Medicare Assistance available at Oasis Senior Center

 

[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     [phone] to make your counseling appointment.  The counselor is State Certified and able to assist you with your Medicare insurance questions.

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Elder abuse 24-hour hotline is [phone] or TTY [phone]

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Community Action senior meals:

• Apple Nutrition sites  (PDF)

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Logan Mason Public Transportation fare schedule  (PDF)

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Oasis Senior Center

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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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