Thank you everyone who participated in #GivingTuesday! We raised $8,725.21 and five new volunteers have joined us. A special thanks to Ridge Care, Kernersville Rehab Specialists, Captain Tom’s Seafood & Oyster Bar, and Plaza Restaurant for their $1400 match. Also to Angela’s Ale House, Beroth Tire & Automotive, Bistro B & Wine Bar, Captain Tom’s Seafood & Oyster Bar, Carmine's [...]
The services of SHIIP, the Seniors’ Health Insurance Program of the North Carolina Department of Insurance, are not only for people aged 65 and older. SHIIP also provides free counseling about Medicare to people on Medicare due to a disability. Before you can receive Medicare due to a disability, you must have received Social Security Disability Insurance for a period [...]
Do you ever have difficulty paying for your prescription drugs? Do you have limited income and assets? If you answered "yes" to either of these questions and you are a person with Medicare, Extra Help may be available for you. The federal Extra Help program assists qualified Medicare beneficiaries with out-of-pocket expenses associated with Medicare Part D prescription drug expenses. [...]
Find out what is happening at The Shepherd's Center by reading our latest newsletter found atwww.shepctrkville.com/documents/TSC Newsletters/October Quarterly Newsletter.pdf. Shop at Amazon Smile and Support The Shepherd's Center. Next time you buy something at Amazon.com use this special link and Amazon will donate 0.5% of eligible purchases to The Shepherd's Center of Kernersville. The Shepherd’s Center of Kernersville431-B W. Bodenhamer [...]
The decision to move to a retirement community is filled with excitement and enthusiasm. But the process of downsizing, planning a move and other aspects to the move may also have stress or sadness associated with the change. This change can be a difficult one for older adults as they [...]
Researchers at the UNC School of Medicine are conducting studies that utilize blood donations from individuals diagnosed with or potentially exposed to mosquito-borne viruses as part of ongoing dengue and Zika research and vaccine development. Aravinda de Silva, PhD, professor of microbiology and immunology, and Matt Collins, MD, PhD, an infectious diseases fellow, are among more than 10 groups studying [...]
Residents can honor the memory of a loved one while making Winston-Salem a better place to live through the Recreation Department’s Memory Tree Program. When purchasing a Memory Tree, you can select the type of tree you prefer, the person to be remembered, and a location on city property. The department will have the tree planted, and affix a weatherproof [...]
Innovative Clinic Helps Cancer Patients Manage Symptoms and Avoid Emergency Department The symptom management clinic is an example of efforts that earned Cone Health an Innovator Award for cancer care. It was an up and down day for Donna Sturges. Nothing she ate stayed down. When she lifted up her head, she became dizzy. Sturges was receiving chemotherapy for lung [...]
Senior Services launched its first Community Garden in May as a benefit for seniors who enjoyed the summerlong bounty of fresh and healthy produce. Consisting of four raised beds, the garden also aimed at helping seniors re-engage and better connect with the community around them. Volunteers and staff, along with Meals-on-Wheels participants, helped Donald Hairston tend the garden on a [...]
How can you tell legitimate contests from bogus sweepstakes and lotteries? AARP’s Money Newsletter suggests the following five ways. 1. It’s a scam if you have to pay anything to enter or collect winnings. 2. Scammers request that fees be paid via wire transfers or prepaid debit cards which are hard to trace. 3. If you did not enter a [...]
