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• With a spoon or wire egg holder, lower the eggs into the hot liquid and let them stand until they reach the desired color. • With a slotted spoon or wire egg holder, remove the eggs to a drainer. Allow the eggs to dry thoroughly. • Naturally dyed eggs tend to have a duller finish than
By Claudia Cater, Eau Claire Health Department
ying Easter eggs is a tradition for many families. Why not try making Easter eggs with your children or grandchildren with natural dyes instead of a commercial egg dying kit? You can avoid the use of chemicals by using food items, such as lemon peels or orange peels, to make a natural dye for Easter eggs. Michigan State University Extension offers the following tips to help you when using natural ingredients to dye hard boiled eggs: • Listed below are natural dyestuffs you can use to dye eggs. Use your own judgment about quantity and start by placing two or three handfuls of a dyestuff in a saucepan. • Add tap water to come at least an inch above the dyestuff.
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Dying Easter Eggs the Natural Way
commercially dyed eggs. For a soft shine, after drying, rub with cooking or mineral oil. • Be sure to refrigerate eggs within two hours of cooking and dying. Claudia Cater is a registered dietitian with the Eau Claire Health Department, mother of three, and grandmother of one. A favorite family event is dying Easter eggs.
Natural Dyestuff Color Bring the mixture to a boil. • Reduce the heat and simmer about 15 minutes or up to an hour until the color is the shade you desire. Keep in mind that eggs will dye a lighter shade than what it appears to be. • Remove the pan from the heat. • Strain the dye mixture into a small, deep bowl using cheesecloth or a fine sieve. • Add one tablespoon of white vinegar for each cup of liquid.
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found in regular garlic. It’s great in Kefir: It’s kind of like yogurt, but it has lowering cholesterol more protein and less and preventing sugar. It does, though, cancer. And—it have that same creamy doesn’t give you icky breath! texture, great taste, and Kelp: It’s loaded with vitamin K, calcium, the helpful probiotics of and other nutrients that are powerful agents yogurt. Those probiotics are a healthy type of against breast bacteria that strengthens your immune system. cancer. It also has Kefir can be substituted for yogurt in salad a type of fiber dressings and other recipes. It can be found in that blocks the the dairy aisle of your grocery store. development of fat. Jicama: It’s a root vegetable and has a Good in meatballs slightly sweet taste and a and soups, or try kelp noodles (www. crunchy texture. It also has kelpnoodles.com). insulin, which can help Nutritional yeast: Low calorie and cheese get rid of belly fat and flavored, what’s not to like? It’s also full promotes good bacteria in of protein and B vitamins for energy, dethe gut. Jicama also has a lot of vitamin C for stressing, and preventing boosting collagen and fighting wrinkles. It chronic diseases. Use as a can be eaten raw or stir-fried. You can find it dairy-product substitute, in farmers markets and Mexican groceries. for example sprinkle some Chia: It’s jam-packed with fiber, calcium, on baked potato, popcorn, and omega-3s, as well as iron, which some or pasta. Find it in health food stores. women can be Barley: The starring nutrient in barley is low in. Sprinkle niacin, which promotes healthy hair and skin. on salads, soups, It also fights cancer and cereals, or to thicken keeps cholesterol low. stews. Find it at It’s a great substitute natural or whole food groceries. for pasta, rice, or Black garlic: Due to fermentation, the oatmeal. You can garlic acquires a sweet, caramel-like flavor, usually find it in the baking goods section of and the natural antioxidants are double those the grocery store.
Tick Check Wisconsin and Minnesota are red zones for Lyme disease. There are also three other diseases caused by ticks: anaplasmosis, babesiosis, and RMSF. The wood tick does not carry any of these; however they are now finding out that mosquitoes, fleas, and some spiders (I got Lyme from a spider bite) now carry Lyme disease. Deer ticks are out year-round. They are very slow during December and January, and their main feeding Editor/Publisher: Arwen Rasmussen Offices: 3315 Nimitz Street, Eau Claire, WI 54701 P: 715-831-0325 F: 715-831-7051 E: seniorreviewnewspapers@gmail.com
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10 Ways to Cut Your Gas Budget Even though the cost of gas has come down recently, wouldn’t it be great to know some ways to save even more money on gas? Here are 10 tips. 1. Check the air filter: This could improve gas mileage by as much as 10 percent. 2. Align tires: Poor tire alignment makes your engine work harder, and that takes more gas. Simply getting your tires aligned could save up to 10 percent. 3. Get a tuneup: An engine that is regularly maintained may give you 4 percent better gas mileage. 4. Check your tires: Many cars are being driven with tires underinflated. This can cause a 2.8 percent loss in fuel efficiency. 5. Double-check the gas cap: If your gas cap is broken or missing, that allows fumes to escape, and that reduces your fuel efficiency. A good gas cap is less polluting too. 6. Drive slower: Driving even 5 miles per hour slower on the highway can lower gas consumption by 7 percent. 7. Driver smoother: Jerky, swerving, stop-and-start driving can increase your gas bill by one third. 8. Don’t ride the brakes: Besides wearing out the brake pads, riding the brakes also causes 35 percent more gas use. 9. Go lighter: If your car is loaded down, it uses more gas. For every 100 pounds added, your fuel efficiency decreases by 2 percent. 10. Idle less: Letting the car idle wastes gas and adds to pollution. It doesn’t really help your car run better to warm it up before driving in colder weather. You could save up to 1 cent per gallon per every 3 minutes you keep from idling.
time is May through July. The nymph and female ticks are the ones that carry the diseases. The males do not feed on animals; they just crawl around waiting for a female. Their life cycle is two years and they feed for two to four days. The tick has to be feeding on the animal for 24 hours before it can transfer the disease. The nymphs are baby ticks and are the size of a pin head; they look like a spot of dirt. The females are a little larger and have a red back. The size of a male is between those of the nymph and the female and it is black. Distrbution: The Senior Review distributes throughout the Greater Wausau area every month. Advertising: 715-831-0325 Disclaimer: The Senior Review Publications assumes no responsibility for the advertising content of the Senior Review nor for any mistakes or omissions there in. No endorsements of any products or services is made and noneshould be inferred. The terms and conditions under which the advertisement will be
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To help prevent Lyme disease and the three other diseases that deer ticks (otherwise know as beer ticks and black legged ticks) carry, there are a few more natural things that can be done. ■ Start by sprinkling garlic granules in the yard. Your dogs and grandkids can play in it without any ill effects, and mosquitoes, ticks, and other creeping things do not like it. ■ You can also put cedar shavings around the bushes, kennels, and in the garden. I sprinkle the chips in my flower pots, around the house bushes, and wherever else. The dogs love to lay in it. ■ Use a natural tick repellant made from essential oils and herbs. honored are the sole responsibility of all the advertisers and not Senior Review Publications. A telephone call to the advertising merchant may eliminate confusion to any exceptions in the advertisements. Senior Review is owned by AKRE Enterprises, © Copyright 2016. For more information call Senior Review at 715831-0325 or email us at seniorreviewnewspapers@gmail.com
What’s Happening Calendar SPARK! Bring a friend or loved one with memory loss for a social outing in soothing surroundings. Second Thursday of each month, 10:30 a.m. – Noon. Call (715) 845-7010 to register. Leigh Yawkee Woodson Art Museum, (715) 8457010 Free Monthly Grief Programs Available Through Aspirus Comfort Care and Hospice Services • Good Grief – Living with Loss: Monthly grief support group for adults who have experienced the death of a loved one. Second Monday of each month; 4:005:00 p.m. First Universalist Unitarian Church, 504 Grant St., Wausau; The Grief Center, (715) 847-2703. • Suicide Grief Support Group: A place to go when your life has been changed by the suicide of a loved one. Second Tuesday of each month; 6:30-8:30 p.m. St. Mark's Lutheran Church, 600 Stevens Drive, Wausau. Contact Sara or Heather at (715) 539-9818. • The Compassionate Friends: A self-help support group for parents, grandparents, and adult siblings. Third Wednesday of the month 7:00-9:00 p.m. at Aspirus Wausau
Hospital. Contact Sue at 715-8455968. Downtown Memory Café is a new gathering place for people with early stages of dementia and their care partners. Hosted by First United Methodist Church, 3rd Thursday every month, 10:30 a.m. – Noon, 903 Third Street, Wausau. For more information or to register, call the church at (715) 842-2201, Charles Schoenfeld at (715) 842-9809 or email: memorycafe@fumcwausau.org. Free! Knitting at the Library Knitters of all ages and skill levels are invited to Knit Night on the 1st Thursday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at the Marathon County Public Library Wausau Headquarters, 300 N. First St., Wausau. The library will provide pattern books and some knitting supplies, but participants are encouraged to bring their own supplies. Medicare Basics Register early. Space is limited. Call the Aging & Disability Resource Center at (715) 261-6070. Cost: Free!!
AARP Chapter 272, Wausau Area 3rd Mondays of the month, March-December at the Wausau Airport, 725 Woods Place, Wausau, WI. Time of Meeting is 1:30 p.m. for about an hour. Because of the weather, no meetings in Jan. and Feb. 2016. For more information call Steve at 715-355-4918.
Great Wausau Area Stroke Club Grief Group at Helke Funeral 3rd Monday of even numbered Home months (Feb, April, June, 302 Spruce St., Wausau, on the 2nd August, October, Dec. ) and 4th Tuesdays of each month 3200 Westhill Dr. (2nd floor from 1:00-2:00 p.m. classroom) 1:00-2:30 p.m., Free and no Caregiver Support Group registration required. Call Kim at 2nd Tuesday of the month at 9:00 (715) 847-2833 or Kathy at (715) a.m. Aspirus Memory Clinic lower 847-2827. level, conference room 2720 Plaza Medication Mondays Drive, Wausau. Contact Jennifer 3rd Monday each month Pagel at (715) 847-2004. Professional assistance for those who: Family Support Group • Want to understand and organize 4th Monday of the month from medications better 7:00-8:00 p.m. at the Marathon • Take four or more medications, or have multiple health conditions County Public Library; 2nd floor meeting room. Families who have • Get medications at multiple pharmacies or by mail-order a member who has a mental ill• Want to reduce medication ness. Facilitated by trained NAMI expenses: Call 715.847.2380 or members. 1.800.847.4707 for appointment. Thoughtful Thursdays Two Thursdays each month at Aspirus Wausau Hospital, Wausau
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Healing Energy
your pet has a different style biofield and the techniques are modified to be more compatible to it, they receive similar benefits as you.
By Denise R. Edenhofer, NCSF-CPT, E-RYT 200, HTP-A, HTAP
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o you have an ailment or injury and you are looking for healing options. There are complementary and alternative options available that have been around for thousands of years. Healing Energy, also known as Energy Medicine, is one of them. There are many benefits to Healing Energy. A couple important ones are that there are no contraindications, thus you can never receive quantities that are harmful to you, and the healing energy goes exactly where it is needed.
► What is this Healing Energy stuff anyway? It is a
biofield (magnetic field around the body) therapy that is an energybased approach to health and healing. It is a way of clearing, energizing and balancing the human biofields, also known as auras or energy fields, using various non-invasive techniques by employing the hands that affect emotional, mental, physical and spiritual health of the individual. It creates a deep form of relaxation that allows for more energy to be received than usual, thus assisting to restore balance and harmonies in the energy system, placing the client in a position to self-heal. It also assists in promoting continued health.
► Why would one use Healing Energy? There are
various studies that support the
► How long is a session and what is the cost? Depending
use of Healing Energy to reduce anxiety, chronic fatigue, fears, depression, headaches (cluster, migraine, sinus, tension, and trauma), stress, tension and physical pain and discomfort. It can also improve immune functions, quality of sleep, facilitate healing of injuries, and assist in the preparation for and recovery from various types of medical treatments, surgeries and procedures. An additional reason is that it also can support individuals and families through chronic illnesses and the dying process.
► Are there any side effects? There are no
contraindications from using Healing Energy. Occasionally a person will notice an acceleration of the healing process and her/ his symptoms may intensify for a brief time. Generally when this happens, the recovery time of the ailment or injury is reduced.
► Can anyone receive it or just certain people? Any
age person, male or female, can benefit from a Healing Energy session. Even if they do not believe it works. You can have a session for a specific need, understanding that the energy will go where it needs to and not always where we “think” it needs to, or you can have a session just to maintain wellbeing. Of course humans are not the only ones who can benefit from an Energy Healing session. Our furred, feathered, scaled and skinned companions do also. Although
upon the reason for the session they generally run from 45 to 90 minutes. The cost varies per area and practitioner. Generally it is similar to the price of a massage, $45 to $75 dollars per hour in the Wausau area. It is important to remember that Energy Healing is NOT a replacement for traditional health care, medical diagnoses or medical treatment for illness, please refer to a licensed medical practitioner for medical care. Energy Healing is a possible compliment to them. It is an energy therapy in which practitioners consciously use their hands in a heart-centered and intentional way to support and facilitate emotional, mental, physical and spiritual health.
If you have questions or would like additional information concerning Healing Energy, please contact Denise R. Edenhofer, NCSF-CPT, E-RYT 200, HTP-A, HTAP at 715842-2176 or visit www.keepin-fit.
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April is Occupational Therapy Month
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ust about anyone may need occupational therapy services at some time in their life. It could be your mother or father facing changes because of aging. It could be your child who may be experiencing difficulty doing things other children at school can do. It may be your spouse coping with illness or injuries from an accident. It could be anyone who can’t do the things in life they want or need to do. Occupational therapy is therapy based on performing meaningful activities of daily life at home, at school and at play. Occupational therapy helps individuals with illnesses, injuries, or certain conditions or disabilities by enabling or enhancing participation in self-care skills, education, work or social interaction to overcome illness or injury. Lymphedema treatment is a service provided by the occupational therapy team at Wausau Manor by two lymphedema certified members. Lymphedema is swelling that may occur in one or both of your arms or legs. Lymphedema is most commonly caused by removal or damage to your lymph nodes as a part of cancer treatment. It results from a blockage in your lymphatic system which is
part of your immune system. The blockage prevents lymph fluid from draining resulting in fluid buildup and swelling. There’s no cure for lymphedema, however it can be very well managed with early diagnosis and care of your affected limb. Occupational therapy takes a personal and direct approach to meeting an individual’s health needs and goals. Along with the patient and other health care practitioners, occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants share the hard work and commitment needed to accomplish each individual patient’s goals.
Wausau Manor commends our occupational therapy team for the tremendous work they do to provide excellent care and rehabilitation for every individual need. In addition to occupational therapy, Wausau Manor also provides physical therapy and speech therapy services for the inpatients at our center as well as outpatients in the community. This interdisciplinary approach expedites recovery and overall wellness. For more information or with any questions regarding Wausau Manor therapy programs contact Dawn Steves, Director of Rehab at 715842-0575.
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Volunteers ROCK!! Volunteers Are An Integral Part of Hospice Care Informational article provided by AseraCare Hospice
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t was the great thinker Aristotle who said, “The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons.” There are many ways individuals can help in their communities, and thousands have found fulfillment through volunteering at a local hospice agency. Volunteers are a crucial part of hospice care, which is available to patients who are terminally ill with a diagnosis of no more than six months to live if the disease runs it normal course. Hospice care attends to the physical and emotional needs of the patient and his or her family. Nationally, about 100,000 people serve as hospice volunteers offering millions of hours of their time. Volunteers are so important to the program that federal law requires 5 percent of patient care hours in Medicare-approved hospices be provided by volunteers. Hospice volunteers find the work they provide to be personally fulfilling and emotionally meaningful. Many hospice volunteers have been introduced to their work through the death of a family member, and understand the value of hospice care. AseraCare Hospice, a leading provider of hospice care, depends on its many volunteers who help patients and their families through a difficult time, and is grateful to those who find it in their heart to take the time volunteer. AseraCare’s philosophy of hospice care is to
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work closely with the hospice’s professional alleviate physical discomfort while providing bereavement staff in duties that range from emotional, spiritual and bereavement support helping a support group facilitator, serving to the terminally ill patient and their family, refreshments during meetings, and assisting and volunteers play an important role in with mailings to clients and families. making this happen. • Administrative work — Volunteers help For people interested in volunteering at a hospice, there is a wide-range of ways to help. in hospice agencies by providing simple administrative duties like answering phones, Volunteers vary in age from teens to seniors, providing clerical skills, or stuffing envelopes and hospice staff try to use a person’s talents for mailings. based on skills or experience. As part of the Hospice volunteers help in big ways and in hospice team, volunteers serve on a regularly Volunteer Ad the most important thing a small ways. Often, scheduled basis, and can help in ways AseraCare Hospice: volunteer can do, however, is simply offering including: patients a smile, providing a reassuring hand • Support services — Volunteers visit with to hold, and being a friend. Hospice volunteers patients and read to them, take walks with often remark that the satisfaction they get from them, and help them write letters. making a difference in the lives of patients • Share hobbies and special interests — Hospice: Volunteer Ad a critical time is a and AseraCare their families at such Volunteers can help with crafts and engage powerful experience. in conversations and activities around sports, travel, music and other interests. AseraCare Hospice: Volunteer Ad In order to ensure that volunteers are ready for the • Respite and support for family — Family challenges associated with working with the dying, caregivers also need time away, and appreciate AseraCare Hospice agencies require volunteers to the opportunity of time to take care of errands complete extensive orientation and training, as well as undergo a routine background check. AseraCare has 66 or to just spend some time alone. Family hospice locations in 18 states. For information on members also appreciate a friendly visitor. becoming a hospice volunteer, visit AseraCare at www. aseracare.com to find a location near you. • Bereavement support — Volunteers AseraCare Hospice wishes to thank our volunteers for the time and dedication you have given Hospice wishes to to AseraCare our patients.
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hroughout our local communities and across the country, older adults are increasingly using their talents, skills and experiences to make a real difference through their volunteer service. In fact, older adults comprise a large part of the volunteer work force of many nonprofit agencies. As volunteers do good by helping others and helping build a better community, they are also doing good for themselves. In fact, volunteering as part of a plan for good health is being recommended by more and more physicians to their older adult patients. In the past two decades research has shown that volunteering has many proven health benefits. A report by the Corporation for National and Community Service, The Health Benefits of Volunteering: A Review of Recent Research shows that volunteers have “greater longevity, higher functional ability, lower rates of depression and less incidence of heart disease.” Those who volunteer report an increased sense of accomplishment and purpose in their lives. Studies have shown
that volunteers over age 60 reported lower disability and higher levels of well-being compared to non-volunteers. The studies repeatedly found that volunteering leads to improved physical and mental health. In fact, it only takes about 100 hours per year, or about two hours a week to enjoy significant health benefits of volunteering. The data has also shown that older adults reap the greatest health benefits. This is attributed to the sense of purpose and social role which volunteering provides. For individuals over 70 who volunteer 100 hours a year, the data shows less decline in health and functioning levels, less depression and increased longevity. So while your giving of your time and talents to help others, you’re also helping to improve your own health. United Way RSVP of Marathon County is a free volunteer service for adults 55 and older who are interested in either
Find the Right Volunteer Position for You
For more information on United Way RSVP of Marathon County, contact Tony Omernik, at United Way RSVP of Marathon County by calling: 715-2985721 or email: tomernik@unitedwaymc.org.
truly make an impact on someone’s life? If yes, please consider joining our volunteer team at North Central Health Care. By volunteering your time and talents at the Mount View Care Center nursing home you can build long term, lasting relationships with our very special residents. We hope you check us out. We would love to hear from you. We can be reached at: Volunteer Office phone: 715.848.4450 or LHarder2@norcen.org. Give us a call!
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he choice to give of your time and talent is a very valuable and important one. Follow these basic suggestions to find a rewarding and enjoyable volunteer experience. To find the best volunteer experience possible it is important to do a little research. When looking for a volunteer position you will want to learn about the organization and its volunteer program. Get the organization’s brochure, look at their web site and educate yourself about who the organization serves or what the organization is trying to accomplish and what types of volunteer opportunities might be available to you. Feel free to ask questions, such as: how do you involve volunteers, what is the length of commitment, how much training is provided, etc.? Share your motivation for volunteering. The more that organization knows about you, the better able they will be to place you in a position that you enjoy. It is important to remember that not every volunteer job is right for every volunteer. While one particular job may not be ideal for you, dozens of other volunteer assignments
getting started or already are volunteering. RSVP (Retired and Senior Volunteer Program) is a nationwide program that provides personalized help matching individual talents, skills and experience with critical community needs. This free program makes it easy and convenient for older adults to get connected with a volunteer experience that is a good fit for them. In addition to the personalized placement service, RSVP provides additional benefits that support the volunteer experience such as accidental medical coverage, auto and volunteer liability insurance are some of the helpful benefits RSVP members receive. In addition RSVP members enjoy monthly coffee hours, educational programs and social events to enjoy if they choose. In 2015, 351 United Way RSVP members provided over 45,000 hours of volunteer service doing 94 different jobs to help 44 nonprofit agencies within Marathon County.
Thank You may meet your needs and expectations. Give yourself time to explore a variety of opportunities. At NCHC we have hundreds of active volunteers that participate in many different volunteer activities at our agency. Just a few of the volunteer opportunities that we have available are: ♥ Bingo helpers ♥ Activity volunteers (bring residents to and from their rooms to music, shows, etc.) ♥ Beauty Shop volunteers (set residents hair) ♥ Gift Shop workers ♥ Medical appointment companions (ride along with residents to medical appointments) ♥ Special friends (visit with a resident that may not have any other visitors). Would you like to volunteer at a place where you can
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benefits. This is attributed to the sense of purpose and social role that volunteering provides. For individuals over seventy who volunteer 100 hours a year, the data shows less decline in health and functioning levels, less depression, and increased longevity. While your gift of time and talents is helping to build a better community — you’re also improving your health.
By Tony Omernik, United Way RSVP Director
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ould you be surprised if your doctor prescribed volunteering at your next visit? You really shouldn’t be. Volunteering as part of your plan for good health is being recommended by physicians across the country. In our local community, I have had volunteers tell me that besides enjoying their volunteering, it was something their doctor recommended they do. In the past two decades research has shown that volunteering has many health benefits. We can all relate to that good, warm feeling we get inside when we help someone, or do something good. That good feeling is just part of a much larger spectrum of the many physical and mental health benefits of volunteering. A report by the Corporation for National and Community Service, The Health Benefits of Volunteering: A Review of Recent Research shows that volunteers have “greater longevity, higher functional ability, lower rates of
depression and less incidence of heart disease.” Those who volunteer report an increased sense of accomplishment and purpose in their lives. Studies have shown that volunteers over age sixty reported lower disability and higher levels of well-being compared to nonvolunteers. The studies repeatedly found that volunteering leads to improved physical and mental health. In fact, it only takes about 100 hours per year, or about two hours a week to enjoy significant health
This April we would like to thank the 150 volunteers who dedicate their me to make the Grand Theater so special. Interested in being a part of the Grand family? There are a number of opportuniies to volunteer at The Grand Theater and...
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United Way RSVP of Marathon County provides free services to help persons fifty-five plus to get involved with volunteering in a way that matches individual interests and skills with community needs. RSVP also provides other free benefits that help support those already volunteering. For more information contact United Way RSVP at (715) 848-2927.
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aby boomers are those people born during the post-WWII baby boom, considered to be the period between the years 1946 and 1964. The baby boomer generation generally has the largest disposable income of any age group. You can reach thousands of baby boomers and seniors from the Wausau and Central Wisconsin region by participating with a booth at the 2016 Boomer Expo on Saturday, April 23, 2016 from 10 AM to 5 PM at the Central Wisconsin Convention & Expo Center in Rothschild, Wisconsin. The 2016 Wausau Boomer Expo offers you a unique opportunity to inform and educate active parents, grandparents, and caregivers about the products, services, and resources that you offer through your business or organization, that can enhance and enrich their day to day lives. The 50+ generation and specifically baby boomers represent the greatest wealth in the United States. By 2016, the baby boomer generation of 50+ will represent over 45% of the US population, with assets in excess of $25 trillion dollars. The 2016 Wausau Boomer Expo provides the opportunity for health and wellness
screenings, seminars, product samplings, giveaways, drawings and more to promote your business or organization. Your efforts combined with our radio, newspaper, television, Internet, and other advertising, will be used to attract individuals to this spectacular event. If your organization or business provides products, services, or resources similar to those listed below, you have the opportunity to connect with new and existing customers, clients, and caregivers who will be attending this upcoming event: • Senior Housing & Organizations • Assisted Living Options • Senior Mobility • Handicap Mobility Accessories • Health & Fitness • Pharmacies & Pharmaceuticals
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Honoring Choices There’s no easy way to plan for future health care choices. It’s a process that involves thinking and talking about sensitive and complex issues. What is most important is that you begin now. Take time to reflect, discuss and make a plan. Here’s how to get started: • Reflect on your values: Has anything in your past happened that may shape your feelings about medical treatment? What did you learn from these experiences? • Choose a healthcare agent: Think about who you trust to make decisions for you, if you are injured or ill, and unable to communicate.
• Explore your goals for treatment: Think about when it might make sense to continue certain treatments in an effort to prolong life or to seek recovery. Talk with your family about what “living well” means to you. • Complete a written advance directive: Share photocopies. Let your family know who your agent is and what your preferences are. Brewing the Conversation, an event on Thursday, April 14, is an opportunity to begin the planning. To learn more or to register, call Aspirus at 715.847.2380 or 1.800.847.4707. Need inspiration? Watch It’s About the Conversation, a short video at aspirus.org/advancedirectives. Click on the “FAQs” tab.
All Who Served
The Wisconsin Veterans Home at King is where love of country merges with over 125 years of Caring for America’s Heroes. All branches of the armed forces are represented here. Each branch has its own esprit de corps, but all are united as veterans of this great country in a community with camaraderie borne out of shared military experience. The Wisconsin Veterans Home at King is a long-term and rehabilitative care facility serving veterans and their eligible dependents. We offer quality medical and nursing care which enhances quality of life. Our highly trained and dedicated staff strive to meet the unique needs of veterans by providing compassionate care built on the foundation of integrity, honor and respect. Spanning across 320 acres of the richest, most picturesque scenery, the Wisconsin Veterans Home at King is a gem like no other. Exquisitely nestled between the bluest of blue springfed lakes, embraced by lush green rolling hills, the sights and sounds of this magical setting are breathtaking. This unsurpassed beauty is not commonly home to a long-term care facility, but how appropriate a setting providing peace and tranquility for those who bore the battle.
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Hougum Law Firm, LLC is a full-service estate planning, elder law, and probate office located in Wausau, Wisconsin. We are committed to a thoughtful approach in planning for life, wealth preservation and dealing with crisis and death. Attorney Alan Hougum believes in empowering his clients and providing them with practical tips for short-term and long-term strategies that will be useful for a lifetime. Our team of professionals can assist you in a variety of areas, using only those legal tools and techniques that protect you and the people you love. Some of the services we provide include: Wills, Powers of Attorney, Probate, Trusts, Asset Protection, Long-Term Care Planning, Medicaid Qualification and more. Stop by our booth at the Boomer Expo and sign up for a door prize and a free consultation coupon!
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The Many Benefits of Aquatic Exercise for the Young and Elderly By Dr. Louis V Smith DPT, OCC, CredMDT
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s summer arrives, millions of individuals take to the water for recreation and relaxation. Wisconsin is blessed with outdoor natural beauty with hundreds of lakes, rivers, and parks drawing tourists from throughout the world. Many towns and hotels also offer both indoor and outdoor pool facilities. Water certainly is necessary for life and often contributes quality to our lives. One way it benefits is through therapeutic water exercise. In spite of extensive research showing broad benefits of using aquatics therapy for acute and chronic injuries, it remains underutilized as a treatment modality (Becker B, American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehab, 2009). Water therapy can benefit individuals with musculoskeletal and neurological disorders. For many with restrictive pain, it allows improved exercise potential. With the aging process, regular exercise becomes increasingly important. A meta-analysis study in the Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Heyn, Patricia, 2004) showed exercise training resulted in improved health related physical fitness and cognitive function for individuals, even for those with dementia. Water therapy has been recognized for healing potential for hundreds of years. The profession of physical therapy initially evolved largely due to the polio epidemic; aquatic therapy was often the treatment of choice. It seems the unique
properties of water foster significant exercise benefits to both the mind and body. One of these water properties is hydrostatic pressure, which reduces edema with immersion. Research has shown the effects of water immersion have significantly improved dependent edema and subjective pain symptoms in patients with varicose veins (Ernst, S, 1991). Buoyancy is a second aquatic property which significantly unloads immersed joints; approximately 50% of body weight is unloaded when an individual is in water up to their navel, often eliminating joint pain with exercise. The viscosity involved with aquatic exercise is yet another property which is conducive to good rehab. As an individual pushes harder against water, viscous resistance increases allowing an individual to increase or decrease resistance with exercise, as tolerated. For older adults with arthritis, aquatic exercise has been shown to reduce disability, improve functional fitness and improve strength (Suomi R, Ach Phys Med Rehabil 2003). Many towns and cities have YMCA community-based pool programs available. Often local hotels also offer pool memberships at very reasonable
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rates. Research from the European Journal of Experimental Biology (2014, 4(1):38-43) also has shown aquatic therapy can have positive effects on increasing the dynamic balance of individuals with multiple sclerosis. With all the great benefits and advantages of pool exercise and therapy, one may ask why is it so often underutilized. As a doctor of physical therapy who has treated hundreds of patients in the water, the biggest barrier I have found clinically is vanity. A typical response I get from patients I know would benefit is, “Only God sees me in a swimsuit!” Often this mindset can be diffused with proper education and by having individuals watch others (with similar challenges) exercise and share the benefits they have received. Increased socialization can be another perk of water exercise. It can be great fun, and a wonderful way to make new friends. For many with limited tolerance for land-based exercises due to chronic pain, the water environment can provide hope, encouragement and enjoyment for better health and function. Often a physical therapist who is skilled with aquatic therapy can be a great asset in helping reduce fears and optimizing functional outcomes with an individualized graded exercise program. In summary, water exercise and therapy has a tremendous amount to offer both the young and old. It just may be the ticket you need to improve your quality of life. This summer consider getting more active by making some waves! Dr. Louis Voigt Smith is the owner of Backsmith Advanced Physical Therapy (backsmithpt.com) & the inventor of the patented Backsmith Selective Stabilization Support. He can be contacted at backsmith2009@hotmail. com or by phone at 715-298 5888.
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For the Grand Parents … By Candace Franco
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ere’s a question for you. “If you could share one truth, that you have learned from your life’s experience, with your grandson or granddaughter…what would you tell them?” Work hard and stick with the job until it’s done? Live in the moment? Smile wrinkles look better than frown wrinkles? Here’s the lesson I learned from my grandfather. Slow down and think… I have a bump on the right side of my tongue. I got it when I was eight years old and it will clearly be with me for the remainder of my days. We were at my grandparent’s house. I was playing hide and seek with my cousins. I was running around like a banshee up the steps, down the steps, up the steps again. My grandfather, and we all called him grandfather, was sitting on the porch in his rocker smoking a pipe and reading the paper. Now my grandfather was a man of few words. Most of the time he paid us little attention. He left the children to my grandma. So when he reached out and caught me by the arm it was a surprise and maybe even a little scary. Very quietly he said, “Slow down little one. Think. Where could they hide? Move slowly, use your head and you’ll find them. Oh, and if you don’t slow down you’re going to fall and get hurt.” Of course I didn’t slow down or think and I did fall down which required stitches in my tongue giving me the bump. But, what a great life lesson
he offered me. Slow down and think. I could have saved myself a whole lot of pain if I had only absorbed that lesson right then instead of years later. My grandfather gave me some really good advice applicable in all sorts of situations. Now, over sixty years later, more often than not I remember to slow down and think before I act. I believe I am the better for it. Sometimes I swear I can feel his hand on my arm and hear his words whispered in my ear. My grandfather never became famous. He never even became rich; in fact he probably never made more $7,000 in a year. But he gave me a gift, and he was important to our family. A legacy is more than money or property. Now that I am a grandmother myself I wonder what my grandchildren will remember? What legacy
will I leave? Will they remember me as the woman who needs four remotes to operate her television and has no clue what uses data minutes on her iPhone? Or will they benefit, at least a little, from my life’s experience? Besides my stature, my nose and my hazel eyes what else will they get from me? I want them to stop and pause at my passing and remember the fun, the laughter, the cookies, the endless hours of playing Candy Land and perhaps a life lesson or two. I am only sixty-seven; I have a lot of living to do. I plan to dance at my granddaughter’s wedding but I know to slow down and think. And what I thought was, a little preparation wouldn’t hurt. So I spent some time with a Life Tribute Advisor. She helped me complete a booklet, My Life’s Celebration Planner. Everything that is important to me and that I thought would help my family when I pass is written down in the planner. It will be there at the funeral home when it’s needed. I can add to it as I continue to live my full, rich life. But, now I know my grandkids, and my children, will hear the songs we sing together, they will read some of my favorite poetry, and they will finally get the recipe for my Door County cherry chunk cookies. I have to tell you the process was pretty easy. Dare I say even fun? It feels good and all I had to do was slow down, think and get it done. The author, Candace Franco is a happy grandmother who lived for eight years in Cedarburg, WI and is now enjoying the milder weather in Kilmarnock, VA. Jamie Sarver is a life Tribute Advisor … with Braninard Funeral Home if you would like to make arrangements to complete your own My Life’s Celebration Planner please contact her at jamie@brainardfuneral.com.
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Elderly Poverty Could Rise
A steep decline in the number of elderly people living in poverty is one of the greatest social policy success stories of the 20th Century. If current trends do not change, the success might be fleeting.
By Alan L. Hougum, Elder Law and Estate planning attorney
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he early decades of the 20th Century saw great advances in healthcare that prolonged the average lifespan of people in the developed world. However, as more people began living long enough to be considered elderly, many of them did so in poverty. Throughout the developed world programs and policies were put into effect that severely reduced the number of elderly people in poverty. In the United States private pension plans, Social Security and convincing people to save for retirement have combined to make elderly poverty relatively rare. That could change in the near future as the New York Times reports in “An Aging Society Changes the Story on Poverty for Retirees.”
There are pressures on all three tools that helped lower elderly poverty. Fewer and fewer people have private pension plans through their employers. People are not saving as much as they will need for retirement. Perhaps most importantly, an aging population creates stress on
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