notes go by the surrounding the art of collecting wayside first, and then the base or vintage perfume is the real story core scent languishes over time. here, along with the setbacks.

Citrus scents fade very quickly. The floral scents are stronger, but they Setback No. 1: Perfumes go bad too will eventually give in to old age. over time. No matter how lovely Like people, some perfume scents age or high quality a bottle is — be it better than others.

French Baccarat glassware or Lalique crystal — perfumes lose their punch.

Setback No. 3: Trying to find The shelf life for most high-quality a full, unopened bottle of vintage perfumes is about 18 months to two scents — like Juneve by Reval years. I was saddened by this fact, Langlois from the 1920s, Sycomore since I have decades-old perfumes

by Chanel from the 1930s, or Après that I still use that date back to my please see Perfume page 26

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Nursing & Rehabilitation Centers Listings with a screened background have additional information about their services in a display advertisement in this edition.

Bethany Village – The Oaks

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Private Rooms Available: Yes Semi-Private Rooms Available: Yes Pet Visitation Allowed: Yes Beauty/Barber Shop: Yes Medicare: Yes Medicaid: Yes Accreditations/Affiliations: CARF; Eagle, LeadingAge PA Comments: Maplewood Assisted Living also available.

Conestoga View

900 East King Street • Lancaster, PA 17602 (717) 299-7850 • www.conestogaviewnursing.com Number of Beds: 436 Rehabilitation Unit: Yes Alzheimer’s Unit: Yes Skilled Licensed Nursing: Yes Therapy: Speech, Occupational, Respiratory, Physical Long-Term Care: Yes Respite Care: Yes

24-Hour Medical Care: Yes Recreational Activities: Yes Scheduled Entertainment: Yes Private Rooms Available: Yes Semi-Private Rooms Available: Yes Pet Visitation Allowed: Yes Beauty/Barber Shop: Yes Medicare: Yes Medicaid: Yes

Homestead Village

1800 Village Circle • Lancaster, PA 17603 (717) 397-4831 • www.homesteadvillage.org Number of Beds: 60 Rehabilitation Unit: Yes Alzheimer’s Unit: Yes Skilled Licensed Nursing: Yes Therapy: Speech, Occupational, Physical Long-Term Care: Yes Short-Term Care: Yes Respite Care: No 24-Hour Medical Care: Yes Recreational Activities: Yes

Scheduled Entertainment: Yes Private Rooms Available: Yes Semi-Private Rooms Available: Yes Pet Visitation Allowed: Yes Beauty/Barber Shop: Yes Medicare: Yes Medicaid: Yes Comments: CARF-CCAC accredited, five-star rating. Small-care households make our community very attractive.

Convenient location and quality care.

Claremont Nursing & Rehabilitation Center 1000 Claremont Road • Carlisle, PA 17013 (717) 243-2031 • www.claremontnursing.com Number of Beds: 282 Rehabilitation Unit: Yes Alzheimer’s Unit: Yes Skilled Licensed Nursing: Yes Therapy: Speech, Occupational, Physical Long-Term Care: Yes Respite Care: Yes 24-Hour Medical Care: Yes Recreational Activities: Yes Scheduled Entertainment: Yes

Private Rooms Available: No Semi-Private Rooms Available: Yes Pet Visitation Allowed: Yes Beauty/Barber Shop: Yes Medicare: Yes Medicaid: Yes Comments: Featuring Transitions at Claremont, a dedicated, 39-bed, shortterm rehab unit. Claremont provides quality skilled nursing and secured dementia care.

Homeland Center

1901 North Fifth Street • Harrisburg, PA 17102-1598 (717) 221-7902 • www.homelandcenter.org Number of Beds: 95 Rehabilitation Unit: Yes Alzheimer’s Unit: Yes Skilled Licensed Nursing: Yes Therapy: Speech, Occupational, Physical Long-Term Care: Yes Short-Term Care: Yes Respite Care: Yes 24-Hour Medical Care: Yes Recreational Activities: Yes Scheduled Entertainment: Yes

Private Rooms Available: Yes Semi-Private Rooms Available: Yes Pet Visitation Allowed: Yes Beauty/Barber Shop: Yes Medicare: Yes Medicaid: Yes Accreditations/Affiliations: AAHSA, LeadingAge PA (PANPHA), NHPCO, PHN, HPNA Comments: A beautiful, full-service continuing care retirement community with a history of more than 150 years of exemplary care.

Mennonite Home Communities

1520 Harrisburg Pike • Lancaster, PA 17601 (717) 393-1301 • www.mennonitehome.org Number of Beds: 188 Rehabilitation Unit: Yes Alzheimer’s Unit: Yes Skilled Licensed Nursing: Yes Therapy: Speech, Occupational, Physical Long-Term Care: Yes Respite Care: Yes 24-Hour Medical Care: Yes Recreational Activities: Yes Scheduled Entertainment: Yes

Private Rooms Available: Yes Semi-Private Rooms Available: Yes Pet Visitation Allowed: Yes Beauty/Barber Shop: Yes Medicare: Yes Medicaid: Yes Accreditations/Affiliations: Equal Housing, LeadingAge PA Comments: Person-centered care with reputation for compassion and excellence. Established in 1903. Respite care available w/minimum stay.

Pleasant View Communities

544 North Pennryn Road • Manheim, PA 17545 (717) 665-2445 • www.pleasantviewcommunities.org Number of Beds: 133 Rehabilitation Unit: Yes Alzheimer’s Unit: Yes Skilled Licensed Nursing: Yes Therapy: Speech, Occupational, Physical Long-Term Care: Yes Short-Term Care: Yes Respite Care: Yes 24-Hour Medical Care: Yes Recreational Activities: Yes

Scheduled Entertainment: Yes Private Rooms Available: Yes Semi-Private Rooms Available: No Pet Visitation Allowed: Yes Beauty/Barber Shop: Yes Medicare: Yes Medicaid: Yes Comments: Delivering compassionate care that encompasses physical, emotional, social, and spiritual needs since 1955.

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York County

Calendar of Events

Community Programs/Support Groups Free and open to the public

Senior Center Activities

Sundays, 6:15 p.m.

Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous Luther Memorial Lutheran Church 1907 Hollywood Drive, York (781) 932-6300 www.foodaddicts.org

Nov. 5, 7 p.m.

Surviving Spouse Socials of York County Faith United Church of Christ 509 Pacific Ave., York (717) 266-2784

Crispus Attucks Active Living Center (717) 848-3610, www.crispusattucks.org

Nov. 19, 7-8 p.m.

Alzheimer’s Support Group Providence Place 3377 Fox Run Road, Dover (717) 767-4500

Dillsburg Senior Activity Center – (717) 432-2216

Nov. 1, 10:30 a.m.

Partners in Thyme Herb Club of Southern York County Glenview Alliance Church 10037 Susquehanna Trail, Glen Rock (717) 428-2210 Nov. 4, 9:30 a.m.

Green Thumb Garden Club Meeting Emmanuel Lutheran Church 2650 Freysville Road, Red Lion (717) 235-2823

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

Nov. 9, 8-10 p.m. – Public Star Watch, Rudy Park Observatory Nov. 10, 7-8 p.m. – Owl Prowl, Nixon Park Nov. 30, 11 a.m. or 1 p.m. – Birds of Prey Presentation, Nixon Park

Library Programs

Collinsville Community Library, 2632 Delta Road, Brogue, (717) 927-9014 Tuesdays, 6-8 p.m. – Purls of Brogue Knitting Club Nov. 7, 4-5:45 p.m. – Tech Time Nov. 12, 6-8 p.m. – Bio-energetic Testing and Homeopathy Dillsburg Area Public Library, 17 S. Baltimore St., Dillsburg, (717) 432-5613 Nov. 4, 6:30-7:30 p.m. – Metabolic Health with Natural Solutions Nov. 14, 1:30-3:15 p.m. – Tech Time Nov. 21, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Nov. 22, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Nov. 23, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. – Scanning Event Dover Area Community Library, 3700-3 Davidsburg Road, Dover, (717) 292-6814 Nov. 14, 10-11:45 a.m. – Tech Time Nov. 19, 7-8 p.m. – Community Conversation Glatfelter Memorial Library, 101 Glenview Road, Spring Grove, (717) 225-3220 Tuesdays in November, 10 a.m. to noon – Beginner Bridge Guthrie Memorial Library, 2 Library Place, Hanover, (717) 632-5183 Nov. 14, 6-8 p.m. – Schindler’s List Holocaust Survivor: Her Niece Tells Her Story Nov. 15 , 6-8:30 p.m. – Lincoln at the Library: Commemorating Lincoln’s Hanover Address Nov. 29, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. – Mini Golf at the Library

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Eastern Area Senior Center, Inc. – (717) 252-1641 Golden Connections Community Center (717) 244-7229, www.gcccenter.com Weekdays, 9 a.m. – Games Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 10 a.m. – Pinochle Fridays, 9:15 a.m. – Computers 101 Golden Visions Senior Community Center (717) 633-5072, www.goldenvisionspa.com

parks and recreation

Arthur Hufnagel Public Library of Glen Rock, 32 Main St., Glen Rock, (717) 235-1127 Nov. 21, 1:15-3 p.m. – Tech Time

Delta Area Senior Center, Inc. – (717) 456-5753

Kaltreider-Benfer Library, 147 S. Charles St., Red Lion, (717) 244-2032 Nov. 5, 6-8 p.m. – Greeting Card Workshop Nov. 7, 10-11:45 a.m. – Tech Time Nov. 21, 6:30-7:30 p.m. – Green Thumb Garden Club Lecture Series Kreutz Creek Valley Library Center, 66 Walnut Springs Road, Hellam, (717) 252-4080 Nov. 21, 4-5:45 p.m. – Tech Time Martin Library, 159 E. Market St., York, (717) 846-5300 Fridays in November, 10:30-11:30 a.m. – Get That Job Nov. 9, 10:30 a. m. to noon – Tech Time Power Session: Basic Computer Skills Mason-Dixon Public Library, 250 Bailey Drive, Stewartstown, (717) 993-2404 Nov. 7, 1:30-3:15 p.m. – Tech Time Paul Smith Library of Southern York County, 80 Constitution Ave., Shrewsbury, (717) 235-4313 Nov. 1, 10:30-11:30 a.m. – Morning Meditation Nov. 21, 10-11:45 a.m. – Tech Time Nov. 21, 7-8 p.m. – Community Conversation Red Land Community Library, 48 Robin Hood Drive, Etters, (717) 938-5599 Nov. 7 and 21, 1-2 p.m. – Adult Yoga Nov. 14, 4-5:45 p.m. – Tech Time Nov. 22, 7-10 p.m. – Trivia Night Village Library, 35-C N. Main St., Jacobus, (717) 428-1034 Nov. 7 and 21, 3:30-5:15 p.m. – Tech Time

Heritage Senior Center, Inc. – (717) 292-7471 www.heritagesrcenter.org Northeastern Senior Community Center (717) 266-1400, www.mtwolf.org/SeniorCenter Red Land Senior Center – (717) 938-4649 www.redlandseniorcenter.org September House – (717) 848-4417 South Central Senior Community Center (717) 235-6060 https://southcentralyorkcountysrctr.webs.com Mondays, 9 a.m. – Stretch Yoga Thursdays, 9:15 a.m. – BUNCO Thursdays, 9:45 a.m. – Salsa Dancing Class Stewartstown Senior Center – (717) 993-3488 www.stewsenior.org Susquehanna Senior Center – (717) 244-0340 www.susquehannaseniorcenter.org Mondays, 9:30-10:30 a.m. – Chorus Practice Tuesdays, 6-10 p.m. – Bluegrass/Country Music Jam Session White Rose Senior Center – (717) 843-9704 www.whiteroseseniorcenter.org Windy Hill On the Campus – (717) 225-0733 https://windyhillonthecampus.org Tuesdays, 1-2 p.m. – Ballroom Dancing Classes Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m. – Exercise Class for Parkinson’s Patients and Caregivers Nov. 19, 12:30 p.m. – Book Club Yorktown Senior Center – (717) 854-0693 www.yorktownseniorcenter.org Submit senior center events to mjoyce@onlinepub.com.

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Older But Not Wiser

Grandpa the Ninja Warrior Sy Rosen

OK, you’re the grandparent. You fill your grandkids with love and joy and, when their parents aren’t looking, hundreds of chocolate chip cookies. However, as a grandparent you have certain limits and boundaries (I guess).

Sienna is 2 years old and is extremely smart.

She can put together a 24-piece puzzle by herself, which is amazing. I actually don’t know what is amazing at that age, and “by herself” means that I am kind of helping, but that’s my story and I’m sticking to it.

Anyway, my daughter and son-in-law are working, so to help out I sometimes pick up Sienna from her preschool. I noticed that Sienna (did I mention she could put together a 48-piece puzzle?) was often playing by herself.

I talked to her teacher about this, and she said, “Let her go at her own pace, Graaandpa.”

It was the way she said “Graaandpa” that really bothered me. Although the teacher was smiling, her patronizing tone said, “You’re not the parent, and I’m the teacher, and I know what I’m doing, so stay out of this, you interfering old doddering fool.”

OK, I may have been reading too much into the word “Graaandpa,” but that’s my story and I’m sticking to it.

I then did what any mature grandpa would do — I tattletaled on the teacher to my daughter Ann. Unfortunately, Ann told me that the teacher knew what she was doing, and I should stay out of it.

I then did what any sane grandparent would do. I went on the internet. I found a few articles that said when kids are 2 years old, they often engage in parallel play. This is where they sit near each other but they play by themselves.

Playing by themselves is normal.

All right, but there are a couple of things to be taken into consideration.

First of all, Sienna is very advanced (she can do a 96-piece puzzle). And second, although Sienna was sitting near the other kids, I didn’t think she was quite close enough.

And so I did what any non-interfering, boundary-observing grandparent would do — when nobody was looking, I picked Sienna up and put her 6 inches away from the other kids. OK, 3 inches.

I did this several times. I was like a ninja warrior using the stealth method of disguise to hide my movements. OK, my disguise was sometimes wearing a cap, but it worked and I wasn’t noticed.

I did this for about a week, and then my sonin-law’s work schedule changed and he picked up Sienna from preschool.

About a month later I started picking up Sienna again, and I quickly noticed that all the kids, including Sienna, were happily playing right next to each other (parallel play).

The teacher then came up to me and, with her crocodile smile (I may be overreacting), said, “See, Graaandpa, everything turned out OK because we let Sienna go at her own pace.”

I’m not sure who did the right thing — maybe it’s Sienna’s teacher and her “don’t interfere” policy, or maybe it was me and my stealth moves. And since I’m not sure, I’m going to have to say that I was right.

Oh, and did I mention that Sienna can put together a 400-piece puzzle?

Sy Rosen has written for many TV shows, including The Bob Newhart Show, Taxi, M.A.S.H., Maude, The Jeffersons, Rhoda, Frasier, Northern Exposure, and The Wonder Years. He now spends much of his time telling jokes to his grandkids and trying to convince his wife that he’s funny.

American Legion Riders Present Check to Senior Center Members of the American Legion Riders group Stewartstown Post 455 recently presented a check to the Stewartstown Senior Center to assist with the costs in hosting their annual Veterans Day luncheon planned for Nov. 8.

The Legion Riders raised the money at various events in 2019.

“The money will pay for almost half of the luncheon expenses,” Rosie Horton, director, Stewartstown Senior Center, said.

Veterans and family members interested in attending the luncheon should contact Horton at the Stewartstown Senior Center or by calling (717) 993-3488.

Veterans and others eligible for membership in the American Legion who are interested in joining the Riders group or the Stewartstown American Legion can contact Post Commander Bobby O’Farrell at (717) 309-3881.

From left, Butch Hensel, ALR Post 455 historian; Rosie Horton, director, Stewartstown Senior Center; and Bobby O’Farrell, ALR Post 455 treasurer and Post 455 commander.

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Dee Wallace is Battling More Critters Nick Thomas

The critters are back and meaner than ever.

Fortunately, Dee Wallace has also returned to take aim at the miniature alien monsters in Critters Attack!

Released straight to Blu-ray and DVD and digitally over the summer, the film had its television premiere on the Syfy Channel in October.

Wallace starred in the original 1986 comedy horror film but skipped the three sequels and only agreed to do the new movie because it was a reboot of the franchise.

“Too much time had gone by to go back and reprise my role in the original, so this is a great reworking Photo provided by publicist. of the story,” Wallace said from Los Dee Wallace Angeles. “The writers came up with an incredibly interesting and strong character for me, plus I got to go to South Africa for filming.”

Wallace says modern technology didn’t ruin the new version.

“We didn’t use CGI — it’s all puppets like the original. I don’t think the fans would have it any other way.”

Director Bobby Miller knew fans would want Wallace in the new film, too, and told the studio he needed her after reading the script.

“She’s a consummate professional, warm and funny,” he said. “Her character in Critters Attack! is a bit of a badass. I think a lot of folks think of Dee as the ultimate movie mom, so getting to subvert that with her was a real joy.”

Of course, Miller was probably thinking of Wallace’s famous role playing the mother in 1982’s blockbuster E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.

But her venture into horror began five years earlier in The Hills Have Eyes,

which was just her third film and a real screen shocker, even for 1977 audiences. She went on to appear in horror/thriller classics such as Cujo and The Howling.

“I love working in all genres, but it’s the dramatic work in thrillers and horror films that really rocks my boat and allows me to step up and act at many different levels,” she explained.

At 70 years old, Wallace has no plans to slow down. She encouraged her daughter, actress Gabrielle Stone, to release her first book, Eat, Pray, #FML, in June and is busy as an established self-help author, public speaker, and radio show host (see Photo provided by Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. www.iamdeewallace.com).

Dee Wallace in Critters Attack!, And in addition to the Critters 2019. film, this year Wallace plays either lead or supporting roles in the horror flicks Dolls and 3 from Hell; the thriller The Wrong Mommy; a romance, Renovation of the Heart; and the drama Sunrise in Heaven.

Somewhere along the way this year, she also reached a career milestone that few, if any, living actresses could claim.

“My publicist called me and said, ‘Wow, Dee, congratulations, you’ve passed your 200th movie.’ I had no idea!”

And when asked if she’ll find time to knock out another hundred films and extend her filmography to 300, Wallace didn’t hesitate: “You bet, baby!”

Nick Thomas teaches at Auburn University at Montgomery, Ala., and has written features, columns, and interviews for over 750 magazines and newspapers.

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