OCES is a private, non-profit Aging Services Access Point (ASAP) that provides admired programs and casework to seniors, their families and caregivers in the Plymouth county, Avon, Easton and Stoughton area.
Question 1 proposes a law to abate the accompaniment claimed assets tax amount to 2.65% as of January 1, 2009 and to annihilate the tax alpha January 1, 2010. A “yes” vote will achieve these reductions; a “no” vote will accomplish no change to the state’s assets tax laws.
OCES employs 130 agents and provides casework to added than 4,600 elders, caregivers and families anniversary month. These casework cover home bloom aide, claimed affliction and medical busline that are basic to abounding home-bound, breakable elders in our communities. In addition, every ages we acknowledge to added than 600 inquiries for advice and referral, accomplish 150 abiding affliction screenings and bear about 23,000 lunches through the meals-on-wheels program.
According to a lot of reports, the assets tax produces $12.5 billion, or 40%, of the absolute accompaniment budget. If OCES’ account is bargain by 40%, we will be affected to abatement casework to some of our a lot of accessible citizens and annihilate jobs. This could beggarly that 1,800 elders will lose home affliction services, 9,000 commons will not be delivered and at atomic 50 advisers will lose their jobs.
Elders already impacted by the top costs of ammunition and aliment are apprehensive how they will administer on anchored incomes. The workforce is aggravating to antithesis these costs too while watching their commuting costs access and their accumulation and home ethics decrease. With accompaniment allotment to cities and towns reduced, localities may accession acreage taxes and appoint added fees, thereby agreement addition accountability on homeowners – including elders and others on anchored incomes.
According to appraisal by the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, the estimated 40% account abridgement is too low. They argue that “after accounting for 5 accurately allowable programs, the blow of accompaniment government would blade all-embracing cuts of 71.1% with the accident of $12.5 billion in accompaniment assets tax revenue”. Private, non-profit agencies like OCES will be clumsy to abide accouterment bare animal casework afterwards that akin of allotment cut.
“I appetite registered voters to apprentice all they can about the impacts of Question 1 so they may accomplish abreast decisions afore casting their votes on November 4th,” said Diana L. DiGiorgi, Executive Director of OCES.
To apprehend the abounding adaptation of this proposed law and the added 2 acclamation questions, appointment www.mass.gov and bang on the Secretary of State’s page, baddest Elections Division and again 2008 Statewide Ballot Questions.
About Old Colony Elderly Services
Incorporated in 1974, Old Colony Elderly Services (OCES) is one of 27 private, non-profit Aging Services Access Points (ASAPs) in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
OCES serves elders, their families and caregivers in the towns of Abington, Avon, Bridgewater, Brockton, Carver, Duxbury, East Bridgewater, Easton, Halifax, Hanover, Hanson, Kingston, Lakeville, Marshfield, Middleboro, Pembroke, Plymouth, Plympton, Rockland, Stoughton, Wareham, West Bridgewater and Whitman.
The organization’s mission is to accommodate casework that abutment the address and ability of elders by allowance them aerate their above of life; abide cautiously and in acceptable health; and, anticipate accidental or abortive institutionalization.
The agency has 130 advisers and operates added than 12 programs confined elders, their families and caregivers. For added advice alarm (508) 584-1561 or appointment the website at www.oc-elderly.org
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Monday, December 21, 2009
Call for Volunteers
Many breakable and home apprenticed elders throughout the association await on the Nutrition Program at Old Colony Elder Services, Inc. (OCES) in Brockton, a private, non-profit Aging Services Access Point (ASAP) that provides admired programs and casework to elders, their families and caregivers.
But, the non-profit ancient casework agency needs added volunteers to advice adapt and backpack commons and bear them to residents.
"We are in atrocious charge of Nutrition volunteers. Right now we are continued to the limit, with alone a few volunteers aggravating to awning a amount of accumulation routes so every ancient is ensured a advantageous meal every day," explained Diana DiGiorgi, Executive Director of OCES.
Nutrition volunteers are bare to set up, bag and deliver commons at besiege Nutrition Sites. Meals on Wheels advance drivers are bare to bear commons to elders throughout the Plymouth canton area. Drivers about bear 15-20 commons a day, amid 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. and are reimbursed for mileage. Volunteers are bare Monday through Friday, yet they may advice out for any amount of canicule per anniversary that they can.
OCES' Nutrition Program is advised to enhance elders' above of activity by accouterment nutritionally complete and acceptable meals. Because the Nutrition Program is primarily federally funded, there is no income-based test; all association at atomic 60 years of age and those beneath than 60 but disabled are eligible.
Anyone who is able to advance at a meal website or bear commons for two hours, at atomic one to two canicule a week, amuse acquaintance the Nutrition Department at OCES at (508) 584-1561.
OCES offers a amount of programs to serve seniors, families and caregivers such as Family Caregiver; Caring Homes and Enhanced Adult Family Care; Supportive Housing; Nutrition; Money Management; Protective Services; Home Care and more.
About Old Colony Elder Services
Incorporated in 1974, OCES is one of 27 private, non-profit Aging Services Access Points (ASAPs) in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
OCES serves elders, their families and caregivers in the towns of Abington, Avon, Bridgewater, Brockton, Carver, Duxbury, East Bridgewater, Easton, Halifax, Hanover, Hanson, Kingston, Lakeville, Marshfield, Middleboro, Pembroke, Plymouth, Plympton, Rockland, Stoughton, Wareham, West Bridgewater and Whitman.
The organization's mission is to accommodate casework that abutment the address and ability of elders by allowance them aerate their above of life; abide cautiously and in acceptable health; and, anticipate accidental or abortive institutionalization.
The agency has 130 advisers and operates added than 12 programs confined elders, their families and caregivers. For added advice alarm (508) 584-1561 or appointment the new website at www.oldcolonyelderservices.org.
But, the non-profit ancient casework agency needs added volunteers to advice adapt and backpack commons and bear them to residents.
"We are in atrocious charge of Nutrition volunteers. Right now we are continued to the limit, with alone a few volunteers aggravating to awning a amount of accumulation routes so every ancient is ensured a advantageous meal every day," explained Diana DiGiorgi, Executive Director of OCES.
Nutrition volunteers are bare to set up, bag and deliver commons at besiege Nutrition Sites. Meals on Wheels advance drivers are bare to bear commons to elders throughout the Plymouth canton area. Drivers about bear 15-20 commons a day, amid 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. and are reimbursed for mileage. Volunteers are bare Monday through Friday, yet they may advice out for any amount of canicule per anniversary that they can.
OCES' Nutrition Program is advised to enhance elders' above of activity by accouterment nutritionally complete and acceptable meals. Because the Nutrition Program is primarily federally funded, there is no income-based test; all association at atomic 60 years of age and those beneath than 60 but disabled are eligible.
Anyone who is able to advance at a meal website or bear commons for two hours, at atomic one to two canicule a week, amuse acquaintance the Nutrition Department at OCES at (508) 584-1561.
OCES offers a amount of programs to serve seniors, families and caregivers such as Family Caregiver; Caring Homes and Enhanced Adult Family Care; Supportive Housing; Nutrition; Money Management; Protective Services; Home Care and more.
About Old Colony Elder Services
Incorporated in 1974, OCES is one of 27 private, non-profit Aging Services Access Points (ASAPs) in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
OCES serves elders, their families and caregivers in the towns of Abington, Avon, Bridgewater, Brockton, Carver, Duxbury, East Bridgewater, Easton, Halifax, Hanover, Hanson, Kingston, Lakeville, Marshfield, Middleboro, Pembroke, Plymouth, Plympton, Rockland, Stoughton, Wareham, West Bridgewater and Whitman.
The organization's mission is to accommodate casework that abutment the address and ability of elders by allowance them aerate their above of life; abide cautiously and in acceptable health; and, anticipate accidental or abortive institutionalization.
The agency has 130 advisers and operates added than 12 programs confined elders, their families and caregivers. For added advice alarm (508) 584-1561 or appointment the new website at www.oldcolonyelderservices.org.
Staff and Board Members Recognized at Old Colony Elder Services’ Annual Luncheon
Several agents associates and Board associates were accustomed for their years of account and charge to the agency’s mission.
More than 180 humans abounding OCES’ Annual Luncheon captivated at the Shaw’s Center in Brockton. Attendees included Brockton Mayor James Harrington, State Representatives Geraldine Creedon, Christine Canavan, Louis Kafka and Allen McCarthy, and Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy Cruz. Michael Festa, Secretary of the Executive Office of Elder Affairs, gave the keynote accent commending agents and volunteers for their adherence and harder plan on the account of elders and disabled people. He aggressive attendees to acceleration to the arduous times advanced for all those in the animal casework field.
Staff associates accustomed for years of account included:
Brockton association Phyllis Martin (10 years), Marguerite Sheridan (20 years), Paula Smyth (20 years) and Sandra Ivers (20 years); Jane Kamel of North Easton (10 years); Teresa Kourtz of Berkley (10 years); Susan Willis of Kingston (10 years); Sandra Mendes of Easton (15 years); Beverly Ferris of Bridgewater (15 years) and Jill Getchell of Whitman (20 years).
OCES has an all-volunteer Board of Directors. Those Board associates confined for 10 years or added were aswell recognized. They included:
Eva Burton apery Hanson for 24 years; Dolores Kent, Easton, 24 years; Hazel Foley, Kingston, 22 years; Catherine Connors, East Bridgewater, 16 years; Patricia McCarthy, Whitman, 15 years; Marilyn Mansfield, Lakeville, 14 years; Julie Murphy, Carver, 13 years; Muriel Boyce, Kingston, 12 years; Norma Clark, Abington, 12 years; Maryellen Stevens, Halifax, 12 years; Caroline Taylor, Hanover, 12 years; Mary Willis, Pembroke, 12 years; Ted Lang, Middleboro and Member-at-Large, 11 years; Edward Malloy, Stoughton, 11 years; Phyllis Hancock, Brockton, 10 years and Bernadette Hemingway, Carver, with 10 years of service.
“Our volunteers endlessly address their time and ability to advice elders. We’re actual advantageous to accept such a agitating Board and abundant agents who go the ambit to not alone advice elders, but to abetment their colleagues and body acceptable relationships with the association in general. They are amazing and absolutely deserve recognition,” explained Diana DiGiorgi, Executive Director of OCES.
About Old Colony Elder Services
Incorporated in 1974, Old Colony Elder Services (OCES) is one of 27 private, non-profit Aging Services Access Points (ASAPs) in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
OCES serves elders, their families and caregivers in the towns of Abington, Avon, Bridgewater, Brockton, Carver, Duxbury, East Bridgewater, Easton, Halifax, Hanover, Hanson, Kingston, Lakeville, Marshfield, Middleboro, Pembroke, Plymouth, Plympton, Rockland, Stoughton, Wareham, West Bridgewater and Whitman.
The organization’s mission is to accommodate casework that abutment the address and ability of elders by allowance them aerate their above of life; abide cautiously and in acceptable health; and, anticipate accidental or abortive institutionalization.
The agency has 130 advisers and operates added than 12 programs confined elders, their families and caregivers. For added advice alarm (508) 584-1561 or appointment the new website at www.oldcolonyelderservices.org.
More than 180 humans abounding OCES’ Annual Luncheon captivated at the Shaw’s Center in Brockton. Attendees included Brockton Mayor James Harrington, State Representatives Geraldine Creedon, Christine Canavan, Louis Kafka and Allen McCarthy, and Plymouth County District Attorney Timothy Cruz. Michael Festa, Secretary of the Executive Office of Elder Affairs, gave the keynote accent commending agents and volunteers for their adherence and harder plan on the account of elders and disabled people. He aggressive attendees to acceleration to the arduous times advanced for all those in the animal casework field.
Staff associates accustomed for years of account included:
Brockton association Phyllis Martin (10 years), Marguerite Sheridan (20 years), Paula Smyth (20 years) and Sandra Ivers (20 years); Jane Kamel of North Easton (10 years); Teresa Kourtz of Berkley (10 years); Susan Willis of Kingston (10 years); Sandra Mendes of Easton (15 years); Beverly Ferris of Bridgewater (15 years) and Jill Getchell of Whitman (20 years).
OCES has an all-volunteer Board of Directors. Those Board associates confined for 10 years or added were aswell recognized. They included:
Eva Burton apery Hanson for 24 years; Dolores Kent, Easton, 24 years; Hazel Foley, Kingston, 22 years; Catherine Connors, East Bridgewater, 16 years; Patricia McCarthy, Whitman, 15 years; Marilyn Mansfield, Lakeville, 14 years; Julie Murphy, Carver, 13 years; Muriel Boyce, Kingston, 12 years; Norma Clark, Abington, 12 years; Maryellen Stevens, Halifax, 12 years; Caroline Taylor, Hanover, 12 years; Mary Willis, Pembroke, 12 years; Ted Lang, Middleboro and Member-at-Large, 11 years; Edward Malloy, Stoughton, 11 years; Phyllis Hancock, Brockton, 10 years and Bernadette Hemingway, Carver, with 10 years of service.
“Our volunteers endlessly address their time and ability to advice elders. We’re actual advantageous to accept such a agitating Board and abundant agents who go the ambit to not alone advice elders, but to abetment their colleagues and body acceptable relationships with the association in general. They are amazing and absolutely deserve recognition,” explained Diana DiGiorgi, Executive Director of OCES.
About Old Colony Elder Services
Incorporated in 1974, Old Colony Elder Services (OCES) is one of 27 private, non-profit Aging Services Access Points (ASAPs) in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
OCES serves elders, their families and caregivers in the towns of Abington, Avon, Bridgewater, Brockton, Carver, Duxbury, East Bridgewater, Easton, Halifax, Hanover, Hanson, Kingston, Lakeville, Marshfield, Middleboro, Pembroke, Plymouth, Plympton, Rockland, Stoughton, Wareham, West Bridgewater and Whitman.
The organization’s mission is to accommodate casework that abutment the address and ability of elders by allowance them aerate their above of life; abide cautiously and in acceptable health; and, anticipate accidental or abortive institutionalization.
The agency has 130 advisers and operates added than 12 programs confined elders, their families and caregivers. For added advice alarm (508) 584-1561 or appointment the new website at www.oldcolonyelderservices.org.
Unique Psych/Legal/Nursing Team Improving Elder Care / Communication
As an accretion amount of baby boomers attempt to affliction for their earlier parents, AgingParents.com helps families appear calm to abode legal, health, and physiological/emotional needs of both developed accouchement and elders. AgingParents.com offers specialized advising and online assets on conflict, communication, and planning issues accompanying to ancient care.
Interviews are Available With the Following Experts:
Carolyn Rosenblatt, R.N., Attorney at Law, columnist of The Boomer’s Guide to Aging Parents. Familiar with health, legal, financial, and allowance issues.
Dr. Mikol Davis, analytic analyst with 30+ years of acquaintance acclamation ancestors conflicts, caregiver stress, and the brainy adequacy of elders.
AgingParents.com Issues and Quotes:
Elder Abuse Prevention
"Financial bribery is estimated to amount elders $2.6 billion a year, and has adverse affecting consequences. The accident is growing as our citizenry ages, and in the U.S., the access comes at the exact time if we charge to absorb added assets to aegis our elders while our country faces aberrant bread-and-butter conditions. If we don’t absorb account dollars on blockage and aegis as able-bodied as law enforcement, this will become even added of a binge than it already is," said Rosenblatt
Communication with Elders
“Don’t be beat if your crumbling admired one resists; it’s accustomed and is fundamentally about accident of control. Keep bringing the affair up, and acknowledgment that it is for your accord of apperception and conceivably they will do it just for you. Involve your crumbling ancestor or admired one as abundant as you can in the process. Even if the accord of your ancient is ‘token,’ it is admiring and affectionate to advice the ancient feel a amount of ascendancy in the process,” said Rosenblatt.
“For abounding elders, there has never been a focus on animosity or affecting difficulty. Unlike the baby boomer accouchement they produced, elders may abridgement the “emotional vocabulary” to put animosity into words. Therefore, they may abridgement the adeptness to seek advice and to analyze problems such as depression,” said Davis.
Driving
“The accountable of active is a “charged” one and blaze can fly. Most earlier drivers who are accident their adeptness to drive cautiously don’t admit it or are in abnegation and can’t face the abhorrent anticipation of giving up their ability and control. Yet if you abstain it, every being walking on the artery and every disciplinarian on the alley is put at risk,” said Rosenblatt.
Long-Term Care Solutions
“If your ancestor is in brittle bloom and seems to be steadily crumbling physically or mentally, be alert about allotment an assisted active ability over a nursing home (also accepted as a accomplished nursing facility). No one chooses a nursing home first, but assisted active accessories are not accountant to accord nursing care. Nursing homes are added like hospitals, which they have to be to bear accomplished affliction to breakable seniors,” said Rosenblatt.
Interviews are Available With the Following Experts:
Carolyn Rosenblatt, R.N., Attorney at Law, columnist of The Boomer’s Guide to Aging Parents. Familiar with health, legal, financial, and allowance issues.
Dr. Mikol Davis, analytic analyst with 30+ years of acquaintance acclamation ancestors conflicts, caregiver stress, and the brainy adequacy of elders.
AgingParents.com Issues and Quotes:
Elder Abuse Prevention
"Financial bribery is estimated to amount elders $2.6 billion a year, and has adverse affecting consequences. The accident is growing as our citizenry ages, and in the U.S., the access comes at the exact time if we charge to absorb added assets to aegis our elders while our country faces aberrant bread-and-butter conditions. If we don’t absorb account dollars on blockage and aegis as able-bodied as law enforcement, this will become even added of a binge than it already is," said Rosenblatt
Communication with Elders
“Don’t be beat if your crumbling admired one resists; it’s accustomed and is fundamentally about accident of control. Keep bringing the affair up, and acknowledgment that it is for your accord of apperception and conceivably they will do it just for you. Involve your crumbling ancestor or admired one as abundant as you can in the process. Even if the accord of your ancient is ‘token,’ it is admiring and affectionate to advice the ancient feel a amount of ascendancy in the process,” said Rosenblatt.
“For abounding elders, there has never been a focus on animosity or affecting difficulty. Unlike the baby boomer accouchement they produced, elders may abridgement the “emotional vocabulary” to put animosity into words. Therefore, they may abridgement the adeptness to seek advice and to analyze problems such as depression,” said Davis.
Driving
“The accountable of active is a “charged” one and blaze can fly. Most earlier drivers who are accident their adeptness to drive cautiously don’t admit it or are in abnegation and can’t face the abhorrent anticipation of giving up their ability and control. Yet if you abstain it, every being walking on the artery and every disciplinarian on the alley is put at risk,” said Rosenblatt.
Long-Term Care Solutions
“If your ancestor is in brittle bloom and seems to be steadily crumbling physically or mentally, be alert about allotment an assisted active ability over a nursing home (also accepted as a accomplished nursing facility). No one chooses a nursing home first, but assisted active accessories are not accountant to accord nursing care. Nursing homes are added like hospitals, which they have to be to bear accomplished affliction to breakable seniors,” said Rosenblatt.
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