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2A Daily News – Thursday, January 19, 2012 Community people&events Estate planning workshop series Passages is announcing its spring series of three workshops it will be hosting on Estate and Long- Term Care Planning. The first is scheduled on 10 a.m. to noon Thurs- day, Feb. 16 at CARD, 545 Vallombrosa Ave, Chico. This free workshop is co-sponsored by the Chico Area Recreation District. Reservations are required by calling 898-5923. The workshop is titled Developing a Long Term Living Plan – Steps you can take now. It will be presented by Susanne Rossi, Mountain Caregiver Resource Center director of Passages. This work- shop will highlight various actions and options that individuals and family caregivers can take to design a well-thought out and realistic plan for care as we age. Future workshops taking place at CARD are scheduled 10 a.m. to noon April 19, Medi-Cal, Veterans Benefits and Estate Plans – How they support your long term living arrangement - Steps you can take now. This workshop will be present- ed by attorneys Neil Harris and Nicole Plottel. Dis- cussion will focus on how these government pro- grams impact estate plans. From 10 a.m. to noon June 14, Inflation, Volatil- ity and Longevity – How will they impact you? – Steps you can take now. This workshop will be presented by David Green of Edward Jones, and Guerdon Ely of Ely Prudent Portfolios and will address the market realities and how they impact estate plans. More information about how to pay for long term care may be obtained by calling the Health Insurance Counseling & Advocacy Program (HICAP) of Passages, at 898-6716. SECRET WITNESS 529-1268 A program of Tehama County Neighborhood Watch Program, Inc. Setting it straight There was an error in Wednesday's front page story "Relay For Life kickoff tonight." The kickoff is at 6 tonight, Thursday, Jan. 19, at Rolling Hills Casino. 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Corning Fire Destroys New Meat Market Fire last night completely destroyed the fine new business block and home of J. L. Donnovan, proprietor of a meat market at Corning, according to reports received in Red Bluff today. — Jan. 19, 1922 Medicare covers a variety of heath care ser- vices that you can receive in the comfort and privacy of your home. These include intermit- tent skilled nursing care, physical therapy, speech-language pathology services, and occupational therapy. Such services used to be available only at a hospital or doctor's office. But they're just as effective, more convenient, and usually less expensive when you get them in your home. If you get your Medicare benefits through a Medicare Advantage health plan (instead of Original Medicare), check with the plan for details about how it provides your Medicare-covered home health benefits. To be eligible for home health services, you must be under a doctor's care and receive your services under a plan of care established and reviewed regularly by a physician. He or she also needs to certify that you need one or more home health services. In addition, you must be homebound and have a doc- Sayen tor's certification to that effect. (Being homebound means leaving your home isn't recommended because of your condition, or your condition keeps you from leaving without using a wheelchair or walker, or getting help from another person.) Also, you must get your services from a home health agency that is Medicare-approved. If you meet the criteria, Medicare pays for covered home health services for as long as you're eligible and your doctor certifies that you need them. Skilled nursing services are covered when they're given on a part-time or intermittent basis. In order for Medicare to cover such care, it must be necessary and ordered by your doctor for your specific condition. You must not need full-time nursing care. Skilled nursing services are given by either a regis- tered nurse or a licensed practical nurse under an RN's supervision. Nurses provide direct care and teach you and your caregivers about your care. Examples of skilled nursing care include: giving IV drugs, shots, or tube feedings; changing dressings; and teaching about prescription drugs or dia- betes care. Any service that could be done safely by a non-medical person (or by your- self) without the supervision of a nurse, isn't skilled nursing care. Physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech-language pathology services have to be specific, safe, and effective treatments for your condition. Before your home health care begins, the home health agency should tell you how much of your bill Medicare will pay. The agency should also tell you if any items or services they give you aren't covered by Medicare, and how much you'll have to pay for them. This should be explained by both talking with you and in writing. The agency should give you a notice called the Home Health Advance Beneficiary Notice (HHABN) before giving you services and supplies that Medicare doesn't cover. What isn't covered? Some examples: • 24-hour-a-day care at home; • Meals delivered to your home; • Homemaker services like shopping, cleaning, and laundry (when this is the only care you need, and when these services aren't related to your plan of care); • Personal care given by home health aides like bathing, dressing, and using the bathroom (when this is the only care you need). If your doctor decides you need home health care, you can choose from among the Medicare-certified agencies in your area. (However, Medicare Advantage plans may require that you get home health services only from agen- cies they contract with.) One good way to look for a home health agency is by using Medicare's "Home Health Compare" web tool, at www.medicare.gov/HHCompare. This tool lets you com- pare home health agencies by the types of services they offer and the quality of care they provide. For more details on Medicare's home health benefit, please read our booklet, "Medicare and Home Health Care." It's online at http://www.medicare.gov/publica- tions/pubs/pdf/10969.pdf. David Sayen is Medicare's regional administrator for California, Arizona, Nevada, Hawaii, and the Pacific Trust Territories. You can always get answers to your Medicare questions by calling 1-800-MEDICARE (1- 800-633-4227). K W I K K U T S Family Hair Salon $200 REGULAR HAIRCUT off with coupon Not good with other offers 1064 South Main St., Red Bluff • 529-3540 Reg. $13.95 Expires 1/31/12 Confused flowers blooming By LORNA BONHAM This weather is glorious and there are lots of flowers blooming in my garden, some expected for the season, some not expected and others just plain confused. Expected flowers are the Narcis- sus 'Paper Whites', Cyclamen, Cal- endula, Alyssum, Snapdragon and the last of the roses that have not yet been pruned. The winter blooming Euryops pectinatus is blooming as expected. There also is a summer blooming Euryops acraeus which is not blooming. The fall blooming Camellias sasanqua are just about finished as is expected. The white variety 'Set- sugekka', and the red 'Yuletide' are two in my yard. The Yultide is also on the Cone & Kimball Plaza. The spring blooming Camellias Japoni- ca will be opening soon if it stays so warm. Among the unexpected bloom- ing flowers are the annual 'Straw Flower' Bracteantha bracteats. It started blooming in June and is still putting out beautiful yellow flow- ers. I don't mind planting an annual that will last for eight months. The Petunia, which is a perenni- al, and is usually treated as an annu- al in our area, has also been bloom- ing since it was planted in June. Some have been nipped by frost but those buried in leaves are blooming away. The Ostosperman 'African Daisy', is a perennial but it is not expected to be blooming so vigor- ously all over the yard in late Janu- ary. The Gallardia 'Little Goblin' and the Daylily 'Cranberry Baby', both of which have been blooming since July, are also not supposed to be producing flowers. Now to the plant in my yard that is totally confused. The Forsythia, that is expected to bloom in Febru- ary, was in full bloom in December and is completely finished bloom- ing. It is doubtful that it will bloom again this year, because the plant starts setting buds for next year shortly after it blooms, which means it will be setting bud soon. The new buds could even freeze. That would be a shame, because it would effect next years bloom. All the blooming flowers are beautiful but rain is needed. Hope- fully, it is raining as you read this article. Red Buff Garden Club meetings are open to the public. The program on Tuesday, Jan. 31, is on Invasive Plants presented by Tehama Co. RCD For more information, see the Web page web page at www.red- bluffgardenclub.com or call 527- 4578 or 384-1913. The Red Bluff Garden Club is affiliated with National Garden Clubs Inc., California Garden Clubs Inc., Pacific Region and Cascade District. Youth leaders meet celebrity spokesman Courtesy photo Unit Commander John Minton Tehama County Young Marines and from Marine Corps League, Detachment 1140, Tehama/Red Bluff, Marines Anthony Douglas, Dan Overmeyer, Detachment Commandant Tony Tamboury and Roy Fansler. At the Young Marines National Leaders Confer- ence with Gunny R. Lee Ermey from Full Metal Jacket. Ermey is the national celebrity spokesman for the Young Marines of the Marine Corps league.