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Complimentary | York County Edition | November 2016 • Vol. 17 No. 11

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By Lori Van Ingen

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, from York to Sunbury to U.S. government to boost the faces of both young and old, the Poconos, the ladies have a troops’ morale. according to the organization’s monthly conference call instead Betty Grable, Rita Hayworth, website. of meeting in person, said 37Jane Russell, and Ava Gardner Arreola chose vintage clothing were among the most famous of because of its modesty and classic year-old Hamilton, who lives in Howard, near State College. the World War II pinups. beauty. Clothes from the 1940s Different members of the The troops tacked the scantily era are timeless and can be mixed clad pinups on their barracks’ with modern looks. The girls work chapter attend the various events, but a lot of the girls try to walls and kept them tucked in hard to achieve a classy look that participate in as many events as their pockets. They were even conjures nostalgia for the World they can, Hamilton said. painted onto the nose of their World II era and that same spirit The Pinups for Patriots planes. These girls were waiting of a country united in service. for them at home, and they were The organization’s mission now participate in any kind of event, from working on military care worth fighting for. is to honor and serve our nation’s military, veterans, first responders, packages to selling raffle tickets to taking part in a Pitching for Fast forward 70 years. and their families by supporting Patriots horseshoe-pitching Heather Hamilton, and creating unique programs tournament.

Pennsylvania state leader of Pinups and events that will inspire our At all events, the Pinup for for Patriots, said she has always nation, foster patriotism, and raise loved the styles of the 1940s and awareness for post-traumatic stress Patriots ladies dress up in vintage clothing, with the exact type of ’50s era and did a photo shoot disorder. fashion depending on the event. dressing up in vintage clothing for The women in the Pinups At one event, they wore rockabilly fun. chapters across the United States dress, Hamilton said. The retroIt turned out so well that she are business owners, service styled ladies find their vintage was approached by friends to start members, veterans, military clothing in many places, including a chapter of Pinups for Patriots in spouses, medical professionals, Facebook groups, vintage-clothing Pennsylvania. After researching the and more. websites, yard sales, Goodwill, and organization, Hamilton applied to Pinups for Patriots (www. the Salvation Army. be the state leader in 2014. pinupsforpatriots.com) is a federal One of Hamilton’s most Pinups for Patriots began in nonprofit organization, but it is memorable events was when 2010 by founder Kalen Arreola, currently working on getting state an Operation Iraqi Freedom tax-exempt status, Hamilton said. Pinups for Patriots served a meal www.50plusLifePA.com

to veterans at Autumn House Senior Living Communities in York County 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.

Photos by Steven Francis Photography Location: John Wright Restaurant, Wrightsville, Pa.

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Words Helped Heal This Vietnam Veteran

By Stephen Kopfinger

She becomes Groff was in Vietnam from emotional when discussing the February or early I thought Vietnam was the conflict / subject.

But it was just the seed / Buried, taking March 1968 (he’s Yet during not quite sure root / Spreading like a weed.

Groff’s brief of just when he arrived) before time overseas, For Vietnam veteran Mike Groff, he experienced he was shot and writing words such as these in wounded in his more than he poetic form helps him cope with his cared to. right arm in June memories of the war.

Groff, right, and a friend in “We had of that year.

Memories like the uncertainty of Schweinfurt, Germany, in 1968. three days of That was a time where the enemy was coming from in in-country he remembers a jungle setting. Memories of seeing well. training,” Groff a friend die. Memories of outsize remembers of “We were insects and scorpions. And then his arrival in came decades of post-traumatic stress ambushed when Vietnam. “Then I got hit,” Groff disorder (PTSD). we went out [to says. He was “I saw all kinds of stuff,” says fight]. We dealt helping two Groff, who today lives in his Central mostly with the buddies when it Pennsylvania hometown with his happened.

NVA (North wife, Janet. th Vietnamese To this day, Groff served as a specialist, 4 class, st Army) and some says his wife, in the 1 Cavalry Division of the Groff, center, with members of Viet Cong,” United States Army. That meant Groff Groff “has Veterans of America, Chapter 542, at a was an Army machine gunner, and he no feeling in Veterans Day parade in New York City. the enemy force the right side known for its was in the thick of things, even if he stealth. of his hand.” didn’t always know where he was.

Past conflicts often had some kind of front—defined areas of battle. advertisement In Vietnam, “the whole thing was a front,” Groff sums up.

The enemy could be anywhere, at any time. He recalls a fellow soldier who was “shot from a tree.”

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“They picked us up and they dropped us down,” he said of the aircraft, which shuttled troops all over the field. “Sometimes, they would land us in rice paddies. I flew all over the place.”

It was overwhelming for a boy from Central Pennsylvania. Groff says he was naïve.

That hometown connection, however, provokes a smile from Groff as he recalls one tasty memory in the middle of jungle country. It was a Lebanon baloney that arrived in a care package. His fellow soldiers delighted in devouring it.

“That 5-pound Lebanon baloney would not last long!” Groff laughs.

He also remembers another rare treat in steamy Vietnam.

“We had a sergeant who brought us ice cream.”

Less pleasant was dealing with leeches; they were everywhere, Groff remembers, as was dysentery. And there were scorpions.

But that was nothing compared to the death, destruction, and constant anxiety that continued to take its toll on Groff after he got home. What we now abbreviate as PTSD crept into his mind. It’s a subject that wasn’t acknowledged then as much as it is today.

“I would have nightmares,” Groff says. “For 40 years, I got three or four hours of sleep a night.”

As with many veterans of various conflicts, Groff didn’t talk much about his experiences after he returned to the States. In retrospect, he realizes “it wasn’t good to hold it in. It did more damage … It was

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Janet who got me to see somebody.” Wall,” which notes the emotions of Groff found some solace in work, the American people about the war. when he became a certified public “This war was viewed with such accountant. disdain / That many said they died “He was always busy helping in vain / I was there, I saw some fall somebody else,” / I fought with his wife says. those named on But there this wall.” were still PTSD For his own demons to be service, Groff dealt with. Groff was awarded the turned to the Silver Star, the written word, Air Medal, and in the form of a Good Conduct poetry.

Medal, among One work, other honors. simply titled Today, Groff “PTSD,” keeps busy compares the as treasurer Groff preparing a battlefield cross. disorder taking at Vietnam root in his head, Veterans like a weed, which “[dominates] my of America, Chapter 542, in subconscious / Until the time was Harrisburg. right / To break through the surface “We have a good chapter,” he says. / The start of sleepless nights.”

But Groff’s thoughts turn toward Groff has visited the Washington, today’s military forces serving in D.C., Vietnam Veterans Memorial, places such as Iraq and Afghanistan. which many simply call “The Wall.” Groff feels he’s been thanked It was a long time until he could do enough. that. But the memorial did inspire “Let’s concentrate on today’s another poem, titled “Tears by the guys,” he says.

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Tinseltown Talks

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

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good place to start. We can all be more marvelous.”

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.

“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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“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: 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.”

“Oh my,” she added, sounding quite touched by the tribute. “That’s so endearing.”

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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.

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Aid & Attendance Veterans’ Benefit BENEFIT from page 10 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.

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:

of your daily environment (e.g., using a stove or other household appliances).

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• 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

• 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.

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are substantially confined to your immediate premises because of permanent disability.

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.

When considering a move to a personal care home or nursing facility, the community’s administration will often assist in making sure you have the necessary information collected and that it is complete prior to submission.

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.

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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.

She put my street clothes in a clear plastic sack as if she were cataloging evidence at a crime scene. I climbed onto my gurney and IVs were started.

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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.

Seven weeks after surgery, I returned to my day job in information www.50plusLifePA.com

technology. I’ve now returned to most of the activities I love: walking, hiking, weightlifting, motorcycling, and all without the pain I thought would never go away.

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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The Bookworm Sez

Sixty: A Diary of My Sixty-First Year Terri Schlichenmeyer

Someone, call the fire department.

Right. That old birthday-candle joke was funny the first time you heard it, decades ago; now, though, not so much.

You don’t need candles or baked goods to know that you’re getting older, a fact you both love and hate, so come read Sixty: A Diary of My Sixty-First Year by Ian Brown, and commiserate.

Fifty is not the new 30.

That, or something like it, is what self-help books would have you believe, but Ian Brown indicates otherwise. Sixty is 60, no matter how you cut it—even if (and perhaps, especially) when that Certain Age sneaks up on you.

Getting older happens, he says, exactly when we aren’t paying attention. We’re busy with family or career until—whoosh, we’re remembering (or not remembering) things long gone, and regretting time lost, opportunities missed, and aging bodies.

Going bald is just one indignity; running out of breath doing something routine is another. Brown

also writes of thinking lustfully toward younger women, and then realizing with a start that trysting would be impossible because he’s Sixty: A Diary of My no longer Sixty-First Year

By Ian Brown young c.

2016, The Experiment himself. At 320 pages least, he reasons, he still has the ability to desire.

Despite such 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.

Also sweet: getting to know adult children as adults, and knowing that there’s another generation to pick up where you left off.

And yet, as birthday candles escalate in number, there’s the

panicky thought that time is running out: that charity event you’d planned to pull together, the trip you wanted to take, the Photo credit John Barber hobbies Sixty author you always Ian Brown. thought you’d try—they all seem out of reach.

Things you used to view as important aren’t important any longer because there’s no room for trifles. We wonder if we’ll ever have time to say what we need to say. We worry about money.

We worry about dying … but not too soon.

Though it could be argued that the pace of Sixty is indicative of a slower, more introspective time of life, I struggled with this book precisely because of its melancholy meandering.

Yes, this is a look at one man’s personal experiences in his milestone year, but it’s a diary consisting of a lot of plaintive railing and entries that aren’t always complete enough to avoid confusion.

Yes, readers get peeks at author Ian Brown’s wry sense of humor as he swings wildly between profound and profane, but he often settles back to three main topics: impending death, his failing body, and that he’s no longer sexually desirable to younger women.

These are amusing rants at first but, after the 60th reminder of how life stinks at that age—and please forgive me for saying this—it gets old.

Brown calls himself a curmudgeon at one point in this book, and if that mien appeals to you, then you’ll relish it. If you need something less pensive, though, Sixty is a book you can blow off.

The Bookworm is Terri Schlichenmeyer.

Terri has been reading since she was 3 years old and she never goes anywhere without a book. She lives on a hill in Wisconsin with two dogs and 14,000 books.

MIND from page 5 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 other vegetable a day.

• W hole grains: Three or more

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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

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• 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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Nursing & Rehabilitation Centers The listings with a shaded background have additional information about their center in a display advertisement in this edition.

Bethany Village – The Oaks

325 Wesley Drive • Mechanicsburg, PA 17055 (717) 766-0279 • www.bethanyvillage.org Number of Beds: 69 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: Yes Semi-Private Rooms Available: Yes Pet Visitation Allowed: Yes Beauty/Barber Shop: Yes Medicare: Yes Medicaid: Yes Accreditations/Affiliations: CARF/CCAC; Eagle, LeadingAge PA Comments: Maplewood Assisted Living also available.

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

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: Elm Spring Residence Independent Living on campus.

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

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: PHCA, PACA Comments: Fully staffed Transitions Healthcare employees in skilled nursing and sub-acute rehab. Tours are encouraged!

If you would like to be featured on this important page, please contact your account representative or call (717) 285-1350.

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EXPO Benefits County’s Boomer, Senior Residents

By Megan Joyce The aisles inside York Expo Center’s Memorial Hall East were packed with baby boomers, seniors, and caregivers during the 14th annual York County 50plus EXPO on Sept.

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The free, one-day event, which provides information and resources for the area’s 50+ community, was presented by OLP Events, the events division of Central Pennsylvaniabased On-Line Publishers, Inc. More than 90 exhibitors displayed products and services for travel, housing, medical services, nutrition, home improvements, finances and healthcare.

“I just like to check out the different booths and see what they have going on,” Charla Zumbrun, of York, said. “And it’s always good; they always have good [exhibitors].”

The day began with the presentation of RSVP of the Capital Region’s Most Valuable Volunteer Award for York County.

Scott Hunsinger, York County development coordinator for RSVP, and Hannah McDonald, WGAL morning news anchor, presented the award to Howard Powell, of Dover.

Since August 2013, Powell has served as a reading tutor at Hanover Street Elementary School.

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knowledge to the youth of today.”

Kmart provided flu shots to visitors on a first-come, first-served basis.

The Health & Wellness Area, sponsored by WellSpan Health, included ongoing, free screenings for stroke risk, posture, blood pressure, joint pain, skin cancer, balance and more, as well as free seminars on treatment options for joint pain and exercises for bladder health.

Visitors also had the option of attending additional free seminars that covered Washington, D.C., and the elections; how to protect your assets from predators and creditors; “super smoothie” tips from a registered dietician; and treatment options for knee arthritis.

Plus, students from McCann School of Business and Technology offered free blood pressure checks and chair massages.

Falls Free York, an area dedicated to fall prevention, returned to the York County 50plus EXPO. Organized by the York County Area Agency on Aging and local businesses and organizations, Falls Free York encouraged visitors to assess their own risk of falling and learn about falling hazards in the home.

Area staff offered gait/balance screenings, cane and walker checks, foot screenings, assistive-device demonstrations, and more.

“Our upbeat team shared information with 811 participants,”

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Diane Gerhart, administrative officer with the York County Area Agency on Aging, said. “Of that number, 427 actually filled out fall assessments, which showed 156, or 37.6 percent, at risk [for falling]. The day was excellent in every way.”

Richard List and his wife had both performed well on a balance test within the Falls Free York area.

“We stood on a cushion, and they were testing us with our eyes open and our eyes closed if we could stand still, and if not, [we] would be at risk for falling,” List, of York, said.

The day’s entertainment and presentations began with chair dancing with Holly Beebee of Dancin’ Chairs, LLC, and continued with advice on avoiding seniortargeted scams from Jerry Mitchell, education and outreach specialist at the Office of the Attorney General.

“A lot of these charities will prey on some sort of disaster ... the Boston

[Marathon] bombing, for example,” Mitchell said. “Within five hours of that bombing, 439 websites went up.

They’re trying to pull and pluck at the strings of your heart.

“Please do your homework before you give to any charity. If you want to know if a charity is good or not, please check with the Department of State.”

PK Dennis with York County Penn State Extension offered advice on container gardening; Navy Reserve retiree Ted Montesano performed patriotic and country keyboard music; and Pat Egger and Carol Lyons from the York County Area Agency on Aging’s APPRISE program provided tips for tackling Medicare’s Open Enrollment Period.

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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 of the table 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.

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.

Often, highly decorated or 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

Highly decorated china may have lead glazes.

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) may leach. If you must eat off of your antique china or vintage ceramic

Thanksgiving preparations.

dishware, don’t do so regularly.

Basic white china may be the safest type for your family and pets. It is not wise to eat off of china with painted or metallic decorations—like gold leaf or silver banding.

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 display the lovely pieces as a holiday centerpiece, in a china cabinet, or on the Thanksgiving buffet table hosting flowers.

Wishing you a Happy Thanksgiving!

Ph.D. antique appraiser and awardwinning TV expert Dr. Lori Verderame is the star appraiser on Discovery channel’s international hit TV show Auction Kings and appears on FOX Business Network’s Strange Inheritance.

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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 walls, but slowly, only one cell at a time, kind of like soldiers marching

tissue. The capillary one by one behind each other. tissues fill up with inflammatory cells and Capillaries are the fibrin. most fragile because This process depletes they are so thin. Your your antioxidants, lungs are also made up of large amounts of like glutathione and superoxide dismutase connective tissue.

November is Capillaries get American Diabetes Month (SOD)—more problems if you already have an destroyed when SNP (a genetic mutation) that slows excessive glucose molecules attach to them and cause stiffening, so then production of either of those!

It gets harder to breathe, you’re they can’t bend anymore due to the formation of “advanced glycation end” tired, and you develop shortness of breath with little or no exertion. Forget products. about exercising now.

A lot of inflammatory cytokines To boot, your new sedentary state form too. It’s the same case in your eyes, heart, kidneys, and nerves; that’s causes weight gain and that taxes why diabetic complications occur. your heart, increasing cardiovascular complications from diabetes. It can This leads to swelling and scar tissue, which builds up in the air apparently be addressed, if only partially. pockets and airways of your lung

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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.

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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.

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York County

Calendar of Events

Community Programs/Support Groups Free and open to the public

Senior Center Activities

Nov. 1, 7 p.m.

Surviving Spouse Socials of York County Faith United Church of Christ 509 Pacific Ave., York (717) 266-2784

Crispus Attucks Active Living Center – (717) 8483610, www.crispusattucks.org

Nov. 4, 10:30 a.m.

Partners in Thyme Herb Club of Southern York County John Rudy Park 400 Mundis Race Road, York (717) 428-2210 Nov. 7, 9:30 a.m.

Green Thumb Garden Club Meeting Emmanuel Lutheran Church 2650 Freysville Road, Red Lion (717) 235-2823

Nov. 7, 6–9 p.m.

Medicare Facts for New or Pre-Retirees Seminar York County Area Agency on Aging Penn State Extension Offices, Meeting Room 1 112 Pleasant Acres Road, York (717) 771-9008 www.ycaaa.org Nov. 26 and 27, 1–5 p.m.

Miniature Railroad Holiday Open House Miniature Railroad Club of York 381 Wheatfield St., York (717) 434-4277 www.mrrcy.org If you have an event you would like to include, please email information to mjoyce@onlinepub.com for consideration.

Parks and Recreation Nov. 12, 8 a.m. to noon – Volunteer Tire Cleanup, Rail Trail, Route 30 Parking Lot Nov. 26, 11 a.m. to noon, 1–2 p.m. – Birds of Prey Day, Nixon County Park Nov. 29, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. – Nixon Holiday Decorating, Nixon County Park

Library Programs Collinsville Community Library, 2632 Delta Road, Brogue, (717) 927-9014 Tuesdays, 6 to 8 p.m. – Purls of Brogue Knitting Club

Offer Care to Caregivers going—with him or her and People who take care of elderly or chronically with the person who’s sick.

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Here’s what you can do to help: Be specific about ways you can help. Look for

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Delta Area Senior Center, Inc. – (717) 456-5753, www.deltaseniorcenter.com Dillsburg Senior Activity Center – (717) 432-2216 Eastern Area Senior Center, Inc. – (717) 252-1641 Golden Visions Senior Community Center – (717) 633-5072, www.goldenvisionspa.com Heritage Senior Center, Inc. – (717) 292-7471, www.heritagesrcenter.org Northeastern Senior Community Center – (717) 266-1400, www.mtwolf.org/SeniorCenter Red Land Senior Center – (717) 938-4649, www.redlandseniorcenter.org Golden Connections Community Center – (717) 244-7229, www.gcccenter.com South Central Senior Community Center – (717) 235-6060, http:// southcentralyorkcountysrctr.webs.com Tuesdays, 10 to 11 a.m. – Stretch Yoga Wednesdays, 9 to 9:45 a.m. – Intermediate Line Dancing; 10 to 11 a.m. – Beginner Line Dancing Wednesdays, 12:45 p.m. – HoopFit Stewartstown Senior Center – (717) 993-3488, www.stewsenior.org Susquehanna Senior Center – (717) 244-0340, www.susquehannaseniorcenter.org Mondays, 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. – Chorus Practice Tuesdays, 6 to 10 p.m. – Bluegrass/Country Music Jam Session White Rose Senior Center – (717) 843-9704, www.whiteroseseniorcenter.org Windy Hill On the Campus – (717) 225-0733, www.windyhillonthecampus.org Tuesdays, 10 a.m. – Zumba Gold Nov. 15, 10 a.m. – Veterans Recognition Program York Community S.E.N.I.O.R.S. – (717) 8484417 Yorktown Senior Center – (717) 854-0693, www.yorktownseniorcenter.org Just a snippet of what you may be missing … please call or visit their website for more information.

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

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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.

VIVID SKIN TATTOO

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

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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

“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.”

The Obediah Cole Foundation is

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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Limitations, copayments, and restrictions may apply. Benefits, formulary, pharmacy network, provider network, premium and/or co-payments/co-insurance may change on January 1 of each year. Members who get “Extra Help” are not required to fill prescriptions at preferred network pharmacies in order to get Low Income Subsidy (LIS) copays. You must continue to pay your Medicare Part B premium. The Part B premium is covered for full-dual members. Our dualeligible Special Needs Plan is available to anyone who has both Medical Assistance from the state and Medicare. Premiums, co-pays, co-insurance, and deductibles may vary based on the level of Extra Help you receive. Please contact the plan for further details. Other pharmacies, physicians and/or providers are available in our network. The formulary, pharmacy network, and/or provider network may change at any time. You will receive notice when necessary. A sales person will be present with information and applications. For accommodation of persons with special needs at sales meetings, call 1-855-418-0484 (TTY: 711). All persons eligible for Medicare may receive a $10 Reward Card with no enrollment obligation. Non Coventry Medicare Advantage members must attend a sales meeting, schedule an appointment, or request an information kit to receive the offer. Current Coventry Medicare Advantage members, must call the number in the advertisement for instructions on how to receive the offer. Not to exceed more than one $10 Reward Card per person. Offer valid while supplies last. Participating physicians, hospitals and other health care providers are independent contractors and are neither agents nor employees of Aetna.

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