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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 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 Achieves 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
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By Rhonda Mossner
◘ My Blood Type is Coffee — Coffee is My Life
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The Many Benefits of Aquatic Exercise for the Young and Elderly
(Ernst, S, 1991). Buoyancy 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 rates. 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 Continued on Page 2
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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! For any comments or questions: Dr. Louis Voigt Smith is the owner of Backsmith Advanced Physical Therapy and can be emailed at backsmith2009@ hotmail.com
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Empower Your Life with Meditation at the Christine Center Meditation is ancient wisdom practice for today. Found at the heart of all the great religions, it’s a spiritual practice that helps us grow into our full potential. Regular practice brings many benefits that can make us feel better, more relaxed, hopeful, and better able to handle our lives. Meditation is now accepted as having a highly therapeutic effect and is recommended by mental health workers for stress reduction and to gain more self-awareness. The Christine Center for Meditation offers retreats for meditation from both East and West. Western or Christian Meditation is considered a way of prayer that goes beyond reducing symptoms to a deeper level of healing. According to the World Community of Christian Meditation, “In the silence of meditation we begin to know in the depths of our being that we are loved and accepted, that we are held by a gentle power, which Editor/Publisher: Arwen Rasmussen Offices: 3315 Nimitz Ave, Eau Claire, WI 54701 P: 715-831-0325 F: 715-831-7051 E: seniorreviewnewspapers@gmail.com
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transcends fear and can never leave us.” The two most common forms of Eastern or Buddhist meditation are Mindfulness of Breathing to achieve deep calm and inner peace and Loving Kindness Meditation to make positive changes in our lives and be more accepting and forgiving of ourselves and others. However your journey is inspired and informed, at the Christine Center we’re here to support your inner and outer transformation: work drawing you toward your essence and growth of soul. In addition to various meditation retreats offered throughout the year, we also offer art and writing as contemplative practice, yoga, Jungian dream work, sacred dance, and many other programs for personal growth. We offer a three-year certificate program, Spiritual Deepening for Global Transformation. You can come alone
to experience the transformative power of a personal retreat or bring a group of friends, family, or coworkers for gettogethers or meetings. Stay in a hermitage in the woods or in our guest house. Eat home-cooked meals, full of life, and made with love or prepare your own food. You’ll find a beautiful chapel and meditation hall. Our guests note the hospitality as warm and generous; the atmosphere: peaceful, rich, restful, transforming, or life-affirming. We offer support for your inner work. The art studio, the bookstore, and library may be just what you need. Hike or cross-country ski the trails through the 120 acres of woodlands. Awesome times! These days in which we live and stretch ourselves to the tasks of love and service are an amazing opportunity, where we learn the power of sitting still in meditation, of engaging in soulful creativity, and
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My Blood Type is Coffee — Coffee is My Life By Rhonda Mossner
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have six pounds of unopened whole beans stashed in my kitchen. There’s another pound in an old purse stuffed in the glove compartment of my car, and just yesterday while looking for a match to one of my stiletto heels in my closet, I found a pound hidden inside an old boot. It’s still good. It’s vacuumpacked, and the seal is still glued tight. I tugged on it just to be sure. It’s important you know I have admitted I may have a problem with coffee many times to my friends and family, usually while standing in line at a local coffee roaster. They just smile and buy me another cup. What am I to do? I think I need a support group or hypnosis. I would try either one, but coffee addiction therapy is not covered under my current health insurance. My love for coffee started about twenty years ago when we moved to Augusta, Wisconsin. Once we moved in, my new neighbors invited me for coffee, and I was
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roasters could there possibly be to satisfy my coffee needs and how long would it take to make new coffee friends? I am happy to report that it’s been a year since the move, and I have started a whole new key ring full of new places to visit all over the area! I haven’t been offered my own corner table office yet, but I have been welcomed by baristas with open arms and occasionally, a bottomless cup! Now, how about a little treat to go along with that coffee?
The Quilter Cook’s Coffee Lovers Brownies 2 c. flour 2 c. granulated sugar ½ c. butter ½ c. shortening 1 c. strong brewed coffee ¼ c. cocoa ½ c. buttermilk 1 ½ t. cinnamon 2 eggs 1 t. baking soda 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
Directions: 1) In a large bowl combine flour and sugar. 2) Bring butter, shortening, coffee, and cocoa to a boil. Pour this mixture over the flour and sugar. 3) Add buttermilk, cinnamon, eggs, baking soda, and vanilla extract. Mix well. 4) Pour into a prepared 17 ½ x 11inch jelly roll pan. 5) Bake at 400 degrees for 20 minutes.
Frosting ½ c. butter 2 T. cocoa ¼ c. milk 3 ½ c. powdered sugar 1 t. vanilla extract Directions: 1) Bring butter, cocoa, and milk to a boil. 2) Mix in powdered sugar and vanilla extract until smooth. 3) Pour warm frosting over brownies as soon as they come out of the oven. 4) Cool and cut into squares. In addition to her blog, TheDanglingThread. blogspot.com, Rhonda Mossner is also a professional speaker and quilter. She is known as The Quilter Cook and travels throughout the area sharing her stories and recipes. You may contact her at TheQuilterCook@gmail.com
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“It’s Not Work, It’s Fun” By Master Gardener Bernie De Lonay, With Beauty Aid tips from Bobbie Bud’s For Life, Barbara Fraser-Hererra
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re you, or do you have a spraying program? If not, you should. Many people think only of spraying their tomatoes and peppers. But, there are so many different kinds of other things to be grown that it is mind boggling as to what they are afflicted by. A good spraying program is what makes the difference between an apple that has no worms in it and one that is not much good for anything. When I speak of a spraying program I am talking of a program that involves handling bug infestations, fungal diseases and other afflictions that come along in a normal growing season. Sometimes you have to spray a little more than you want, to get rid of common things such as Tomato Blossom End Rot, Vertacilium Wilt to name a few, and many more. A good spraying program usually has a rigorous schedule of about 10 days apart to keep up with all of the things that go along with a normal growing season. Sometimes, though, things arise very fast, even in a couple
of hours and they have to be dealt with on the spot. I make no secret of the fact that I am growing and have grown prize winning roses. The very fact that I am able to do this is because I have an extremely rigorous spraying program that I stick to no matter what. As an added extra special bonus I bury my roses so that they can make it through the winter, especially if we have another winter like the one from 2013-14. Hopefully, 2014-15 won’t be quite as bad. One of the hardest things to do in the botanical world is to get a plant to change how it has been structured for thousands of years and to get it to stay that way. When the botanical world was created, formed, the cell structure within each plant was made to remain the way it is, and to revert to the way it was created if someone tries to change it.
Helping plants to make it through any winter, whether it is brutal or not, is why plants were made the way they were. Spraying a good mix helps them stay the way they were created. Believe it or not, a rigorous spraying program is what makes it easier for gardeners, especially beginners, to have a successful productive harvest and it will make plants all that much hardier so that they can survive an
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Healthy Living
Healing the Body Through Foot Reflexology Massage By Michael Ojer, MSOM L.Ac
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hey say that the eyes are the windows to the soul. In Chinese Medicine, the feet are like windows to the body. Our feet are a map of the entire body, and reflex points are the way to treat the entire body through reflexology. The feet are a complex structure of bones, muscles, and connective tissue full of blood and nerve supply. We are on our feet so much of our day, it only makes sense to give the feet a little extra attention. Reflexology foot massage is an effective healing art. The therapeutic effect has its basis in Chinese Medicine by using qi or energy flowing through the body. Reflexologists, acupuncturists, and massage therapists are concerned with With foot reflex the internal body massage, health energy as a healing problems can be and balancing tool. detected early and By promoting treatment with other the body’s own Chinese medicine natural healing modalities can be powers through given to prevent Qi, reflexology is more serious of vital importance symptoms form to whole health. developing. Chinese This is comprised medicine aims to of body, mind, and treat the root of the spirit. The object of problem, not just holistic treatment the symptom. is to induce a state of balance and harmony throughout the entire organism. In Chinese and Ayurvedic medicine, health is seen as the harmonious movement of energy through the body. Indian yogis call it prana, the Japanese call it shinto, and the Chinese call it qi. In the West, we translate it is a vital life force. Qi is flowing through meridians, very similar to blood circulation or nerve pathways. When the practitioner applies pressure to specific reflex points on the feet, this sends a signal to its corresponding point in the body using qi as its guide. The simplicity of reflexology treatment is the
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Yoga for Upper Back Pain By Mary Hilliker, RDN, E-RYT 500, CYT
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he skeleton is an amazing chassis, the support structure for movement and a protector of our internal organs and glands. Just like a car chassis, we may start out with our own unique skeletal attributes and over the years add wear and tear. Upper back pain can occur due to our work or lifestyle, our structural/skeletal uniqueness, a medical condition, or trauma/injury. Upper back pain is often felt around the shoulder blades or in or around the upper part of the spine. Sometimes the pain relates to muscle tightness and tension caused by poor posture, work habits or hobbies. For some individuals upper back pain is a daily part of their life, especially when it relates to scoliosis, osteoporosis or significant trauma or injury. Yoga may be a helpful way to eliminate, reduce or manage upper back pain. Yoga postures, guided by breath, improve posture by improving strength and flexibility in the muscles that support the upper back, neck, shoulders and chest. Yoga practice can also help create healthier patterns of movement and increase awareness of how you are using your body. The best yoga approaches for upper back pain use a combination of: 1) repetition in and out of postures guided by breath, 2) staying in some postures to create a deeper effect once the body is warmed up, 3) specific sequencing of postures and 4) adaptation of the postures to address the
practitioner’s specific needs. Try a few simple yoga postures (or the posture below) with awareness of your breath as you move in and out of postures. Then relax, put your feet up, and make your breath smooth and long while you feel the wave-like movement of your spine as you breathe deeply. Ease the effect of gravity on the spine and allow muscles to relax deeply. Breathing exercises are also important for improving upper back pain. Sit in a chair and spend several minutes breathing with an awareness of lengthening your spine with each inhalation and maintaining that length in the spine as you exhale. See if you can feel an awareness of growing taller and creating space between the vertebral bodies! Check with your health care provider about any movement restrictions that are recommended for your specific condition. Osteopenia (low bone mass), osteoporosis and scoliosis require special caution. It’s best to work with a certified yoga therapist to determine how yoga practice should be modified for these conditions. Dvi Pada Pitham (Bridge Pose) Benefits: Helps strengthen leg, hip and back muscles. Stretches the front of the belly and thighs and chest. Promotes flexibility in the spine and often relieves stiffness in the upper back. How to Do the Posture: Lie on your back with your arms at your side and your feet about 6 inches apart and comfortably close to buttocks. On INHALE, press feet into the floor and raise hips
while you press arms into the floor and keep chin slightly tucked. On EXHALE, slowly lower the spine and hips back to the floor. Repeat at least 6 times. You can either lower the spine on exhale in a wave-like, vertebra by vertebra motion, or like a board, depending on what feels better for your back. When you are done, bring your knees to your chest and take several deep breaths. Mary Hilliker, RDN, RYT 500, is a Certified Viniyoga Teacher and Yoga Therapist and Dietitian-Nutritionist with River Flow Yoga, Wausau, WI, www.riverflowyoga. net, where she offers private yoga therapy, teaches group classes, workshops and yoga teacher training.
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uild it, and they will come,” I think, while climbing the hilly roads that dance with the creeks and curves of northwest Buffalo County. They come from neighboring farms and as far away as China, but are most likely to head here from Eau Claire, La Crosse and various Minnesota cities — Wabasha, Rochester, Minneapolis — just across the Mississippi. Hundreds come, past the cornfields and country cemeteries, sometimes riding sporty convertibles or paired up on motorcycles that whisk up, down and around this serene patch of the Driftless Area, where roads are more accustomed to slow-going tractors and thick-wheeled trucks. Church Valley, German Valley, Norwegian Valley, Cascade Valley: Where you are depends upon your choice of route less traveled. No freeway quickly delivers you here. The joy riders head to the Stone Barn from 5-9 p.m. on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from mid May to mid October. Pizza with artisan meats and veggies — locally produced, when possible — slides into a 700-degree, wood-fired brick oven, but just for two minutes. It comes out with the most thin and pleasantly crisp crust possible, each piece barely sturdy enough to hold traditional to unconventional toppings. Customers typically make an evening out of eating these pizzas — each enough to quell an average couple’s appetite, then kick back with a cold beer and amble around the farmland, toward a backyard pond or through an antique shop on the premises. Some end the night with ice cream before heading home. “People linger,” says Pamela Taylor, co-owner with David Jacobs, her husband since 2007. “We light tiki torches, kids run around and it can get pretty loud.” By 5:30, a customer was carrying a No. 30 tabletop sign from the ordering counter. It is not unusual for more than 100 pizzas to be ordered per night. Pam bought this property in 1991 because “I was driving around this area and loved it — even though the house was empty and the roof leaked so bad that a 3-foot-thick icicle ran from floor to ceiling in the kitchen.” Other than that, the farmhouse was
Above: Pamela Taylor, co-owner of The Stone Barn. Right: Diners at The Stone Barn, a "pizza farm" outside Nelson, WI.
Customers typically make an evening out of eating these pizzas — each enough to quell an average couple’s appetite, then kick back with a cold beer and amble around the farmland, toward a backyard pond or through an antique shop on the premises. Some end the night with ice cream before heading home. sturdy and beautiful, to Pam, full of natural woodwork and charm. At the time, she was a computer systems analyst in the Twin Cities for 21 years who took time off of work to care for her father, diagnosed with cancer and given six months to live. He actually lived two years, enough time for Pam to ponder the brevity of life and realize that she wanted a different rhythm for herself. “I wanted to do something I really loved, instead of what I was trained to do to make a living.” So today she says she makes noticeably less money but “I have everything — the views, the peace” and the ability to live with more freedom. She arranged the removal of debris from a collapsed barn on the farm, but
kept the structure’s walls, built with stone quarried from a wooded area at the curve of a nearby hill. “I’ll do something with this, someday,” Pam promised herself, and “it kind of looked like Stonehenge for 15 years.” She had visited another “pizza farm,” whose cook attracted more business than desired. “Why not try this,” Pam thought, even though “some people thought I was nuts” because of the farm’s remote location. Her neighborhood is one of practical farmers whose children also tend to choose farming as a career — or at least remain living in the area. So the barn walls turned into the guts of a building that could double as a greenhouse with an extension for shade plants, in case the pizza plan failed. That was 2005. The brick oven, a kitchen, customer seating and small bar fill the greenhouse. Chalkboards list menu and beverage choices. Additional wrought iron tables and chairs dot an open-air patio, topped with a shade
screen and flanked by columns of the barn stone. Clusters of herbs grow thick in beds in this outdoor dining area, and Pam or her staff (“hard-working farm kids who live in the neighborhood”) pluck what they need for baking, sometimes minutes before a night of business begins. Some of these seasonings also make their way into the locally raised pork and lamb that are ground and used as pizza toppings. “I’m so thrilled that people feel comfortable here,” Pam says, both sweating and grinning as she works. The Stone Barn, S685 Hwy. KK, Nelson, is six miles northeast of the Great River Road (Hwy. 35) at Nelson and 11 miles northeast of U.S. 61 (at Wabasha, Minn.). For more: nelsonstonebarn.com/index.htm, 715673-4478. The Stone Barn is a part of Mary Bergin’s book “Sidetracked in the Midwest: A Green Guide for Travelers” and is available from the Madison author through mary@roadstraveled.com.
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Watching Birds in Your Own Backyard Brings Health, Excitement & Stress Relief By Michael & Kathi Rock
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he Irish author, Robert Lynd, says that “In order to see birds it is necessary to become a part of the silence” and we have discovered that this is definitely true. Birds are clearly smaller in size than us, but they are also much bigger in spirit and seeing them provides a priceless connection to the beauty and majesty of nature and mindfulness in our lives—the special relationship we have discovered between birds and the wonderful people involved in watching them has been endlessly fascinating and far reaching. We became interested in creating a wildlife sanctuary in our suburban backyard almost by accident and then it became our destiny as the years went on and our involvement and commitment to birds and, especially hummingbirds, grew. The life of birds is determined by the cycles of nature and we have found ourselves tapping into those cycles to learn about and appreciate the richness that birds can bring to our lives and our mental and physical health. Seeing birds can certainly be a unique challenge in the frozen north. What can we do to invite birds into our yards? Many birds, such as hummingbirds and tanagers, are only with us during the warmer months and require special routines to draw them into and keep them coming back to our gardens. Generally, once a bird finds your property and something desirable about it, you can usually be guaranteed of return visits. As we’ve learned with hummingbirds, this activity is definitely a building process, with each successive year becoming better and stronger. The most important thing we have learned about birds is that you must take steps to meet their basic needs when you “put out the welcome sign” for them to keep them coming back again and again. For most birds, those needs will include dependable: ■ Shelter ■ Food ■ Water A property containing large, mature trees and bird-friendly shrubbery will generally be an ideal habitat for most birds. If you have Senior Review | 12
We can think of endless days of stress and illness when the sight of certain favorite birds was immensely therapeutic—this is one reason why you will see bird feeders at places such as nursing homes and hospice centers. Birds can brighten up a bleak, frigid winter day or bring hope and peace when times are rocky and dark. no trees or dense shrubbery (an ideal roosting and protective spot for smaller birds) in your yard, planting the largest plant specimens you can find will be an important first step. Birds require a place to sleep at night and something to escape into when being pursued by a predator. A brush pile or discarded Christmas tree also helps to create a valuable home for your bird friends. Some birds require special accommodations such as a nest box or house. For example, we would not be enjoying our Eastern Screech Owl during the winter without a specially located nest box (identify a place where squirrels cannot get into it and take it over) or those busy house wrens in the spring without bird houses. Food can be quite different for each bird species—think of it like “setting the table” for your bird friends! Some birds, such as Cardinals and Chickadees eat mostly seeds and some eat insects and worms such as Robins, Cedar Waxwings, Warblers and Tanagers. Our winter Woodpeckers depend on suet, and, of course, Hummingbirds (hummingbirds also devour huge numbers of small gnat-sized insects, so don’t use pesticides in your yard
and plant lots of flowers) and Orioles love sugar water feeders (Orioles also eat fruit and insects.) Hummingbirds eat from special tubular shaped flowers and you must plant a succession of nectar-filled blooms for them from early May through mid-October—a combination of feeders and the best flowers will ensure the presence of these magical birds in your garden. To enjoy a wide diversity of birds, it is essential to provide and encourage the presence of many different types of food and you must make sure that wildlife such as squirrels and raccoons cannot eat the food before the intended bird can find it (think squirrel proof feeders, out of reach locations, and alternate foods for squirrels for best results). Sugar water feeders must be kept clean and fresh for the safety of the birds and seed feeders must be filled and periodically cleaned. Providing food for birds is a little like having a pet—while birds can find food on their own because they are wild, if you want to enjoy watching and developing a special relationship with birds, you must spend time and care providing clean and safe food and designing your habitat. Water can be a very challenging element to provide unless your property backs up onto a moving stream or river. Moving water on your property will always bring a greater diversity of birds (especially during spring and fall migrations) and we have absolutely found this to be the case when we first began creating a wildlife habitat. Additionally, the relaxing and rhythmic sound of the water is soothing and meditative, especially at the end of a long workday or during a stressful or difficult time
Healthy Living in one’s life. We decided to purchase a small pond kit (the pond is very shallow with a small waterfall and a mister and dripper device) from the internet and while it is a lot of work to install the pond in the spring and disassemble it in the fall, the payback in terms of enjoying birds of all kinds is huge. For several springs we had families of ducks enjoying the pond, we’ve seen hummingbirds bathe in the pond, and virtually every other bird in our yard uses the pond at one time or another (Red-Wing Blackbirds, that beautiful harbinger of spring, especially like our pond when they first arrive from their wintering grounds, Bluebirds, Rose-breasted Grosbeaks.) There are many creative solutions to establishing a source of moving water that are less time intensive and expensive than a pond and they are all worthwhile in your quest to enjoy birds. A properly maintained birdbath is wonderful for many small songbirds, but many birds such as hummingbirds, will unfortunately find the water to be too deep and stagnant. Birds are always doing something interesting and their fascinating routines and arrivals and departures provide endless entertainment and stress relief during the average day (seeing that first hummingbird in late spring or an adult cardinal feeding a juvenile bird is simply priceless!). Nothing in life could duplicate our excitement of seeing the face of our Eastern Screech Owl appear in the hole of our nest box for the first time this winter or an indigo
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bunting at our bird feeder last summer. We regularly have a Red-tailed Hawk fly through our yard and every time it is an awe inspiring sight because of the sheer wing span of the bird. It is therefore very important to place feeders and boxes and plant flowers where you can easily see and enjoy them from your home. We can think of endless days of stress and illness when the sight of certain favorite birds was immensely therapeutic—this is one reason why you will see bird feeders at places such as nursing homes and hospice centers. Birds can brighten up a bleak, frigid winter day or bring hope and peace when times are rocky and dark. We begin and end our lives, our days, and our seasons, with birds—unlike us, they can fly, hover, and disappear into the sky where our dreams float free. As J.M. Barrie writes, “The reason birds can fly and we can’t is simply because they have perfect faith, for to have faith is to have wings.” We encourage you to have a little faith and to invite a few birds into your garden this spring so you can discover the magic of birds for yourself! To learn more about attracting birds to your garden, visit your local wild birding store or check out the following book available on Amazon.com: “Best-Ever Backyard Birding Tips: Hundreds of Easy Ways to Attract the Birds You Love to Watch” (Rodale Organic Gardening Books) by Deborah L. Martin (Author) , Editors of Rodale Garden Books (Author). You might also consider subscribing to “Birds and Blooms” Magazine and joining a local birding club or organization. You
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Major Changes to the Estate Recovery Program in Wisconsin By Mark D. Munson, CELA* and Shanna N. Yonke, Ruder Ware, L.L.S.C., Wausau, Wisconsin.
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ast year, Wisconsin legislators approved major changes to Wisconsin’s Estate Recovery Program (ERP), which seeks repayment of long-term care benefits provided to medical assistance recipients from their estates upon their death. In June, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (“DHS”) issued guidance regarding how it will implement these new ERP changes. Here are a few ways in which the ERP changes may affect you: ■ Life Estates. If you transfer real estate to someone else but retain the right to use or benefit from the real estate for your lifetime, your retained interest in the property is called a “life estate.” If your life estate interest is created on or after August 1, 2014, and you receive medical assistance during your lifetime (or your spouse received medical assistance during his or her lifetime), ERP may recover the value of the life estate interest upon your death. The value of the life estate interest is determined using a formula based upon life expectancy tables. If your life estate interest was created before August 1, 2014, it is not subject to the ERP. ■ Liens. If you receive medical assistance during your lifetime and you own a home, ERP has been able to impose a lien on your home when it is determined that you are permanently institutionalized and not likely to return home. A lien is a public notice indicating that you owe money to ERP and is recorded in Senior Review | 14
the office of the register of deeds for the county in which your home is located. While ERP’s ability to file a lien against homestead property owned by you is nothing new, ERP may now also file a lien against a life estate interest on real estate that is used as your home if the life estate is created on or after August 1, 2014. The lien will need to be paid before the home may be sold or paid at closing upon the sale of your home. ■ Surviving Spouse’s Estate. As of August 1, 2014, if you receive medical assistance during your lifetime and your spouse survives you, ERP may recover up to 50% of your spouse’s estate upon your spouse’s death for the value of medical assistance benefits paid on your behalf. Absent a marital property agreement to the contrary, all property owned by you and your spouse is presumed to be marital property and each spouse is considered to own an undivided one-half interest in all property. Marital property agreements will become very important documents when one spouse qualifies for medical assistance benefits so the impact of claims by the ERP can be lessened upon the death of the
surviving spouse. ■ Joint Tenancy Property. A joint tenancy is a form of property ownership in which each joint tenant has an undivided fractional interest in the property. If your joint tenancy is created on or after August 1, 2014, and you receive medical assistance during your lifetime, ERP may recover the value of your fractional interest in the property at the time of your death. Previously, only joint tenancy bank accounts were subject to the ERP, but now all jointly held property, including real estate, will be subject to the ERP. ■ Life Insurance. If you purchase any life insurance policy on or after August 1, 2014, and you receive medical assistance during your lifetime, ERP may recover the death benefit of the policy regardless of who you have named as the beneficiary of the policy. Life insurance policies obtained before August 1, 2014, are not subject to the ERP. ■ Revocable Trusts. If you created a trust and you may revoke it at any time while you are living, the trust is revocable. ERP may recover your interest in any revocable trust created on or
after August 1, 2014. Revocable trusts created before August 1, 2014, are not subject to the ERP. ■ Other Non-Probate Property. As of August 1, 2014, ERP may recover the value of any other non-probate property upon your death. Any property that will not pass through the probate process upon your death is called “non-probate property.” If you are able to designate a beneficiary of an account or other asset, then it is likely to be non-probate property. Common examples of non-probate property include retirement accounts (which are usually controlled by beneficiary designation) and bank accounts (which are sometimes controlled by pay-on-death or “P.O.D.” designations). ■ Services Subject to Recovery. ERP may recover for all long-term care services provided to any medical assistance recipient age 55 or older on or after August 1, 2014. Long-term care services include in-home, community-based, and nursing home care. DHS pays a monthly rate per medical assistance recipient of long-term care services. The monthly rate may be greater or lesser than the value of the services actually received by a medical assistance recipient. Before these changes, ERP recovered the value of the services actually received by a medical assistance recipient upon his or her death. As of August 1, 2014, ERP may recover the monthly rate, regardless of the value of the services actually received by a medical assistance recipient. If you have any questions about the ERP changes and how they affect you, please contact Mark D. Munson or Shanna N. Yonke, the authors of this article, or any of the attorneys in the Elder Law Practice Group at Ruder Ware. *Mark D. Munson is a certified elder law attorney (CELA) by the National Elder Law Foundation, as accredited by the American Bar Association.
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Before I Die
By Mary Miller Certified Pre-Planning Specialist, Peterson/Kraemer Funeral Home
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here’s a popular country song that tells the story of a 100-year-old man who shares this advice about life, ”Don’t blink, 100 years goes faster than you think”. Take a look at some of the significant changes and milestones that have taken place over the past 100 years...
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▪ World War I began ▪ Construction of the Panama Canal was completed ▪ The cost of a First Class Stamp was .02 cents ▪ Wrigley Field in Chicago was built ▪ Mother’s Day was officially established as a National Holiday by Congress ▪ Barden Funeral Home, now known as Peterson/Kraemer Funeral Home, conducted its first funeral for $27.75 Each event that takes place throughout history leaves its mark, whether it is in a history book, a collection of memorabilia, or simply in our memory. No matter who we are or what we accomplish during our lives, we also leave a legacy behind in the hearts and minds of those we knew and loved. Have you
Here is the first location, in New Orleans, of the Before I Die global public art project that invites people to reflect on their lives and share their personal aspirations in public space. ever thought about what you want your legacy to be? Are there things you want to accomplish in your life but haven’t yet had the opportunity to? What if you had the chance to ponder these things and then share them publicly with your neighbors and friends and leave your mark on a piece of history? Would it inspire you to make them happen before it’s too late? As part of our Centennial celebration, Peterson/Kraemer Funeral Home will be introducing our own local contribution to the global phenomenon known as the “Before I Die” project. Thousands of people in over 65 countries have pondered the question of what they want to accomplish in their lives before time runs out and have shared their dreams
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We invite you to join us as we embark on our 100th year of serving families. Our Centennial Celebration will kick off on August 17th from 1:00-3:00 p.m. at 1302 Sixth St, Wausau. In addition to behind-the-scene tours, refreshments and door prizes, at 1:30 p.m. we will unveil our local contribution to the global phenomenon known as the “Before I Die” project. Please stop by to share your personal aspirations and reflections with your neighbors & friends.
with their communities via publicly displayed walls. We invite you to join with your community neighbors and leave a colorful chalk description of your own personal aspirations and reflections on our traveling wall and let the world know what you want to do before you turn 100! Please join us for our Centennial Celebration from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. at our funeral home at 1302 Sixth Street, Wausau on Sunday, August 17th, 2014. The wall will officially be unveiled at 1:30 p.m. but be sure to stay for behind-the-scene tours, refreshments and door prizes. Visit www.beforeidie.cc for the history of this amazing movement.
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