Medicare Prescription Drug Plan - OPEN ENROLLMENT

FREE HELP - UNDERSTAND YOUR OPTIONS

OPEN ENROLLMENT IS OCT 15 - DEC 7 

Now is the time to review your Prescription Drug Plan and determine if you want to make changes. To help you in your decision making I want to share a service I recently came across. 

MMAP, Inc. is a local service that works through the Area Agencies on Aging to provide high quality and accessible health benefit information and counseling, supported by a statewide network of unpaid and paid skilled professionals. Too many of our seniors share stories of exorbitant medical and prescription bills. I breaks my heart to hear what they are dealing with when there are good options available, they just don't know about them. 

Please think about calling and having your plan reviewed and then sharing your knowledge with your Receivers.

CALL 1-800-803-7174 to get started.

This is a great link full of wonderful resources and additional Medicare and Medicaid information, from MMAP. click here

ANNIVERSARY PRIZE WINNERS

CONGRATULATIONS to our Anniversary Prize winners at last week's 3rd Quarter Employee Meeting. Rosemary Dressler, Judy Hoey, and Ann Vela each won a chance in the West Catholic Touchdown Club's Vacation Raffle. The prize is week long lake vacation rental. The drawing is Sept 9. Stay tuned to see if one of our deserving caregivers wins.

DEMENTIA OVERVIEW - VIDEO SERIES

As more of our receivers are showing signs of dementia, I wanted to share this video series I recently watched from UCLA Health. There are 7 videos in the series, each about 4 minutes, and they give a quick introduction to some of the behaviors we see and offer ideas to work with them. I especially like the case study on Refusal to Bathe in Video III.

I encourage you to take a hour and watch the series. Please share your comments with us at the next employee meeting. 

28th STREET METRO CRUISE - THIS WEEKEND

Michigan has always been the car industry state, and perhaps no West Michigan event shows that off better than the annual 28th Street Metro Cruise.

The cruise, hosted by the Wyoming-Kentwood Area Chamber of Commerce, is prepping for its 12th year as a citywide event Aug. 26-27. Free to attend, it brings thousands of car professionals and enthusiasts together on 28th Street in Wyoming to bask in the beauty of thousands of colorful hot rods, low riders, muscle cars, performance cars, classics, antiques, even motorcycles.

Leading up to the event, a preliminary Pin Up Girl Contest and car show took place July 9 at the American Legion in Wyoming, attended by about 500 people. The final contest will be held 1-3 p.m. Aug. 27 at Rogers Plaza, 972 28th St. SW, Wyoming.

The Starting Line event for the Cascade area will be held Thur and Fri 5:30 - 8:30pm at the east end of 28th St.

The area chamber started the Metro Cruise to help bring business to 28th Street after M-6 opened on the south end of Grand Rapids and the RiverTown Crossings Mall opened in Grandville.

Use this link to see the event schedule.