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Thursday: Boomers & Beyond

SAULT TRIBE OFFERS VARIETY OF SERVICES TO ELDERLY MEMBERS

MARQUETTE — The Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians’ Elder Service Division is designed to provide tribal elders with the best possible programming to meet their needs, promote healthy living opportunities and improve their daily lives. These programs provide high quality in-home, ...

Trump administration makes public files related to JFK assassination

DALLAS (AP) — Unredacted files related to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy were released Tuesday evening. About 2,200 files consisting of over 63,000 pages were posted on the website of the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. The vast majority of the ...

MDHHS urges vaccinations as respiratory cases rise in Michigan

LANSING — The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services encourages Michigan residents to get vaccinated, as increases in flu, COVID-19 and RSV activity have been observed and are expected to continue. At the end of December, trends in respiratory illness reached the highest levels ...

Senior nutrition

LANSING — The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is joining with the federal Administration for Community Living and senior nutrition service providers in celebrating the 53rd anniversary of the Senior Nutrition Program as part of March for Meals Month, according to a press ...

Elder abuse

The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention defines elder abuse as “an intentional act or failure to act that causes or creates a risk of harm to an older adult” (age 60 or older) Elder abuse includes physical abuse, emotional/psychological abuse, sexual abuse, financial ...

Medicare – the basics (part 2)

Information from Department of Health and Human Services/ Elder Care Directory If you don’t take Part-B when you are first eligible, the cost of your Part-B premiums will go up 10% for each full 12-month period that you could have had Part-B but didn’t sign up for it, except in special ...