By JUDY SIELAFF For The Daily News KINGSFORD — The furnaces are humming their sweet melodies, bringing warmth to our hearts as the air cools. The chill doesn’t keep Golden K members away on Monday morning. Everyone arrives with a warm smile on their face as they catch up with one ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In an ongoing commitment to serve the public more efficiently, local Social Security offices are expanding appointment-based services. By scheduling appointments, the offices will aim to reduce wait times, streamline service delivery and improve the overall customer experience. Nearly 400 field offices have already moved to appointment-based service this year. These offices have seen significant improvements in wait times due to more efficient and helpful visitor experiences and increases in the number of customers able to complete their business online. They ...
MARQUETTE — The Dementia Caregiving Series, a three-part online program designed for caregivers of people with dementia, will take place via Zoom from 2 to 3 p.m. Eastern time on Wednesdays from Dec. 4 through Dec. 18. The three online sessions will provide participants with basic information about dementia and its effect on brain function, how to communicate more effectively with someone who has dementia, recognizing stages of dementia, how to provide meaningful daily activities based on the interests and abilities of the person with dementia, how to better understand and address ...
NIAGARA, Wis. — We all have certain hopes and dreams about how our lives will turn out, and no one lives to old age without learning that those hopes and dreams are not always realized. Our hopes may extend beyond our own lives to the times in which we live. For example, we may have had hopes about the results of our recent election. We did our part by voting, but maybe our candidate of choice did not garner enough support from the rest of the country. Now we may be left with not only the disappointment of a lost election, but feelings of uncertainty over what the future may hold for ...
MARQUETTE — Dementia Caregiving Series, a three-part online program designed for caregivers of people with dementia, will take place via Zoom from 2 to 3 p.m. Eastern time on Wednesdays Dec. 4 through Dec. 18. The three online sessions will provide participants with basic information about dementia and its impact on brain function, how to communicate more effectively with someone who has dementia, recognizing stages of dementia, how to provide meaningful daily activities based on the interests and abilities of the person with dementia, how to better understand and address ...
NIAGARA, Wis — The title of today’s column is most likely familiar to everyone. I am sure we grew up hearing it; whenever we were disappointed with an event in our lives, this was the advice given by our parents. And I am sure most of us repeated it to our own children. No one has a life free of problems and challenges so it is important to learn how to deal with them. If we do not learn how to make that proverbial lemonade, we run the risk of allowing life’s challenges to get the best of us. But, as we all know, accomplishing this is much easier said than done. I think we can ...
