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Thursday: Boomers & Beyond

MDHHS urges vaccinations as respiratory cases rise in Michigan

LANSING — The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services encourages Michigan residents to get vaccinated, as increases in flu, COVID-19 and RSV activity have been observed and are expected to continue. At the end of December, trends in respiratory illness reached the highest levels ...

Senior nutrition

LANSING — The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is joining with the federal Administration for Community Living and senior nutrition service providers in celebrating the 53rd anniversary of the Senior Nutrition Program as part of March for Meals Month, according to a press ...

Elder abuse

The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention defines elder abuse as “an intentional act or failure to act that causes or creates a risk of harm to an older adult” (age 60 or older) Elder abuse includes physical abuse, emotional/psychological abuse, sexual abuse, financial ...

Medicare – the basics (part 2)

Information from Department of Health and Human Services/ Elder Care Directory If you don’t take Part-B when you are first eligible, the cost of your Part-B premiums will go up 10% for each full 12-month period that you could have had Part-B but didn’t sign up for it, except in special ...

108 & counting

MINOT, NORTH DAKOTA — Ray Curtis was born on Feb. 11, 1917, about two months before the United States entered World War I and a year before what became known as the Spanish Flu ravaged the nation. Automobiles had not yet become common in the states and air travel was in its infancy. The Great ...

Medicare – the basics (part 1)

Medicare is a government program that provides health insurance coverage for senior citizens age 65 years and older, the disabled of any age, and to anyone suffering from end-stage renal disease. Medicare is divided into four parts, which are known as Medicare Part-A, B, C, and D. ≤ What ...