Hi everyone. Here are the notes from today’s conference call. 🙂
Kari
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Michigan Immigrant Rights Center
Welcoming Michigan is an immigrant integration initiative of the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center. It is a statewide grassroots effort that aims to build mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among U.S.-born and foreign-born people who call Michigan home today.
In addition to general information, Michigan (all counties) and Detroit specific resources are available at:
http://www.welcomingmichigan.org/content/resources
The Detroit guide is too large to attach, but the Michigan resource list is accessible below.
They host trainings, give presentations, and support immigrants in many more ways.
BIG Thanks to Super Matt!
Thank you to SUPER MATT ( Matthew Hamburg)  for helping me reconnect to SCoop!
Team Tees for the Monarchs at The Village of Our Saviour’s Manor
Here’s a sneak peek of the TONS of ORANGE that you’ll see if you’re attending this
year’s Victory Cup Games. I decided to donate a little time to design this T-shirt
for the very deserving seniors in the building. Our Residents are very excited
to participate; over half of the building will be attending! Hooray! This will be
a day of fellowship, excitement and good cheer hope to see you all there. And I
too, was volunteered for team support!
Transportation program at ROM
Come listen as Dan Whitehouse from SMART presents about senior transportation on June 17. Flyer is attached.
Heat safety workshop at ROM
All are invited to a program July 1 on heat safety at Royal Oak Manor. Flyer is attached.
Detroit Senior Olympics
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.
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June 19    Detroit Senior Olympics – Belle Isle Casino, 8 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Another protocol for getting rid of Bed Bugs
Protocol: Â 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.
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