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Oakland County- Eat Smart, Live Strong Workshops for Seniors

By on July 23, 2012 in Educational Workshops, Food/Cooking/Nutrition Topics

Eat Smart, Live Strong is a 4-week program through the Oakland County MSU Extension for adults age 60+ that includes easy ways to make smart food choices and how to exercise more.

This is a free class, but is limited to 10 people for each of the sessions, so register early!

There are two sessions offered:  August 7, 14, 21, 28, 2012 and repeated September 4, 11, 18, 25, 2012.

Classes will be held 10:00-11:00 am at the Leo Mahany/Harold Meininger Senior Community Center, 3500 Marais Avenue, Royal Oak.

The programs are sponsored by Michigan State University Extension in Oakland County.

To register for one of the sessions or if you have questions, please contact Cathy Newkirk, Extension Educator, at 248-858-0888.

To view flyers for this workshop go to: http://www.oakgov.com/msu/classes_activities/nutrition_wellness_classes.html

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DHS application legal assistance

By on July 23, 2012 in Legal Services, OTHER resources, Public Services

The legal organization that assists with DHS application issues is the Center for Civil Justice. I just found out they only open cases for food benefits in Wayne County and work with Medicaid cases only in Genessee County. However, one of their assistants told me that even though they can’t open a case for you, they can answer any questions you have and advises you to call.

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A message from Sharon…

By on July 18, 2012 in Company News, CSI News

Hello everyone,

I met with Anne this morning and here are some answers to your questions and concerns:

  1. Regarding members translating for members when a service coordinator is assisting a  Limited English Proficient (LEP) member, the member receiving the service from the service coordinator may bring a translator that he/she has selected to assist them. The service coordinator cannot  assign or recommend a translator to assist a client.
  2. Staff does not have a roster to provide to you monthly. Per Sandy Jacques and Anne Sackrison, CSI National Operations Manager, CSI staff will only provide you with the name and apartment number of the members.  The liaison can provide you with the name and apartment number of new members, but not the date of the move-in.
  3. When you request permission to attend the floor meetings from the council via the co-op president, the request is for one time only for the purpose of explaining the SC program and to obtain the information for the ASK software by having the members sign the appropriate form.
  4. In the future when a liaison is not responding to your phone calls  in a timely manner , please email the liaison with your request and cc: Anne.Sackrison@CSI.coop

Please let me know if you have questions or comments.

Thanks for all you do for our members!!!

 

Sharon Boldon

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Brain Injury Association of Michigan (BIAMI)

By on July 15, 2012 in Health and Medical, OTHER resources, Resources

BIAMI is statewide.  If you want, you can contact them directly.  Their contact info is:

Brain Injury Association of Michigan
7305 Grand River, Suite 100
Brighton 48114-7379
(810) 229-5880.

In a “previous life” I was a long term care ombudsman.  BIAMI had their own Ombudsman program servicing the brain injured.  They kept us up to date on this horrible malady.  Our liason to BIAMI was one of our K’zoo Ombudsmen, John Weir.  You can ask John who he recommends you talk to, OR you can contact BIAMI directly.

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Detroit’s Eastern Market

By on July 9, 2012 in Food, Resources

The Tuesday Detroit Market at Eastern Market is super senior friendly. Though it doesn’t have the sheer number and variety of vendors as they do on Saturdays, it is far less crowded and most of the vendors are locals who love to talk with people. They are really trying to get seniors back down to the market, so they are open to helping people organize van drop off locations, places to sit, easy access to “double up bucks”, etc.

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Dying before their time

By on July 9, 2012 in General Aging Information

Important reading. We have hard copies of the original report at the office for anyone who would like to read that too. Read about it here…

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How to add program attendance… the right way!

By on July 6, 2012 in AASC Online Forum

Even though the AASC Online manual “highly” recommends we add group resident service logs for each member who attended our workshop using the resident service log group-add function… some your attendees may not be clients, and we do not enter service logs for members who are not SC clients. So, what’s the solution?

1. Group add a Progress Note for your educational workshops. The Progress Notes, if they are not attached to a Service Log, should not skew your AASC Online statistics.

Then,

2. Group add a Service Log for the clients (members receiving services from you) who attended the educational workshops.

Voila!

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Member contact spreadsheet

By on July 6, 2012 in AASC Online Forum

Here’s a spreadsheet I developed for tracking progress with getting in touch with members. Hope it helps!

Co-op intake list for SC

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7 key points about hoarding

By on July 6, 2012 in Hoarding, Household, Resources

…plus my notes from a hoarding and cluttering training I attended.

7 key points about hoarding and more…

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No flu shots at CSI properties…

By on July 6, 2012 in Company News, CSI News, Health Screenings/Topics

Due to possible liability issues, flu shot clinics are not allowed at any of the Co-ops. However…

The co-ops often shuttle members to sites for their shots, and Hannan House has a flu shot event sponsored by the DMC every fall (especially good for the Labelle members)!

If you’re looking for a health workshop, consider other, less invasive health monitoring by non-profit or governmental health care providers, including things like blood pressure.

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