Senior Life
News & information for the seniors in our community

sponsored by Friendship Manor


 

State Agencies Offer llinois Families Extra Help Again This Tax Season

Send a link to a friend

[March 09, 2011]  CHICAGO – March 8, 2011. The Illinois Departments of Revenue (IDOR), Human Services (IDHS) and Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) urge Illinois families to take advantage of tax preparation assistance and easy filing options available at www.tax.illinois.gov. By filing their state taxes electronically, families can get their entire refund quickly and for free, avoiding high-interest refund anticipation loans offered by many commercial tax preparation companies. Low and moderate-income families can take advantage of several tax assistance services offered in conjunction with the State of Illinois. (Click here for the rest of the story)  


What you can do to speed up your disability application 
Send a link to a friend

[March 09, 2011]  If your disabling condition is preventing you from continuing to work, you may want to apply for disability benefits through Social Security. In most cases, doing so involves a thorough process of determining your eligibility, medical condition, and ability to work. Because we look so carefully at so many cases — more than three million each year — it can take us three to five months to determine whether you are eligible. (Click here for the rest of the story) 


Prose from the Christian Village

Send a link to a friend

[March 09, 2011]  The Christian Village has a writer's club and we are pleased that they have sent us two of their member's works. Betty Armstrong and Helen Tanner write on the topic: "Spring is a wonderful thing'. (Click here for the rest of the story)


Electronic SSN payments are a must 
 

Send a link to a friend

[March 09, 2011]  For years, Social Security has stressed the convenience, security, and safety of getting benefit payments electronically. Soon, direct deposit (or Direct Express) will not only be the best way to receive Federal benefit payments — it will be the only way.  (Click here for the rest of the story)


Resources and tips for the millions of Alzheimer's caregivers

Send a link to a friend

[March 09, 2011]  (ARA) - Alzheimer's takes a toll on more than just the 5 million Americans living with the disease. The millions of unpaid caregivers for patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) carry a high risk of poor health. While caregiving can be rewarding, it also can be a long and difficult journey, which often affects work, finances, relationships and health. Caregiving is a responsibility that requires encouragement and resources. Caregivers sometimes may be too overwhelmed, frustrated or depressed to seek out the help they need. (Click here for the rest of the story)


Road trip! A mature dude's guide to roaming the highways

Send a link to a friend

[March 09, 2011]  (ARA) - Work, kids, working out, taking care of the house, and a hairline that's heading for the back of your collar - it's enough to make a guy understand why some men feel the urge to buy an outrageously impractical sports car at this stage of life. But you don't need a mid-life crisis. What you need is a road trip. (Click here for the rest of the story)


Social Security's final four

Send a link to a friend

[March 09, 2011]  This time of year basketball fans are gearing up for March Madness -- a time when the final four teams in the NCAA fight for the title of national champion. While basketball fans are excited about March Madness, Social Security already has a winning “final four” of online services to cheer about: the Retirement Estimator, Benefit Application, online Extra Help application, and Business Services Online. (Click here for the rest of the story)  

 

 

 


Illinois Ag can help with healthcare complaints

Send a link to a friend

[March 09, 2011]  As the business of medicine has become more complex, consumers have experienced more confusion and difficulty obtaining the care and benefits to which they are entitled. To assist the consumers of Illinois with these problems the Attorney General opened the Health Care Bureau in October 1998. Since then our staff has helped to clear up more than 8,000 complaints relating to health care issues. (Click here for the rest of the story)

 


What you need to know about the Tax Relief Act of 2010
Send a link to a friend

[March 09, 2011]  (ARA) - It was hard to miss the news about the 2010 Tax Relief Act that Congress passed and President Obama signed into law at the end of last year. What many Americans probably found easy to miss, however, is how the act will affect them as they prepare to file their 2010 tax returns this April 15. (Click here for the rest of the story)


 

Fuzzy, fun and healthy: Secrets of the amazing kiwifruit

Send a link to a friend

[March 09, 2011]  (ARA) - The first time you saw a kiwifruit in your grocery store did you think it was a lemon gone wrong? Or perhaps you thought it was a new, smaller, odd-looking variety of pear. The truth is the kiwifruit isn't just a fruit, it's one of nature's most perfect foods - and if your family hasn't yet discovered the taste, versatility and nutritional punch of kiwifruit, it's time to give it a try. (Click here for the rest of the story)

 

 

 

Archived articles

 

 

 

Archived articles

< Top Stories index

Back to top


 

News | Sports | Business | Rural Review | Teaching and Learning | Home and Family | Tourism | Obituaries

Community | Perspectives | Law and Courts | Leisure Time | Spiritual Life | Health and Fitness | Teen Scene
Calendar | Letters to the Editor