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O ur Sp o ns ors :
The Defiance
County Senior
Services Tax Levy
The Defiance
County
Commissioners
The Area Office
on Aging of
Northwest Ohio
The Defiance
County Senior
Services
Auxiliary
Generous
Donations from
people like you!!
Thank you!
Our Times Defiance County Senior Services
419-782-3233
June 2020 Week #1 update
https://www.defiance-county.com/senior-services
Email: [email protected]
CLOSED
All Defiance County Senior Services
Locations are closed until further notice.
Our staff is working daily to continue to
serve YOU!
Dear Seniors,
To say we miss you all is an understatement. We are keeping up on
all of the governor’s orders and making preparations for your
return. We don’t know when that might be at this moment. The one
thing we do know is that when you return to the centers, it will be a
bit different. This is to ensure all of our safety. Many precautions will
be in place. Yes, lots of hand sanitizing and hand washing.
Modifications to activities and we can’t forget the social
distancing. Even though this is not ideal, it will be joyous to see you
all in any circumstance. We will let you know when we will open our
doors to you again. I can’t wait. Until we see you again……
Amy and the DCSS staff!
Caring for someone with Alzheimer’s or Dementia can be even more trying with the COVID 19 Pandemic. Being isolated from family and friends can make it seem as if you are all alone. The Alzheimer’s Association and Defiance County Senior Services want you to know that you are not alone!
The Alzheimer’s Association is offering a series of webinars:
Activities at Home June 19th at 4 pm & 22nd at 2:30 pm
Healthy Living for your brain and body June 18th at 6 pm & 26th at 3 pm
Understanding Alzheimer’s and Dementia June 30th at 2 pm and 3:30 pm
Safety at home June 23rd at 5:30
Understanding and Responding to Dementia related behavior June 25th at 10am
Dementia conversations June 23rd at 1 pm
Please call The Alzheimer’s Association to register for the above webinars
1-800-272-3900
The Defiance County Senior Services Alzheimer’s support group will meet via teleconference on July 2nd at 1:30 pm. Please call Linda Pollitz at 419-419-5858
Home Delivered Meals
Our June menu will be “Cook’s Choice”
We continue to provide nutritious meals, meeting all requirements of the Area Office on Aging home delivered meal program but, due to supply shortages and substitutions we are unable to guarantee exact menu items weekly. Thank you for your patience and understanding during this trying time!
We will continue to deliver 5 frozen meals on Mondays for the near future and will notify you when we will resume hot meal delivery. We are doing this for your safety!
If you have questions or concerns, please contact:
Ginny Wiseman at 419-782-3321
2020 Ohio Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program
On May 7th the 2020 Farmers’ Market applications were sent to all seniors who applied last year. If you applied last year and are still at the same address you should have received your application.
If you have recently turned 60 or you did not apply last year; Defiance County Senior Services has applications available. You can also apply online this year at: www.areaofficeonaging.com and click ‘apply now’. If you would like us to assist you, we would be happy to do so. Please call:
Sheri Schliesser RN 419-783-4812 Linda McMahon 419-542-5004 or Sue Weller 419-782-3233
Your coupons will be different this year: they will be 2 flat pieces of security paper with 5 coupons each and will be mailed in Mid-July
You MUST count the income of everyone living in the household
Income guidelines: Household of 1 up to $23,107/yr. Household of 2 up to $31,284./yr.
Commodity Supplemental Food Program—Senior Food Boxes
The food box pick up this month will be from 1-2:30 on June 24th. Please come to the east end of the Defiance Center or the parking lot at the Hicksville location for your food box.
This is an income based program, if you need an application for this box of fruits, grains, vegetables, dairy and protein, please contact Sue Weller @ 419-782-3233.
What do you call a bear with no teeth??
A gummy bear
10# produce project
The Area Office of Northwest Ohio has notified Defiance County Senior Services that they will be sending 10# boxes of Fruits and Vegetables each month through the end of December. Our first shipment will be distributed on June 24th from 11:30 am to 2 pm in Defiance, at the east end of the building. Pick up in Hicksville from Noon—2pm in the parking lot.
These boxes are available to any senior who may need them. There is no financial qualification to be met and there is no application. The only requirement is that you or a family member or friend pick the box up. These will be distributed on a first come first serve basi.
The delivery date and arrival of the boxes varies from month to month at this time. If you would like to be notified of the delivery each month so you may pick one up please email Dennis at : [email protected]
You may use an email from a family member if you do not have one of your own.
Each month when the boxes arrive, Dennis will send you an email with the date and time of pickup.
We are excited to offer these boxes to seniors in Defiance County and thank the Area Office on Aging for the donation!
Senior Story Swap:
Memories of early childhood by Charles Lade—-When I was about 3-4 years old we lived in the country, rented, close to Ft. Kearney, Nebraska. We had no electricity or running water. Outhouse standard. One time my mom made a bowl of butter which she churned. I like butter. I ate the whole bowl! She wasn't too happy about it. My dad got permission to get the honey out of some beehive that was in a shelterbelt, trees planted in rows usually east and west to cut the wind from blowing the topsoil away that happened during the dust bowl. He cut the wires that held the honey ruining the frames to make more honey. I don't know what the owner said. But, as a result of going with them to get the honey I found out the I am very allergic to poison ivy.
For fun, my older sister and older brother and I would get the horse buggy up on a small rise and lift the traces and go down the hill into a field for a nice ride. Dangerous? Probably. But we didn't have any accidents. My brother, two years older than I, and my sister six years older, walked down the road to school. Don't know how far it was. Never went. A little while later we moved to Kansas. Where my next story will begin...
Protect yourself - and others - to stay healthy from ODA Health and Wellness Newsletter June 2020
It is important to protect yourself from illness, especially during a health pandemic. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommend these tips to stay healthy during COVID-19:
Wash your hands often. Washing your hands is the best way to protect yourself from illness and prevent the spread of infections.
Wash your hands with soap and warm water for at least 20 seconds. It is important to wash your hands after you have been in a public place, after you blow your nose, cough, sneeze, or go to the bathroom, and before you eat or drink.
If soap and water are not available, use a hand sanitizer with at least 60 percent alcohol. Cover all surfaces of your hands and rub your hands together until they feel dry.
Try to not touch your face with unwashed hands.
Limit close contact with others.
Stay away from people who are sick or who do not feel well. Try to stay about six feet away from others. Stay away from crowded places and try not to gather in large groups.
Cover your mouth and nose when around others.
Use a cloth face mask when you are in public or around others. This can help prevent the spread of illness.
Cover when cough and sneeze.
Always cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when you cough or sneeze or use the inside of your elbow. Wash your hands with soap and warm water after you cough or sneeze. Use hand sanitizer if water and soap
are not available.
Clean and disinfect
Clean AND disinfect surfaces that you touch each day. It is important to do this often. Commonly touched surfaces include tables, doorknobs, light switches, countertops, handles, desks, phones, keyboards, toilets, faucets, and sinks.
Use detergent or soap and water to clean dirty surfaces first. Then, use a household disinfectant. Most common household disinfectants will work.
Story Swap-We would love to hear from you.
We had our first submission of a story this month! Share your story!
We are starting a segment in the newsletter called “Story Swap”. This is an opportunity for you to write and share a story. We hope that this will give encouragement to others during this time that we are apart. Please feel free to share stories and memories of growing up in your community, age old lessons, childhood days, ac-tivities you did for fun, etc.
Here are some sample questions to help get you started:
1-What are some of the things you remember about your childhood best friend and what you did together?
2-What were some family traditions you observed during your early life? Do you continue any of those to-day?
3-What is one piece of advice you would give to younger generations?
4-Describe when your life took an unpredictable turn.
5-What kind of heat did your home have when growing up? Did it keep you warm? What about during the coldest winters?
6-Describe dating during your younger years. Where did you go? What did you do?
We look forward to reading your thoughts or stories and letting others read about them in the newsletter. Please email them to [email protected] or mail them in at Defiance County Senior Services, 140 East Broadway, Defiance Ohio 43512.
Word Scramble– solution
1. HE’TASRF ADY Father’s Day
2. MMISWGIN Swimming
3. PROCFEIAM NDA OSSREM’ Campfire and S’mores
4. RSUMEM Summer (sorry about the typo of ‘w’ instead of ‘u’)
5. LELABASB Baseball
6. EAUEQBRB Barbeque (sorry again for the typo)
7. CIICPN Picnic
8. OWM THE LWNA Mow the lawn
9. PNGIMAC Camping
10. ALLC A DRNFIE Call a friend
11. GDINRNAEG Gardening
12.INGDDSEW Weddings
13. HSGFINI Fishing
14. SCEIKTCR Crickets
15. BSDIR NGSGNII Birds Singing
“What did one ocean say to the other?” It didn’t say anything.
It waved!
Fishing Word Scramble
All of the scrambled words below are for words associated with fishing. Can you put the letters in the right order to spell the different words correctly?
Careful! One of the “words” is actually two words.
CAETKL
OE SHR
A C S T
CSN ELEI
CP AR
ON DP
N RK SIE
MO WR
K OHO
LPE O
ERBOBB
K LE A
T B A O
ON MWIN
AFEL JT CEIK
OLR TL