Contributing Writers: Howard Erman Les Goldberg Ronnie Greenberg Dr. Robert Horseman Judith Rogow Debbie L. Sklar VOLUME 45, NUMBER 2 Nick Thomas FEBRUARY 2019 “Serving The Needs of Orange County & Long Beach Seniors Since 1974” Willie Nelson “There is only one map in the journey of life, and it lives within your heart.” —Willie Nelson What’s Inside.... Calendar of Events .............................. 5 Classifieds ....................................... 6-7 Willie Nelson ......................................10 Gadget Geezer ...................................12 Fabulous Finds ...................................14 Book Club ..........................................21 Destination Lancaster ..........................22 Busy Boomers ....................................31 In The Spotlight .................................35 Tinseltown Talks .................................41 Orange County • Long Beach Page 2 SENIOR REPORTER [email protected] FEBRUARY 2019 Tips For Finding Good Nutrition According to the U.S. Depart- Organizations in the ment of Agriculture, one out Community of every eight U.S. households If your challenge is less about experiences food insecurity. $2,945 finding sources of healthy food Access to healthy food is an $2,745 than getting to them, there important factor in your health, are options that can help you and for millions of Americans, $3,185 shop for groceries, or even do it remains elusive. $2,745 it completely on your behalf. There are also food banks, $575 “An inability to access healthy There are many ways to some of which have off-site food, and the important nutri- get any help you need distributions, even in rural ar- ents they contain, can cause to be sure you have eas. If you are a senior citizen, both immediate and long-term enough nutritious food. you can find out about them by health problems, especially for contact?ing your area agency children. For many Americans on aging. of lesser means, this problem also offer cooking demon- strations. Some supermarket can stem from a lack of healthy Look for Faith-Based companies specialize in offer- food sources in their neighbor- Groups hood and means of transporta- ing products, programs and Religious institutions of all tion to access sources in other services that better meet the faiths generally have it in their communities,” said Dr. Andrea needs of people with limited mission to provide aid to those Gelzer, senior vice president financial resources. At the very in need. Some organize food of medical affairs for Ameri- least, large grocery stores offer drives or even prepare meals Health Caritas, a national lead- a much wider variety of fresh for the neediest. They may also er in Medicaid managed care produce, whole grains and oth- help find other organizations and other health care solutions er healthy foods than are often that provide such services. for those most in need. “As a available in small neighbor- Medicaid managed care orga- hood stores. AmeriHealth Caritas is part nization (MCO), we are plac- of the Independence Health ing an increasing emphasis on Many low-income communi- Group in partnership with Blue helping our members find and ties lack such grocery stores, Cross Blue Shield of Michi- access sources of fresh pro- and people without their own gan. Ameri?Health Caritas is duce, grains and other nutri- transportation may have diffi- one of the nation’s leaders in tious foods.” culty accessing healthy food health care solutions for those sources. Medicaid enrollees most in need. Resources that Americans who are eligible for home and most in need can turn to for community-based services Learn More finding and obtaining healthy (HCBS) can get transportation For further information, visit food include: for nonmedical services such www.amerihealthcaritas.com. as grocery shopping. Senior Grocery Store citizens may also be able to ac- Programs cess paratransit services. Med- An increasing number of gro- icaid enrollees who are cov- cery stores have nutritionists ered by a managed care plan on staff. They meet with cus- but don’t qualify for HCBS tomers, explain how to make or senior citizen services can their diets healthier, and even check with their health plan to teach them how to find healthy see what resources might be foods. Some grocery stores available. Page 3 SENIOR REPORTER [email protected] FEBRUARY 2019 Problem Solving By Jim McDevitt weighed about a pound and the dryer and turned it back on, I know all seniors my age have I figured that what the spin but the dryer wouldn’t turn. It their aches and pains. These cycle didn’t get out I would seems the pillow pounding in years are, after all, the Golden wring out with my guerrilla the dryer broke the axle. My Years for doctors. At night I type hands. Thirty minutes wife solved that problem also. Planes of Fame was waking up with pain in later the washing machine had For $618 we now have a new Air Museum my hip when I slept on my stopped. I removed the pillow electric dryer and for another 14998 Cal Aero Drive Chino, CA 91710 side. So, I did what all men and instead of it weighing a $27 I have a new ComfiLiefe do, I complained to my wife. pound it felt like it weighed pillow. I probably will never She is the problem solver in 20 or more pounds with all live this story down. our family. She gets on her the water saturating it. I tried computer and finds a solution. strangling it with my hands to She convinced me I could get more water out, but the pil- solve my problem by buying low wasn’t about to give up an With A a ComfiLife pillow online for ounce of water even. sciatica pain relief. It seems all you have to do when you I put it back in the washing Heart sleep on your side is wedge it machine on just the spin cy- in between your thighs. cle. About 20 minutes later I for removed the pillow and it was I felt I was competent enough just as heavy. I then took it to to do this. The pillow arrived a the bathroom and using my Seniors few days later and I started us- best guerrilla imitation tried to ing it right away. It was great. squeeze it in the sink, pushing I woke up with no pain. After and turning it to try and remove a few weeks I noticed that the the water. I think if I was able cover on this foam rubber pil- to do this in the desert for 2 low was getting dirty. I took years, I might get a little water the pillow in my hands and dis- out of it. The pillow just hung covered a small 2-inch zipper. on to that water like it was a I would have to unzip this and camel in the desert. I thought try and pry the cover off the of taking the pillow outside pillow. I tried to pull this pil- and driving over it with the low through this small 2-inch car but that would have made opening. No matter how hard it dirty again and defeated the I tried I could not do it. May- whole purpose for washing it. be if I were a guerrilla I could do it, but my guerrilla genes no I decided the only thing to do longer exist in my body. was put the pillow in the dryer for an hour. It was thumping I like to apply American in- hard as I left and went up- genuity to solve a problem. stairs. 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