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Table of Contents POINTS OF INTEREST
Words from Wendy
18 Free Transit Training 24 Sudoku 27 Solano Mobility
Call Center
Give Winter Garb A Second Chance
Suicide is Preventable
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30 Book Review 32 Crossword 33 Know The Signs: 34
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As 2014 comes to a close, I reflect on many, exciting accomplishments…both here at Prime Time Living and personally. Did you know we now offer our magazine both online as well as a regular print magazine? Were you aware you can find us on Facebook and social media sites? I’d say those are exciting accomplishments. We’re also adding new regular columns as we keep pace with our readers. For those of you who love to travel, we’ve added a travel column. Tips, ideas, destination suggestions, and more will be featured every issue to keep you up to date on the latest rules, regulations, and fun ideas. Pack that suitcase and join us as we pick a new place. But, first check your passport. This month, I’ll explain some of the rules and regulations about passports.
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Like to read? We’re adding book reviews, featuring local authors to international authors. Want to stay fit? Check out our eating well section, read about the best wines for your health, enjoy our articles to keep your mind and body fit, and learn how to stay healthy as we all move forward. No sitting around doing nothing for us.
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Falls Are Preventable
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Roadmap to Retirement: 4 Steps to Living a Great Retirement
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I Give This Column an Eighty-Five
Social Security Announces 1.7% Benefit Increase
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Passports...Do I Need One?
Personally, I have some accomplishments I’m happy about as well. My latest suspense, mystery novel is getting great reviews. Check it out in our book review column. I love feedback. Let me know what you think. With December here and 2015 literally around the corner…there’s no time to sit still. We have places to go and things to do. Read about them all here. And, get ready to celebrate 2015. We’ll be right there with you.
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Publisher’s Corner I love Albert Einstein’s quotes,
“I have no special talents, I am only passionately curious.” It’s mind blowing how quickly time has flown by. I published my first magazine nine years ago and it feels like yesterday. I am honored and humbled to have the opportunity to continue to bring local, meaningful information to our communities. I am infinitely thankful to all of the many contributors and readers over the years for helping to make Prime Time what it is today. Every two months new people join the Prime Time family and it’s so exciting! As we journey to our 10th Anniversary, we are committed to evolving with our readers’ needs. It’s a funny thing, aging. Consider this; we serve our children in three categories; 0-5, school age youth,
and transitional age youth. These categories take our children from birth into their 20s recognizing they all have different needs, wants and expectations for services, information, etc. While our aging adults are lumped together as ‘Seniors’ anywhere from age 50 (good old AARP) to 65 and up. We understand, that people in their 50s are experiencing life much differently than their elder cohorts in their 80s and 90s. But you already know that! J Our vision for Prime Time LIVING is to begin to build a bridge connecting all of the aspects of aging and inspiring Life and Living. You’ll see many changes coming in the next edition. From new standing columns about health, mind, body, and spirit to dating after divorce in your 60s. A friend of mine described my vision as, ‘sex, drugs and rock & roll meets retirement planning, funeral planning, and the reality of aging’. That about sums it up….. drugs meaning prescription drugs of course. I believe we are dynamic people and life is dynamic. We should talk about it and celebrate it! Wishing you and your family a very Merry & Blessed Christmas and may this New Year bring inspiration, good health, and happiness! THANK YOU!
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Joint Replacement By Dr. Brooks
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ho says you’re supposed to slow down as you hit your silver years? Not Ennio DePianto. A life-long runner, the 75-year-old also loves to play golf, dance, travel and ski. He exercises regularly and keeps himself pretty busy maintaining the more than 700 olive trees on his 160-acres in rural Vacaville. But, about 10 years ago, Ennio found he couldn’t run on the street anymore because it made his right knee sore. So, he switched to a recumbent bicycle in his home gym. As the pain continued, he saw his doctor for treatment that included cortisone shots, but his knee just kept getting worse. An exam revealed what he suspected, there was no cartilage was left at all, and his knee was bone-on-bone. “My knee pain impaired everything and I wasn’t able to do what I wanted Prime Time Living
to do. I knew I would need to have it replaced, but I was apprehensive.” That is, until he ran into a friend who had knee surgery just the month before, through the Joint Replacement Program at NorthBay VacaValley Hospital. “She said, ‘Ennio, look! Can you believe I’m doing this?’ And then she just stuck her leg out there and danced around a bit,” he laughs. Her enthusiastic endorsement was enough to send Ennio to meet with his friend’s doctor, Andrew T. Brooks, M.D., an orthopedic surgeon for the NorthBay Joint Replacement Program. “He was very easy to talk with, and spent a lot of time explaining what I could expect.” He also spent some time before the surgery with the 6
staff at the Joint Replacement program, including Cynthia Giaquinto, orthopedic program manager. “They really prepare you beforehand,” he says, giving him hope that the surgery would allow him to continue doing all the activities he loved.
Getting Ready for Joint Replacement Surgery The better physical shape you are in before your surgery, the better your recovery will be, notes Cynthia Giaquinto, NorthBay Healthcare’s orthopedic program manager. But, for some people – particularly those with degenerative arthritis -- pain can make exercising difficult. That sets up a vicious cycle, she notes. “The irony is that the less you move around, the more you lose muscle tone and range of motion. The more you work your joints and keep them lubricated, the better it will be for you.” Cynthia offers other tips to help you prepare for joint replacement surgery:
The NorthBay Joint Replacement Program is designed to offer hip and knee replacement surgeries with a two- to three-day hospital stay. Every step in the program has been carefully planned to speed recovery and assure a successful outcome. Surgery takes place on the first day and the following days focus on getting the patient up right away and walking. A family member or friend steps up to serve as “coach” through the process, and all patients who had their surgery on the same day are there to urge each other on and celebrate their successes. After patients go home, a home health nurse helps with rehabilitation exercises until the patient is ready to attend outpatient rehabilitation. “Oh, they were right there the way they said they would be,” Ennio recalls, “getting you up and out of bed right away.”
■ Eat well. If you are overweight, your doctor may recommend a weight loss program. ■ Ask your doctor for pre-surgical exercises. If you are having hip or knee replacement surgery, doing exercises to strengthen your upper body will help you cope with crutches or a walker after surgery. Isometric exercises can help maintain the strength of your leg muscles. Also ask about the exercises that will be prescribed after surgery. If you familiarize yourself with these postoperative exercises and practice them now, they will be easier to perform after the surgery. ■ If you smoke, cut down or quit. Smoking changes blood flow patterns, delays healing and slows recovery. ■ Some people find that supplements, such as glucosamine and chondroitin, may help ease joint pain. But, if you don’t see drastic results after about six weeks, stop taking them, Cynthia says. ■ If surgery has been recommended, don’t put it off, as a delay can make your condition more debilitating. ■ If you aren’t able to have surgery, for whatever reason, work with your physician to create a plan to manage your joint pain.
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Those first steps on his new knee were strange, he admits.
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Ennio also did his part to make sure the surgery was successful; by making sure he was in the best pre-surgical physical condition. He exercised his leg muscles, including his quadriceps, at his home gym.
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Now, 18 months later, Ennio is preparing to have his left knee replaced. “I have no hesitancy at all,” he says. “I just need to find the time when I can be less active for about two months. And for anyone else who is suffering with bad knees, I would say there is relief ahead. Just do it!”
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Aging With
Choices with Melanie Richardson Senior Resource Specialist
My grandmother Georgia had a neighbor named Nadia who we rarely ever saw outside of her home, except when she would schlep out in her housecoat in the middle of the day to collect her mail. Grandma used to say that Nadia was going to die of loneliness. I never really understood what she meant by that until years later when I began my career in senior care.
behaviors of seniors suggests that their anxieties are related to future adverse health conditions and those anxieties can actually cause those conditions to arise. The retreating and isolation will begin to shrink the seniors’ world. There is a natural tendency to focus on the limitations of one's life and all of the obstacles that aging presents. When sadness turns to depression, they are headed for trouble.
It has become common for my colleagues and me to meet a new Nadia almost every week. The truth is that many of the seniors that we work with to move into retirement or assisted living communities often do so because of some sort of event that has occurred in their life. In most cases, the event is associated with some sort of loss. A loss of a spouse, their ability to drive, to take care of themselves independently or perhaps some other traumatic event. During times like these it is human nature to want to retreat and spend time reflecting on their own health‌. and in many cases‌they worry about what will become of them. Research into the attitudes and
If your senior loved one spends an inordinate amount of time sleeping or sitting in front of a television, they could in fact be depressed. There has been ample research to demonstrate the mind's capacity to influence one's health - both positively and negatively. If left unchecked, depression and despair can inhibit recovery from illness, lead to hopelessness and even ultimately lead to premature death. Ken Wells in the Rand study at UCLA found that 50 percent of all depressed people are over the age of 65. He studied depressed vs. non-depressed seniors and found that depressed seniors use 4 times the amount of 11
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health care dollars than non-depressed seniors. For example, depressed people tend to lie around all day and don’t get up. This inactivity makes them susceptible to dehydration, malnutrition, urinary tract infections and pneumonia, which if left untreated can lead to kidney failure and death. Living well in our later years is all about quality of life. People who are active and social (even minimally) generally avoid depression that can lead to health complications that can dramatically affect their quality of life. I always tell people that the brain is a muscle and if you don’t use that muscle every day, you will lose the ability to use it. People who spend their time isolated and alone often become depressed and they find that they are continually facing one health crisis after another. Seniors are often reluctant to move to a senior community because they feel that it is yet another reminder of their inability to live independently.
The facts though are that seniors who move to a setting where they can live independently but have some peripheral services (meals, housekeeping, laundry, transportation, access to 24 hour care staff) actually have fewer incidents of depression or health events that require emergency room visits or hospitalization. Seniors who move
Seniors who move to a setting where they can live independently but have some peripheral services (meals, housekeeping, laundry, transportation, access to 24 hour care staff) actually have fewer incidents of depression or health events that require emergency room visits or hospitalization. to a retirement or assisted living community often begin socializing by simply exchanging pleasantries with people in the hall or while in the dining room each day. Even this seemingly small gesture helps seniors to move that muscle between their ears! Humans are social creatures who crave companionship. Companionship keeps us more alert and fulfilled. We have seen that the people who are in daily contact with other people their own age and with similar lifestyle issues seem to gain strength from each other. They are more aware of their appearance, and hold onto their lifestyle skills longer. Those people who stay home too long because of promises their children were forced to make to keep them out of a “home” do not receive the social stimulation they absolutely require to remain healthy. Home is great while it effectively and safely serves a senior. But in many cases, home can become a place of landmines for a senior…with uneven surfaces, stairs, clutter, etc….not to mention the continued isolation and lack of stimulation.
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We encourage seniors and their families to research supportive environments BEFORE a major health challenge occurs. Without a doubt it is better for a senior to be proactive with their health care, not to mention the cost effectiveness, when they consider retirement or assisted living communities earlier rather than later. Waiting could mean having to choose a more expensive
and less independent setting like a nursing home. In this day and age, with all of the many lovely, affordable assisted options, no one should ever have to die of loneliness. As always, I would love to hear your feedback or would be happy to answer any questions related to senior care or senior resources that you might have. Feel free to submit any comments or questions to us by email at hhseniorresource@ aol.com or by regular mail to 313 Kendal Street, Suite A, Vacaville 95688, or by phone at (707) 451-8724. I’ll leave you with this…..Every day you should reach out and touch someone. People love the human touch: holding hands, a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back. Happy Holidays, Melanie
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FALLS ARE PREVENTABLE W
ere you aware that 19,000 seniors will fall within the next 12 months without any form of intervention? Of those, 40% will be hospitalized and 50% will pass away from complications due to the fall, usually due to traumatic brain injury. It doesn’t have to be that way. And, now Solano County has a FREE pilot program to offer seniors. We are working with Solano County, local hospitals, nurses, trauma injury prevention educators, pharmacists, and physical therapists to identify and provide services to seniors that meet the program criteria. You must be 65 or older, had a prior fall leading to a visit to the Emergency Room and/or hospitalization, and currently take six or more medications. You must be willing to allow us to
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19,000 seniors will fall within the next 12 months... Of those, 40% will be hospitalized and 50% will pass away from complications due to the fall, usually due to traumatic brain injury.
conduct a home assessment, a safety check, a review of your medications, let us conduct an exercise assessment, and follow our recommendation to work with our pharmacist and/or physical therapist. We would follow up in three months and again in six months to see if these interventions have reduced your risk for falls. Solano County Seniors, it is your time to have services that so many counties all over the United States already have federally funded. We need your help to prove this is a vital component to saving lives of our precious population. You have a chance to make a change! Volunteering will help bring these services to Solano County for your fellow seniors for years to come. If you qualify please contact Laura McLaren, Fall Prevention Coordinator for StopFalls Solano County at the Area Agency on Aging (707) 643-1797.
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Roadmap to Retirement:
Steps to Living a GREAT Life By Angie M. Grainger, CPA/PFS, Certified Financial Planner®
I know it sounds like such an easy thing, retirement, but moving toward retirement means stepping into a new phase of life. And quite frankly, many don’t find it that easy. Finally, the chance to do all the things you ever wanted to do… travel, visit family, volunteer, remodel your home, move to the country, or write that book you’ve always dreamed of! But as retirement nears, there’s underlying doubt. Can I afford to do these things? Can I afford to retire? Will I run out of money? Will I physically be able to do this? One of the biggest concerns behind all retirement dreams is…”Am I brave enough?” To live an amazing life, it takes courage. When lying on your death bed, do you want to have the final regret that you weren’t brave enough? The other biggest concern is...”Do I have enough?” Before I share with you the 4 most
important steps you’ll ever hear about creating a great retirement, let me address this issue of “enough”. First of all, when approaching retirement, simultaneously you are facing two very new paradigms. One of having to shift your mindset from being an ‘earner’ to being a ‘spender’, and the other shift from having “no time”, to having complete freedom of your time. These two perspectives can be very jarring during the retirement transition. 17
Imagine what these new mindsets can do to your finances. You finally have the time to live your dreams, yet you know that every dollar you spend could have an impact on your future financial security. “Do I have enough?” That may be the wrong question. Two better questions to ask are, “What is the impact if I choose this now?” and “What am I willing to give up in order to have this now?” Napa/Solano Edition
All of these questions can be answered in the 4 Steps to a GREAT retirement.
Step One: Design It Less than 1% have a plan for living a life that brings true happiness, whether for retirement or not. If you don’t take the time to really understand what brings you the most joy, how will you really know if you lived life to its fullest? It’s up to YOU to determine what will create a life with no regrets. Sure it’s easy to say you want to travel, visit family, give back to the community, or write that book. But WHY? Why are these important to you? And by the way, as important to you as you
say they are, why aren’t you already living this way (and don’t say your job, because that is your choice too)? Answering this question will uncover the mindset that’s been holding you back. But now that you’re nearing retirement, you can see how precious each year is. Every year, every month, every day wizzes by, and if you’d don’t get the clarity (and courage) now to start living this way, another decade will pass by, just like the last decade did. So, take time now to DESIGN your retirement. Design the way you want your life to look. Think about where you want to live, who you want to be around, what activities you want to do,
what service you want to give, what health you want to have. You have many years ahead to design and live something amazing…if you know what that is. The other three steps are to Fund It, Protect It and Live it! These are critical steps in making it all happen. We will continue the article in the next issue, or to learn more contact Angie for a free consultation. To be continued... Angie Grainger is a CPA/PFS, CFP® and Certified Money Coach. She has over 20 years of experience helping families with their finances. Take Angie’s 60-Second Retire Happy Quiz and schedule a FREE retirement consultation today. www.RetireHappyQuiz.com (707) 528-4465
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here is a plethora of wine rating entities—Wine Enthusiast, Wine Advocate, Wine and Spirits, and Wine Spectator are just a few of the many magazines that diligently test wines, rate those wines, and publish their results. Then there are the competitions—the San Francisco International Wine Competition, the Los Angeles International Wine Competition, the Indiana Wine Competition, and the California State Fair just to scratch the surface.
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So what does a wine’s rating mean? First off, to the winery, it means they think highly enough of their wine to submit it for consideration. It means they are ready to provide the samples to be judged, complete the applications, and provide the literature and information that are necessary. It means they have a large enough supply of the submitted wine to be able to take advantage of any increased demand caused by a high rating. A high rating by a prestigious magazine or wine competition can cause a surge in demand for that wine. You can practically watch the price of these wines rise as aficionados search around in pursuit of the top scorers. The effects of a high rating can last for years, becoming part of the wine’s reputation and the winery’s legacy. To the judges, wines with high ratings are free from defects of color, texture, smell, and taste. They are also varietally correct, meaning a Tempranillo looks, smells, and tastes like a Tempranillo is supposed to. Judges also look for structure and complexity, meaning there are layers of sensation that reveal themselves as the wine progresses through your senses. They seek
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to identify characteristics in the wines and compare them to other non-wine things such as anise, cassis, and slate.
tasting. He said the two criteria for the wines were that they had to be Syrah and that they had to have a rating of 90 points or better. We looked through the store at the best Syrahs. However, many of my wines were from smaller producers that tend not to be rated by the big name raters. I also don’t seek out and post ratings as some other retailers do.
To the wine seller, a high rating is something they can show their customers as proof that the wine is good. A high rating carries an air of authority. To you the customer, a good wine rating can mean all that. You know this wine has been subjected to review by experts and has been deemed to be of good quality. Over a period of time you may begin to learn which rating entity seems to share your tastes and you can begin to trust that a good rating by them means it’s probably a good wine for you.
Over a period of time you may begin to learn which rating entity seems to share your tastes and you can begin to trust that a good rating by them means it’s probably a good wine for you.
But the one thing you can’t know by looking at the ratings is if you will like the wine. Or if you will love it. The only way to do that is to—you should be able to say this along with me by now—taste the wine yourself.
We took the best three candidates and then went out to the Internet to see if we could find a 90 point or better rating on one of them. All we found was one 88 awarded by an anonymous individual in a wine chat room. Finally, I grabbed my favorite of the three. “Here,” I said. “I give this a 91.”
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Passports…
Do I Need One? By Wendy VanHatten of Travels and Escapes
Let’s talk about passports. While many have had one for years, others are just starting to travel outside their own country. Do you know where to start, what you need to do, and how to obtain a passport? Here are some questions, answers, and tips.
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What is a passport? Basically, it’s a legal document issued by your home country telling other countries you are a citizen of that sovereign nation. Entering another country, it allows legal permission to stay in that country for a certain amount of time.
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Depending on a foreign government’s relationship with the United States, an American passport holder may be denied entry by the other nation as a matter of political prejudice. This is the case in North Korea, where a U.S. citizen will be denied entry. Or, when American border officials deny
a Cuban national’s entry into the mainland U.S.
When should you get a passport? “If you are traveling internationally in less than two weeks, or need to obtain a foreign visa within four weeks, we recommend scheduling an appointment at a passport agency near you,” the U.S. Department of State says. “If you have more time, we recommend submitting your application at an authorized passport acceptance facility.”
Where can you get one? If you need to travel soon, you can obtain a passport by making an appointment at your local State Department agency. If you are
planning well ahead of time, more than six months before your trip, you can begin the process at home by going to the State Department website . Fill out the form, print it out and bring it to the Passport Acceptance Office. Check with your closest U.S. Post Office as many have passport offices. They may require an appointment, so be sure to check before you go.
But don’t sign it yet! “Passport applications must be signed in person in the presence of an approved agent at the Passport Acceptance Office,” the City Clerk of Chicago says. “Signing a passport application outside of the presence of such agent will invalidate the entire application, requiring the
applicant to complete the entire application again from scratch.”
Do I need a photo for my passport? Yes. You’re going to need to submit, with your application, official passport photos. The important word here is official.
Where do I get an official photo taken? Go to your U.S. Post Office, drugstore like CVS and Walgreens, or Costco. They take hundreds of official photos for passports. Their photos will meet the following criteria: that the photo is in color, 2" x 2" in size, the applicant is facing forward with eyes open, and the applicant is in front of a white or off-white
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What else do I need to bring to the Passport Acceptance Office? You will need proof of identity and citizenship. An applicant must present an original copy of his or her birth certificate, or certificate of naturalization, or an expired passport that isn’t older than
15 years. You also need a valid photo identification card such as a driver’s license or ID card from any state.
How much will a passport cost? This will cost some money and you can actually receive one of two formats depending on how and where you want to travel; a book and a card. If you’re going to fly into another country, you need a book. A passport card, invented for the Canadian, Mexican and Caribbean land border crossings and seaports, is actually unnecessary if you have the book already. So don’t waste your money.
A brand new passport book, for someone that has never had one before, will cost $135; $110 application fee plus $25 execution fee. If you are renewing an expired passport, it will cost $110.
How long does it take to receive my passport? Your passport will be sent to you via U.S. Mail. You can track the progress of your passport issuance by going to the State Department website’s application status page. More travel tips and advice may be found from Wendy at www. travelsandescapes.blogspot. com. Email her with questions or suggestions.
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Book Review Local author Wendy VanHatten’s second mystery, Vineyard Secrets, takes the reader on a journey of intrigue and confusion. Using her experience as an international travel writer, VanHatten’s characters work their way through actual neighborhoods and streets of San Francisco, Venice, and the Italian countryside.
Check out this excerpt from Vineyard Secrets: Hesitating, I can tell he has more to tell me. “There was another murder and robbery. For some reason, these music boxes are surfacing now and creating quite a stir. And, it’s not good.” Asking him, “Was it here in San Francisco? Was it anybody I knew?”
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