Flu shot clinic will be Oct. 18 at Senior Center
By
Suzanne Hopkins-
Flu shot clinic
The Highland County Health Department will be giving flu shots at the Senior Center on Monday, Oct. 18 from 3-6 p.m.
This vaccine is effective against two Influenza Type A strains and Type B flu. Cost is $20, and they can bill Medicare Part B, Ohio Medicaid and all Medicare Supplements. Pneumonia vaccine is also available.
Everyone over 65, and all those who smoke, have asthma or other upper respiratory conditions such as COPD or bronchitis should get the pneumonia vaccine. Cost is $50 and like the flu shot, Medicare Part B, Medicare Supplements and Medicaid can be billed. According to a recent Time report, there is evidence that getting a flu vaccine cannot only ward off chills and fever, but may lower your risk of a first heart attack by 19 percent. It was also reported that people who were immunized early in the season – September to November – enjoyed nearly twice the reduction in heart attack risk.
Help for senior job seekers: SCSEP provides training
For the first time, there are more older workers than teens in the nation’s workforce, and seniors now are overrepresented in low-income jobs normally associated with teens. In 2008, workers 55 and older represented 18 percent of the workforce and younger workers only 14 percent.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Employment Projections: 2008-18 report, the number of workers over 55 is expected to increase by 43 percent, or 12 million people, by 2018. At that time, they will make up 24 percent of the work force.
Older adults have been hard hit by the current economy. Many unemployed older workers cannot just retire because they cannot afford to and they need company health insurance. Health insurance is a key factor in whether or not people feel they can retire, according to the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) in Washington.
The Senior Community Services Employment Program (SCSEP) provides the work experience and training necessary to bring a segment of the population that has been largely discounted back into the workforce. Authorized by the Older Americans Act, the program provides subsidized, service-based training for low-income persons 55 or older who are unemployed and have poor employment prospects. These are people who want and need to work.
Participants work an average 20-hour week and the program pays them the higher of federal, state or local minimum wage. They are placed in a wide variety of community service activities at non-profit and public facilities including day-care centers, senior centers, schools, police stations and hospitals. SCSEP’s goal is to place 30 percent of its authorized positions into unsubsidized employment annually.
Ohio’s SCSEPs will serve approximately 5,300 Ohio seniors and provide an estimated 5.29 million hours of community service work. As a result of SCSEPs in Ohio, an anticipated 1,600 Ohio seniors are projected to be placed in regular employment in SFY 2011.
The program is available in all 88 Ohio counties. The local provider is Mature Services, Inc. and the project coordinator is Sally Orlando.
For more information, call Mature Services at (937) 840-0055, or pick up an application at the Hi-TEC Center, 1575 N. High Street, Hillsboro.[[In-content Ad]]
The Highland County Health Department will be giving flu shots at the Senior Center on Monday, Oct. 18 from 3-6 p.m.
This vaccine is effective against two Influenza Type A strains and Type B flu. Cost is $20, and they can bill Medicare Part B, Ohio Medicaid and all Medicare Supplements. Pneumonia vaccine is also available.
Everyone over 65, and all those who smoke, have asthma or other upper respiratory conditions such as COPD or bronchitis should get the pneumonia vaccine. Cost is $50 and like the flu shot, Medicare Part B, Medicare Supplements and Medicaid can be billed. According to a recent Time report, there is evidence that getting a flu vaccine cannot only ward off chills and fever, but may lower your risk of a first heart attack by 19 percent. It was also reported that people who were immunized early in the season – September to November – enjoyed nearly twice the reduction in heart attack risk.
Help for senior job seekers: SCSEP provides training
For the first time, there are more older workers than teens in the nation’s workforce, and seniors now are overrepresented in low-income jobs normally associated with teens. In 2008, workers 55 and older represented 18 percent of the workforce and younger workers only 14 percent.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Employment Projections: 2008-18 report, the number of workers over 55 is expected to increase by 43 percent, or 12 million people, by 2018. At that time, they will make up 24 percent of the work force.
Older adults have been hard hit by the current economy. Many unemployed older workers cannot just retire because they cannot afford to and they need company health insurance. Health insurance is a key factor in whether or not people feel they can retire, according to the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) in Washington.
The Senior Community Services Employment Program (SCSEP) provides the work experience and training necessary to bring a segment of the population that has been largely discounted back into the workforce. Authorized by the Older Americans Act, the program provides subsidized, service-based training for low-income persons 55 or older who are unemployed and have poor employment prospects. These are people who want and need to work.
Participants work an average 20-hour week and the program pays them the higher of federal, state or local minimum wage. They are placed in a wide variety of community service activities at non-profit and public facilities including day-care centers, senior centers, schools, police stations and hospitals. SCSEP’s goal is to place 30 percent of its authorized positions into unsubsidized employment annually.
Ohio’s SCSEPs will serve approximately 5,300 Ohio seniors and provide an estimated 5.29 million hours of community service work. As a result of SCSEPs in Ohio, an anticipated 1,600 Ohio seniors are projected to be placed in regular employment in SFY 2011.
The program is available in all 88 Ohio counties. The local provider is Mature Services, Inc. and the project coordinator is Sally Orlando.
For more information, call Mature Services at (937) 840-0055, or pick up an application at the Hi-TEC Center, 1575 N. High Street, Hillsboro.[[In-content Ad]]