After spending 15 years researching the best ways to support people whose lives end in hospice, professor Elizabeth Bergman has advice for friends, neighbors, family members and co-workers who want to send them a final, poignant message: Mail cards, but choose them carefully.
“Please don’t send a ‘get well’ card,” pleads Bergman, chair of Ithaca College’s Gerontology Institute.
By its very definition, hospice is for patients who will not get well. Patients enter hospice when they and their medical team agree that curative measures have been exhausted. The focus shifts to comfort care, emphasizing the patient’s emotional and spiritual needs.
The Kūkā‘ilimoku is the official e-newsletter of the 154th Wing, Hawaii Air National Guard. The first issue came in September 1957 and continues as a monthly newsletter today.
Today we feature the October 1990 Kūkā‘ilimoku issue. This issue includes the following stories:
* HIANG Golf Tournament Success
* Non-Pay Retirees get Exchange benefits
* Promotions: including Sereheyo Calma, Stanley Souza, Dawn James
* CAMS News & Views: lots of familiar names
* RMS Round-up: retirements,
* Family Support Group established
* 154th Composite Group goals
From the U.S. News & World Report website
If you’re getting ready to apply for Social Security benefits, spending some time gathering the paperwork you’ll need can help streamline the process. You’ll be able to readily provide the information requested when filling out a Social Security application. The Social Security Administration will need to verify the year you were born, for instance, along with proof of your U.S. citizenship and identity.
Gather these documents before you apply for Social Security:
This undated photograph shows the Hawai‘i National Guard senior leaders. From L-R: Col John “Saigon” Lee, Commander, 154th Composite Group; MG Alexis Lum, Adjutant General; Brig. Gen. Edward Richardson, Commander, Hawai‘i Air National Guard, and Brig, Gen. Kenji Sumida, Chief of Staff, Hawai‘i Air National Guard.
There’s no avoiding it: We all get older. But there are things you can do to slow the aging process. These 12 tips can help.
The Kūkā‘ilimoku is the official e-newsletter of the 154th Wing, Hawai’i Air National Guard. The first issue came in September 1957 and continues as a monthly newsletter today.
Today we feature the October 1958 Kūkā‘ilimoku issue. This issue includes the following stories:
* 1960 NGAUS Conference in Honolulu
* New Fighter Pilots Transfer to the 199th Fighter Interceptor Squadron
Review the entire October 1958 Kūkā‘ilimoku issue
Familiar names this issue: Toshiyuki Watabayashi, Melvin Souza
Congress has made a move to head off a potential premium spike for some Medicare beneficiaries.
As part of a short-term government funding bill passed by the Senate on Wednesday and signed by President Trump, any increase in Medicare Part B premiums for 2021 would be capped at 25% of what it otherwise would be for 2021.
Off the Hawaii Adjutant General’s Facebook page
The Hawai‘i Army National Guard (HIARNG) officially welcomed the newest member to its Ohana on Tuesday, October 6, 2020 at the Kalaeloa, Army Aviation Support Facility. The C-12U Huron parked just outside the hangar while the socially distanced attendees, all four of the official party, sat inside. Kahu Kordell Kekoa was on-hand to bless the new and only fixed wing asset in the HIARNG.
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The keynote speaker was Chief Warrant Officer 5 Charles “Gus” Gustafson
From the U.S. News & World Report website
The United States is getting older. About 1.5 million Americans now live in assisted living facilities and nursing homes, a number that has risen by more than 200 times since the 1960s and doubled in the past two decades, according to The Senior List. And experts predict that the number of seniors in the U.S. is only going to increase.
Finding a place to care for the elderly is not an easy task. There is a lot to consider, and cost is at or near the top of most families’ list of concerns. Because demand is greater than supply of rooms for nursing or assisted living care – especially at the most desirable and best rated facilities – many have waiting lists. Often, those lists require a deposit to hold a place in line.
Here’s what you need to know about assisted living waiting lists.
Good slide show at the end of this article explaining the types of rooms in assisted living
The Kūkā‘ilimoku is the official e-newsletter of the 154th Wing, Hawaii Air National Guard. The first issue came in September 1957 and continues as a monthly newsletter today.
Today we feature the October 1966 Kūkā‘ilimoku issue. This issue includes the following stories:
* Hawaii National Guard Commendation Medal presentations
* Supply Squadron news: Alfredo Canopin, Douglas Abe, Ron Izutsu and Gilbert Kaneshiro promoted
* CAMRON Briefs: inclues Raymond Loo
Medicare’s annual open enrollment period begins Oct. 15 and, given the COVID-19 pandemic, financial planners are urging beneficiaries to review and choose the plan that best suits their health care needs.
By way of background, Medicare health and drug plans can make changes to costs, coverage, and providers and pharmacies in their networks each year, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS). And Oct. 15 to Dec. 7 is the period when all people with Medicare can change their Medicare health plans and prescription drug coverage for the following year.
So, what do you need to consider before open enrollment starts?
Off the Hawaii Air National Guard Facebook page
The Hawaii Air National Guard performed a unique in-air Change of Command ceremony as Lt. Col. Kelly Church assumed command of the 203rd Air Refueling Squadron from Lt. Col. Scott Oka during an in-air position change with the KC-135 Stratotankers they were respectively flying. During the in-air ceremony, Oka allowed his plane to drop back while Church took the lead representing the passing of command from one commander to the next. The Change of Command ceremony came on the tail-end of a regularly scheduled training sortie.
Surveys show that most people would prefer to grow older, and even die, in their own home. This desire isn’t hard to understand.
While you may have already downsized to a more manageable home or condo, you won’t have to move again, which is emotionally straining, physically taxing and can be financially cumbersome. Aging in place also lets you remain in your familiar surroundings, close to friends and possibly family. And there are other advantages.
But there’s a flip side to aging in place that needs to be weighed:
Air Force Dress and Appearance. The Air Force recently revised Air Force Instruction 36-2903, “Dress and Personal Appearance of Air Force Personnel”. For more mature retirees, this directive was known as AFR 35-10 when we served.
One of the interesting changes will allow Air Force name tapes to include accent marks and hyphens. Hopefully this change will allow ʻokino and kahakō diacritical marks. Learn more about the changes included in this update. Click here if want to see the entire new instruction.
Burial at Sea. Any military veteran, including those from the United States Public Health Service, may be buried at sea. John “JC” Chun sent in this link about burial at sea.
VA completes digitization of archived Vietnam-era deck logs. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced completion of an interagency effort with the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) to digitize declassified deck logs to process claims faster for eligible Vietnam-era Veterans. Continue reading
Military Times 2020 Installation Guide. Military Times has published an updated Installation Guide for 2020, offering a comprehensive look at Defense Department bases around the world
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