Medicare Assistance available at Oasis Senior Center
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[April 6, 2015]
Medicare
assistance is available at the Oasis Senior Center, 2810 Woodlawn
Road, Lincoln, IL from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Thursdays.
Appointments are needed. Please call the Oasis Senior Center at
(217) 732-6132 to make your counseling appointment. The counselor
is State Certified and able to assist you with your Medicare
insurance questions. |
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Community Action to participate in nationwide
2016 March For Meals
Support will help to fight senior isolation and hunger in Logan
and Mason counties
The Community Action Partnership of Central Illinois
has announced that it will be participating in the 14th annual March
for Meals – a month-long, nationwide celebration of Meals on Wheels
and the homebound and vulnerable seniors who rely on its vital
safety net. CAPCIL’s March for Meals celebration will include
Community Champion volunteers who will deliver meals.
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Attention Logan County Residents with hearing
loss
Non-profit Illinois Telecommunications Access Corporation
distributing free amplified home phones
Estimates for Illinois indicate there are more than
2 million residents living with some degree of hearing loss. The
Illinois Telecommunications Access Corporation (ITAC), the
not-for-profit distributor of free specialized telephone equipment
for Illinois residents with hearing loss, is distributing a new
amplified telephone— the Clarity BT914—at no cost to seniors and
others with hearing loss living in Logan County. (Click
here to continue reading)
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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)
Guests at Oasis learn about
scams
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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