| Nursing homes not only housing option
Do you know a senior who might be safer and happier living in a different home or apartment? We're not talking about nursing homes, but a number of other housing options that are available to seniors in the Broome County area. These options include independent living apartments as well as housing that offers supervision and support. In addition to housing already available in our area, you may have seen or read about new construction or renovations in progress that are designed with seniors in mind. That's because with one in five Broome County residents being over the age of 60 -- and over 40 percent of Broome seniors being 75 and older -- senior housing is a much-needed alternative when living in your own residence is no longer desirable or feasible. Provided here are housing alternatives that are available to you as a senior, along with a brief description of what these options can provide.
Strengthened by Sanford gift
The recent announcement of a $400 million gift to Sioux Valley Health System will have far reaching benefits, including an impact here in Slayton according to Murray County Medical Center CEO, Mel Snow.
While the staff at Murray County Medical Center continues to absorb the enormity of this gift, the local community is also being educated on the larger impact. Snow is excited to be a part of the newly renamed Sanford Health and is encouraged by the vision that system leadership has implemented for the dollars.
"To be part of Sanford Health right now is extremely exciting," said Snow. "The opportunities within an integrated system that a gift like this will create for our facility and our patients will only improve the level of care that we are able to provide."
Through a variety of key initiatives, Sanford Health will address regional and national healthcare issues via an innovative, focused approach to patient care, education and research.
Philippines Determined To Create More High Paying Jobs So ...
Manila, Philippines (AHN) - Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on Saturday said her administration is determined to create more high-paying jobs locally so that "Filipino no longer need to go abroad for a job." Arroyo made the statement during the 2007 International Quest for Miss Laoag City Pamulinawen at the Centennial Arena in Laoag City, Philippines. She said she wants "overseas work to be a career of choice and not the only option" for all Filipinos. Addressing the crowd, the president said, "And what do I want to do? I want to create high-paying jobs here at home, here in the north, here in Ilocos Norte, here in Laoag. So that Filipinos no longer need to go abroad for a job. I want overseas work to be a career choice and not the only option for a talented man or a woman in search of a better life." It was not the first time that Arroyo announced her ambitious dream for the talented Filipinos.
Needlework club meeting set
CARLSBAD The Needlework Club of First Baptist Church, 112 N. Alameda St., plans to meet from 1-4 p.m. on the second and fourth Thursday of each month in the Activities Center. The public is welcome. Participants should bring their own projects and materials. Tips are shared and different types of needlework learned, such as embroidery, crochet, knitting, quilting and counted cross-stitch. For more information, call 887-1158. Bingo planned CARLSBAD VFW 8703 will be having bingo at 7 p.m. today (Feb. 8) at 1916 San Jose Blvd. Masters $7.50 and extras are $2.50. Nuclear energy safety representatives to speak CARLSBAD Michio Kubota, Nuclear Emergency Preparedness, Nagao Ogawa and Noriaki Ozawa of the Japanese Nuclear Energy Safety organization will be speaking in Carlsbad today (Feb. 8) at the Stevens Inn.
Verizon Beams Quality Message to Customer Living Rooms
NEW YORK, Feb. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Quality matters to consumers shopping for home phone service. In fact, shoppers likely to choose cable phone or voice- over-IP service drop from about half to about a third when they are informed about the astounding reliability of Verizon's custom-built network. So a new Verizon advertising campaign, called "It's On" and starting this week in broadcast and print markets nationwide, drives home the fact that Verizon completes 1.2 billion calls on an average business day with 99.99 percent success. "All calling services are not created equal, and dependability matters to customers," said Judy Verses, Verizon's senior vice president of marketing. "Competitors' alluring promotional pricing pitches gloss over the fact that Verizon's nationwide telecommunications network is more dependable, reliable and secure than many alternatives.
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