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Y0043_N009367_v1_HI accepted HPHS-39331-Generations_Dec_Jan_FNL.indd 1 11/13/13 3:23 PM JOB#: HPHS-39331 CLIENT: HPHS-Straub PUB: Generations BLEED: .125” COLOR: 4C Magazine TRIM: w 8.125" x h 10.875" SIZE: Full Page, Bleed RUN DATE: Dec 2013-Jan 2014 LIVE: .w 7” x h 10” If you have questions concerning this file, please contact our Production Manager immediately at 808.539.3487 BIG WINNERS! CONTENTS | Volume 4 Number 4 : Aug/Sept 2014 COVER STORY 14 ALOHA SPOKEN HERE: Bill Boyd at the Cal Rodney L. Wallace M. -------------------------------------------------------------------- from Honolulu, HI from Koloa, HI WON WON EDITORIAL 6 Editor’s Note $ $ 7 Distribution Locations 22,170 6,755 8 Contributors 9 Web Navigation 10 But, I Have Never Been To Vegas! 11 Sharing An Experience SPECIAL HAWAIIAN PACKAGES CENTENARIAN 12 Living Life At Its Fullest! GREAT KAMA’AINA RATES RESOURCE GUIDE 20 Senior Discounts Starting per person LIFESTYLE at only $ 25 per night* 22 AARP: Security & Health For Voters 50+ 23 ‘O¯ lelo’s “Senior Sunrise” Mornings No Resort 41 24 Move For Parkinson’s Disease Fees! 25 Behind The White Picket Fence: S. L. Hicks Includes: 26 Hurricane Preparedness • Hotel accommodations PROGRAMS & SERVICES • 3 meals per person per day includes one 28 Retrofit Your Home For Aging Prime Rib dinner with dessert per stay 29 A Foundation To Caregiving • Free shuttle to Sam’s Town and the Strip 30 Housing Assistance Program • Bellman gratuities • Even includes the tax! 31 Solutions To The De-Clutter Dilemma US GOVT PROGRAMS & SERVICES Call 800-634-6255 to book your stay. 32 Hospice & Part D Prescription Medications Reference code: ZHAD14 S H 33 Benefits Of Different Flavors * Based on a 5-day/4-night midweek package, double occupancy. Price subject to change without notice. CAREGIVING 35 Not Just Clowning Around HEALTH 36 Dr. Fernandes: Cataract 37 Water Works Wonders For Back Pain Your Direct Connection to Las Vegas! 38 Increase Energy And Reverse Aging BoydVacationsHawaii.com WISDOMS Honolulu 808-591-4777 · Neighbor Islands 800-548-8951 40 When Home Is Anything But Sweet 42 Signs Of The Economic Times Home of the 43 Retirement Assets For Charitable Giving 44 Clark v. Rameker And Your IRA GOLDEN 45 Our Story ARM IT’S GOOD TO CONNECTEDSM BConnectedOnline.com SM ı Cover & Feature Story Photography by Brian Suda 6034586A JR CAL Generations Mag AD 1531_03.indd 1 7/7/14 9:09 AM can still remember my first conversation with myself in early 2010 when I took over Generations Magazine (GM), I said to myself, “now what do I do?” Well, my first call I was to my classmate and partner Wilson Angel, GM Art Director and to make a long story short, he said “he was all in.” Next call was to my good friend, Kirk Matthews at KHON2 News Elderhood Project’s to see if he would be our first cover story and I still www.Generations808.com remember what he said, “are you crazy!” He said, “You are busy as it is and now you want p 6 to take on this huge task of providing our much loved seniors and their families with their p 7 own magazine?” I said yes, and he graciously became our first cover story after a round of OAHU DISTRIBUTION LOCATIONS: Love’s Bakery Thrift Stores YMCA (all locations) EDITOR’S NOTE EDITOR’S DISTRIBUTION LOCATIONS golf. Love you Kirk! 15 Craigside Makua Alii Senior Center YWCA: Fernhurst (Honolulu), Windward Fast forward to this August/September 2014 issue, 5 years later and we are still commit- AARP Chapter 60 Maluhia Hospital PUBLIC LIBRARIES: ted to our mission of providing valuable and resourceful information to our Ku¯puna and Airline Machinists Union (IAM) Manoa Cottages Homecare Aiea, Aina Haina, Ewa Beach, Hawaii Kai, their families. We are so blessed to have so many supporters and followers of GM. Special Allstate (Ewa Beach) McKinley Carwash Hawaii State, Kahuku, Kailua, Kaimuki, thanks goes out to our original business partners from 2010 that have and are still in GM Aloha Nursing Rehab Centre Moiliili Community Center Kalihi-Palama, Kaneohe, Kapolei, Liliha, as our partners and who truly believe in serving our senior population; Kirk Matthews and Ameriprise Financial Na Mea Hawaii (Ward) Manoa, McCully-Moiliili, Mililani, Pearl City, Salt Lake, Wahiawa, Waialua, KHON2 News, my brother and one of the top realtors in Hawai‘i, Dan Ihara with Keller Arcadia Olaloa Retirement Community Waianae, Waikiki-Kapahulu, Waimanalo, Willliams, 15 Craigside and Arcadia Community Services, Michael Yee, CFP, Ameriprise Attention Plus Care One Kalakaua Waipahu Financial Inc., Scott Makuakane with Est8Planning Counsel, LLLC, Attorney Stephen Yim, Avalon Care Centers Pacific Rim Bank DISTRICT PARKS: Craig and Sandy Watanabe from Captain Cook Coin, and Mike Rossell producer of our Big City Diners Pali Momi Medical Center Aiea, Halawa, Kailua, Kilauea, Makiki, beloved Senior Fair that always happens the last weekend in September at the Blaisdell Catholic Charities Palolo Chinese Home Manoa, Pupukea Beach, Salt Lake, Waiau, Exhibition Hall. Child & Family Services Pha rmacare: Aiea Medical Bldg., Waimanalo, Waipahu Joseph Paiko Bldg. (Liliha), A big “Mahalo” goes out to Vacations Hawaii and Boyd Gaming’s Kevin Kaneshiro and City & County of Honolulu’s COMMUNITY PARKS: Pali Momi Medical Center (Aiea), Director of Marketing Ashlen Manos for their years of sponsorship and support. I could Dauterman Medical & Mobility Tamura Super Market (Wainae), Aina Haina, Ala Puumalu, Ala Wai, Don Quijote Waipahu not think of a better partner in all these years to have on our cover for our Senior Fair Straub Pharmacy (Honolulu) Asing, Crestview, Ewa Beach, Kahala, Elderly Affairs Division Kaimuki, Kaneohe, Kuapa Isles, issue than our favorite California Hotel & Casino, known as “the Cal,” and yes, the 9th Plaza at Mililani Island. A special “Mahalo” to David Lebby, VP and General Manager of the Cal and Main Filcom Center Makakilo, Mililani, Moanalua, Pearl City, Plaza at Moanalua Pililaau, Wahiawa, Whitmore Gold Coast Real Estate Street Station Hotel, Casino & Brewery for always taking special care of our Hawai‘i seniors. Plaza at Punchbowl Hawaii Association of Retired Americans OUTDOOR RACKS (OAHU): Don’t forget to stop by at our 8th annual Aging in Place Workshop at the Ala Moana Pohai Nani Hawaii Kai Retirement Alakea Street (by CPB building) Hotel on Saturday August 23rd. Thank you to our sponsors KHON2’s Elderhood Project, Project Dana Hawaii Okinawan Center Bishop Street (by Bank of Hawaii) AARP Hawaii, Vacations Hawaii (Yes we will be giving away a Vegas Trip), Straub Clinic Queen’s Cancer Center Hawaii State Executive Office on Aging Kaheka Street (by PanAm Building) and Hospital, AlohaCare, The Plaza Assisted Living, Kokua Care, De-clutter Hawaii and Queen’s Gerontology Hawaii State Legislature King Street (by Down to Earth) Cardon Outreach. Rehabilitation Center of the Pacific Hino Hairstyles (Ala Moana Center) King Street (by Tamarind Park) FYI — Our website www.Generations808.com still and always will have all our past Roots & Relics HMSA (main office) Merchant Street (by Post Office) issues including our very first issue with Kirk Matthews from 2010.