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Senior Times - April 2023
We can meet your home care needs!
 Aide & Companion Service
 Medication Set-Up Supervision
 Housekeeping
 Transportation
 Nursing Services
 Dementia Capable Trained Staff
 Veterans Choice Program
 All Employees Screened & Bonded
60+ Years of Qualified Experience
Accepting New Residents - Your New Home Awaits!
Lakeview Assisted Living, a Ganton Senior Community, is committed to providing an atmosphere that gives people the opportunity to thrive. For admission and tour information call (269) 870-5537.
14661 Helmer Road South | Battle Creek, MI 49015 | lakeviewassisted.com
Who Can I Ask
Co-Owners:
Aging, it can be a very beautiful thing, but it can also be very complex. We all would like to think that our situa- tion can and will stay the same, yet reality can hit and then we aren’t sure what to do.
assessment that can really help in determining what services might help with your living situation. By assessing the needs, it can be determined if you require minimal assistance with minimal health conditions or whether you require more hands-on services to keep you in your own home as long as you are safe. Safety is key at any age!
Thomas J. Unger, ACSW Patricia D. Slayton, RN, MSN
5350 Beckley Rd, Suite D
As health starts to decline, there are many different options we need to look at to keep our independence. One mis- take we make – and we all make it – is thinking if we get any type of assistance, then we are no longer independent; or jumping to my person needs to go to a facility. Honestly, in most cases, they do not need to go to a facility and finding assistance is how we KEEP our inde- pendence. Another area that we need to do some soul searching in the financial area. Let’s talk!
For eligible community members, Community Care Options can offer two hours of light housekeeping a week (or four hours every other week) as well
(Side door of Southern Michigan Bank & Trust)
269-883-6002 www.homecaretransitions.net
as assistance with meal prep, limited errands, etc. Just keep in mind, this ser- vice offers no hands-on assistance.
BANK
for Seniors
By: Anna Moss, Managing Attorney
The Legal Services of South Central Michigan will conduct interviews for legal advice and possible representation, without charge, on the following dates and times for interested older Americans.
OVER THE TELEPHONE PLEASE CALL (269) 244-5040 on the following days and time:
• Tues, April 4, 10:30am-12pm, for Barry County Residents
• Thur, April 6, 9am-12:30pm, for St. Joseph County Residents
LIVE, WORK, PLAY LOCALLY?
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IN PERSON OUTREACH:
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Fri, April 7, 9-12:30pm, at their Battle Creek Office, 123 West Territorial Road, Battle Creek, MI, 49015
Wed, April 12, 11:30am-12:30pm, Woodland Eagles Club, 125 North Main, Woodland, MI, 48897
• We’re not-for-profit. We focus on people not profits.
• We’re one of the few financial institutions in the country that share our
profits by paying our members an annual Cashback Rebate.
• We’re 100% local and committed to the betterment of our communities.
• We’ve been serving the residents of Southwest Michigan since 1951!
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Contact Greg Gay at (269) 425-8987 •
Email at managerofoe@gmail.com
When Reality Hits?
By: Anne Clark, Program Manager, Senior Health Partners
Our program receives many calls from community members, especially children of older adults, inquiring about getting help for parents, aunts, uncles, grandparents, a neighbor, etc. and typi- cally the first question is about the need for assisted living. When we get into the discussion more, there are needs but the fact that it will most likely be private pay causes the conversation to take a turn.
If hands-on assistance is needed there is still opportunity for services to help keep you in the home for as long as you can safely stay there. Calhoun County
is fortunate to have the Senior Care Partners Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (P.A.C.E.) in our com- munity as well as the MI Choice Waiver Program that is coordinated through Milestone Senior Services and CareWell Services, Region 3B Area Agency on Aging.
Calhoun County is blessed with agencies that can help walk this journey and talk about needs and how can you fulfill those needs. Whether it is a little assistance as their physical abilities and health change or needing personal care because activities of daily living (bathing or showering, dressing, getting in and
out of bed or a chair, walking, using the toilet, or eating) cannot be met, there are services to help.
The best was to understand what might be needed is to start with an in-home assessment through SHP to get assistance with what might be needed. Please remember if you call for someone else, we must have that person’s permis- sion before coming to the home. Call (269) 441-0948 to talk to an experienced staff member.
Senior Health Partners (SHP) offers a program called Community Care Options; these services offer an in-home
There are questions to ask and there are experts to help with this journey called life, because we are all in this together!
Legal Advice
• Wed. April 5, 9am-12:30pm, Burnside Senior Center, 65 Grahl, Coldwater, MI, 49036
Wed, April 19, 11am-12pm, Springview Towers, 231 Springview Drive, Battle Creek, MI, 49017
Tues, April 25, 10-11am, Three Rivers Enrichment Center, 1200 West Broadway Street, Three Rivers, MI, 49093
Spring clean ups
Applying mulch
Seeding and sodding lawns
Complete landscape design & installation
Have a blessed spring and happy April!