World 12_05_18

Caregivers: Support Group Meets Monthly at Gifford
Central ermont caregivers seeking suort and advice are
invited to join the andolh Area Caregiver Suort rou.
he free grou meets from to .m. on the second
Wednesday of every month in the Conference Center at
ifford edical Center.
ifford Community ealth eam Care Coordinators ayla
hibault and oreen ordham facilitate the grou. hey offer
articiants oortunities to share information and tis ideas
on ways to manage their caregiving role and a safe lace to
discuss the stresses, challenges, and rewards of roviding care
for a loved one.
Adult caregiving may include assistance with dressing,
bathing, eating, medical care, housework, transortation, running
errands, and other tasks. About 1 ercent of adults in
Time to Cash Those Old
Savings Bonds?
id you stash away savings
bonds years ago o
you know what they’re
worth now
While savings bonds
used to be a great way to
ut money aside for the
future, with the different
interest rates and dates of maturity, it’s all too easy to forget
they’re there. aer bonds haven’t been issued for years
they’ve all gone electronic. ut if you have aer bonds from
long ago, there’s a good chance they’ve matured. A few things
to consider
-- aer bonds can add interest over and above the face
value until they’re finally mature, which is usually 0 years.
f your aer bonds are very old, they could be worth much
more than face value.
-- Cashing in the oldest bonds first is a mistake. hey might
still be earning great interest.
-- f you cash in a bond on the wrong day, you might be
giving u si months of interest.
-- Since you ay federal taes on the interest, cashing in too
many at once can have ta consequences you might not
eect.
f you have aer savings bonds, your best bet is savingsbonds.com.
t has loads of information to hel you get the
most cash out of your bonds, lus a comlimentary bond
calculator. f you set u an account, it will track your bonds
and give you their current values.
erhas its best feature is that it tells you the net time
interest will be added. he last thing you want to do is cash in
one right before the interest is osted. And it will warn you
what interest you need to reort on your taes before you cash
them in.
f you have aer bonds that you want to convert to electronic,
you can do that too. Ask at your bank.
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We’ve had a lot of inquiries recently
from folks asking why eole believe
falsehoods about their health and how to
rotect it, when actual facts are staring them
squarely in the face. We think that’s
imortant because it has such a rofound
effect on individual lives, on overall ublic
health and on the economic well-being of
eole and the nation.
irst, let’s look at two common misconcetions
that an alarming number of folks
seem to accet or advocate 1 accinations
are hugely dangerous here is no such
thing as climate change whether manmade
or natural or both and it has no health
reercussions.
he chance of eeriencing a serious side
effect from vaccination versus the benefit it
rovides avoiding serious illness and death is 10,000
Clearly, getting a vaccination is like winning the lottery -- the
benefits are enormous.
efore the olio vaccine 1,000 cases of aralysis annually
in the .S. Afterward o olio cases have originated in
the .S. since 1.
efore the ertussis vaccine rom 10 through 1,
more than 1 million cases of ertussis whooing cough
were reorted, with many deaths. After Cases have been
reduced by 0 ercent deaths by ercent.
ot getting vaccinated doesn’t just affect you, though
eole who cannot be vaccinated for legitimate medical reasons,
such as getting chemotheray that’s a lot of eole,
can be at mortal risk for infection with flu, for eamle, if
eole around them ski immuniation. And the economic
cost of unvaccinated adults in the .S. is .1 billion a year,
according to a 01 study out of the niversity of orth
Carolina.
he same kind of fact-suressing dynamic surrounds the
subject of climate change whatever the cause. A ew survey
showed that ercent of Americans do not believe that climate
scientists rovide full and accurate information about
the changing environment. ut ignoring the data will not
revent floods and increasingly severe storms, rising tem-
erature, fires or drought. he macts of Climate Change on
uman ealth in the nited States A Scientific Assessment
ut out in 01 by .S. lobal Change esearch rogram
lobalChange.gov gives in-deth evidence for far-reaching
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the nited States rovide unaid care of some kind to
another adult, according to a new ew esearch Center
analysis of data from the ureau of abor Statistics.
or more information about the andolh Area Caregiver
Suort rou, call 0--1.
he Community ealth eam at ifford is art of luerint
for ealth, a stateled initiative designed to rovide coordinated
health services that emhasie revention and wellness.
he team’s care coordinators assist eole with identifying
care issues and goals and with addressing challenges to
accessing transortation, food, fuel, and housing assistance.
or more information about the Community ealth eam,
visit giffordhealthcare.orgservicecommunity-health-team.
Riverbend Residential Care Home
Earns Deficiency-Free Survey
iverbend esidential Care ome C in Chelsea has
earned deficiency-free surveys from the ermont eartment
of icensing and rotection.
We are leased to share the news of iverbend’s recent
deficiency-free surveys and thank our team for their commitment
to high-quality home like care for our residents, said
owner Jennifer oyle. he survey results are made even
more meaningful by the fact that, iverbend has maintained
deficiency free status for 1 years.
An unannounced, on-site survey was conducted on
ovember 1, 01 by ermont’s ivision of icensing and
rotection. Areas of insections include but are not limited to
residents rights and contracts, medical record review and
documentation, resident care, meals and dietary needs, resident
interviews, staff training and erformance as well as the
over all asects of the building, its cleanliness and care. he
ivision of ire Safety also conducted an on-site ife Safety
Code insection, and iverbend was found to be in substantial
comliance with alicable ife Safety Code requirements.
he ivision of icensing and rotection regulates longterm
care homes and health care facilities for the dual ur-
oses of rotecting the welfare and rights of residents and
atients and assuring they receive the aroriate level and
quality of care.
iverbend esidential Care ome, owned and oerated by
Jennifer and Amos oyle, is located in Chelsea village, just
walking distance from the town center. t is licensed to rovide
care to residents. esidents can be fairly indeendent
needing varied levels of care from suervision to nursing
home care.
oyle attributes the facilities success to her dedicated high
quality staff sharing, couldn’t do this without the hard work,
dedication and suort from our staff esecially obbisue
Chamney who co-manages iverbend. oyle went on to
acknowledge the faithful suort of the close knit Chelsea
community including the Chelsea ealth Center, the irst
ranch Ambulance, Clara artin Center and her residents and
their families.
A Healthy View of Facts Can Make You Healthier
health roblems, from mental illness to
heart disease, asthma and heatstroke,
caused by climate-change-related air
ollution, increasing disease from ticks
and mosquitoes, water-related illnesses
and roblems with food roduction,
distribution and safety.
Why do folks disregard the evidence
When eole choose to deny healthrelated
facts, there’s usually an element
of anger and fear involved. hat triggers
chronic elevation of stress hormones --
cortisol, einehrine and noreinehrine
-- that can damage blood vessels
and arteries, increase blood ressure
and raise the risk of heart attack and
stroke. n addition, chronic stress affects
the brain he mind’s center for logical
thinking, the amygdala, gets overwhelmed, and irrational
emotions can take over.
We suggest that the imulse to ignore clear facts comes
about when you feel there’s nothing you can do to imrove a
situation or to make yourself healthier. ou give u the battle
to attain a healthy weight, avoid or reverse ye diabetes,
reduce your town’s carbon footrint, use less lastic -- you
name it -- because it seems hoeless. ut it’s not ou can
make a huge difference in your own health, in your community’s
well-being and in the economic future of the .S.A.
The best way to defuse fear and anger is to find the facts
for yourself:
-- ee in mind that coincidences are not correlations or
causes. Just because a -year-old is diagnosed with autism
after receiving vaccinations doesn’t mean they were the
cause, any more than being diagnosed after eating brown rice
would serve as evidence
-- ake the time to look at studies and read articles from
eerts. o to the source. on’t lay telehone with the facts.
-- inally, remember that when you battle back against
distrust and discouragement in yourself, you sto the chronic
fight-or-flight resonse to a threat, whether real or erceived.
hat hels restore clearer thought and revent disease.
Mehmet Oz, M.D. is host of “The Dr. Oz Show,” and Mike
Roizen, M.D. is Chief Wellness Officer and Chair of Wellness
Institute at Cleveland Clinic. To live your healthiest, tune into
“The Dr. Oz Show” or visit www.sharecare.com.
(c) 2018 Michael Roizen, M.D. and Mehmet Oz, M.D.
Distributed by King Features Syndicate, Inc.
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Food Drive
Dec. 5–13 at
Hunger
Mountain Co-op
This holiday season,
join Hunger Mountain
Co-op and our community
partners in providing
healthy meals for our
neighbors in need. Feed A
Family food donations may
be dropped off in the
Co-op's exit way through
Dec. 13, and will be
distributed throughout
central Vermont.
Visit
hungermountain.coop
to learn more.
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