Caring Respecting Connecting Preserving

Advisor April 2015

The CosT of CAregivingStudies are reporting that 39% of all Americans are

caring for a sick or disabled family member. That is nearly 10 million adult children over the age of 50 in the United States care for their aging parents. These family caregivers are providing care at a time when they are themselves aging and need to be planning and saving for their own retirement. A MetLife study that considered the impact of caregiving on the earnings and lifetime wealth of these adult children is eye opening.

The study found that the number of adult children providing personal care and/or financial assistance to a parent has more than tripled over the past 15 years. The financial impact on these family caregivers, including lost wages, pension, and Social Security benefits, is nearly $3 trillion. These same adult children who work outside of the home and provide care to a parent are more likely to have fair or poor health issues than those who do not provide care to their parents.

A previous study estimated the cost to U.S. employers who must make workplace accommodations for their full-time employees who have caregiving responsibilities to be $33.6 billion a year. These costs

include absenteeism, workday interruptions, unpaid leave, reducing hours from full to part-time, replacing employees, and supervisory time.

Obviously there are significant costs associated with caregiving. No caregiver, whether adult child or elderly spouse, should feel that they are alone. We here at The Senior Hub understand the stress, guilt and pain that families experience as their loved ones age. That is why we are here. We can provide Meals on Wheels, Homecare professionals who can cook, clean and help with everyday living skills and provide a trusted individual who can give a caregiver a break. Our Senior Solutions program can offer information and referrals to help solve problems for elders and their families. And the Adult Day service can provide a safe place during the day that offers participants exercise, companionship and interactive programming to strengthen older adults minds and bodies while family members work or take some time off to tend to their own needs.

Providing support that allows older adults to live as independently as possible is still the most compassionate and the least costly option available for them. It is through donations that The Senior

Hub is able to provide services at free or reduced rates for some of the most needy elders living in your communities. If you are a caregiver and need help, please call. If you are a caring community member and would like to support our mission, please call or go online to www.seniorhub.org to make a donation. And if you are interested in volunteering we’d love to have the help. For more information, call 303-426-4408.

“Together We Are Making a Difference”.

Can YOU lend a hand?Please complete this form and mail

along with your donation to:The Senior Hub, 2360 W. 90th Ave.,

Federal Heights, CO 80260

You can also donate online atwww.seniorhub.org

Please join us in our mission to care for those who need your

helping hands and caring hearts.

303-426-4408

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DeliCious Deliveries ProviDe gooD nuTriTion for A sPeeDy reCovery

After a lengthy stay in the hospital or rehabilitation center, good nutrition is essential for your recovery. What you eat after surgery affects your well-being. If you don’t eat enough of the right foods, you will become tired and less able to take care of yourself.

It doesn’t matter if you’ve had a joint replaced; a hysterectomy or a bypass operation, the body requires extra nutrients to heal. On average, a person can expect to lose 5 to 10 percent of total body weight after surgery. Your body burns an extra 300-600 calories a day just trying to recover. Couple these facts with a persons’ reduced ability to

get themselves to the grocery store or prepare themselves even simple meals and it could be a potential disaster in the recovery process.

Not only is just getting food more difficult but often times after surgery, drugs, fatigue and complications can make eating unappealing. The mouth and throat can be sore or dry, medicine can make food taste metallic, and even the sense of smell can be diminished.

The Senior Hub Meals on Wheels Delicious Deliveries program offers a delivered meal prepared by local restaurants that will meet your nutritional needs while satisfying your changing tastes during recovery. This program is open to all ages and income brackets in the Adams County communities served by our Meals on Wheels program. It is available up to 7 days a week and only costs $7.75 per meal plus tax. For more information please call Amanda DeBock at 303-426-4408 today.

A Meal Delivery Program with No Age Requirements!

Available 7 Days a Week Pre-Planned Menu Prepared by Local Restaurants

Great for After Hospital Stays

Low cost of $7.75 + tax per meal Other meals may be available

depending on eligibility 303-426-4408 / www.seniorhub.org

Delicious Deliveries

senior soluTions CAn helP you!Each year The Senior Hub’s Senior

Solutions Program assists more than 4,000 seniors and their families. Providing assistance with general Information & Referrals, visits to the Food Pantry and the lending of Medical Equipment for free.

If you have questions regarding any issue related to aging feel free to contact Judy Gibson or Jessica Gonzalez at 303-426-4408 today. Let us help you and your family find the SOLUTIONS you need.

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Caring Respecting Connecting Preserving

Advisor April 2015

HOW TO PLAY GOLF AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

On July 23, 2015 we hope to have 120+ golfers joining us at the Riverdale Dunes Golf Course just west of Brighton. This charity tournament is celebrating 25 Years of Support from the Adams County Commissioners’ as a benefit for The Senior Hub. Each year this tournament helps raise over $20,000 that is used to assist the elderly living throughout Adams County. Today many of our programs provide assistance to seniors and their families as far east as Deer Trail and across the Denver Metro Area.A special thanks goes out to the Denver Mart

and Rocky’s Auto who have been ongoing Gold Sponsors of this event the last eight of those 25 years. Come out! Join us for a beautiful day in Colorado! Help us make a difference for the older adults that are served by The Senior Hub.

Call 303-426-4408 or visit our web site at www.seniorhub.org for more information.

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THE SENIOR Hub PET/VET PROGRAM

We have been very fortunate that a couple of

Foundations have been supporting our Urgent

Veterinary Care component of our Homecare services. This program assists seniors ($250 max) with their responsibilities to their four legged furry friends. Duties that become increasingly difficult to perform as pet owners become older. This funding will respond to the needs of our

clients who are homebound, often low-income, older adult pet owners. Their sole companionship may be that provided by a loved pet. When a non-routine health concern for a pet arises, these animals are often not treated in a timely manner due to the financial status of their owners. Concerns include failure to thrive, inability or unwillingness to eat, and limping or inability to walk. Older adult pet owners often hesitate to perform necessary grooming tasks because they can no longer accomplish them, or because they are unable to

pay for grooming or transportation to grooming

services. When low-income pet owners do not

provide needed veterinary care or grooming, their

pets may suffer or even be removed from their

homes. This deprives individuals of what is perhaps

their only companion, and creates worry over the

fate of their beloved pet.

Providing low-income seniors with the financial

ability to provide needed care for their pets

improves pets’ well-being and enhances their

own lives by enabling them to keep their animal

companions at home. Please call 720-859-2248 and

speak with Linda Rinelli for more specifics as to how

this program can help seniors and their pets here in

our service area. (Remember, funding is limited).

Donate your used car, van, truck, boat with a trailer, or recreational vehicle to Meals On Wheels Association of America, seven days a week, 24 hours a day. It’s easy and the proceeds from the sale of your donated vehicle(s) at auction will allow The Senior Hub Meals on Wheels program to continue to serve nutritious meals, perform safety checks and protect the health, well-being and independence of the homebound elderly citizens in your community.We accept any vehicles regardless of age and condition!

Please have your title in hand and call us at 1-888-MOW-KAR1, (1-888-669-5271) and one of our friendly operators will assist you. Be sure to mention that you’d like The Senior Hub Meals on Wheels program to benefit from your kind support.

DONATE YOuR OLD WHEELS TO SuPPORT MEALS ON WHEELS

HOMECARE SERVICES Professional Caregiving Meal Prep Light Housekeeping Personal Hygiene Care Caregiver Support Groups

ADULT DAY SERVICE Safe, Friendly Environment Alzheimer’s / Dementia Expertise Caring / Compassionate / Professional Staff Physical & Social Stimulation

SENIOR SOLUTIONS Food Pantry Information & Referral Minor Home Repair Referrals Medical Equipment Lending MEALS on WHEELS Home delivery to your door

2 meal choices - VOA / Delicious Deliveries

RURAL MEALS on WHEELS Delivering along I-70 - Strasburg / Bennett / Watkins and Deer Trail

RSVP VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES Matching 55+ individuals with volunteer positions Over 60 work sites to choose from

Call 303-426-4408 for more information about services in your area Non-profit / State Certified / Medicaid approved / Bonded & Insured