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Wilmington Senior Center901 N. Market Street

Wilmington, DE 19802302) 651-3400

[email protected]

RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED

Non-Profit OrganizationU.S. PostagePAIDWilmington, DEPermit No. 430

A Community for Life!

November 2013 Happenings

WILMINGTONSENIORCENTERVILLAGE THRIFT SHOP

1900 Tatnall Street

Open Monday-Friday, 9:00-1:00Proceeds from the Village Thrift Shop

benefit programs and services for seniors.

Bring your donations to the Thrift Shop orcall 651-3400 to arrange pickup of donations

and to volunteer.



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CHRISTMAS POINSETTAS

Order your Christmas poinsettias

through the Wilmington Senior Center:

4-6 Blooms in a 6” pot are $8.00 with a choice of red,white or pink.

7 Blooms in a 10” hanging basket are $14.00 in red only.

Orders placed and paid for by November 25 will be

delivered on December 17.

Please fill out form and remit with payment(cash or checks payable to Wilmington Senior Center)

to the front desk.Thank you for your support!

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Name:

Address:

Zip Code: Phone Numbers:

Number of 6” potted poinsettias ($8.00 each): Red____ White____ Pink____

Number of 10” hanging baskets ($14.00 each): Red_____

Amount Enclosed:



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WILMINGTON SENIOR CENTER’SHOLIDAY DINNER PARTY

DATE: Friday, December 13, 2013New Location : Mary A. Wright Mancus Foundation

2900 Jessup Street, WilmingtonTIME: 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

For more information and tickets:

Contact Regina Harris at 652-6596 or Marie Dash at 655-8979

DONATION: $12.00

5:00 p.m. - 5:45 p.m. Hors d’oeuvres5:45 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Dinner7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Dancing

Door Prizes, 50-50 Raffle, and tons of funM E N U

Roasted Turkey with Stuffing and Gravy, Cranberry SauceBaked Ham, Fried Chicken

Macaroni and CheeseCandied Sweet Potatoes

String BeansRolls and Butter

PunchAssorted Desserts

Come out and join us!!!!!

We wish all of you a SAFE and HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON.Sponsored by The Membership Coun



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ACTIVITIESNG

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WSC: Experts at Living WGretchen Broadwater, Activities Coordinator (651-34

ACTIVITIES & PRESENTATIONS

3 Thanksgiving Ball for Seniors (Sold Out - Notickets at the door)

4 Line Dancing (October class make-up), 1:30

11 Line Dancing 1:30

7 “The Plate is Right”, 10:30. This is an interactivenutrition game.

14 & 21 Life & Legacy, 9:30. Recording ourpersonal and life history

15 Fall Trivia, 10:0015 & 22 Soul Line Dancing for Seniors, 10:30.

NEW CLASS with Dance Instructor PaulaChandler-Paramore

SNEAK PEEK

December4 Tanger Outlets in Rehoboth11 Council & Members’ Meetings13 Holiday Dinner Dance19 Old Country Buffet & Holiday Light Tour20 Birthday Party - Note change of date24 & 25 - WSC closed for Christmas holiday31 WSC closed for New Year’s holiday

TRIPS

1 Delaware History Museum -

“Forging Faith, Building Freedom, African American Faith Experiences in Delaware 1800-1980”, 10:30-12:15. Cost is $1.00 fortransportation.

8 Produce Junction, Booth’s Corner Farmers’Market & Chester-Bethel Thrift Shop, 9:30-1:30.Cost is $3.50 for transportation.

12 Cowtown, 9:30. Cost is $4.00 for transportation.22 Festival of Trees at Cokesbury Village in

Hockessin, 9:15 - noon. Cost is $5.00 fortransportation and admission.

IMPORTANT NOTE:

City Fare must have lunch orders for theSpecial Meal on November 19 andBirthday Meal on November 20 byFRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15 AT 1:00.

Thank you for your cooperatio

IMPORTANT NOTICE:

Sign up and payment for trips and events must bdone by the designated deadline. Signing up for trip indicates your interest and your space is saveonly when the fee is paid.

If a minimum number of attendees is not met bythe deadline the trip/event will be cancelled andpayment will be returned. A late fee will be

imposed on those not meeting the deadline dateproviding the trip/event has a sufficient number.Please bring only small bills to pay trip fees.

Current WSC members are placed first on theCenter’s 16 passenger bus for day trips. Non-members may attend if there are unpaid seatsafter the trip’s deadline date.

Please make suggestions for activities!

MEMBERSHIP DUES

Starting in 2014, memberships will be renewed onquarterly basis, as follows:

If your current renewal date is in January,February or March, your annual membershipdues must be submitted no later than March

31

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. If your current renewal date is in April, May o

June, your annual membership dues must bsubmitted no later than June 30th.

If your current renewal date is in July, Augusor September, your annual membership duemust be submitted no later than September30th.

If your current renewal date is in October,November or December, your annualmembership dues must be submitted no latethan December 31st.

Dues notices will be mailed at the beginning of eaquarter. Prompt payments are appreciated!

THANK YOU TO

Jean Thomas, Sylvia Lewis & Angela Jervey fordonations of eyeglasses, current magazines & cantabs. Mamie Mason, Ralph Headley, Frances Hunt,Laura Jones, Hazel Tolbert & Irmina Hudson forsnack & dessert items. A wonderful donation of yarnfor our knitting & crocheting members was alsoreceived. Unfortunately the donor’s name was notrecorded.



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NOVEMBER BIRTHDAYS

11/3 Brenda Mills, Elsie Speller11/4 Mary Boston-Harvey, Mickey Houston, Missouri

Molock, Virginia Pauls11/5 Arthur Coleman11/7 Shirley Giles, Florence Satterfield11/9 Calvin Mathis, Sylvia Starks11/10 Verline Johnson, Maxine Shaheed11/11 Gloria James

11/12 Fay Dennis11/13 James Harvey, Barbara Howard11/15 Marie McCaulley11/16 Blair Benson11/18 Elinor Richards, Sarah Townsend11/20 Maureene LaFate11/21 Connie Beattie, Lois Ennis-Evans11/22 Florence Kelly11/23 Sandra Carpenter, Tiesta Cornish11/24 Doris Brown, Ford Idonya, Linda McCledon11/25 Alice Butcher, Juanita Harris11/26 Toni James, Jeanne Lewis

11/27 Jannie Holloway11/30 Richard Blackwell

NOVEMBER BIRTHDAY INVITATIONIf your birthday is this month, please join us at themonthly birthday celebration on Friday, November 15 at11:15 a.m.-2:00. Lunch is free for members who arecelebrating their birthdays this month.

Please call to make a reservation at 651-3400 byWednesday, November 13 so we can be sure to haveenough meals.

You must call because you won’t be

automatically included in our lunch count.--------------------------------------------------------------------WELCOME TO OUR NEW MEMBERS...

John BaileyRaymond Brister

Glenn BrownWillie PatrickJoann Smiley

Roberta Ziefert

LUNCH REMINDERLunch reservations for all members and staff

must be given to the front desk by 1:00 theday prior. We cannot assume that you will be here forlunch on any given day. Lunch cost for those underthe age of 60 is $4.50 and $2.00 for those 60 andolder, in accordance with City Fare guidelines.

AARPJeremy AbelsonTony AllenCarol Amos

AstraZenecaEugene BaileyFrancois BallouBank of America Foundation

Dora BeckhamJenny BernadelMellissa CarpenterEllen & Michael CatanzaroKristin ChambersSallie ChapmanKathryn ChristensenDezzie ColeMaureta CollinsMary Jane CruiceKaren DavisJoseph Dellaversano, Jr.

Rebecca FogertyLouise FoleySuzanne GaadtMeryl GardnerMellissa GordonJennifer GraberSusan GreeleyKeelyn GriffinJoyce HaglerKathy HahnDoris HannaJohn Haroldson

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Harra, Jr.Karen HarrisNatalie HaskinsJeanie HayesSaino HenriesShirley Hicks

Annette HowardRoberta Husser

Karen IngramToni JamesDavid JamisonGertrude JonesJulia Katz

A. Hughlett KirbyChris Lamb

Alice Lattimore

Tabe MaseJulia McCabeSonya McCrayBarbara McPhersonMary MorganErika Muntz

Angela MyersMyron NealDenis O’SullivanPreferred Tax ServiceGlenn PringleTaesha Rivera

Annmarie RoppSheldon SandlerGreg SawkaLisa ShahBernadette SimsRegina Sims

Andrea SpenceSharon SpicklerBetty & Tom TalleyDamon TaylorJames ThompsonRichard Thompson

Shornay ThorntonKeith ThorpTaquina WarrenBrandon WrightCorry WrightVictoria WyattMichael Zuk

NOTES:ACTIVITIES COORDINATOR’S HOURS

Please pay for trips duringthe following hours only:

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday10:00-noon and 1:00-2:00

VOLUNTEER INFORMATION

If you are interested in volunteering with us atWilmington Senior Center, you must complete a

volunteer application and register for the orientatioIn November Orientation will be on the 13th

at 5:30 p.m. Please contact the WSC at 651-3400 inquire at the reception desk.

THANK YOU TO OUR RECENT DONORS

COLLECTING SPECIAL ITEMS

Recycled eyeglasses and hearing aids for the Lion’sClub and soda can tabs for Ronald McDonaldHouse. Please leave them with Gretchen.Thank you.



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MEDICAL IDENTITY THEFT

Medical identity theft is when someone steals your personal information such as your name, healthinsurance ID number or your Social Security number and uses this information to obtain medical care,buy prescriptions, or submit fake billings to your health insurance in your name. Medical identity theft noonly disrupts your life by damaging your credit rating but it can be life-threatening to you if the wronginformation ends up in your medical records.

With the opening of the Affordable Care Act health insurance enrollment period, scammers are devisingnew ways to obtain individuals medical identity information. Here are some tips from the ConsumerFederation of America to help you protect yourself against medical identity theft:

You likely won't have to make big changes. Under the ACA, if you already have a health careplan, you don't have to do anything at all. The new open enrollment health care exchanges aronly for Americans who have no insurance. So if you get a call or email from a healthinsurance "provider" claiming they need personal data to incorporate into their system, hangup the phone or delete the email. Chances are you're being targeted by an I.D. fraudster.

Uncle Sam won't be contacting you. The federal government is not selling health insurancepolicies to Americans. If you get a call or an email from someone purporting to be from the

government looking to "sign you up" for a specific health care plan, ignore it. And whatever yodo, don't offer your Social Security number or bank account and/or credit card number toanyone purporting to be from the government.

There are no fees to sign up. There's no requirement to pay a fee to enroll in a government-ruhealth care insurance exchange. If you're asked by someone claiming to be from thegovernment or a health insurance provider asking for an upfront fee, know that it's a bogusrequest. As the CFA says, "If anyone wants to charge you for providing information or helpingyou sign up, it's a scam."

Always review your medical bills for any questionable charges. Contact your healthcare provider for anexplanation of the questionable charges. If your healthcare provider is unable to explain the charges:

Report misuse of your personal information, including your Medical Identity to the Federal TradeCommission's Identity Theft Hotline 1-877-438-4338 (1-877-ID-THEFT) or FTC.gov/idtheft. Reportsuspected Medicare fraud related to the Department of Health & Human Services, Office Of InspectorGeneral Hotline 1-800-447-8477 (1-800-HHS-TIPS) or OIG.HHS.gov/fraud/hotline

Would you like a free economic checkup?See Kathleen or contact her at 651-3401.



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CAREGIVER’S CORNER

Support for Caregivers...is available from our Caregiver Resourc

Center – call 651-3420 for moreinformation.

Grandparent Support Group meets oTuesdays from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m

New Castle County Caregiver Support Groups Wilmington Senior Center - 1st Thursday of each month at 1:00 p.m. Newark Senior Center - 3rd Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. Easter Seals - 2nd Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m.

You may not be aware of the importance of

scheduling a visit with your physician to learn howto stay as healthy as possible. Now is the perfecttime to schedule your annual wellness visit.

While most physician visits are about treatment, theannual wellness visit is about prevention. Ratherthan a physical exam, it’s a one-on-one discussionwith your physician to review your physical andemotional health from all angles.

At the visit, you and your physician will create apersonalized prevention plan based on your current

health and risk factors. Best of all, for those withMedicare, an annual wellness visit is covered in full.

During the visit, you should expect your physician todiscuss your physical and emotional health over thepast year, immunizations and preventivescreenings, the medications you are taking, andyour lifestyle and wellness goals.

If you think you may forget to ask questions or maynot understand what your physician says, fell free toask a friend or relative to come with you to the visit.

Then you can rest assured that you understandwhat you are being told and that you can followyour physician’s advice for your care.

To make the most of your visit, you’ll find it helpfulto take a list of questions or concerns. Be sure totalk with your physician about the following:healthful eating, exercise, your body mass index,medication safety; and bladder-control issues.

Your visit also is the ideal time to discuss with your

physician ways to improve your balance and

prevent falls. Regardless of age, most people donexpect to experience a fall, especially one that’s lif-changing. Falls can result in serious injuries thatcan make it difficult to live independently. Eachyear, one in three adults aged 65 and older falls,but fewer than one-half of those individuals talk totheir physicians about falls they’ve experienced.This is cause for concern because among adultsaged 65 and older, falls are the most commoncause of hospital admissions for trauma, accordinto the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

While falls are a threat to your health andindependence and can significantly limit your abilitto remain self-sufficient, there are proven steps yocan take to reduce your fall risk and help you livebetter and longer. The first step is to talk to yourphysician about undergoing a fall risk assessment

One or more of the medications you take maycause dizziness, which could lead to a fall. Duringyour wellness visit, talk openly with your physicianabout the prescription and over-the-counter

medications you are taking to learn about possibleside effects or interactions between drugs. Bring alist of all the medications you currently are taking,including prescriptions, over-the-countermedications, vitamins, and supplements.

Take charge of your health by scheduling yourannual wellness visit now because your healthmatters!

PREPARING FOR YOUR ANNUAL WELLNESS VISIT

Funding for the Caregiver Resource Center comes fromthe Division of Services for Aging and Adults with Physical Disabilities

as a result of the National Family Caregiver Support Program, Title III-E of the Older Americans Act.



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NOVEMBER IS GRIEF AWARENESS MONTH

HEALTH & COMMUNITY INFORMATION

FREE MEDIATION SERVICES Delaware Elder Mediation Services, Inc. (DEMSI) isoffering free mediation services to the elderly ordisabled. DEMSI mediators can meet clients at homassisted living facilities or Wilmington Senior Center

If you have a conflict that needs help to be resolved,contact them at 302-287-9149.

FOOD DISTRIBUTIONAT SHILOH BAPTIST CHURCH

If you or someone you know needs food, please visitShiloh Baptist Church at 215 W. 23rd Street on thesecond Thursday of each month at 2:00 p.m. For moreinformation please contact Shiloh Baptist Church at655-5315.

IMPORTANT NOTICE:Commodity Supplemental Food Program

The Food Bank has changed the delivery day tothe second Monday of the month. This month’s

delivery will be on November 11th.

ATTENTION MEDICARE BENEFITIARIES

Open Enrollment period for Parts C & D will takeplace until December 7. You can do the following: Change from Original Medicare to a private

Medicare Advantage plan.

Change from Medicare Advantage to OriginalMedicare. Join, drop, or switch Part D drug plans. Switch MA Plans.

Questions? contact ElderInfoat 302-674-7364 or 800-336-9500

HEALING FROM LOSS & GRIEF Friday, November 8, 2013, 6:00-7;30 p.m.

Loss and grief are unavoidable in our daily lives.They are part of the human condition. Yet thereare ways to work with loss and grief that can make

a significant difference. We will share our personal experiences and

stories of love, loss and grief, and discuss howmeditation can guide us through the process.

This class will be highly interactive, open to peopleexperienced with or new to meditation, and therewill be plenty of time for discussion.

Facilitator: Bootsie Huff, MSS, LCSW, MBA,practices counseling and psychotherapy in her officein Trolley Square. Please contact her at

[email protected] or visit herwebsite at www.therapeutic-consulting.com foradditional information.

Location: Empowered YogaMeditation Center2000 Pennsylvania Ave., Suite 208Wilmington, DE 19806302-654-9642

UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE STUDY

Do you play bingo, cards or slot machines? Do youvisit casinos? Researchers at the University ofDelaware are conducting interviews about the role ogambling activities in seniors’ daily lives. They inviteyou to share your experiences in a 60-120-minuteaudio-taped dialogue with them. You will receive a$15.00 gift card for participating in the study and youidentity and responses will remain confidential. To

learn more about participating, please contact Tammat (302) 831-2291 or [email protected].

Delaware Hospice & Rockland Place hold“Coping with Grief & the Holidays”

Workshop on November 11th

in Wilmington

Delaware Hospice & Rockland Place invite anyonewho has experienced the loss of a loved one toattend the free workshop, “Coping with Grief & the

Holidays,” on November 11th

, from 6:00-8:00 p.m., aRockland Place Assisted Living, 1519 RocklandDrive, Wilmington.

Learn strategies to cope with the universalchallenges presented by the holiday season after thdeath of a loved one & those “holiday blues.”

The workshop will provide grief education, support, will address specific needs & issues dealing with grduring this time of year. Topics to be discussedinclude: important things to understand about grief,why holidays are stressful, benefits of self-management leading up to the holidays, suggestionfor coping with holidays & special days throughoutthe year, and the use of rituals to honor your lovedone, ways to attend to your grief during the holidays& problem-solving to reduce stress.

To register or learn more, contact Leslie Eames, MAat 302-478-5707 x1153 [email protected].

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