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Connections Area Agency on Aging’s Sioux City office and Mercy Medical Center’s Older Adult Services co-host First Friday Coffee: Welcome to Medicare. This unbiased, informative seminar for new Medicare beneficiaries is held the first Friday of every month. The seminars are from 1:30 to 4:00 at Connections Area Agency on Aging, 2301 Pierce Street, Sioux City. Pre-registration is required as space is limited. There is no cost to attend.

Assisting new beneficiaries to increase their understanding of Medicare is a combined effort of SHIIP programs (Senior Health Insurance Information Program), sponsored by both Mercy Medical Center and Connections Area Agency on Aging. Discussion topics will include who is eligible for benefits and timeframes for applying, understanding Medicare’s benefits and options, supplements, Medicare Advantage plans, prescription drug plans and protecting their Medicare benefits. There will be ample time for questions. To pre-register, or for more information, contact Connections Area Agency on Aging at 712-279-6900 or 800-432-9209.

Tee time: 11:30
Following golf: Hors d'oeuvres and awards
Entry Fee: $75/individual golfers, $300 for team of four

Registration Deadline: Sept 4
Sponsorships available

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2.5 hour seminar discussing Medicare basics including eligibility and enrollment, parts of medicare, medicare options and how to select Medicare supplements, drug plans or Medicare Advantage plans, and how to prevent fraud and abuse. Free to attend, preregistration recommended. Register by calling 712.423.9200

Seminar to be repeated at 2:00, same day.

This 2.5 hour seminar is designed for those who will be starting Medicare, those who would like to better understand their Medicare benefits, caregivers, and professionals. Presented by trained SHIIP (Senior Health Insurance Information Program) volunteers, this program will cover eligibility and enrollment, what is covered by each part of Medicare, Medicare options and how to choose supplements, drug plans or Medicare Advantage plans, and how to protect Medicare benefits from fraud and abuse. SHIIP is a statewide program offering education and one-on-one appointments. SHIIP volunteers do not sell insurance and give unbiased, confidential and free service to Medicare beneficiaries. These programs are free. Preregistration is strongly recommended. Preregister by calling Laura Kuhlmann at 712-423-9200

Please join Ashley at the career fair and make some great connections! Recommended: nice dress apparel and multiple copies of resume. If needed I can print off the resume at my office. There will be job applications present at most booths. Job seekers will also have access to the IowaWORKS lab to complete online applications. Hope to see you there!
September 4, 2015
Omni Center Business Park
1:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. (1:00 – 1:30 Veterans Only)

This 2.5 hour seminar is designed for those who will be starting Medicare, those who would like to better understand their Medicare benefits, caregivers, and professionals. Presented by trained SHIIP (Senior Health Insurance Information Program) volunteers, this program will cover eligibility and enrollment, what is covered by each part of Medicare, Medicare options and how to choose supplements, drug plans or Medicare Advantage plans, and how to protect Medicare benefits from fraud and abuse. SHIIP is a statewide program offering education and one-on-one appointments. SHIIP volunteers do not sell insurance and give unbiased, confidential and free service to Medicare beneficiaries. These programs are free. Preregistration is strongly recommended. Preregister by calling LeAnn Bush at 712-225-3368 x 200 or emailing leannb@cherokeermc.org

Start gathering those old documents that need to be discarded and clean out your medicine chests! Shred-tastic is returning! “Shred-tastic” is a free shredding – prescription drug take back event. This event is for seniors ages 60 and over and their caregivers. It will take place Friday, September 25, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Center for Active Generations, 313 Cook Street, Sioux City. Document Depot is providing a shredding truck and the Sioux City Police Department will be accepting outdated drugs for proper disposal.

With a focus on preventing seniors from becoming victims of identity theft, Shred-tastic offers seniors or their caregivers the opportunity to shred personal materials. Connections Area Agency on Aging and SHIIP (Senior Health Insurance Information Program) advises Medicare beneficiaries to carefully dispose of paperwork such as Medicare Summary Notices, explanation of benefits notices from insurance companies, bank statements, credit card billings and applications and other documents that contain personal information. “We all need to be aware that numbers assigned to us from Medicare and Social Security, as well as bank account and credit card information are valuable and sell-able commodities to many scammers,” stated Chris Kuchta, event organizer at Connections Area Agency on Aging. She continued, “We are excited to be able to offer this service to seniors living in the Siouxland area.”

This event is for personal papers only. Items can include but at not limited to: Medicare statements – especially those that dates from 2010 or before, as they have full medicare numbers, tax returns, credit card statements, bank statements and cancelled checks, and other documents with personal information. Paperclips and staples do not need to be removed. Items not accepted include papers from a business, magazines, phone books, plastic folders, corrugated cardboard, plastic credit cards, general trash, etc.

The Sioux City Police will be present to accept medications and will dispose of them by incineration. This event is a great opportunity to properly dispose of accumulated, unwanted, unused prescription drugs, keeping them from being flushed and entering our waterways. Medications should be in their original containers. Items not accepted include sharp objects, thermometers, home based care or durable medical supplies. In the last year, more than 2.1 million teens abused prescription drugs. Unfortunately most of those drugs were acquired from friends and family. Many of these teens or visitors in the home simply took the drugs in the medicine cabinets of grandparents, parents or even in the homes of friends.

For additional information, contact Connections Area Agency on Aging at 712-279-6900, 1-800-432-9209 or www.connectionsaaa.org.

This 2.5 hour seminar is designed for those who will be starting Medicare, those who would like to better understand their Medicare benefits, caregivers, and professionals. Presented by trained SHIIP (Senior Health Insurance Information Program) volunteers, this program will cover eligibility and enrollment, what is covered by each part of Medicare, Medicare options and how to choose supplements, drug plans or Medicare Advantage plans, and how to protect Medicare benefits from fraud and abuse. SHIIP is a statewide program offering education and one-on-one appointments. SHIIP volunteers do not sell insurance and give unbiased, confidential and free service to Medicare beneficiaries. These programs are free. Preregistration is strongly recommended. Preregister by calling 712-274-6404 or 800-352-4649