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The Aging and Disability Resource Center
8700 Tesoro Drive, Suite 700
San Antonio, Texas 78217-6228
(210) 477-3275
November 2013 eNewsletter |
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The Alamo Service Connection (ASC)---- the Aging and Disability Resource Center for the AACOG region---- would like to provide you with the following newsworthy information. Our goal is to have an informed community that promotes personal choice and is connected to long term services and supports. |
What are the plans and prices?
The Health Insurance Marketplace website for the Affordable Care Act has been difficult to navigate. Until those problems are resolved, you can get some answers by clicking on the links below.
Take a look, and pass this message along to those you know who are trying to sign up for health care:
- You can now preview plans and prices available in your area without filling out the online application.
- You can find out, with an improved calculator whether your income and household size may qualify you for lower costs on your monthly premiums and out-of-pocket costs.
- You can apply for coverage 4 ways: by phone, online, by mail with a paper application, or with the help of an in-person assister.
If you would like to speak to someone locally, e-mail or call: Toll Free (800) 960-5201 or email: healthinsuranceinfo@askasc.org.
We have Navigators working the following counties: Atascosa, Bexar County, Bandera, Bastrop, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell, Comal, Fayette, Frio, Gillespie, Guadalupe, Hays, Karnes, Kerr, Kendall, Lee, Llano, McMulen, Medina, Travis, and Williamson. |
Caring for those who cared for you - You CAN do this
We answer questions daily as executives - but as we care for aging parents, there's a new set of questions to be asked...Does Medicare cover long term care? Does Mom need a lawyer to do a living will? Is it true the State will take Dad's house if he goes into a nursing facility? What's the difference between senior centers/adult day care? Can I protect my parent from financial exploitation?
Terry Banda, the Lead Benefits Counselor, and Siena Lindemann, the Manager of the Aging and Disability Resource Center from the Bexar Area Agency on Aging, will provide these answers, plus information on resources and current government benefits at the 2013 Annual Executive Women in Texas Government Professional Development Conference: A Community of Women Leaders, November 24, 2013 through November 25, 2013, Embassy Suites San Marcos, 101 E. McCarty Lane, San Marcos TX 78666.
For more information, please Click Here. |
Medicare Annual Enrollment Period
Continues through December 7, 2013
Open Enrollment is a great time for you to review and compare your Medicare choices and make sure you have the coverage that fits your needs.
There is still time to find out if you have the best plan for your needs and/or make changes, by scheduling an appointment with our Benefits Counselors, who are certified by the Texas Department of Insurance to provide free and impartial counseling to help you find the best health plan for you. For more information, please call the Alamo Service Connection at (210) 477-3275.
If you have access to a computer, you can compare plans in your area or enroll in a new plan by visiting the www.medicare.gov website or by calling 1-800-Medicare (1-800-633-4227). |
"Warm Hearts, Warm Homes" Showing our Community We Care about their Safety The Alamo Service Connection (ASC) is asking for community support as it prepares to offer its 4th Annual "Warm Hearts, Warm Homes" Heater Assistance Program. This program delivers a space heater within 48 hours to low income seniors, people who are disabled, and elderly Veterans, who have no safe source of heat in their homes. In 2012-13, Warm Hearts assisted over 200 families with safe and reliable heat during our colder months.
Our goal for 2013-14 is to support over 200 homes and ensure our seniors and disabled do not risk their lives trying to stay warm. One new, safe heater costs $40. We will need at least $10,000 to fulfill our goal of 250 homes 2013-14.
All funds for the program are raised through local donations; Warm Hearts Warm Homes is not governmentally funded.
To qualify, a person must be over 60 years of age, within certain income guidelines, or a person receiving Social Security Disability (SSDI) or SSI Medicaid Disability. The heater recipient must have no safe means of heating their home or the existing heating source is not working. A stove or oven is not considered a safe and adequate source of heating a home and regularly leads to numerous deaths in our own community. Please donate online or send your donation for "Warm Hearts, Warm Homes" to:
Alamo Service Connection/AADC
Attn: George Losoya AADC-ASC
8700 Tesoro, Suite 700
San Antonio, Texas 78217
Please make checks payable to AADC-ASC "Warm Hearts". Donations are tax deductible and acknowledgment letters will be provided. For more information, call the Alamo Service Connection at (210) 477-3275 or email behrig@aacog.com for details.
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AARP National Poll Highlights Personal Challenges of
Caregivers in the United States
WASHINGTON, DC, November 7, 2013 - According to a new AARP poll[1], almost three out of ten people who are caring for a loved one say their life has changed since becoming a caregiver. More than one in five says their weight, exercise, or social life has suffered.
To illustrate the complexity and help the 42 million sons and daughters, friends and spouses caring for parents and loved ones see themselves as caregivers, AARP and the Ad Council unveiled a new suite of Public Service Advertisements (PSAs) as part of their Caregiver Assistance campaign. The PSAs are being distributed as part of National Family Caregivers Month (November) and direct caregivers to tools and resources to help cope with their daily responsibilities.
To read more, Click Here. |
Care4Life
Managing Type 2 Diabetes
Managing type 2 diabetes takes planning, knowledge, motivation and dedication. But you don't have to do it alone. As part of the Living With Type 2 Diabetes program, Care4Life, a free program sends text messages to help with diabetes. It's easy and comes right to you!
Sign up today and get help:
- Eating healthy with nutrition tips and recipes
- Remembering medicine and appointments
- Setting your own weight and exercise goals
- Learning about diabetes and staying motivated
To learn more or to sign up, please click here. |
Learning sessions on a variety of caregiver topics, hosted over the phone by professional facilitators and experts are being offered in both English and Spanish.
For more information on the topics, please call (210) 877-7987, toll-free at (866) 390-6491. |
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Permission to reproduce, reprint
This newsletter may be reproduced and all articles may be reproduced and/or reprinted without permission when credit is given to the Alamo Service Connection, a publication of the AACOG Area Agencies on Aging, and the ASC website www.askasc.org is listed.
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Alamo Service Connection
The Aging and Disability Resource Center
A community partnership working together for you: Alamo Area Agency on Aging, Bexar Area Agency on Aging, Alamo Local Authority for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (ALA-IDD), Bexar County, City of San Antonio Program for Seniors and Families, Center on Independent Living (COIL), San Antonio Food Bank, Goodwill Industries of San Antonio/Bexar County, San Antonio Coalition for Veterans (SACV), San Antonio Independent Living Services (SAILS), Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services (TDADS), Texas Health/Human Services Commission, and United Way of San Antonio/Bexar County.
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Contact Information |
To submit suggestions, articles, news releases, links or events to be considered for use in future issues, please send them no later than December 6, 2013 (in a MSWord format, attachments in PDF format) as an attachment to an email message to Elena Hernandez, email: ehernandez@aacog.com; Voice (210) 362-5274; Fax: (210) 225-5937. | |
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