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MAY 2020 NEWSLETTER

INSIDE THIS ISSUE Staff ............................................................ 02 Telehealth Fraud ............................... 03 Caregivers corner .............................. 04 Community Supporters ................ 05 2020 Census …………………………………...06 Nutrition & Recipes ........................... 07 OAM Recogonitions ........................ 8-9 Memorials & Contributions . ........ 10

ADDRESS Visit us at 6085 State Route 19N

Belmont, NY 14813

PHONE 585-268-9390

or Toll free: 866-268-9390

EMAIL [email protected]

Fax: 585-268-9657

HOURS 8:00 am - 4:00 pm Closed Weekends

MAY IS OLDER AMERICANS MONTH! For 57 years, Older Americans Month has been a special time to recognize the contributions of older adults in our communities. This year’s Older Americans Month theme, Make Your Mark, highlights older adults’ unique and lasting contributions to their communities! Visit us on the Web! www.alleganyco.com/departments/office-for-the-aging

OUR MISSION Providing expert information and assistance to older people and their caregivers,

helping them to remain independent.

We have some face masks available for the older adults of Allegany County! If you need a face mask, give our office a

call at 585-268-9390.

OFFICE Anita Mattison Crystal Malota Kimberly Geffers Lynn Oyer Cherie Whitesell Elaiza Cole-Neu Erica Blake Lisa Brulotte Lyndi Scott-Loines Cara Freeman Chris O’Connor Donna Dean Karen Chamberlain Sarah Luckey Irene Dieteman Michael Freeland-DIL Stacey Remillard Peggy Corke Nancy Wilson

CENTER MANAGERS Linda Trask Magie Smith Donna Fiegl Judy Enders Barbara Welch Gail Bartas Barb Billings Becky Mattison Carrie Simmons Raelene Salmonson Eileen Kane Kristylee Davis Karen Austin Debbie Pierson

DRIVERS Paul Covert Mike McPeak Barb Root Jim Daly Dale Fanton Steve Speta James Allen Don Brown Brandon LaValley Jeannie Mead Frank Passalacqua Cameron Chamberlain Elaine Child Daniel Gates Charles Kron Tami Thorp

CENTER STAFF

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ABOUT US The Allegany County Office for the Aging has been providing expert information and assistance and service to the older Adults of Allegany County since 1975. This team provides assistance with Medicare Insurance counseling, legal assistance, transportation, volunteer opportunities, meals on wheels, congregate meals, home care, personal emergency response systems, caregiver support and much, much more!

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CAREGIVER’S CORNER


HOW TO EFFECTIVELY COMMUNICATE WITH A LOVED ONE WITH DEMENTIA 10 tips on how to effectively communicate with someone who has dementia. 1. Recognize what you’re up against. Dementia inevitably gets worse with time. People with dementia will gradually have a more difficult time understanding others, as well as communicating in general. 2. Avoid distractions. Try to find a place and time to talk when there aren’t a lot of distractions present. This allows your loved one to focus all their mental energy on the conversation. 3. Speak clearly and naturally in a warm and calm voice. Refrain from ‘baby talk’ or any other kind of condescension.

4. Refer to people by their names. Avoid pronouns like “he,” “she,” and “they” during conversation. Names are also important when greeting a loved one with dementia. For example: “Hi, Grandma. It’s me, Jeff,” is to be preferred over, “Hi. It’s me.” 5. Talk about one thing at a time. Someone with dementia may not be able to engage in the mental juggling involved in maintaining a conversation with multiple threads. 6. Use nonverbal cues. For example, maintain eye contact and smile. This helps put your loved one at ease and will facilitate understanding. And when dementia is very advanced, nonverbal communication may be the only option available. 7. Listen actively. If you don’t understand something your loved one is telling you, politely let them know. 8. Don’t quibble. Your conversations are not likely to go very far if you try to correct every inaccurate statement

your loved one makes. It’s okay to let delusions and misstatements go. 9. Have patience. Give your loved one extra time to process what you say. If you ask a question, give a moment to respond. Don’t let frustration get the better of you. 10. Understand there will be good days and bad days. While the general trend of dementia sufferers is a downward decline, people with dementia will have ups and downs just like anyone else. Office for the Aging Alzheimer’s Tele-Support Group: First Wednesday of the month. 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Third Tuesday of the month. 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Please call 585-268-9390 or toll-free 1-866-268-9390 for the confidential conference phone number specific for these groups


Contact Bill Clough to place an ad today! [email protected] or (800) 950-9952 x2635

THANK YOU TO THE COMMUNITY FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

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SAPUTO DAIRIES– FRIENDSHIP Saputo Dairies donated over 700 tubs of cottage cheese to the home delivered meals program and the Office for the Aging. Our home delivered meals drivers, volunteers and staff delivered these to people’s homes! Thank you SAPUTO DAIRIES!!

When our daily lives changed, the community we live in came to life and their generosity shined bright! Here is some insight into what has happened since March 16, 2020!

NYPENN GIRLSCOUTS NYPENN Girl Scouts donated 552 boxes of their cookies. This generous donation enabled the Office for the Aging to deliver a box of Girl Scout Cookies to eve-ryone on our Home Delivered Meals program. This sweet treat truly brightened many spirits!

EAST WIND NURSERY East Wind Nursery donated bundles of flowers to our office for our seniors during the Stay at Home order! During the cha-os, it was a bright light for many! Who doesn’t love to get flowers! Thank you East Wind for think-ing of our older adults.

GENESEE VALLEY SCHOOL & CATTARAGUS– ALLEGANY COUNTY BOCES When it was difficult to find a roll of toilet paper in the stores, these two schools came to the rescue! They both donated cas-es and cases of toilet paper for our seniors so they would not go without! Thank you for your help!

FACEMASK WARRIORS, JOAN BALL, JOANNE FAB-RIC AND STAFF! There was a time when it was very difficult to get a face mask for our drivers, volunteers, staff or any of our seniors! Facemask Warriors donated 50 home-made face masks, Joan Ball do-nated 30 home face masks. Jo-anne Fabric’s donated enough material to make 96 face masks. Some of our crafty OFA staff do-nated their time to make these and give them out to our older adults.

WALMART Walmart generously donated 18 coolers to assist with the dra-matic increase in Home Delivered Meals being delivered to older adults in our county. Thank you, Walmart!

Christie LaChance, Kathy VanEtten & other County Departments Thank you for the donation of canvas bags so we can deliver our meals on wheels to our seniors while practicing social distancing!

SPCA Serving Allegany County With an amazing collaboration, we have been able to ensure that not only our seniors are taken care of, but their pets as well! Thank you for such a great collaboration!

STILL WATER PIZZA & GRILL Dave & Anna Drury of the Still Water Pizza and Grill of Wellsville hosted a chicken BBQ with 100% of the proceeds being donated to support our Home Delivered Meals program! This event brought in $1,250 for our meals program! Thank you Still Water!

FIRST CITIZENS BANK Donated nine new rollators to our office to get out into the homes of our seniors! Thank you First Citizens Bank!


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NUTRITION DEPARTMENT


MEALS-ON-WHEELS We contract with Good Times of Olean to prepare our meals daily. We usually serve over 400 meals a day in Allegany County between Home Delivered meals and at our Congregate Luncheon centers. Our Home Delivered Meals program has had a huge increase in the number of meals we are serving. We are currently delivering about 2,600 meals a week for just Home Delivered meals! To qualify for the Home Delivered Meals, you have to be 60 + and have some limitation in preparing a well balanced meal. If you or someone you know is having a hard time fixing meals, call our office to see if home delivered meals can help. During this time, if you are 60+ and need a meal, just give us a call. The Cost is a Contribution for the Meals on Wheels program we ask for a suggested contribution of $3.00 per meal. These contributions help to sustain the nutrition program.

CONGREGATE LUNCHEON CENTERS Our Congregate Luncheon Centers are available for anyone 60+ who would like to attend. We have 9 Luncheon centers across Allegany County and each one has different activities. Currently, these sites are closed, but we are anxiously awaiting the time when you can join us at one of our sites for a wonderful lunch and great company! In 2019 we served 94,695 Meals on Wheels and 14,178 Congregate meals. We gladly accept contributions from anyone to our Meals-on-Wheels program!

WE HAVE 9 LUNCHEON CENTERS AND 23 MEALS-ON-WHEELS ROUTES!

INGREDIENTS · 1 pkg. bow-tie pasta · 1 bottle low-fat Italian dressing · 2 chopped cucumbers · 6 chopped tomatoes · 1 bunch chopped green onions · 4 ounces grated parmesan

cheese · 1 TBSP Italian Seasoning PREPARATION Cook pasta according to direction drain and rinse under cold water– then place in a large bowl. Toss vegetables and pasta together with the salad dressing. In separate small bowl mix cheese, Italian seasoning and fold into pasta salad. Cover & refrigerate!

CALLOUT SECTION Do you have a recipe that you would like to share in our next Silver Linings edition? Send your recipe into: Allegany County Office for the Aging 6085 State Route 19 N Belmont, NY 14813 Attn: Nutrition Department

SUPER EASY PASTA SALAD

INGREDIENTS · 1 lb. ground turkey– cooked &

drained · 1 cup macaroni · 2 cans minestrone soup · 1 can mixed vegetables · 1 can “rotel” tomatoes · 1 pack of taco seasoning · 1-2 cans kidney beans · 2 cups of water PREPARATION Mix all of the above together, bring to a boil, turn off hear and serve!! *****This soup is higher in sodium since it uses prepared soups and vegetable. Look for low sodium soups to reduce the sodium*****

“COWBOY” SOUP

RECIPES

VOLUNTEER CORNER


Although we highlighted those volunteers with over 15 years of service, every volunteer’s time and dedication is a contribution to our communities. We couldn’t do it without you. Thank you!

TRANSPORTATION VOLUNTEERS Our Volunteer Transportation program provides rides to older adults for medical appointments, grocery shopping, to the pharmacy, bank and OFA luncheon centers. We would like to thank Jack Carter & Sandra McKnight for 15 years of service and Albert Vossler for 22 years of service! TAX COUNSELING Every year when tax season roles around, we partner with AARP to provide Tax Counseling. Volunteers assist with filing taxes for people 60+. Thank you Bryan Caldwell for 19 years of dedication and countless hours of instruction and tax counseling! FAIR BOOTH VOLUNTEER Every year we have a fair booth at the Allegany County Fair completely manned by volunteers. Thank you for Kathryn Gilbert for 28 years of service and Gordon Grantier for 22 years of service! ADVISORY COUNCIL Our advisory council consists of older adult volunteers from all over Allegany County. Thank you to David Pullen and Gordon Grantier for 22 years of service and to Rob Riber for 20 years of service! EXERCISE LEADERS In collaboration with Ardent Solutions, Growing Stronger leaders volunteer their time to ensure older adults maintain their strength and balance. We would like to thank Lillian Lyon for 24 years of service; Barb Cronk for 23 years of service; Art VanTyne for 22 years of service; Joanne Wardner for 21 years of service; Carol Donovan, Barbara Gordon and Grace Fowler for 15 years of service!

HOME DELIVERED MEALS VOLUNTEERS We have over 120 volunteers that dedicate their time and talents to delivering meals on wheels to seniors across Allegany County! We would like to highlight their years of dedication and their contribution to their communities. Thank you Lois Lester, Melvin & Dorothy Dye for 24 years of service, Justine Weller & Albert Vossler for 22 years of service; Judith Mayhle for 21 years of service; Fred Dannheim for 19 years of service; Tom & Linda Witherell; M. Therese LeGro & Katheryn Chapman for 17 years of service and Gwen Mercer & Dale Fanton for 16 years of service. LUNCHEON SITE VOLUNTEERS We have 9 luncheon sites across Allegany County that are operated by luncheon center managers, but they would not be able to do it without the assistance of volunteers. Thank you Judy Mong & Barb Cronk for 23 years of service; Richard Kennedy for 22 years of service; Joanne Wardner for 21 years of service; Homer Doty for 17 years of service and Shirley Hackett & Grace Fowler for 15 years of service!

AROUND THE CENTER


OLDER AMERICANS MONTH This is the time we get to celebrate our older adults and everything they contribute to our communities. Our home delivered meals drivers and congregate site managers dedicate their time and talents to providing meals both in our seniors homes and in the community at our luncheon centers. We would like to pay a special thank you to all older adults who share their time and their experiences with others, provide a service and work to ensure others are served! HOME DELIVERED MEALS DRIVERS Our home delivered meals drivers don’t just deliver a meal, it is a friendly face and a daily check in for some people. During this crazy time, they have been delivering even more than that! They have taken out the donations from our community including masks, cottage cheese, flowers, toilet paper, food boxes, even cat and dog food!.

RECOGNIZING OUR HOME DELIVERED MEALS DRIVERS AND CONGREGATE SITE MANAGERS Dale Fanton has been driving meals on wheels for our office for 15 years as a paid meals on wheels driver. He even drives a volunteer route on his days off! Thank you Dale! Steven Speta has been delivering meals on wheels for our office for 12 years as a paid meals on wheels driver. Thank you Steve! James Allen has been delivering meals on wheels as a paid driver for our office for 9 years! Thank you Jim! Delivering meals on wheels for 7 years is Don & Joanne Brown; Brandon LaValley & Jeannie Mead. Delivering for 6 years is Frank Passalacqua. Delivering meals for 4 years is Cameron Chamberlain, Paul Covert & Barbara Root. Delivering meals for 3 years is James Daly & Michael McPeak. Delivering for 1 year is Doug Clayson, Dan Gates and Charlie Kron and new to our driving team is Tami Thorpe. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE

AND DEDICATION!

CONGREGATE SITE MANAGERS Our site managers are dedicated to providing a welcoming atmosphere at all nine of our congregate luncheon centers. Without their dedication and contribution, these sites within our communities would not be able to operate. Thank you Magie Smith for 21 years of service; Donna Fiegl for 17 years of service; Barb Welch for 13 years of service; Becky Mattison for 9 years of service; Deborah Pierson for 6 years of service; Kristylee Davis for 5 years of ser-vice; Karen Austin, Judith Enders, Linda Trask and Carrie Simons for 4 years of service; Gail Bartas & Ralene Salmonson for 3 years of service and Barbara Billings for 2 years of service!

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ALLEGANY COUNTY OFFICE FOR THE AGING GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGES DONATIONS IN MEMORY OR HONOR OF….

IN MEMORY: DONATED BY: Katie Hamilton Cuba Senior Citizen’s Eleanor Howe John & Eloise Spicer Margaret Ann Billings John & Eloise Spicer Marjorie Anderson John & Eloise Spicer Donald Higgins John & Eloise Spicer Marjorie ‘Betty’ McDonald Ann & Lee Gross Kenneth Irwin Jeanne Irwin Grace & Keith Knibloe Jeanne Irwin Phyllis Neu Cuba Senior Citizen’s Steve Lehman Robert & Winifred Lehman William “Scotty’ MacCrae Warren & Connie Emerson Clarence Smith 4 C’s Senior Citizens

ALLEGANY COUNTY OFFICE FOR THE AGING GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGES ….. CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS.

Philip & Kathy Sweet Betty Cary Patrick O’Connor Phyllis Rigby Theresa Ellison

Laura Norton Almond Union of Churches Mission Fund Allen & Viola Maynard Lillian Milliman

Mae Bottoms Bob & Carol Ormsby Mr. & Mrs. Hollis Otis Eastern Service, LLC Still Water Pizza & Grill

Jerry & Mary Lou Cartledge Thomas & Laura Moogan Foundation

IN MEMORY: DONATED BY: Dorothy Johnson Cuba Senior Citizen’s J. Thomas Fuoco Warren & Connie Emerson Stephen R. Talbott Warren & Connie Emerson Delores Cross Warren & Connie Emerson William Heaney Warren & Connie Emerson Clarence Smith Eva Smith & Friendship Senior Citizen’s John W. Hasper Warren & Connie Emerson IN HONOR OF: DONATED BY: Belle Wallace & Kathleen MacDonald Cuba Senior Citizen’s Fred & Peggy Pearce

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