May 1979 - On-Line Newspaper Archives of Ocean City
May 1979 - On-Line Newspaper Archives of Ocean City
May 1979 - On-Line Newspaper Archives of Ocean City
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Social Security news<br />
Editor's, note: Your<br />
Social Security Office at<br />
Pennsylvania • and<br />
. Paclfle avs. In Atlantic<br />
. <strong>City</strong>, will answer, all<br />
. your questions. For<br />
more personal replies.<br />
write or visit the <strong>of</strong>fice,<br />
.or call 800-272-1111.<br />
Q4 receive SSI payments.<br />
A friend recently moved in<br />
with me, and we are going to<br />
shave the household expenses.<br />
Do il have to notify Social<br />
Security <strong>of</strong> this change in my<br />
living arrangements?<br />
A. Yes. You must notify<br />
Social Security if you begin<br />
living with others and share in<br />
the household expenses. You<br />
also should let Social Security<br />
know if there is any change in<br />
the amount you or the others<br />
contribute to expenses. These<br />
changes might cause an increase<br />
or decrease in your SSI<br />
payments.<br />
:Q..I will be eligible for<br />
Medicare later this year, and<br />
Pm trying to decide whether I<br />
will need additional health<br />
insurance. What exactly does<br />
Medicare cover?<br />
A. Medicare hospital insurance<br />
helps pay for inpatient<br />
hospital care and,<br />
after a hospital stay, for inpatient<br />
care in a skilled<br />
nursing facility and for home<br />
health services. Medicare<br />
medical insurance helps pay<br />
for doctors' services, outpatient<br />
hospital services,<br />
outpatient physical therapy<br />
and speech pathology services,,<br />
and a number <strong>of</strong> other<br />
medical services and supplies<br />
not covered by hospital insurance.<br />
For more information,<br />
ask for a copy <strong>of</strong><br />
"Ar brief explanation <strong>of</strong><br />
Medicare" at any Social month. Will Medicare pay for<br />
Security <strong>of</strong>fice. my care?<br />
Q. I work for two different<br />
employers. Each employer<br />
deducts Social Security taxes<br />
from my pay and, as a result,<br />
I pay excess taxes. How do I<br />
get a refund?<br />
A. If you work for more than<br />
one employer in any year and<br />
pay Social Security taxes on<br />
more than the maximum<br />
amount - $22,900 in <strong>1979</strong> — you<br />
may'claim a refund <strong>of</strong> these<br />
Q. I'm 27 and have been<br />
working in a Job covered by<br />
Social Security for six years.<br />
I'm getting married in June<br />
and plan to stop working and<br />
raise a family. If I ever get<br />
Social Security payments, it'll<br />
probably be on my husband's<br />
earnings' record. So what<br />
happens to the money I paid in<br />
and the earnings credits I<br />
have?<br />
A. The earnings credits<br />
you've accumulated remains<br />
on your record permanently.<br />
If you ever dedde to go back<br />
to work, the additional credits<br />
you earn will be added to your<br />
record and could mean<br />
beneftis for you and your<br />
family when you're eligible.<br />
The money you paid in Social<br />
Security taxes goes to the<br />
Sodal Security trust funds,<br />
which are used to pay monthly<br />
benefits and for administration<br />
<strong>of</strong> the Social<br />
Security program.<br />
Q. lam entering a Christian<br />
Science sanatorium next<br />
Support your<br />
local poet<br />
ByMARKSOIFER<br />
' Idoalot<strong>of</strong> driving through the pioelands. This poem<br />
is probably the result.<br />
DEERWOODS<br />
A fragile, disconcerted deer<br />
Reverses traction to the rear _ .<br />
As nervous as • chandelier<br />
That clinks Ms cantilever light<br />
From crystal eyes recording flight<br />
Through numb coordbutes <strong>of</strong> night...<br />
HaxcorrcUUd wtth tab Ice<br />
Diffused in dinner table rice<br />
Explodfag in my Iris twice...<br />
But why delineate a deer<br />
Into an energised carecrT<br />
It only turns to disappear...<br />
Something's there<br />
some where in my head<br />
or through<br />
rlodont know but<br />
%fc there waiting to hatch!<br />
like a baby aad take me<br />
4>jr surprise.<br />
I'!.! •<br />
• always loved surprises<br />
.aad surprises are<br />
Obviously surprises but<br />
il only Jast realised<br />
ihey come when<br />
a* one's looking • BOO!<br />
Just like that.<br />
:<br />
Mark8oifer<br />
•:•>. AN ODE TO JOHN WASHINGTON<br />
>We never met. I never shook his hand. -<br />
. He never knew how 1 listened with rapt attention.<br />
: As he led the <strong>Ocean</strong> <strong>City</strong> Municipal Band.<br />
< Vet when I heard <strong>of</strong> his untimely delta.<br />
I cried a silent tear.<br />
For I. along wtth the many Oceaa <strong>City</strong> summer visitors<br />
t WB1 surely miss him when I return this year.<br />
e; Verna Murphy<br />
.,_. ' Mint on?<br />
a; Send your poems for publication to "Support Your<br />
local Poet" fa care <strong>of</strong> this newspaper.<br />
HELP<br />
WANTED<br />
Alert Man or Woman<br />
. ' The Cape <strong>May</strong> County<br />
Rescue Squad Needs You<br />
As a Volunteer Dispatcher.<br />
Phone installed in your home. No<br />
experience necessary, will train,<br />
•24 hour shift every third day<br />
jFor »_ more Information, fill out tho form below<br />
jand stud It to:<br />
fTHH CAP* MAY COUNTY RssSCUB SQUAD. IMCI<br />
P.O. BOX 314<br />
\ - OCBAN CITY, N.J<br />
HCtty.... ...Zip • • • •<br />
about getting a" refund,<br />
contact your local Internal<br />
Revenue Service Office.<br />
A. Medicare hospital insurance'<br />
can help pay for<br />
inpatlent hospital and skilled<br />
nursing facility services in a<br />
participating Christian<br />
Science sanatorium if it is<br />
operated, or listed and certified<br />
by, the First Church <strong>of</strong><br />
Christ, Scientist, in Boston.<br />
For more information, contact<br />
the Social Security <strong>of</strong>fice.<br />
care under<br />
Medicare<br />
<strong>On</strong>e <strong>of</strong> the least known<br />
benefits covered by Medicare,<br />
but one potentially valuable to<br />
many people, is home health<br />
care, Oscar P. Ernst Jr.,<br />
Social .Security district<br />
manager in Atlantic <strong>City</strong>, said<br />
recently.<br />
Home health care can be<br />
covered under either<br />
Medicare hospital insurance<br />
or Medicare medical insurance,<br />
depending on the<br />
circumstances <strong>of</strong> a particular<br />
case.<br />
Home health care is for<br />
people who do not need fulltime<br />
skilled care as inpatlents<br />
<strong>of</strong> a medical facility, but who<br />
do have an illness or injury<br />
that prevents them from<br />
leaving home to receive .the<br />
health care they need.<br />
People who need part-time<br />
skilled health services in thenhomes<br />
can receive home<br />
health care from a home<br />
health agency. Such an<br />
agency can be either a public<br />
or private organisation that<br />
specializes in providing<br />
skilled nursing services and<br />
other health care services to<br />
patients in their own home.<br />
Medicare can pay for such<br />
services as part-time skilled<br />
nursing services, physical<br />
therapy, and speech therapy.<br />
For a person who needs one<br />
or more <strong>of</strong> these services,<br />
Medicare can also pay for<br />
part-time services <strong>of</strong> an occupational<br />
therapist, home<br />
health aide, or medical social<br />
worker, and medical supplies<br />
and the use <strong>of</strong> medical appliances<br />
furnished by the<br />
home health agency.<br />
Medicare cannot pay for<br />
full-time nursing care at<br />
home; drugs snd Mctogicals,<br />
personal comfort; <strong>of</strong> ^ con-,<br />
venience items, meals<br />
delivered to a person's home,<br />
or homemaker services.<br />
A leaflet, "Home health<br />
care under Medteare," gives<br />
more details about this<br />
protection and lists the<br />
conditions under which<br />
Medicare can pay for these<br />
services. Free copies can be<br />
obtained at the Atlantic <strong>City</strong><br />
Sodal Security Office located<br />
at Pennsylvania and Pacific<br />
avs. The telephone number is<br />
800-272-1111.<br />
OCEAN CITY (N.J.) SENTINEL-LEDGER<br />
Q. My grandfather is 6». He<br />
has no regular income, but<br />
occasionally make's some<br />
money doing odd Jobs for<br />
neighbors. If he applies for<br />
.SSI, would this money count<br />
against him?<br />
A. Not all income Is counted<br />
in determining the amount <strong>of</strong><br />
a person's income for SSI<br />
purposes. Irregular or infrequent<br />
earned income is not<br />
counted if it totals no more<br />
than $30 in a calendar<br />
quarter. Your grandfather<br />
Dealing with<br />
Sodal Security <strong>of</strong>fice.<br />
Q. Back in January, I<br />
retired and started getting<br />
Social Security checks. I know<br />
(hat if I go back to work, my<br />
earnings may affect my<br />
checks. But, what about income<br />
I receive from savings<br />
and investments?<br />
A. When figuring what<br />
income may affect your<br />
Social Security checks, you<br />
must count earnings from<br />
work <strong>of</strong> any kind, whether or<br />
covered by Social<br />
, except tips<br />
ByWlLLIAMA.MILLERJR..PhD<br />
chei •s have been studying to*<br />
process <strong>of</strong> mother-infant t H f t attachment ttht f for th the last four<br />
decades. Biological actors can produce nMyiiw, but<br />
the destiny oTtheoaiW-caM relationship iTdetermined<br />
by. the early emotional faming* ««wi *******tfaw<br />
between mother, lather and child.<br />
The first few hours, days, and weeks in the Infantparent<br />
relationshh) set the stage for the child's method<br />
and ability to relate to others. Witnessing the birth<br />
prooesshas been fouDdtosatuttmtbepsnoto degree <strong>of</strong><br />
attachment to the newborn. Physical and dose contact<br />
between parents and taf ant promotes optimal emotional<br />
bondmg In the years to come. •<br />
Anew mother must boldher infant to realise that she<br />
realty has a baby. At first this Is a passive event. But<br />
withm the first few days this becomes an "active" opportunity<br />
for most mothers. The body and<br />
movements <strong>of</strong> the infant are Important m r " "<br />
mother fed gratified in her new role.<br />
The touching that goes on between mother he ad and iinfant<br />
confirms the Identity y and frtnrt —1t*tnrt <strong>of</strong> * a separate<br />
son. Eventually the tmrhlng jpnim WSSM into snng lni<br />
the infant up p against g the mother's hes breast . Ressan Ressanbsrs<br />
h have used d this thi as an indicator id <strong>of</strong> how the mother feels<br />
about herself and her relationship with nerdSd.<br />
^Theinajor^ <strong>of</strong> nwtbersmaD stages <strong>of</strong> chikfcaarmg<br />
hold their infants closely to the left side <strong>of</strong> the cheat<br />
where the heartbeat canoe heard by the infant Unto Is<br />
hltefibheartbeat g b<br />
la famOlsr and<br />
<strong>of</strong>fers a feeling <strong>of</strong> security.<br />
Not only is the phytkaf intact important, but also<br />
J^»y(jfsp««±,nc4theanwii^<br />
l l t k I t U t h l l t f ± h<br />
that entices the infant's attention. Saying OmdSSR<br />
nanuasstsUtatbsdevekimMrtetfaselfidsiittty.<br />
These crucial components p In n the pare parent-eldldbo<br />
process help hl to structure tt ft future intcrpsr i<br />
relationships as the child becomes more independent <strong>of</strong><br />
parents and the immediate family.<br />
DRAPERY<br />
W0VENW00D<br />
WALLCOVERING<br />
MINI BUNDS<br />
" BEDSPREADS *<br />
Never any charge for estimates<br />
399-7209<br />
amountlngto less than 120 in a<br />
month with one employer.<br />
However, income from<br />
sayings, investments, insurance,<br />
or royalties won't<br />
affect your checks.<br />
Q. I've been getting SSI<br />
checks for thepast year. I Just<br />
received a letter saying I have<br />
to go to the Social Security<br />
<strong>of</strong> flee in two weeks so my case<br />
can be redetermined. Since<br />
nothing has changed for me in<br />
this year, I don't understand<br />
why they have to redetermine<br />
my case. Can you explain?<br />
A. Yes. Under the law, if<br />
you get monthly SSI checks, payments were being<br />
your case must be reviewed deposited directly Into an<br />
periodically. This is to make account in a financial incertain<br />
you're still eligible for stitution, the institution<br />
these payments and that the ahouldbenotifled<strong>of</strong>hisorher<br />
amount <strong>of</strong> the payment death as soon as possible. This<br />
your're getting is correct. will permit the ^^»^^»^^*^^^rt {<br />
department in tbe senior !<br />
class. ><br />
Auditing the books was f<br />
arranged to be done by tbe «<br />
secretaries from the ex- <<br />
tension service department !<br />
and the gavel was turned over !<br />
to Mse Weatherby, secretary ;<br />
at Lower Township School, f<br />
who will complete the term <strong>of</strong> '<br />
president's <strong>of</strong>fice for the nes| !<br />
school year. ' < '<br />
A discussion wo held on ;<br />
where to meet for tbe neat ;<br />
meeting; everyone will be •<br />
notified in October.