Show m ' 4C Ogden Standard-Examin- Thursday May 24 1984 er - ' Anniversary Medicare won’t pay A v secondary services By THE UCLAUSC LONG TERM CARE GERONTOLOGY CENTER On Aging The Washington Post Q My mother (age 81) is recovering from surgery and initially required the services of a physical therapist and home-healt- h aide She no longer needs physical therapy but I’ve been told that without the therapist coming in Medicare won’t pay for a home-healt- h aide It seems like Mom is being penalized for getting better Can you explain? A Your mother is faced with individual can not without assistance provide for food shelter clothing or fraud-protecti- on needs To make its own observation of the person’s physicalmental state the court usually requires the presence of the referred person at a formal hearing if he or she is able to appear Once appointed the guardian has the re- sponsibility to manage financial matters efficiently make appliTo receive Medicare home-healt- h cations for all benefits to which benefits a patient must the person may be eligible and ensure that the person is in need at least one of three primary-skilled services — nursing healthful surroundings receiving required and essential medical physical therapy or speech theracare The court monitors the py If at least one of these services guardian by requiring periodic one of the most controversial aspects of Medicare: skilled care is needed Medicare will also pay for additional medical social serservices vices occupational therapy and medical supplies and equipment Medicare will not pay for these secondary services (except occuhome-health-ai- de pational therapy) after the mary pri- been has service discontinued When your mother recovered to the point that she no longer her needed physical therapy care was considered unskilled by Medicare because it could be perperformed by a son Unskilled care is not reimbursed by Medicare therefore visits were no covered longer It is the responsibility of the non-medic- al home-health-ai- de David & Mildred Anderson David & Mildred Anderson David and Mildred Anderson will be honored Sunday on the occasion of their 60th wedding A relative or friend should anniversary contact a private attorney to iniThey will greet family and tiate the guardianship process If friends from 3:30 pm until 6:30 there is no relative or friend pm at the home of their daughMr and Mrs available some states have pub- ter and lic agencies that will assume Roger Forsberg 3996 N 800 guardianship responsibilities West Pleasant View reports which detail the financial status of the estate son-in-la- w For further information contact It is requested that gifts be your local bar association or an omiticd agency that serves the elderly The couple were married May 28 1924 in the Logan LDS Q Several months ago “60 Temple Minutes” featured a She was bom Jan 31 1904 in program by and for older Bothwell a daughter of Heber people I found the idea fascinat- and Frances Andersen Stokes ing How does one become a He was born on July 22 1897 peer counselor? How can I find in Samaria Idaho the son of out if there are such programs in David H and Maria Morse AnTexas? derson A The organization featured on “60 Minutes” was the Senior He taught school in Southern Health and Peer Counseling Idaho and Northern Utah for 40 peer-counseli- ng health professionals from your mother’s home-healt- h agency to a help her develop plan of care before she is discharged from Center (SHPCC) in Santa Monitheir services This will include ca Calif SHPCC is viewed as a n helping to identify and teach a national model for n and person who will assist your older services to mother in home exercise and people In most programs peer counpersonal care The person might selors are 55 years of age and be a family member or homeemolder There are usually no edumaker whom your mother ploys If your mother’s income is cational requirements What is limited she might be eligible for important is that the counselors a homemaker-chor- e person be warm and caring people who Medicaid state respect viewpoints different through your from their own program After acceptance in the proIf your mother is not being adwith planning gram the would-b- e counselors equately helped for discharge from the home-healt- h participate in a series of training sessions Training includes both agency contact the direclectures and practice among tor of the agency group members The sessions focus on enhancing the trainee’s Q I have been helping an elderly neighbor with cooking ability to relate to others increasing listening and problemcleaning and paying utility bills Her roof leaks and the furnace is solving skills promoting broken I don’t have legal aueducating the trainee thority to take care of every- about health and aging and prething and I was told to get her a paring the person to participate guardian What is a guardian in supportive mental-healt- h and how do you get one? counseling and health education Counselors are usually asked A Obtaining a guardian for an individual entails a legal process to make a commitment to the set forth in each state’s probate program for a designated period code These laws are written to of time This may include counallow for the appointment of a seling record keeping supervitraining and person or agency to care for an sion individual and protect his or her individual projects Many who property A guardian usually become peer counselors find it takes control of all finances valuable and rewarding The concept of senior peer property and other valuables with the added authority to counseling is relatively new Proplace the person in the most ap- grams around the country are in different stages of development propriate living arrangement Since a guardian can have such Contact your state department complete authority over the in- on aging or local agency on agdividual and his or her estate ing to find out if a the courts require proof that the program exists in your area disease-preventio- health-promotio- years He retired from the Weber County School District in 1962 Before his marriage he served in the US Navy during World War II They have been active members of the LDS Church all of their lives serving in various leadership positions and many other capacities He also served for over 20 years as a scoutmaster and scout leader The Anderson’s have one son and four daughters Deverl H Anderson Brigham City Faye Price and Myrna Christianson both of North Ogden Melba Winzeler Tremonton Francy Forsberg Pleasant View 18 grandchildren and 18 self-developm- ent in-servi- MUTTON o At&MilD) IP® IRC ©M ce Don the red white and blue with us during our special activities Saturday May 26 NOON- - Marine color Guard Ceremony peer-counseli- ng New 12:15 PM Ogden City eyeglasses Thechangeable frame and lenses If you are say a basketball player who is sensi- tive to bright light you might be lugging around glasses for dis- tance and for reading (or perhaps a pair of bifocals) prescription sunglasses and sports glasses Even if you do not fit that description the Logo Ten eyeglass frame could solve the problem of multiple pairs of spectacles The Logo Ten developed by Logo Paris Inc of Novato Calif is designed to hold interchangeable sets of lenses Mall recognition presentation to Hill Air Force use a mounting device similar to a “bayonet mount” used in cameras to allow quick lens changes Logo Ten comes with a choice of 10 types of lenses including bifocals sunglasses and specialty lenses used by jewelers and middle-age- d Base PM Child fingerprinting and police combat jiO doctors The frames come in three combinations of gold and silver and in two shapes pilot and square For information write Logo weapon display Have your 'Mug Shot' taken by the Explorer Scouts Paris 35 Leveroni Court Novato Calif 94947 or call (800) 556-LOG- O Look to us for FREE AMERICAN SCHOOL'S OUT! 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