Your April 2019 AMAC Foundation Newsletter

**October 2019**

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Decorated Veteran Joins the Foundation Broadcast Team for a Cameo
Appearance!

Tuesday, August 13 was another big day for our Foundation's radio
broadcast team! We were delighted to have a guest commentator on hand to
share his thoughts on Veterans' benefits and the details our veterans
need to know to take full advantage of the benefits they've earned
through their service. Thomas Spencer, Veterans' Liaison from VITAS
Healthcare, joined us for the first of what turned out to be a
three-part overview of federal benefits programs available to Veterans.
This three-part series was broadcast on our August 19-21 daily WFAX
programs, and will be included later this year in our podcast series
available through the Foundation's website...stay tuned for details!

Thomas, who has conducted several lectures on this subject for us over
the past year, is a highly decorated veteran of multiple foreign combat
theaters and served as a liaison for elected members of both the U.S.
House of Representatives and the Senate. He also worked for the U.S.
Department of Veterans Affairs for a decade, and is incredibly
well-versed in the intricacies of government bureaucracies.

For those interested in the content of Thomas' remarks, check out a
recorded version of his presentation in our 2019 workshop series,
available on our Foundation website
. Thomas
will be appearing in our workshop schedule in the future, sharing his
insights into the benefits information our Veterans need to know.

 

"As a 22-year Army Veteran who served in Operations Desert Storm and
Iraqi Freedom, and as a Civilian Advisor to the Afghan Army in Operation
Enduring Freedom, I understand both the gravity of giving the order, and
the challenge of carrying it out."

**Allen West, U.S. Army Lt Colonel (Retired)**

 

Detail Planning Underway for "Aging at Home" Expo

Many of you are aware that we've been considering the topic of "Aging at
Home" or "Aging in Place," a topic that is growing in prominence among
older folks intent on stating put in their homes as long as they can. In
fact, as we noted in our recent website post

announcing our date for an Exposition exploring this subject, more than
90% of today's seniors favor this approach, since it tends to offer more
in the way of comfort and familiarity.

So, we've now set the date for this Expo: Wednesday, January 29, 2020.
We know that we have a fair amount of detail planning ahead of us as we
line up the exhibitors and speakers to cover what folks need to know,
what steps they need to take to achieve this goal, and what services are
available to them as they pursue the peace of mind of aging at home.
Exhibitor space will be limited, so we'll be issuing a public newspaper
announcement soon with a "Call for Exhibitors" that will enable
interested parties to indicate their interest in participating in this
venture. Watch for it in local media outlets!

As an added benefit, our specially focused expo will be complimentary to
the Lady Lake Library's annual Wellness Fair, making the day an
opportunity to do "one-stop shopping" for resources critical to your
present and future well-being. We're pleased to have the opportunity to
work alongside our colleagues at the Lady Lake Library to bring a wealth
of valuable information to our constituents!

 

Welcome, Guest Contributors!

If you've been following our weekly blog posts (and we hope that you
are!), you've seen a variety of articles and informational pieces
covering topics that our editorial staff believes are of interest to
America's Seniors. These topics have ranged from multigenerational
housing to internet security, with a host of safety tips and articles
about Social Security and Medicare as well. We even throw in somewhat
humorous topics from time-to-time, like our brief essay titled "A
'Senior Moment' Explained."

Our intent with these articles, which can be found on the Foundation
website's "Interesting Info" page, is
to simply add breadth to the content we convey to our constituency.
Lately, we've been fortunate to have "guest contributors" step forth and
offer content that we believe will help with this objective, and we
welcome these blog contributions for consideration. Here are some fairly
recent examples of contributions from guest contributors: * Comparitech
Limited, on the RoboCall issue

* Safety.com, on Smart Home issues

* Hazel Bridges, on "Aging in Community"

* Federal Communications Commission, on Phone Scams

Having ideas and information from a wide variety of sources can go a
long way toward making our website an informative tool for our readers.
We welcome contributions from subject matter experts as a valuable
addition to what we do.

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