Community Action senior meals:
Apple Nutrition
October Menus
Logan Mason Public Transportation fare schedule
(PDF)
Oasis Senior Center
Visit our
website
Medicare Open Enrollment Period Is Here
October 15 through December 7
Illinois Department on Aging Offers Free Counseling on Medicare
Options; Call 1-800-252-8966 or visit the website at
http://www.illinois.gov/aging
To mark the beginning of the Medicare Open
Enrollment period, the Illinois Department on Aging (IDoA) offers
free counseling assistance to help educate Medicare-eligible
individuals and their caregivers about their Medicare insurance
options. Medicare Open Enrollment started on October 15 and runs
through December 7. During this time, people can shop for a Medicare
Advantage (MA) plan or a Prescription Drug Plan (PDP) for 2016.
(Click here to continue reading)
No Social Security Cost-of-Living Adjustment for
2016
With consumer prices down over the past year,
monthly Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
benefits for nearly 65 million Americans will not automatically
increase in 2016. (Click here to
continue reading)
FACT
SHEET: 2016 Social Security Changes
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The Christian Village kicks
off expansion campaign
On the heels of its 50th
anniversary, The Christian Village is launching the Vision 2015
Capital Campaign to carry its ministry into the future. The senior
living community will be expanding to provide older adults options
they’ve never had in Logan County.
When the expansion is complete,
The Christian Village will offer a full continuum of care which will
allow residents to stay on the campus even if their healthcare needs
change. (Click here to
continue reading)
Guests at Oasis learn about
scams
Part one: Common and costly telephone scams
Detective Mark Landers on Friday
morning was the primary speaker at a meeting held at the Oasis
Senior Center addressing how to avoid being the victim of scammers.
Landers spoke along with Nancy Kauggold of Senior Services of
Central Illinois and Logan County State’s Attorney Jonathan Wright.
Landers offered up information
about scams that are going on in the community either by telephone,
internet, mail or in person such as the home repair frauds. (Click
here to continue reading)
Part two: Internet viruses and
hackers, mail fraud, and home repair scams
Friday morning, Detective Mark
Landers of the Logan County Sherriff’s Office led a meeting at the
Oasis Senior Center on how to avoid being scammed. The meeting
covered several topics and included not only information shared by
Landers, but also from Senior Services of Central Illinois and Logan
County State’s Attorney Jonathan Wright.
After discussing scams involving
telemarketers, and con artists who will impersonate government
officials and even family members in order to get money, Landers
moved on to internet scams. Sixty percent of the population over the
age of 60 uses the internet and of those 70-plus percent are on the
internet daily. (Click
here to continue reading)
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