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Do you know an Iowa centenarian? The Iowa Department on Aging wants your help to recognize them.
The Iowa Department on Aging and the state s Area Agencies on Aging are seeking nominations to celebrate Iowans who are 100 years old or older. These individuals have lived through life experiences that most of us have only read about in books or seen in movies; their strength, endurance and collective wisdom inspires us all and they deserve to be recognized in a safe way, a press release from the Iowa Department on Aging said.Â
For the program s purposes, centenarians are older adults who are living in Iowa and will be 100 or older by Dec. 31 of this year.Â
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Five of the Iowa nursing homes deemed by the government to be among the worst in the nation have met that criteria for at least two years. (Photo courtesy of the Iowa Department on Aging and Long-Term Care Ombudsman s Office)
Five of the Iowa nursing homes deemed by the government to be among the worst in the nation have met those criteria for at least two years, and one has qualified for four years, according to federal records.
The list of the nation’s worst-performing nursing homes, compiled by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, is known as the special-focus facilities list, and is updated quarterly. The special-focus facilities are those deemed by CMS to have “a history of serious quality issues” and they are enrolled in a special program that is intended to stimulate improvements in their quality of care through increased oversight.
Hy-Vee Wants Iowans Over 60 to Get Better Nutrition
Iowa Department on Aging to offer
free nutrition counseling sessions to Iowa residents ages 60 and older.
The free, 60-minute nutrition counseling sessions are limited to one per person and are conducted primarily via phone or virtually. In-person visits are available at select Hy-Vee locations. Virtual sessions are also available in Spanish. HURRY, though, free sessions are limited to the first 400 individuals.
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According to Hy-Vee s news release, counseling sessions can cover a wide range of topics, including (but not limited to): diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, food allergies, healthy shopping, cooking for one, and many more.
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