Our July speaker was John Lewis of J.C. Lewis Insurance Services. John updated our members on the Affordable Care Act and answered questions from the group regarding qualifying for the care subsidy on the coveredca.com website.
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We hope to see you at our next meeting on August 20th!
Our August guest speaker: Ellen Barnett, MD, PhD, Director of Outreach and Program Development
Dr. Barnett has been practicing Family Medicine in Sonoma County since 1983. She is a Certified Balint Leader, working healthcare providers that explore the emotional aspects of provider-patient relations. She serves as Medical Director of the Integrative Medical Clinic of Santa Rosa.
She will be working with SOA on an exercise called:
Imagine YOU… as you want to be…feeling well, being healthier, being ready for what is important to you.
Imagine people talking about and moving toward WHY they want health and wellness, not repeatedly ‘failing’ to complete their lists of what they ‘should’ be doing.
Imagine YOU Mission
The mission of the Imagine YOU project is to offer people the opportunity to imagine and clarify WHY they want health. Individuals create their personal Image of Health and take it with them to remind them to take the small, successful steps needed to reach and maintain that vision.
Don’t forget to invite your neighbor, your club president, your friends or to invite people who have no idea what Sonoma County offers older people, their families and caregivers to our next meeting.
SOA Social Gathering
We get together to socialize and network on the 2nd Thursday of each month. August’s gathering will be hosted by Memorial Hospice at 439 College Avenue in Santa Rosa. 4pm-5:45 on August 14th. Hope to see you there!
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Hospital Beds available for pickup at our Durable Medical Equipment Recycling closet!
Dan Johnson and Jennifer Volpe – Ron Andrews Medical Company, Inc.
In recent news, Medicare has been making major cuts to funding for agencies and companies who care for the elder population. This includes Durable Medical Equipment and Respiratory equipment reimbursements. In the desire to save Medicare money, CMS developed a competitive bidding system for companies who want to provide Medical equipment for patients. In theory, this was meant to save the government money while providing comparable service, however many patients living in the areas covered by this program are not receiving the equipment in a timely manner, if at all.
Competitive Bidding has already affected the San Francisco Bay Area, including Marin and southern Sonoma County and is expected to expand in 2016. Ron Andrews Medical Company currently services San Mateo, San Francisco, Marin, Sonoma and Napa County. Dan and Jennifer talk about the experiences they have had in Marin and what agencies can expect as far as Medical and Respiratory equipment service for Sonoma County.
Here is an example of how people are being affected by the current Competitive Bidding process:
Sonoma County Section on Aging maintains a Durable Medical Equipment recycling program. More Information
Shiroko Sokitch is a doctor who cares about you! Her mission is to help you achieve the health, vitality, and happiness you deserve. She does this by using a unique blend of Chinese and Western medicine to help you learn to listen to your body, and find out what works for you.
In addition to practicing integrative medicine for over 20 years, Dr. Shiroko has hosted public access TV show, Perspectives on Hea ling, still being aired in 3 cities, has a Sonoma County news column, worked as an ER doctor for 10 years, and is writing her second book.
The owner of Heart to Heart Medical Center in Santa Rosa, California, since 1993, Dr. Shiroko is an expert at helping people heal problems that no one else seems to understand. She specializes in, acupuncture, chronic illness, pain treatment, hormone balancing, bio-identical hormones, digestive problems, and brain chemistry balancing.
“How Light Therapy Improves the Brain” presented by John Downing, O.D., Ph.D.
Learn how Light Therapy rebalances the brain’s control center (the hypothalamus) and provides the brain with more energy to function properly. Optimizing brain performance with Light Therapy by improving: brain fog, learning, memory and speech disabilities, ADHD, fatigue, depression, SAD, headaches, pain, insomnia, anxiety, PTSD, emotional problems, and many other disabilities.
Dr. Downing has been practicing in the Bay Area for over 40 years. He is internationally known for his innovative work in Holistic Optometry, the development of the Downing Technique of Light Therapy and the Lumatron Light Stimulator. Dr. Downing has trained health practitioners throughout the United States and Europe in his comprehensive technique of Light Therapy and currently practices in Sebastopol, CA.
Many of us have worked with a counselor at some point. But, have we ever had therapy about our relationship with money? Probably not, so we’re inviting Deborah Price to speak about our money archetype and what to do if we or our clients are worried we don’t have enough.
As a fun activity, take the Money Archetype quiz. Ms. Price discussed the archetypes in more detail. Money Types Overview and the Money Archetypes Types Quiz.
Chris works at the Human Services Dept, County of Sonoma, Adult and Aging Division, 707-565-5690, www.scvets.org
Many of us work with clients who are Veterans or widows of Veterans.
Chris discusses pensions available to this population (including the additional pension of Aid and Attendance). He helps us to understand who qualifies and how much someone might be able to get. He also discusses where you can get assistance in completing the applications.
Thank you to our performers for sharing their gifts!
Marilyn Monroe introduces and thanks Greg Harder!
Yvonne Baginski – “Things will never be the same!”
Craig Thompson – a Recitation
Kay Mehl Miller, Ph.D. “Out to Lunch”
Nancy Proctor and Bob Cheal – “Mr. Santa”
Kira Reginato presented – Sam Harris – It Is Always Now
Molly Knoderer – “My Perspective”
The Third Act Players – “Family Feud”
Pat Sanborn – “Peace on Earth”
Albert Flynn DeSilver
Albert is an internationally published poet, writer, and workshop leader. He served as Marin County’s very first Poet Laureate from 2008-2010. Albert is the author, most recently of Beamish Boy: A Memoir, and is currently working on a novel. For many years Albert taught writing workshop as a California Poet in the Schools, the Emeritus Program at the College of Marin, at Senior Centers, and even did time at San Quentin…teaching. Most of you know him as the Owner/Director of Visiting Angels Senior Homecare.
Genevieve Ladha, owner of Sonoma Homecare, speaks about her personal experiences and the benefits of community service.
Video Recorded October 16, 2013
John Lewis
J. C. Lewis Insurance Services www.jclis.com
John speaks on the new Obama Health Insurance changes that are coming and how these will affect you.
Video Recorded September 18, 2013