The Detroit Recreation Department is offering the following activities in June:
June 18 Detroit Senior Olympics – Williams Recreation Center, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
June 19 Detroit Senior Olympics – Belle Isle Casino, 8 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Archive | May, 2013
Detroit Senior Olympics
Another protocol for getting rid of Bed Bugs
Protocol: Steps to take for Bed Bugs Intervention in bedroom.
Step 1: Vacuum entire bed or Steam clean bed – Appropriately hot enough 130 degrees.(Throw away the vacuum bag after it is sealed in plastic).
Step 2: Seal mattress and box spring in plastic covers- use duct tape to seal zipper and any holes.
Step 3: Put two sided tape around legs of bed and/or each leg place on dish with small amount of oil/or bleach in a container or dish under each leg. Bed secure.
Step 4: Bag and seal all clothes, curtains and bedding. Wash one bag at a time and dump directly into washer. (Hot Water) Have clean bags ready to put clothing in after dried. Keep clothes in plastic for the duration of cleaning process. Can keep in dresser in clear bags. Clothing secure.
Step 5: Wash all walls, floor, dressers- etc… with Ammonia and /or Bleach (do not mix).
Step 6: Vacuum floor and cracks in floor- Steam clean carpet. Again use appropriately hot steam vacuum. Seal and throw away the vacuum bag.
Step 7: Caulk all cracks and holes in room. Light switches, ceiling lights.
Parasitic bugs – Should only have to repeat steps 4-6 each week for a month.
Materials Needed:
Vacuum/ and Bags
Steam Vacuum- Buy/ rent
Plastic covers (4 mill at home depot) for mattress and box spring- Most important- Parasite cannot feed on host during cycles- can live up to a year in each cycle without food. $10- $30 per cover.
Duct tape- for zipper of covers. Monitor and tape holes in cover for year+.
Two sided tape- to wrap around the legs of bed and other furniture.
Small Plastic dishes/ can even be the containers/ lids off margarine – 4 needed for legs of bed can also use on dresser and other furniture.
Oil
Clear bags- different sizes- do not want to oversize for clothes in dresser.
Mop
Bucket
Sponge/spray bottle (ammonia and water mixture)
Ammonia and /or Bleach- appropriate cleaning products cheap and work
Caulk and caulk dispenser.
Site Source: Michigan Department of Community Health, 2010
Other information provided by local resident:
After the cleansing with bleach (preferably), then sprinkle baby powder on mattresses etc, the powder is a guarantee to kill any bed bugs that come in contact with the powder, it destroys their outer shell, disrupts their nervous system and … Turn heat on full blast and leave the house.
The New Retirement: No Retirement?
Article preview below:
“Back when baby boomers were young—and sex, drugs, and rock and roll were at their height—many commentators questioned what this feckless generation of do-nothings boded for the future of the country. Who was going to run the government, engage in commerce, teach the young, provide services? Who was going to do all the work?
Wouldn’t those commentators be surprised. Because the boomers now hitting retirement age are hanging onto their jobs like pit bulls, and sometimes forgetting to retire altogether. In fact, it would be easy to conclude that boomers—those born between 1946 and 1964—are a bunch of workaholics.”
Read the full article here.
SCoop link snafu
Last week, I posted a link to this site:
Did you try to open it?
Did something goofy pop up?
Something goofy should have popped up. This happened to a couple of folks who tried to open the link, so, I asked Justin Lunning at NpServ what was going on. Essentially, I was told that we can’t link to items that are in our mailbox. If you want to post something to SCoop, you need to save it as a PDF file and upload it using the regular channels.
Below you’ll find Justin’s exact response:
That link is to an item in your Zimbra mailbox. You cannot link to items in
your Zimbra mailbox, because only you have access to your own mailbox. Other
people would need your Zimbra username/password to view. Furthermore, the link
has a “~” in it which is a common shortcut to your own account. The link will
not translate to other people because when someone else clicks on it, it will
try to go to their own Zimbra mailbox.
You’ll need to upload the PDF
file to WordPress, get the link to it from there, and put that link in the
newsletter. That link will be to a central public location that everyone will
be able to access.
If you have any questions about converting an item to a PDF, please ask Alexa, Matt, or myself.
Thanks!
-Renee
Budget Cuts to Senior Services in Michigan
Michigan seniors feel effects of federal cuts as meals, social care slashed
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2013305280016
Hearing Aids: A Luxury Good for Many Seniors
High costs and minimal insurance coverage may be keeping adults out of the hearing aid market. An article from NPR:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/05/28/186499113/hearing-aids-a-luxury-good-for-many-seniors
State Senator hosts townhall meeting on senior bullying and abuse
Michigan Senator Hopgood has teamed up with the Allen Park Housing Commission, Adult Protective Services, The Senior Alliance, and The Information Center to provide a townhall meeting on senior bullying and abuse on Monday June 10. More information is available on the attached flyer. Senator Hopgood serves the downriver communities of Allen Park, Lincoln Park, Ecorse, Melvindale, Riverview, Romulus, Southgate, Taylor, Wayne, and Wyandotte.
PTO Requests
In order to speed up the processing of PTO forms and reduce the potential for missing hard copy faxes, Michelle has approved an alternate system for requesting PTO. Now there are two options:
1. Send an email to me for approval with the electronic version of the PTO request form completed and attached. If sent via email from your Hannan email account, your email will count as your “signature”. Michelle will print my email approval and the attached PTO request form for payroll purposes. I’m attaching the electronic form and it is also located in the Finance Forms section of the shared files. This is the preferred method.
or
2. Continue to send a hard copy of your signed PTO request form to me for approval via mail, fax, or hand delivered.
One of the things that has come to our attention is a bit of confusion on how PTO usage is printed on your pay stubs. The biggest challenge is when we receive or approve PTO retroactively (ie when you are sick) and the retroactive approval doesn’t reach Michelle until after payroll has been submitted for the pay period in question. What happens in this situation is that she is able to note your PTO usage on the pay period directly following the pay period in which it was actually used. Unfortunately there is not a current way to note that this is “retro PTO”. In order to further clarify Michelle will be a guest at our July 11th SC Team Meeting and will give a presentation on how to read your pay stub to make sure you are well informed of your compensation, benefits, and PTO. Thanks Michelle!
Social Security Representative Payment Program
Social Security’s Representative Payment Program provides financial management for the Social Security and SSI payments of our beneficiaries who are incapable of managing their Social Security or SSI payments. If you are concerned that someone you know becomes incapable of managing or directing the management of his or her benefits, please call us at 1-800-772-1213 (TTY 1-800-325-0778) to request an appointment to discuss your concerns.
Generally, we look for family or friends to serve as representative payees.
When friends or family are not able to serve as payees, Social Security looks for qualified organizations to be representative payees.
11th Annual Healthier Black Elders Center Health Reception
Older African Americans have much higher rates of chronic disease than older Caucasians, a disparity that the IOG has investigated for over a decade. As one means of reversing this trend and helping to make the African American community more comfortable with health interventions, the IOG created the Healthier Black Elders Reception. This reception includes inspirational and educational panel discussions with question and answer sessions, health screenings, a nutritious lunch, and exercise.
Healthier Black Elders Center- Keeping the Memories Golden: Positive Mental Health Strategies will be held Tuesday, June 11, 2013 from 7:30 am – 2 pm @ Greater Grace Conference Center.
This event will include breakfast; health screenings; sessions on fitness, humor, caregiving, nutrition, and the Affordable Care Act; and lunch.
Registration costs $5.
To Register Online: http://events.wayne.edu/main/2013/06/11/hbec-health-reception-46246/?goback=%2Egmp_4351274%2Egde_4351274_member_242771591
To Mail-In Registration: http://www.iog.wayne.edu/events/2013-hbec-registration-form.pdf