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Dan and Julie Ihara; File name: Generations Ad 11-10_rev1; For Generations Magazine Nov.10 Insertion; 8.125” X 10.875” + .125” bleed, CMYK, EDITOR'S NOTE :: CONTENTS | December 2010 Happy holidays to all of Hawai‘i’s kuˉpuna and their families! www.Generations808.com Coming from a large family myself, with 31 members, I can’t help but to PercY IHARA MAGAZINE feel my family’s support in my life but Publisher/Editor I am especially thankful for them dur- 808-368-6747 ing the holidays. With all the hours I [email protected] HAWAI‘I’S work, it’s great to spend quality time SHERRY GOYA with them during the Christmas break. Distribution Manager RESOURCE As you know, Hawai‘i has the 808-722-8487 FOR LIFE highest concentration of seniors in [email protected] the country. There is no place where WILSON ANGEL this is more evident than during the holiday season at the mall, Art Director where many of us escort our parents or grandparents. [email protected] It is for this special group—you, and your parents—that Lisa McVAY Generations Magazine exists. Editorial Contributor / Photographer As we enter the new year, we will continue to provide monthly AIMEE HARRIS articles from respected resources such as the State of Hawai‘i’s Editorial Consultant Dr. Rio Banner, MD and Executive Office on Aging, the City and County of Honolulu’s BRIAN SUDA Elderly Affairs Division, AARP Hawai‘i, Social Security, Better Photographer John E. McComas, Business Bureau and our legal and financial experts and much, 808-722-9479 Chief Executive Officer much more. We will also provide a monthly resource guide, an [email protected] —AlohaCare events calendar and ongoing articles about active aging. We truly believe in giving back to our marketplace and there is no better COVER STORY | DR. BANNER, MD way for us to do that than to provide trusted information to our seniors and their families. Board OF Directors The recent Health Care Reform is said to be based on I want to take this opportunity to thank our supportive adver- Al Hamai the philosophy of prevention. tisers who continue to make commitments to our mature com- Hawai‘i Alliance munity. We cannot move forward without you, so thank you. of Retired Americans Lastly, to all of our readers and listeners of Generations Jane Burigsay PERSPECTIVE RESOURCE GUIDE Magazine radio program, thank you for all your calls and emails Social Security 07 :: Elderhood Project with Kirk Matthews 22 :: Senior Centers of encouragement. We always welcome interaction, so please Pamela Cunningham Talk Story with Lisa send us your stories, events, pictures and comments. Sage Plus/Executive Office PROGRAMS & SERVICES Mele Kalimimaka and Hau‘oli Makahiki Hou! on Aging FINANCIAL & LEGAL WISDOM 20 :: Social Security: When to Retire Bruce Bottorff 08 :: Financial: The Secrets to Happy Holidays 21 :: Caregiving Foundation: First Steps AARP Hawai‘i 09 :: Better Business Bureau: Holiday Scams 24 :: City: Hoarding Habits Distribution List: Ruth Limtiaco 11 :: Legal: It’s the Return of the Estate Tax 26 :: State: New Law Equals Medicare Savings Arcadia ■ Big City Diners ■ Borders ■ Child & Family Services ■ Gold Coast Real Estate ■ Kaiser Permanente ■ Kapahulu Community Center ■ Kuakini Health System ■ Lanakila The Limtiaco Company COVER STORY: LIFESTYLE Senior Center ■ Leahi Hospital ■ LONGS: Pali, Hawaii Kai ■ Love’s Bakery ■ Love’s Lei Shimizu Bakery Thrift Stores ■ Makua Alii Senior Center ■ Maluhia Hospital ■ TIMES: Kaimuki, 12 :: 27 :: Ward Off the Flu Kaneohe, Aiea ■ SAFEWAY: Manoa, Enchanted Lake, Kaneohe ■ Waikiki Community City and County of Honolulu’s DR. 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Get more online at www.Generations808.com | p 5 PERSPECTIVE :: RADIO SHOW PERSPECTIVE :: with Elderhood Project Kirk Matthews Generations Magazine Airs Thursdays 5:30am & 5pm is on the ne of our guests on the Elderhood Project We are into the Oreminded me that at some point in time holiday season, everyone will be either a caregiver or a caregetter. Thanksgiving just I am learning the truth of that statement. past. Care receiv- Last week, Mrs. Matthews—Linda Coble— ers are grateful for had back surgery. The doctor was pleased with their caregivers, but the results and four days later, she came home caregivers in turn are Airwaves from the hospital. The doctor said to me, “This grateful for the KNDI AM 1270 will be tougher on you than it is on her.” In some opportunity to look ways, he was right. I watch her like a hawk so after their loved Every Thursday night at 6:30pm–7:30pm she won’t do anything she’s not supposed to ones. I leave you do during recovery. I bring home the groceries, with this quote: Generations Magazine is taking its commitment to provide the mature community with vacuum, do the dishes, laundry. But in another To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, valuable information and resources one step further—on the airwaves. way, the doctor was wrong. It has been a mean- to enact gratitude is generous and noble, ingful experience. Percy Ihara, publisher and editor, has launched but to live gratitude is to touch Heaven. Be assured. Be updated — every month. Generations Magazine’s Radio Show, now airing There is a kind of intimacy Linda and I haven’t ~Johannes A. Gaertner every Thursday night on radio channel KNDI had before. We always trusted each other, but Hawai‘i's Resource for Life ■ AM 1270 at 6:30 p.m.–7:30 p.m. The weekly radio there is a different kind of trust happening now. Peace and Aloha — Kirk Matthews broadcast will be a “live” call-in show. Ihara will She will be fine. The doctors and nurses who Elderhood Project airs on KHON2 every Thursday have guests from around Hawai‘i talking about took care of her did a wonderful job and I learned morning on the morning news and Thursday programs and services that are important to our SUBSCRIPTION FORM a lot. And there will come a time when the shoe afternoon at the 5 p.m. segment — topics from aging community. [which I have to put on for her because she can’t medical to senior life care and tips.Visit us at Name ___________________________________________ The show will cover a wide range of topics, bend over yet] will be on the other foot. www.khon2.com/content/elderhood/default.aspx Address _________________________________________ including aging in place options, long-term care, independence, care giving tips, healthy aging _________________________________________________ resources, city and state senior programs, volun- Lisa McVay is our on-the-road reporter — talking story Phone __________________________________________ teering opportunities and financial information for with friends and neighbors, and sharing her many seniors and much, much more.