50plus LIFE Lancaster County November 2016

Complimentary | Lancaster County Edition | November 2016 • Vol. 22 No. 11

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Words Helped Heal This Vietnam Veteran

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training,” Groff remembers of his arrival in Vietnam. “Then we went out [to fight]. We dealt mostly with I thought Vietnam was the conflict / the NVA (North Vietnamese Army) But it was just the seed / Buried, taking and some Viet Cong,” the enemy force root / Spreading like a weed. known for its stealth.

Past conflicts often had some kind For Vietnam veteran Mike Groff, of front—defined areas of battle. In writing words such as these in poetic Vietnam, “the whole form helps him thing was a front,” cope with his Groff sums up. memories of the The enemy could war. be anywhere, at any Memories like time. He recalls a the uncertainty of fellow soldier who where the enemy was “shot from a was coming from tree.” in a jungle setting.

Groff tried to Memories of Groff, right, and a friend in retrieve the fallen seeing a friend Schweinfurt, Germany, in 1968. man’s gun. die. Memories of “I couldn’t get the outsize insects and weapon out of his scorpions. And hands. I had heard then came decades about death grips, of post-traumatic but …” Groff’s voice stress disorder trails off.

(PTSD).

Adding to the “I saw all kinds uncertainty of of stuff,” says Groff’s surroundings Groff, who today was not knowing lives in his Central Groff, center, with members of just where he was Pennsylvania Veterans of America, Chapter 542, at a hometown with his Veterans Day parade in New York City. half of the time.

“They picked wife, Janet. us up and they Groff served th st dropped us down,” he said of the as a specialist, 4 class, in the 1 aircraft, which shuttled troops all over Cavalry Division of the United States Army. That meant Groff was an Army the field. “Sometimes, they would land us in rice paddies. I flew all over the machine gunner, and he was in the thick of things, even if he didn’t always place.”

It was overwhelming for a boy from know where he was.

Central Pennsylvania. Groff says he Groff was in Vietnam from was naïve.

February or early March 1968 (he’s That hometown connection, not quite sure of just when he arrived) before he was shot and wounded in his however, provokes a smile from Groff as he recalls one tasty memory in the right arm in June of that year.

That was a time he remembers well. middle of jungle country. It was a Lebanon baloney that arrived in a care “We were ambushed when I got package. His fellow soldiers delighted hit,” Groff says. He was helping two in devouring it. buddies when it happened.

“That 5-pound Lebanon baloney To this day, says his wife, Groff would not last long!” Groff laughs. “has no feeling in the right side of his He also remembers another rare hand.” She becomes emotional when treat in steamy Vietnam. discussing the subject.

“We had a sergeant who brought us Yet during Groff’s brief time ice cream.” overseas, he experienced more than he cared to. please see HEAL page 9 “We had three days of in-country www.50plusLifePA.com

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Although Hamilton never served in the armed forces, her The all-American husband, Dale “Al” sweetheart with the Hamilton, served as a hourglass figure, machinist mate in the unattainable except by U.S. Navy from 1986 pinning her flirtatious to 1992 aboard the photo to your wall, was USS Butte and USS the first “dream girl.”

Richmond K. Turner.

Pinups became He was also stationed at widespread in the the Charleston, South late 1800s with the Carolina, and Earle, national icon known New Jersey, naval bases. as the Gibson Girl but “I have a better reached their pinnacle understanding (of as the United States veterans and their entered World War II. needs) because I’m The pinup images Standing, from left, Danielle McCoy, Olya Prokuda, married to him,” she could be cut out Jannelle Derr, and Tina Adcock.

Seated, from left, said. of magazines or Adrianne Mease, Lindsey Albright, and Heather Hamilton.

The Pennsylvania newspapers and chapter now has 17 often appeared on members, ranging calendars. Posters of veteran who thought there needed in age from 18 to early 50s. pinups were mass produced after to be a support group that would Since they reside throughout the being carefully designed by the be fun and put a smile on the state, the ladies have a monthly U.S. government to boost the faces of both young and old, conference call instead of meeting troops’ morale. according to the organization’s in person, said 37-year-old Betty Grable, Rita Hayworth, website.

Hamilton, who lives in Howard, Jane Russell, and Ava Gardner Arreola chose vintage clothing were among the most famous of because of its modesty and classic near State College.

Different members of the the World War II pinups. beauty. Clothes from the 1940s chapter attend the various The troops tacked the scantily era are timeless and can be mixed clad pinups on their barracks’ with modern looks. The girls work events, but a lot of the girls try to participate in as many events as walls and kept them tucked in hard to achieve a classy look that they can, Hamilton said. their pockets. They were even conjures nostalgia for the World The Pinups for Patriots painted onto the nose of their World II era and that same spirit participate in any kind of event, planes. These girls were waiting of a country united in service. for them at home, and they were The organization’s mission now from working on military care packages to selling raffle tickets worth fighting for. is to honor and serve our nation’s military, veterans, first responders, to taking part in a Pitching for Patriots horseshoe-pitching Fast forward 70 years. and their families by supporting tournament.

Heather Hamilton, and creating unique programs At all events, the Pinup for Pennsylvania state leader of Pinups and events that will inspire our for Patriots, said she has always nation, foster patriotism, and raise Patriots ladies dress up in vintage loved the styles of the 1940s and awareness for post-traumatic stress clothing, with the exact type of fashion depending on the event. ’50s era and did a photo shoot disorder.

At one event, they wore rockabilly dressing up in vintage clothing for The women in the Pinups dress, Hamilton said. The retrofun. chapters across the United States styled ladies find their vintage It turned out so well that she are business owners, service clothing in many places, including was approached by friends to start members, veterans, military Facebook groups, vintage-clothing a chapter of Pinups for Patriots in spouses, medical professionals, websites, yard sales, Goodwill, and Pennsylvania. After researching the and more. the Salvation Army. organization, Hamilton applied to Pinups for Patriots (www.

One of Hamilton’s most be the state leader in 2014. pinupsforpatriots.com) is a federal memorable events was when Pinups for Patriots began in nonprofit organization, but it is 2010 by founder Kalen Arreola, currently working on getting state Pinups for Patriots served a meal an Operation Iraqi Freedom tax-exempt status, Hamilton said. to veterans at a senior living www.50plusLifePA.com

community on Veterans Day last year.

The Pinup ladies had a chance to meet real-life Rosie the Riveters. “We were able to sit down and talk to them and listen to their stories,�

Hamilton said. “The best part is listening to the stories. They make us smile as much as we make them smile.�

Hamilton said Pinups for Patriots will be doing another Veterans Day event this year. The location had not yet been confirmed at press time, but

it is a tradition for the group to serve veterans on Veterans Day, she said.

Anyone wishing to have the Pinups for Patriots participate in their event should contact Hamilton at pennsylvania@pinupsforpatriots. com or (814) 389-8930. The Pinups for Patriots do not charge for their services.

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Photo credit John Barber Despite Sixty author such Ian Brown. downsides, though, there are bittersweet things about aging: keeping in touch with old friends, for instance, and enjoying the company of those with whom you’ve had history.

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A New Take on Turkey There are more ways to enjoy turkey than as part of the traditional mashed-potatoes-and-stuffing feast you’ve grown up with.

That’s why Carlos Rodriguez, executive chef of Orinoco in Boston, reinterpreted a Latin American favorite to put a new spin on the season’s favorite dish.

“It’s turkey like you’ve never had it before,” Rodriguez said. “Barbecue meets Latin fusion, meets the best turkey sandwich you’ve ever had.”

Rodriguez’s inspiration comes from El Salvador. His Slow-Roasted Turkey Con Pan with Sundried Tomato and Apricot Jam is based on a tender, savory Salvadoran favorite called “Panes con Pavo.”

This turkey is perfect for a crowd and serves 12, which is why Rodriguez uses the generously sized Culinario Series 16-quart Deep Roaster from Princess House to braise four full-sized turkey breasts.

“Not every roaster works for braising,” Rodriguez said, “but this one is perfect because of its depth,

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•C ulinario Series Healthy 16quart Roaster with rack • 4 large turkey breasts (about 8 pounds each), halved lengthwise • Salt, to taste • Freshly ground black pepper, to taste • 6 medium tomatoes, cored and chopped • 1 small yellow onion, chopped • 2 green bell peppers, cored, seeded and chopped • 12 crusty Italian bread loaves (6 inches each), ends trimmed, halved lengthwise • 1 small yellow onion, thinly sliced • 2 bunches watercress • Sundried Tomato and Apricot Jam (recipe below) In blender, puree oil, peppercorns, sesame seeds, oregano, chipotle peppers, garlic, bay leaves, guajillo peppers, and 1 cup water.

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so that sauce just covers the top of the rack. Bring to a boil. Season turkey with salt and pepper and add to roaster on top of rack. Reduce heat to simmer, then cover and braise until turkey is tender, about 2 hours.

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Discard skin from turkey; tear meat into thick pieces. Stir turkey into sauce, reduce heat to low, and cook 5 minutes.

Season with salt and pepper to taste. Divide stew between loaves; garnish with sliced onions, watercress, and jam.

Sundried Tomato and Apricot Jam • 3 medium onions, halved lengthwise, thinly sliced crosswise • 3 tablespoons unsalted butter • 1/3 cup sugar • 1/2 teaspoon salt • 1/4 teaspoon black pepper • 1/2 can chipotle peppers in

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HEAL from page 2 Less pleasant was dealing with in his head, like a weed, which leeches; they were everywhere, Groff “[dominates] my subconscious / Until remembers, as was dysentery. And the time was right / To break through there were scorpions. the surface / The start of sleepless But that was nothing compared to nights.” the death, destruction, and constant Groff has visited the Washington, anxiety that continued to take its toll D.C., Vietnam Veterans Memorial, on Groff after he got home. What we which many simply call “The Wall.” It now abbreviate as PTSD crept into was a long time until he could do that. his mind. It’s a subject that wasn’t But the memorial did inspire another acknowledged then poem, titled “Tears as much as it is by the Wall,” which today. notes the emotions “I would have of the American nightmares,” Groff people about the says. “For 40 years, war.

I got three or four “This war was hours of sleep a viewed with such night.” disdain / That many As with many said they died in veterans of vain / I was there, various conflicts, I saw some fall / I Groff didn’t talk fought with those much about his Groff preparing a battlefield cross. named on this experiences after he wall.” returned to the States. In retrospect, For his own service, Groff was he realizes “it wasn’t good to hold it awarded the Silver Star, the Air Medal, in. It did more damage … It was Janet and a Good Conduct Medal, among who got me to see somebody.” other honors.

Groff found some solace in work, Today, Groff keeps busy as treasurer when he became a certified public at Vietnam Veterans of America, accountant.

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“He was always busy helping “We have a good chapter,” he says. somebody else,” his wife says.

But Groff’s thoughts turn toward But there were still PTSD demons today’s military forces serving in places to be dealt with. Groff turned to the such as Iraq and Afghanistan. Groff written word, in the form of poetry. feels he’s been thanked enough.

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Nursing & Rehabilitation Centers Bethany Village – The Oaks

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Homeland Center

1901 North Fifth Street • Harrisburg, PA 17102-1598 (717) 221-7902 • www.homelandcenter.org Number of Beds: 95 Rehabilitation Unit: No Alzheimer’s Unit: Yes Skilled Licensed Nursing: Yes Therapy: Speech, Occupational, Physical Long-Term Care: Yes Respite Care: Yes 24-Hour Medical Care: Yes Recreational Activities: Yes Scheduled Entertainment: Yes

Private Rooms Available: Yes Semi-Private Rooms Available: Yes Pet Visitation Allowed: Yes Beauty/Barber Shop: Yes Medicare: Yes Medicaid: Yes Accreditations/Affiliations: AAHSA, LeadingAge PA (PANPHA), NHPCO, PHN, HPNA Comments: A beautiful, full-service continuing care retirement community with a 149-year history of exemplary care.

The Middletown Home

999 West Harrisburg Pike • Middletown, PA 17057 (717) 944-3351 • www.middletownhome.org Number of Beds: 102 Rehabilitation Unit: No Alzheimer’s Unit: No Skilled Licensed Nursing: Yes Therapy: Speech, Occupational, Respiratory, Physical Long-Term Care: Yes Respite Care: Yes 24-Hour Medical Care: Yes Recreational Activities: Yes

Scheduled Entertainment: Yes Private Rooms Available: Yes Semi-Private Rooms Available: Yes Pet Visitation Allowed: Yes Beauty/Barber Shop: Yes Medicare: Yes Medicaid: Yes Comments: Our campus offers skilled nursing and rehabilitation services, personal care, and independent living residences.

Claremont Nursing & Rehabilitation Center 1000 Claremont Road • Carlisle, PA 17013 (717) 243-2031 • www.ccpa.net/cnrc Number of Beds: 282 Rehabilitation Unit: Yes Alzheimer’s Unit: Yes Skilled Licensed Nursing: Yes Therapy: Speech, Occupational, Physical Long-Term Care: Yes Respite Care: Yes 24-Hour Medical Care: Yes Recreational Activities: Yes Scheduled Entertainment: Yes

Private Rooms Available: No Semi-Private Rooms Available: Yes Pet Visitation Allowed: Yes Beauty/Barber Shop: Yes Medicare: Yes Medicaid: Yes Comments: Featuring Traditions at Claremont, a dedicated, 39-bed, short-term rehab unit. Claremont provides quality skilled nursing and rehabilitation services for short- and long-term stays.

Maple Farm

604 Oak Street • Akron, PA 17501 (717) 859-1191 • www.maplefarm.org Number of Beds: 46 Rehabilitation Unit: Yes Alzheimer’s Unit: No Skilled Licensed Nursing: Yes Therapy: Speech, Occupational, Physical Long-Term Care: Yes Respite Care: Yes 24-Hour Medical Care: Yes Recreational Activities: Yes Scheduled Entertainment: Yes

Private Rooms Available: Yes Pet Visitation Allowed: Yes Beauty/Barber Shop: Yes Medicare: Yes Medicaid: Yes Accreditations/Affiliations: LeadingAge, LeadingAge PA, Mennonite Health Services Comments: Maple Farm puts the person first so your choices matter. Enjoy the comforts of home with country kitchen, private bedroom, full bath, and great views.

Pleasant Acres Nursing & Rehabilitation Center 118 Pleasant Acres Road • York, PA 17402 (717) 840-7100 • www.yorkcountypa.gov Number of Beds: 375 Rehabilitation Unit: No Alzheimer’s Unit: Yes Skilled Licensed Nursing: Yes Therapy: Speech, Physical, Occupational Respiratory Long-Term Care: Yes Respite Care: Yes 24-Hour Medical Care: Yes Recreational Activities: Yes

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Transitions Healthcare – Gettysburg

595 Biglerville Road • Gettysburg, PA 17325 (717) 334-6249 • www.transitionshealthcarellc.com Number of Beds: 135 Rehabilitation Unit: Yes Alzheimer’s Unit: Yes Skilled Licensed Nursing: Yes Therapy: Speech, Occupational, Respiratory, Physical Long-Term Care: Yes Respite Care: Yes 24-Hour Medical Care: Yes Recreational Activities: Yes

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Grand Purple Gala Returns to Lancaster Today, an estimated 5.4 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease, and out of the top 10 causes of death in America, Alzheimer’s disease is the only one that cannot be prevented, cured, or even slowed.

To help raise money to find a cure, the second annual Grand Purple Gala took place at the Hamilton Ballroom, Lancaster, on Oct. 14. Proceeds of this lively, one-night event benefited the Walk to End Alzheimer’s, a major fundraising event for the Alzheimer’s Association.

Co-chairs Catherine Chilcoat and Coleen Frazier, with the help of volunteer coordinator Mary Lawhead and silent auction coordinator Julie Ehrgood, began hosting the Grand Purple Gala in 2015 to benefit the Walk to End Alzheimer’s while having a night of food, education, and dancing.

The evening kicked off with a cocktail hour followed by dinner and a presentation emceed by Porcha

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From left, Mary Lawhead, Catherine Chilcoat, Julie Ehrgood, and Coleen Frazier from the Alzheimer’s Association’s Walk to End Alzheimer’s.

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After dinner, Candy Yingling, education and outreach coordinator for the southeast region of the Alzheimer’s Association, gave the keynote address.

Angel of Alzheimer’s Award recipient Marissa Witmer.

Yingling educated guests about Alzheimer’s and the disease’s staggering statistics. She also spoke about the resources available through the Alzheimer’s Association and steps people can take to maintain brain health.

The Angel of Alzheimer’s award was presented to Marissa Witmer to recognize her compassion toward those with dementia.

This year, the Grand Purple Gala carried a 1950s theme, and guests were encouraged to dress up and participate in a costume competition.

A lively rendition of “Summer Nights,” led by 2010 PA State Senior Idol winner Chris Poje, got everyone up and dancing the rest of the night.

A silent auction and raffle went on throughout the night with prizes from spas, restaurants, retail stores, museums, and more.

If you missed out on the Grand Purple Gala this year, don’t worry—it will be back in 2017 at the Hamilton Ballroom, Lancaster, on Friday, Oct. 13. Next year’s theme will be a masquerade ball, so mark your calendar for this important, informative, and fun-filled night.

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The New MIND Diet May Help Prevent Alzheimer’s

Dear Savvy Senior, I’ve heard that there’s a new diet that can help prevent Alzheimer’s disease.

What can you tell me about this? My 80-year-old mother has Alzheimer’s, and I want to do everything I can to protect myself.

– Concerned Daughter Dear Concerned, It’s true! Research has found that a new diet plan—called the MIND diet—can have a profound impact on your brain health as you age and can even lower your odds of getting Alzheimer’s disease.

The MIND diet takes two proven diets—the heart-healthy Mediterranean diet and the bloodpressure-lowering DASH diet—and zeroes in on the foods in each that

specifically affect brain health.

The MIND diet, which stands for “MediterraneanDASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay,” was developed

by Martha Clare Morris, a nutritional epidemiologist at Rush University Medical Center, through a study funded by the National Institute on Aging.

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The study followed the diets of nearly 1,000 elderly adults, who filled out food questionnaires and underwent repeated neurological testing for an average of 4.5 years.

It found participants whose diets most closely followed the MIND recommendations had brains that functioned as if they were 7.5 years

younger, and it lowered their risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease by as much as 53 percent.

And even those who didn’t stick to the diet perfectly but followed it moderately well reduced their risk of Alzheimer’s by 35 percent.

The MIND Menu The MIND diet has 15 dietary components. The emphasis is on eating from 10 brain-healthy food groups and limiting foods from five unhealthy groups.

Here’s a rundown of the healthy foods you should work into your diet: • Green leafy vegetables (like spinach and salad greens): Eat at least one serving per day.

• Other vegetables: At least one

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other vegetable a day.

• W hole grains: Three or more servings a day.

• Nuts: Five 1-ounce servings a week.

• Beans: At least three servings a week.

• Berries: Two or more servings a week.

• Fish: Once a week.

• Poultry (not fried): Two times a week.

• Olive oil: Use it as your primary cooking oil.

• Wine: One glass a day.

And the five unhealthy food groups you should limit include: • Red meat: Eat fewer than four servings a week.

• Butter and margarine: Less than a tablespoon daily.

• Cheese: Less than one serving a week.

• Pastries and sweets: Less than five servings a week.

• Fried or fast food: Less than one serving a week.

Other Benefits One of the best things about the MIND diet is that it’s easier to follow than most other diets, and you don’t have to stick to it perfectly to gain the benefits, which makes it more likely you’ll follow it for a long time.

And the longer you eat the MIND way, the lower the risk of getting Alzheimer’s disease.

Another advantage is that the MIND diet can help you lose some weight too, if you keep your portions in check and are careful about how the food is prepared.

It’s also important to understand that even though diet plays a big role, it’s only one aspect of Alzheimer’s disease. So get regular exercise; if you smoke, quit; and learn how manage your stress to lower your risk even more.

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Aid & Attendance Veterans’ Benefit Little-Known Veterans Benefit Can Alleviate Care Costs For many aging or disabled veterans who need help with activities of daily living, finding the funds to pay for the care they need is a common concern.

Many veterans aren’t aware of the Aid & Attendance pension they have earned for themselves and their surviving spouses through their service to their country.

The Aid and Attendance pension provides benefits that reduce the cost of care for veterans and surviving spouses who require assisted living/ personal care.

Veterans and surviving spouses who are eligible for a VA pension and require the aid and attendance of another person, or are housebound, may be eligible for additional monetary payment.

When a veteran turns 65, the VA automatically classifies them as disabled, and if they meet income and asset criteria, they are eligible for a basic pension.

Since Aid and Attendance and Housebound allowances increase the pension amount, people who are not eligible for a basic pension due to excessive income may be eligible for pension at these increased rates.

A&A and Housebound benefits are non-service-connected benefits (disability need not be a result of service).

you remain in bed apart from any prescribed course of convalescence or treatment.

• You are a patient in an assisted living or personal care facility due to mental or physical incapacity.

• Your eyesight is limited to a corrected 5/200 visual acuity or less in both eyes or concentric contraction of the visual field to 5 degrees or less.

A veteran or surviving spouse may not receive Aid and Attendance benefits and Housebound benefits at the same time, nor may they receive non-service and service-connected compensation at the same time.

If a veteran is currently receiving disability compensation from the VA, they cannot receive both the disability compensation and the A&A pension, but they can file for the increased pension based on non-serviceconnected health issues.

If the application is approved, the VA will pay whichever benefit has the highest dollar amount. If the veteran is receiving compensation for a serviceconnected injury, that compensation would not be counted as income.

Housebound This increased monthly pension amount may be added to your monthly pension amount when you are substantially confined to your immediate premises because of permanent disability.

Aid & Attendance (A&A) The Aid & Attendance increased monthly pension amount may be added to your monthly pension amount if you meet one of the following conditions: • You require the aid of another person in order to perform personal functions required in everyday living, such as bathing, feeding, dressing, toileting, adjusting prosthetic devices, or protecting yourself from the hazards of your daily environment (e.g., using a stove or other household appliances).

• You are bedridden, in that your disability or disabilities requires that

How to Apply In eastern Pennsylvania, you may apply for Aid and Attendance or Housebound benefits by writing to the Philadelphia VA Regional Office, P.O. Box 8079, Philadelphia, PA 19101. Call the office toll-free at (800) 827-1000 for more information.

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Aid & Attendance Veterans’ Benefit What You Need You must have military discharge or DD 214.

You should include copies of the Aid & Attendance Form 10 or VA 21, signed by a doctor, M.D., or D.O., validating the need for Aid and Attendance or Housebound-type care.

The VA does not accept physician assistant, nurse, or social worker signatures.

Eligibility requirements include (canceled checks or statements are required for documentation of expenses): 1. Ninety continuous days of service in the U.S. military with at least one day during a wartime period as established by the U.S. Congress, e.g., World War II, Korea, Vietnam.

2. A medical diagnosis or condition that required the assistance of another person to meet the daily necessities of life, such as hygiene, eating, bathing, etc. Example: Alzheimer’s disease or other dementia, stroke, blindness, etc.

3. Household income that is below the established limits. Authorized outof-pocket household medical expenses can be deducted from income. These expenses can include: • Medicare and health insurance premiums • Prescription drugs • Co-payments for doctors and prescriptions • Skilled nursing care or home care

• A ssisted living (personal care in Pennsylvania) and nursing care expenses when required by medical conditions • Funeral expenses • Incontinence supplies Household income and medical expenses include both veteran and spouse. The household asset limit is $80,000, not including the home and/ or auto.

The objective is to use medical expenses to reduce income. Income can be verified through SS 1099, tax returns, bank statements, etc.

Even if you don’t qualify for the Aid & Attendance benefit, you may still qualify for the Basic Pension based on age and income or Pension

with Housebound Benefits if you are housebound.

For more information, check out the Aid and Attendance page on the Department of Veterans Affairs’ website (www.benefits.va.gov/ pension/aid_attendance_housebound. asp), VeteranAid.org, or call the Philadelphia VA Regional Office tollfree at (800) 827-1000 or one of the communities in this section.

The communities included in this special feature are eager to help you become more familiar with the Aid and Attendance benefit.

Call to make an appointment to take a tour and speak with them to see how they can help your loved one live in a safe environment with the attention they need for a happy and healthy life.

PREMIER PERSONAL CARE When you move into Oak Leaf Manor, Diane Gerber will give you free assistance with the Veteran’s Aid & Attendance application and processing sequence.

THOSE WHO CAN QUALIFY: War era veterans and surviving spouses are eligible to receive the Veteran’s Aid & Attendance benefit.

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It will be followed by a meet-andA service dedicated to World War greet featuring food popular during II veterans will be held on Veterans the World War II era. Visitors can Day, Friday, Nov. 11, at 2 p.m. (with peruse displays a musical prelude of World War II at 1:30 p.m.) in memorabilia.

Masonic Village’s A memorial Freemasons to each soldier Cultural Center who has died – Brossman in combat Ballroom, since 9/11, the located at 1 “Massing of the Masonic Drive, Colors� will Elizabethtown. be on display All veterans and non-veterans are Nov. 7–14 in Masonic Village’s welcome to attend. Veterans Grove The program on Freemason will include the Drive.

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Physiatry: Whole-Person Care that Improves Quality of Life

By Megan Joyce

Put succinctly, physiatrists are medical doctors who have completed training in the specialty of physical medicine and rehabilitation.

“To identify a physiatrist in a single word is difficult, because physiatry originated historically from two different fields: physical medicine and rehabilitation,” Tony T. Ton-That, MD, FABPM&R, said. Ton-That is the medical director of the Spine and Low Back Pain Program at Lancaster General Health.

Physiatrists can also be described as physicians specializing in physical medicine, a specialty that requires one year of internship and three years of specialty training.

Some physiatrists subspecialize even further, focusing on neuromuscular, musculoskeletal, traumatic brain injury, sports, pediatric rehabilitation, or spinal-cord injury medicine, among others.

Dr. Stuart Weinstein, a University of Washington clinical professor in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine who specializes in physical medicine and rehabilitation, has asserted that physiatrists must possess these five skills: listening to patients’ complaints, translating their medical knowledge to patients, managing patient self-care, tolerating uncertainty of a condition’s cause and prognosis, and innovating novel interventions.

“Many physiatric services use traditional and conventional methods that produce limited outcomes,” Ton-That said.

“Therefore, physiatrists must make efforts to develop innovative interventions, such as rehabilitation robotics, to overcome the limitation of previously administered therapies.”

Inpatient Acute Rehabilitation Physiatrist Patients recovering from strokes, orthopedic or neurosurgical procedures, and complex neurological conditions that require hospitalization will often see an inpatient acute rehabilitation physiatrist.

“These patients require intensive inpatient rehabilitation,” Ton-That said.

“The physiatrist will lead a medical professional team— which includes physical therapists, occupation therapists, speech pathologists, rehabilitation nurses, recreationist, and social workers—to provide a comprehensive rehabilitation program and medical management during the patient’s

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short-term hospitalization.”

The inpatient acute rehabilitation physiatrist will also continue care after the patient is discharged, including pain management, wound care, and further therapies to improve function.

Outpatient Physical Medicine Physiatrist Rather than treating patients who are hospitalized for their condition, an outpatient physical medicine physiatrist, or musculoskeletal pain medicine physiatrist, sees patients on an outpatient basis, treating disease- or injury-related problems with the musculoskeletal system.

Patients who are recovering from a stroke or spinal-cord injury or who are coping with arthritis, ligament and joint issues, or neuropathic pain, for example, may seek the care of an outpatient physical medicine physiatrist, who “designs a treatment plan that can be carried out by the patients themselves, or with the help of the professional medical team, to put the pieces of a person’s life back together after injury or disease—without surgery,” Ton-That said.

Outpatient physical medicine physiatrists can also specialize in treating disabilities resulting from disease or injury, in electrodiagnostics, in acute pain management, or in complex interdisciplinary chronic pain with pain psychologists.

A spine physiatrist, for instance, would work with people dealing with spine-related conditions that cause neck or low-back pain. He or she might treat the patient’s pain and lack of function with less invasive treatments, such as nonopioid medications, injections with or without fluoroscopic or ultrasound guidance, and use of a spinal-cord stimulator.

In Ton-That’s practice, he often treats patients dealing with pain from spinal nerves, joints, muscles, or neuropathic conditions (which include low-back pain, neck pain, limb pain, and numbness and weakness).

“The physiatrist will treat the patient as a whole person instead of focusing on specific complaints,” Ton-That said.

Physiatrists often help patients manage their pain using non-opioid medications (preferring NSAIDs like naproxen, ibuprofen, and aspirin), physical therapy, exercises, acupuncture, biofeedback, energy restoration, and lifestyle modifications: weight, tobacco, depression, and anxiety management, as well as changes to a patient’s activities of daily living.

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A New Hip for John

By John J. Kerecz

Pain. Slowly creeping, insidious pain. Over the course of at least a decade, nagging pain in my left hip managed to permeate every corner of my life until I finally slid into depression. I wanted to crawl off in a leafy hollow and hide like a wounded animal.

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I loved feeling strong and fit, but when pain robbed me of that physical prowess, I entered a dark zone of the spirit. Pain oppressed me daily in a thousand small ways. I did not go to an orthopedist, though, probably due to fear and denial.

Instead, I roamed through the margins of the internet looking for ideas, seeking relief in any “alternative” practice that offered a shred of hope. I tried a nutritional approach, adding glucosamine, chondroitin, and MSM (methylsulfonylmethane, a touted arthritis cure) to my regimen. I tried stretching and yoga. Nothing helped.

Sometimes, I would even get pain shooting all the way down my left leg to my toes.

I went to my chiropractor. He diagnosed that the general imbalance and pain in my hip was causing irritation of my sciatic nerve. The pain that sometimes radiated into my knee and foot also migrated up into my lower back. His treatments always left me feeling better, but only for a day or so.

Although I was able to rise above the pain on occasion, I felt like a hostage to it most of the time. “In pain” became the baseline of my existence. I was also acting as primary caregiver to my mother since my father passed. Two strokes and debilitating dementia had left her unable to care for herself.

All things considered, I was in a morbid frame of mind. When she died in January, I felt my own mortality shrug against the universal undertow that eventually takes us all away.

In February, I finally made the momentous appointment with the orthopedist. As he looked at the x-rays, it was immediately apparent that my decades of jogging, weight training, and karate had taken their toll. At 54, I had osteoarthritis in the joint, its cartilage had worn away, and there were bone spurs at the margins of the joint capsule.

In short, it was enough to produce a painful and disabling condition. Total joint replacement would be appropriate, and we scheduled my operation for March 23, 2016.

The morning of the surgery, I reported to the pre-op department at quarter to eight in the morning, as instructed. From there, things moved swiftly. A nurse told me without ceremony to change into a backless hospital gown.

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allergic to latex? How about penicillin? My surgeon popped by to say hello. It was obvious that he was eager to commence the day’s business.

He made a curved incision, roughly 10 inches long, on the side of my left buttock. The surgical team carefully sectioned and retracted the muscles below, various glutei, until the head of the femur and the pelvic ilium were accessible.

They unceremoniously sawed off, inspected, and disposed of the head of my femur, exposing my pelvic socket, or acetabulum. In preparation to receive the replacement, they then reamed and smoothed the inside of the socket.

Next, with the aid of hammers and chisels, my surgeon fit the sharp end of a 9-inch, ball-topped spike down into my femur. He placed the ball into my acetabulum, and then reattached the ligament “capsule” over it, stitched the muscles back together, and closed my skin with metal staples. Good as new.

I woke up in post-op feeling savagely dissected and systematically reassembled. Fortunately, there are drugs to help with that, and I had little sense of time passing until I got up to my room.

The first full day was rough, but they did get me on my feet to road test the new joint. Contained within the metal frame of a walker, I was amazed just to be upright! As I lurched forward, the new joint itself didn’t hurt at all, but the surgical wound sure did.

The next day and with the help of a physical therapist, I managed a 50foot trek down the hall and back. But by the time we got back to the room, I felt cored like an apple. I was nauseated, lightheaded, and my blood pressure dropped to 59/29. They changed my pain medication and kept me another night.

When the next morning’s bloodwork came back, the rounds doctor pronounced me fit for discharge. They took out the annoying plastic IV valves on my hand, and I was sent home in the custody of my girlfriend.

The surgical site was still very swollen. They had cut through a mighty wad of muscle, and it was 10 days before the surgical staples came out. I was still amazingly weak and would have to lie down a lot.

While resting, I would imagine that I was an injured explorer. Natives had found me unconscious in the jungle, a spear through my side. They’d taken me back to one of their mud-and-thatch huts to nurse me back to health, and here I was, lying on a mat, trying to keep the flies off my wound.

But then again, I was binge-watching the Travel and Discovery channels.

Over the next two months I progressed from using a walker, to using a cane, to taking walks as an unassisted biped again.

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The goal of joint replacement is to relieve pain, restore independence, and return you to an active lifestyle. If you have pain that is affecting your daily activities and even your mood, like it was for me, you or a loved one may be a good candidate for joint replacement surgery.

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Art & Antiques by Dr. Lori

China Tips for Your Thanksgiving Table Lori Verderame

In the autumn of 1621, the Plymouth community and the Wampanoag Indians celebrated a harvest feast. A longstanding event in Native American culture, the harvest feast was also known as the Thanksgiving celebration.

The 1621 harvest feast offered lots of meat and very few vegetables.

Forks were not used, and the most prominent person at the table was seated at the head and was positioned closest to the food.

For your Thanksgiving meal, you’ll want to invite friends and family and offer turkey with all the trimmings.

You may even serve it on your best china or your grandmother’s beloved serving pieces.

If you are displaying vintage china, here are some tips for making the event special.

Highly decorated china may have lead glazes.

Beware of Lead Some antique and vintage china may contain lead, and lead leaching can be toxic. Some of the old glazes used on pre-1900 china may contain lead.

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multicolored china may have lead glazes. Damaged, chipped, cracked, or crazed (that funny zigzag pattern in the colorless glaze) china may allow lead to leach and contaminate food.

So, if you have damaged pieces,

don’t use them in the preparation or service of food. It is better to use them for display purposes only.

It is common knowledge that Grandma’s antique china should not be used in the microwave or dishwasher, but it is also a bad idea to place an old piece of china in the refrigerator piled high with leftovers.

Why? Storing your leftovers in the refrigerator on an old, decorated china plate is not good for the lifespan of the antique nor is it good for you once you re-serve those leftovers. The plate is fragile, and cooling will affect its overall condition.

Also, lead can leach from china in the refrigerator, which is hosting foods high in acidity. Thus, a piece of lead-glazed or lead-decorated antique china that experiences a significant temperature change (as with cooling)

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And, if you are in the practice of using an old ceramic bowl to feed your pets, make sure these antique or vintage ceramic pieces are not damaged in any way. You want to protect our furry friends too!

So, if you want to highlight your grandmother’s china, it is best to

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Julie Newmar Still the Cat’s Meow Nick Thomas

This summer, Julie Newmar turned 83; but it only seems like yesterday she was prowling across our TV screens as the original Catwoman supervillainess in the ’60s TV series Batman.

In addition to her acting career, Newmar has long taken an interest in gardening, beauty, and health.

“If something bothers me, I try to live on top of it,” the Hollywood beauty icon said from her home in Los Angeles. “Just let the joy in you come out, and stay in love with life.

That’s the secret to aging well.”

Newmar also gives inspirational talks to women on how to enhance one’s overall image, including tips on makeup, hair, dress, and voice.

“Beauty has a lot of connotations to it, and loving yourself is a very good place to start. We can all be more marvelous.”

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Julie Newmar on her 80th birthday at the Goo Salon as salon owner Molly Scargall looks on.

Publicity shot of Julie Newmar as Catwoman.

Aside from Catwoman and numerous other TV roles throughout her career, Newmar appeared in more than 30 films, working with greats

such as Kirk Douglas, Gregory Peck, and James Mason.

In Mackenna’s Gold (1969), she was cast as a young Native American girl.

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“I’m of Swedish descent, so having a Swedish girl play an Indian could only have been done in Hollywood 40 years ago,” she said, recalling an unexpected visitor to the set.

“We spent two months on location in Arizona and Utah. At the time, Robert Kennedy was running for president, and he and his entire entourage dropped in one night and had dinner in a tent with us.

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How Blood Sugar Affects Your Breathing Suzy Cohen

When you think of diabetes, either Type 1 or 2, the possibility of complications affecting your eyes, heart, and kidney comes to mind.

But you never really think of your lungs having problems as a result of blood sugar abnormalities. That’s unfortunately a little-known fact.

Diabetes (diagnosed or not) spawns a ton of oxidative stress throughout your body. Lung tissue gets affected by poor blood sugar dysregulation and all the free radicals

killing the innocent cells just trying to “breathe,” if you know what I mean.

Lung tissue has an extensive network of blood vessels, especially the tiniest ones called capillaries.

Capillaries allow blood cells carrying oxygen to march through their vessel

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walls, but slowly, only one cell at a time, kind of like soldiers marching one by one behind each other.

Capillaries are the most fragile because they are so thin. Your lungs are also made up of large amounts of connective tissue.

Capillaries get destroyed when excessive glucose molecules attach to them and cause stiffening, so then they can’t bend anymore due to the formation of “advanced glycation end” products.

A lot of inflammatory cytokines form too. It’s the same case in your eyes, heart, kidneys, and nerves; that’s why diabetic complications occur. please see BREATHING page 31

NEWMAR from page 26 “He was a glorious actor, extremely generous and helpful. He looked out for me in my close-ups, making sure the light was on my face and shadows didn’t fall on me.”

But it was her role as the exotic feminine feline nemesis to the “dynamic duo” in some dozen Batman episodes where Newmar’s sex appeal sizzled on ’60s TV screens. Her image still haunts many today.

“I still get a lot of fan mail from men!” she said, referring to an excerpt from an online post:

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Julie Newmar is the fruit of one of those moments when God must have thought, “I’ ll give them a girl who will define female perfection so well, that they will always know what beauty is all about.”

“It’s really “Oh my,” she added, sounding a joy to have created quite touched something that by the tribute. people still “That’s so remember me endearing.” for. I never got Newmar is any royalties now endearing from the herself to another series, but the generation of fans Publicity still Twentieth Century Fox popularity of the since the Batman Julie Newmar, left, with James Mason TV series was show over several and Susan Hayward in generations has released on DVD The Marriage-Go-Round. in late 2014— more than paid me back.” after being held As for her memorable bodyup for years by legal wrangling. She gripping Catwoman costume, also recorded commentary for the Newmar says she acquired the collection’s special features.

“Doing the interview caused me original “after a lot of hoopla” and donated it to the Smithsonian to focus on what the Catwoman character meant for my life,” she said. Institution.

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“It was like a long-sleeved, longlegged leotard made from black Lurex,” she recalled. “It clung to the body, but was very easy to get in and out of. It really looked smashing!”

As she continues to share some personal, general lessons of life and beauty tips on her website (www. julienewmar.com), Newmar hopes her advice will help others to look and feel “smashing,” too.

“The importance of looking and feeling well is clearly important to an actor,” she says. “With the right attitude, you can be a great beauty at any age.”

Movie Songs of the ’50s and ’60s 1. Doctor Doolittle 6. Breakfast at Tiffany’s 2. A Hole in the Head 7. The Thomas Crown Affair 3. Blue Hawaii 8. Casino Royale 4. Midnight Cowboy 9. Easy Rider 5. The Joker is Wild 10. Lilies of the Field

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Calendar of Events

Support Groups Free and open to the public

Senior Center Activities

Nov. 2, 7 to 8:15 p.m.

Alzheimer’s Caregivers Support Group Willow Lakes Outpatient Center 212 Willow Valley Lakes Drive, Willow Street (717) 464-9365

Nov. 16, 7 p.m.

Memory Loss Support Group The Gathering Place (Main Entrance) 6 Pine St., Mount Joy (717) 664-6641

Cocalico Senior Association – (717) 336-7489 Nov. 7, 10 a.m. – Self-Defense Nov. 8, 10 a.m. – Shopping at Walmart Nov. 28, 10 a.m. – Money Management

Nov. 14, 10 to 11 a.m.

Alzheimer’s Caregivers Support Group Garden Spot Village Concord Room 433 S. Kinzer Ave., New Holland (717) 355-6076 jmorton@gardenspotvillage.org

Nov. 28, 2 to 3 p.m.

Parkinson’s Support Group Garden Spot Village Concord Room 433 S. Kinzer Ave., New Holland (717) 355-6259 jshaffer@gardenspotvillage.org

Nov. 21, 2 p.m.

Lancaster County Parkinson’s Support Group Landis Homes 1001 E. Oregon Road, Lititz (717) 509-5494

Nov. 23, 6 to 8 p.m.

Epilepsy Foundation of Eastern Pennsylvania Support Group Lancaster General Hospital – Stager Room 5 555 N. Duke St., Lancaster (800) 887-7165, ext. 104

Nov. 17, noon Brain Tumor Support Group Lancaster General Health Campus Wellness Center 2100 Harrisburg Pike, Lancaster (717) 626-2894

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Community Programs Free and open to the public Nov. 2, 2 p.m.

Korean War Veterans Association Meeting Oak Leaf Manor North 2901 Harrisburg Pike, Landisville (717) 299-1990 pcunningham1841@verizon.net

Nov. 15, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Veterans’ Expo & Job Fair Spooky Nook Sports 2913 Spooky Nook Road, Manheim (717) 285-1350 www.veteransexpo.com

Nov. 4, 5–9 p.m.

First Friday Artist’s Reception: Photographer Lonny VanBooven Mulberry Art Studios 19-21 N. Mulberry St., Lancaster (717) 295-1949

Nov. 15, 2 to 3:30 p.m.

Combining Photos and Life Stories Willow Valley Genealogy Club Willow Valley Communities – Orr Auditorium 211 Willow Valley Square, Lancaster www.genealogyclubwv.com (717) 397-0439

Nov. 7, 6 p.m.

Red Rose Singles Meeting Centerville Diner 100 S. Centerville Road, Lancaster (717) 406-6098 Nov. 10, 4–5:30 p.m.

James Buchanan & the Onset of Reconstruction in the South Presidential Lecture Series LancasterHistory.org – Ryder Hall 230 N. President Ave., Lancaster (717) 392-4633 Nov. 11, 2 p.m.

Veterans Day Service Masonic Village at Elizabethtown Freemasons Cultural Center – Brossman Ballroom 1 Masonic Drive, Elizabethtown (717) 367-1121

Nov. 17, 7 p.m.

Centerville AARP Chapter 4221 Meeting Pheasant Ridge Community Center 209 Longwood Court West, Lancaster (717) 786-4714 Nov. 18, 6 to 9 p.m.

Music Fridays Downtown Lancaster (717) 341-0028 Nov. 19, 7 p.m.

Organist Doug Wimer Garden Spot Village Chapel 433 S. Kinzer Ave., New Holland (717) 355-6000

Library Programs Lititz Public Library, 651 Kissel Hill Road, Lititz, (717) 626-2255 Nov. 8, 6:30 p.m. – History Book Club: The Proud Tower by Barbra Tuchman Nov. 9 and 16, 7 p.m. – Moravian Star Classes Nov. 19, 1:30 p.m. – Lititz Historical Foundation Annual Meeting and Program: The World War II Homefront

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Columbia Senior Center – (717) 684-4850 Nov. 7, 9 a.m. – State Department of Banking Nov. 9, 10:30 a.m. – L GH Family Practice Residents Health Talk Nov. 29, 10:15 a.m. – DJ Dave Dance Party Elizabethtown Area Senior Center – (717) 367-7984 Nov. 1, 10:30 a.m. – Movie and Popcorn Nov. 16, 10 a.m. – Medicine Take-Back Nov. 17, 10:30 a.m. – Trivia with Bob Lancaster House North Happy Hearts Club Senior Center – (717) 299-1278 Mondays, 9:30 a.m. – Senior Exercise Class Thursdays, 12:30 p.m. – Bingo and Pinochle Fridays, 12:30 p.m. – Party Bridge Lancaster Neighborhood Senior Center – (717) 2993943 Nov. 4, 10:30 a.m. – Diabetes Education Nov. 23, 10 a.m. – Lancaster School of Cosmetology Haircuts/Manicures Nov. 30, 10:30 a.m. – Dance and Singing Lancaster Rec. Senior Center – (717) 392-2115, ext. 147 Nov. 3, 10:30 a.m. – Mind Matters Program: Campaign Practices Then and Now Nov. 9, 10:30 a.m. – Ceramics with Pottery Works Nov. 16, 10:30 a.m. – Kreider Farm Visual Tour Lititz Senior Center – (717) 626-2800 Nov. 3, 10:15 a.m. – Music and Dancing with Naomi Thompson Nov. 10, 10:15 a.m. – Music and Dancing with Harmonica Jack Nov. 14, 10 a.m. – Native American Dancing Luis Munoz Marin Senior Center – (717) 295-7989 Nov. 14, 9 a.m. – Yoga Class Nov. 16, 10 a.m. – Diabetic Care with Madelyn Diaz Nov. 17, 9:30 a.m. – Arts and Crafts with Teresa Millersville Senior Center – (717) 871-9600 Nov. 9, 10:30 a.m. – D avid Manuel: Discussion of the Dolittle Raid Nov. 14, 10:30 a.m. – Penn State Nutrition Nov. 23, 10:30 a.m. – Money and Financial Affairs with Tabor Community Services Next Gen Senior Center – (717) 786-4770 Mondays, 12:30 p.m. – Zumba Gold Tuesdays, 9:30 a.m. – Tai Chi Thursdays, 10:30 a.m. – Yoga Rodney Park Happy Hearts Club Senior Center – (717) 393-7786 Tuesdays, noon – Pinochle Wednesdays, 1 p.m. – Varied Activities Thursdays, noon – Bingo Just a snippet of what you may be missing … please call or visit their website for more information.

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The Beauty in Nature

Hawks Hunting Prey on Lawns

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I was cooking beak to tear hot dogs over an chunks of meat open fire on our off the sparrow. lawn this past Feathers blew September, when away with the I heard violent wind-driven scrambling on snow as the hawk the bark of a tall dined.

Norway spruce Finally, the tree bordering our sharpy finished yard. its meal and Looking up, I flew off into the saw a red-tailed blizzard. Only hawk chasing the sparrow’s Red-tailed hawk with prey. a gray squirrel bill and a foot among the remained, which needled boughs. were quickly The undersides of buried by drifting the hawk’s wings snow. flashed white Small birds as that raptor of several kinds, pursued the including house squirrel around sparrows and the trunk. mourning doves, Within a few come to our seconds, however, birdfeeder on the rodent our lawn. And escaped and the so do one or hawk left the tree. two Cooper’s Cooper’s hawk with young.

Seeing that hawks—to catch red-tailed hawk sparrows and chasing a squirrel doves. made me think of other hawks I saw Sparrows dive into nearby hunting animals on suburban lawns. shrubbery when a Cooper’s swoops Driving along a few years ago, I saw at them, and the doves wing swiftly a red-tail low on the wing chasing away. The hunting Coop scrambles a gray squirrel across a short-grass through the bushes after the sparrows lawn. or powers after a dove. Over the A second later, the hawk had its years, two doves hit the window at intended prey in its sharp, curved my writing desk, startling them and claws. The hawk and squirrel me. tumbled over each other in a flurry Cooper’s hawks are not always of outstretched wings and furry tail. I successful in catching prey in their drove on, assuming the predator was claws. But when they are, they take eating its victim. their victims to trees, where they During a blizzard one winter day, I consume their meal. peered out the window at my writing Look for these hawks in the yards desk at home and saw a sharpof your neighborhood. Those raptors shinned hawk standing on snow on are exciting to experience, especially our lawn with a dead house sparrow on lawns at home. in its talons.

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BREATHING from page 28 This leads to swelling and scar tissue, which builds up in the air pockets and airways of your lung tissue. The capillary tissues fill up with inflammatory cells and fibrin.

This process depletes your antioxidants, like glutathione and superoxide dismutase (SOD)—more problems if you already have an SNP (a genetic mutation) that slows production of either of those!

It gets harder to breathe, you’re tired, and you develop shortness of breath with little or no exertion.

Forget about exercising now.

To boot, your new sedentary state causes weight gain and that taxes your heart, increasing cardiovascular complications from diabetes. It can

apparently be addressed, if only partially.

In a July 2015 study, researchers tested the lung health of Type 2 diabetic rodents and demonstrated that if they gave the critters some chromium, zinc, and leucine, the animals’ lung health improved—a lot!

They tried the nutrients separately and in combination. In all scenarios, the antioxidant status improved and lung inflammation reduced. In some cases, it diminished entirely.

Chromium, zinc, and leucine didn’t just reduce blood sugar; they also protected those fragile capillaries and connective tissue from the cytokine storm, while improving

antioxidant status. In other words, nutrients that reduce complications of diabetes are as important as those that reduce blood sugar.

In November 2015, new research focused on Type 1 diabetes and mineral status. Scientists measured blood levels of chromium, zinc, and magnesium, and they were reduced in all participants. In fact, the most poorly controlled diabetics seemed to have the worst deficiencies.

The research confirms that chromium, zinc, and magnesium may be useful for people seeking to reduce complications. So many of you are focused on the blood sugar number, and you only judge your success by the numbers shown on the

glucose machine.

But I’m warning you that it’s more important to focus on capillaries, connective tissue, and inflammation chemicals. We know certain herbs and minerals support healthy nerves, capillaries, eyes, kidneys, and airways. This reduces complications.

If you’re taking a supplement but not seeing the numbers go down, it may still be working. You’d never even realize it if you’re just evaluating your progress with a blood glucose machine.

This information is not intended to diagnose, prevent, or treat your disease.

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Caregiving Has Its Rewards As Americans live longer, families are feeling a heavier burden in the caregiving area.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that some 40.5 million

Americans are acting as unpaid caregivers for older family members.

Most help one person, but 22 percent are responsible for two people and 7 percent provide help to three or more.

Most caregivers are between the ages of 45 and 64 (23 percent), but 17 percent of people older than 65 act as caregivers as well.

The demands may be high, but

many Americans find the work worthwhile. Yes, 32 percent describe caregiving as stressful, but 88 percent say helping out an elderly loved one is a rewarding experience.

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Her Mission: To Find a Need and Fill It

By Kim Klugh Five million. That’s the number of Americans living with Alzheimer’s disease, according to statistics published on the Alzheimer’s Association website. Every 60 seconds, someone in the United States develops the disease.

Considered to be an epidemic by the Alzheimer’s Association, it has become the sixth-leading cause of death in the country.

Patricia Wang has become well versed on these statistics, and they have moved her to action. Wang is a woman on a two-fold mission— to build community awareness regarding Alzheimer’s disease while providing support to Alzheimer’s patients, their caregivers, and loved ones.

“So many know someone affected

by Alzheimer’s,” says Wang, and since it is a “progressive and irreversible neurodegenerative disease, it generates a lot of stress on families.”

Wang was formerly a nurse at

At Wang’s encouragement, St. Joseph Catholic Church parishioners created a wide variety of sensory objects to bring the cognitive benefits of tactile stimulation to Alzheimer’s sufferers.

Reading Health Rehabilitation Hospital (now the HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital), where she worked on the specialized head injury unit for five years.

She moved to Lancaster in 1979, and in 2000, when she joined St. Joseph Catholic Church, she

immersed herself in parish volunteer activities. She took communion to the sick and homebound and helped with parish religious-education classes for children.

After attending an in-service meeting in the Harrisburg Diocese to learn more about how to help

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Come and enjoy the camaraderie of your fellow veterans at a monthly meeting of the local chapter of the Korean War Veterans Association (KWVA).

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parish families whose children were diagnosed with autism, she ended up becoming St. Joseph’s parish advocate for people with disabilities.

When she assumed that role, Monsignor Thomas Smith had been Wang’s pastor, so she approached him to inquire how she should carry out the work. His response became her mantra: “Find a need and fill it.”

So Wang reached out and found parishioners who were dealing with handicap accessibility issues and discovered others who could benefit from sign language. She researched autism and other learning challenges so she could offer support to those who were volunteer teachers of religious education in her parish.

Wang originally became aware of someone with Alzheimer’s when she took communion to a parishioner who was a resident in the dementia unit at the Mennonite Home in Lancaster.

Wang tried to engage the woman by singing to her and prompting her with traditional Catholic prayers, to which the woman responded.

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When Wang met with the family, she saw the devastation that the disease brings with it for loved ones as memories fade away and cognitive abilities decline.

It was while she continued her research about the disease and came across the benefits of sensory stimulation for Alzheimer’s patients that an idea for a project took shape.

“Sensory stimulation,” says Wang, includes “any objects or activities that engage the senses,” thus triggering or stimulating a response or reaction.

This can be “anything through your senses,” Wang says, including tactile or touch, visual, auditory, and olfactory.

Light therapy, art activities, music, sand trays, weighted blankets, and memory books with photographs are all examples of ways to prompt the senses, since they “give patients something to focus on,” says Wang.

Another example that has had beneficial effects on people with Alzheimer’s is aromatherapy, which uses essential oils like lavender and lemon balm to stimulate the sense of smell.

Tactile sensory objects can vary in

texture and material construction— anything from velvet, satin and corduroy, and sandpaper, to smooth, stone tile pieces and carpet samples.

Tactile stimulation can also be administered in the form of gentle hand and foot massages. As the senses are engaged, memories and emotions can be triggered. When patients feel relaxed and safe, their moods may improve along with their self-esteem and general sense of well-being.

The use of sensory stimulation can also lead to the reduction of medication for certain patients as they become calmer and less agitated for extended periods of time.

It was with this growing arsenal of knowledge that Wang organized volunteers from her parish to create a collection of tactile sensory objects that were donated to the 51 units in the Memory Support Center at St. Anne’s Retirement Community.

After giving a basic description of what a sensory object can be, Wang stepped back and let the creativity work through the hands of her volunteers. The outcome was an assortment of sensory items that can reduce agitation, boredom, or

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irritability in Alzheimer’s patients, thereby increasing their quality of life.

Those parishioners who enjoy knitting made knitted objects, while others crocheted or sewed. Some volunteers crafted activity mats loaded with laces, beads, and yarn.

Additional items were fashioned out of fake fur or lambskin and turned into pieces called fidget quilts and twiddle muffs.

“The sky’s the limit,” Wang says and explains that one gentleman constructed a wooden board, including latches and hardware, that Alzheimer’s disease sufferers can manipulate by turning and twisting.

In conjunction with World Alzheimer’s Day in September 2015, Wang also contacted the Lancaster Public Library and was given permission to set up a display entitled: “We Remember with Love.”

How does Wang hope to further her mission for those whose lives are affected by Alzheimer’s?

Studies have shown how personalized music playlists can be used to unlock and reconnect Alzheimer’s patients with their memories, enabling them to

experience sustained periods of reawakening and joy. Wang wants to make that happen for as many local Alzheimer’s patients as possible.

Inspired by the documentary Alive Inside: A Story of Music and Memory, an Audience Award film at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, Wang’s goal is to add an auditory component in her efforts and use music as the vehicle to support Alzheimer’s patients and their families and caregivers.

Although she is in touch with the Alive Inside Foundation for this project, she says, “I’m a big believer in working locally.”

In that spirit, she hopes to enlist Lancaster community members and businesses to serve as venues for an array of musical concerts in a fundraising effort to purchase headsets and iPods for Alzheimer’s patients in the area so they can benefit from music’s power to reach the heart and soul.

“There are so many challenges with Alzheimer’s,” Wang says, “and I want to cultivate empathy and a connection to support families who have been touched by this disease.”

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Calling all men . . . and the women who love them!

Join us for the first-ever men’s event in the region!

Sat., Nov. 19

MEN’S

9 a.m. – 2 p.m

York Expo Center . Memorial Hall West

Robin Cole

Former Pittsburgh Steeler Robin Cole will be advocating for prostate cancer awareness as founder of the Obediah Cole Foundation. He also will be signing autographs.

FREDDIE COLEMAN

ESPN Radio host of the Freddie Coleman Show will be available for autographs and photos.

Jonathan Coholich

Tournament bass angler and Balsax pro staff member Jonathan Coholich will reveal how to select the right baits and line in any fishing situation.

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Legacy Innovations will showcase some of their custom-restored street cars, race cars, and show cars.

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Ryan Errickson, Jeff Capezio, and Tyler Kaltreider will do a live demonstration of tattooing at its finest.

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By Megan Joyce

Pittsburgh-based Obediah Cole Foundation, As a 12-season named for his linebacker and late father and defensive end for dedicated to the Pittsburgh raising muchSteelers, Robin needed awareness Cole was no for the cancer stranger to, well, that kills 30,000 tackling problems men each year— head on. which Cole And though he ruefully calls “the hasn’t played with best-kept secret in the NFL since the world.” the late 1980s, According to Cole is still the foundation’s harnessing his website (www. commandeering obcolefoundation. spirit to take on org), 1 in 6 men an epidemic in will be diagnosed men’s health: with prostate prostate cancer. cancer in their It’s an issue lifetime. Africanthat has touched American men him deeply have the highest on multiple incidence of personal levels. prostate cancer Cole’s father, in the world, and Obediah Cole, their mortality passed away from rate is twice that metastasized of Caucasian prostate cancer at men. age 50.

“We don’t But the have a serious family link with Former Pittsburgh Steelers voice for prostate prostate cancer linebacker and defensive end Robin cancer,” Cole extends further Cole will be at the Epic MEN’S Expo said. “Nobody’s and wider; its malignant fingers Nov. 19. Cole will be advocating for out there. The prostate cancer awareness as founder doctors are saying stretch back of the Obediah Cole Foundation, it, but a doctor through the Cole named after his father, who died doesn’t lead a family tree to from the disease. cause like that. at least Cole’s Somebody off the grandfather.

Cole’s father, Obediah, and several of street has to do that, somebody who’s his father’s brothers succumbed to the gone through a lot.”

Representatives from the Obediah cancer, which has also touched Cole’s Cole Foundation—including Robin own brothers—and Cole himself.

Cole—attend more than 20 health Cole was diagnosed with prostate fairs per year, often partnering cancer in 2004. He was 49. He with local doctors and hospitals to underwent surgery and remains cancer-free, but since then he has lost distribute vouchers for men to receive a free prostate-specific antigen (PSA) two brothers to the disease. test.

In 2006 Cole founded the www.50plusLifePA.com

working statewide currently, but as funding and awareness grow, Cole hopes to expand the foundation’s reach across the country.

Robin Cole will be joining the Epic MEN’S Expo from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 19, at the York Expo Center’s Memorial Hall West.

Brought to you by OLP Events, the Epic MEN’S Expo will comprise more than 50 exhibitors— businesses, organizations, and services covering the multifaceted lives of modern men.

The expo’s many demonstrations and appearances will include ESPN 92.7’s late-night talk show host Freddie Coleman; tournament bass angler Jonathan Coholich; beer, wine, and cider sampling; a denim fashion show by Men’s Wearhouse; live cigar-rolling and tattoo demos; a golf-ball hitting net and analyzer; food and craft-beer pairing; and more.

Cole plans to use his time at the Epic MEN’S Expo to raise Central Pennsylvania’s awareness of prostate cancer and the importance of early screening.

“My goal is to take it to the people,” Cole said. “For the rest of my life, I am going to take prostate cancer to the people, and my goal is to start with Pennsylvania. We’re going to wake up Pennsylvania, and then we’re going to wake up the rest of this nation.”

For more information on the Obediah Cole Foundation, visit www.obcolefoundation.org.

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“When [the foundation] first began to raise money, it was for three things: to bring about awareness, to educate people about prostate cancer, and also to do free blood screenings.”

Although it is one of the most diagnosed cancers in men, second only to nonfatal skin cancer, prostate cancer hits its victims early, often in their 40s and early 50s and before cancer is on most men’s medical radar.

Cole recommends all men start getting a PSA blood test at age 40— and in their 30s if they have a family history. He also urges men not to wait until they are symptomatic to seek testing; he lost an uncle and a brother that way.

Prostate cancer usually has no symptoms in its early stages.

Later on, symptoms often include frequent and painful urination, erectile dysfunction, and discomfort when sitting (caused by an enlarged prostate).

Once the cancer has spread, men frequently experience pain in the hips, shoulders, thighs, or other bones; fatigue; weight loss; and swelling in the legs or feet.

The five-year survival rate for prostate cancer detected in its early stages in nearly 100 percent; that rate drops to 28 percent if the cancer has spread to other parts of the body.

“If my father’s twin had gotten checked, he’d have probably still have been living, but he didn’t do it until he had symptoms,” Cole said.

“With prostate cancer, if you wait for symptoms, a lot of times it’s too late: You’re in stage 3 or stage 4.”

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