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Behind the Scenes with a Home-Delivered Meals Driver
Lisa Musmecci, one of MVES' 30 home-delivered meals drivers, plays her part in delivering 1,600 meals to local elders every day.
Musmecci watched an MVES home-delivered meals driver bring food and a friendly hello to her neighbor and thought, 'I'd like to do that!'
Musmecci applied and has now been a driver for the past year and a half! She tells us about her experiences in this issue's Behind The
Scenes article.
Editor: What's a typical day like for you?
Musmecci: I come to MVES' Malden office to prepare for my deliveries in the morning. Each day we get a list of elders,
their addresses, and the type of meal that they will receive. Our caterer will have already delivered the meals to the office earlier in the morning,
so I go and count out the different types of meals that I'll need for the day. I load up my car and then hit the road, delivering meals to all
of the elders on my route. I have one of seven Malden routes.
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Dealing With Hearing Loss
Hearing loss can be frustrating. It can make it hard to understand and follow a
doctor’s advice, to respond to warnings and to hear doorbells and alarms. Not being able to follow a conversation can also make you feel left
out and alone—especially during the holidays, when families and friends gather for dinners and other parties. When many people talk at the
same time, it’s hard for those with hearing loss to understand what people are saying. But there are ways to treat hearing loss. The most
common is to wear a hearing aid.
Hearing loss happens for many reasons. Some people lose their hearing slowly as they age.
In fact, hearing loss is one of the most common conditions affecting older adults. According to a 2003 study, hearing loss is the third most common
chronic illness in older Americans, behind high blood pressure and arthritis. Roughly 1 in 3 people between the ages of 65 and 74 and nearly half of
those 75 and older have hearing loss.
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Sing, Swing, and Support The Gap
Fund!
"Don’t sit under the
apple tree with anyone else but me, anyone else but me, anyone else but me…No, no, no, don’t sit under the apple tree with anyone else
but me, ‘til I come marching home!” It’s hard not to tap your foot or hum along to the familiar tune, isn’t it? Come
enjoy this and many other Andrews Sisters’ songs that you’ll want to sing along with at MVES’ third annual spring theatre
benefit.
On Saturday, April 12, at 8 p.m. MVES’ event sponsors and guests will gather at Stoneham Theatre to
enjoy a performance of Sisters of Swing, The Andrews Sisters Story. Net proceeds from sponsorships and general ticket sales will benefit the MVES Gap
Fund, a $1 million endowment being established to help elders who fall just outside the guidelines for government-funded home care.
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From Executive Director Dan O'Leary
Everyone says they want to make a difference. On Tuesday, February 5, 2008, you
can.
I am not talking about giving up your job and leaving your family behind to travel to a war-torn part of the globe to
help orphans, or donating thousands of dollars to "find the cure," or even resolving to regularly let someone make a
left hand turn at the corner stoplight. No, it is much more personal and probably one of the most important things that you will do all day on
February 5; that is, cast a vote for President of the United States.
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When The Mail Pours In And Piles
Up
Question: My mother is 86 and quite
healthy. She lives in her own home, and with a little assistance from my sister and me, she enjoys an independent life. There is one major concern,
however, that seems to be getting worse. We notice that she piles her mail on the kitchen table and doesn’t open it very often. There have
been bills and checks that go unopened. She is very cognitive, but when we ask her why she doesn’t open the mail, she says she gets too much
junk mail and it takes too long to go through it all. Would you suggest some way to help her?
Answer: It is certainly understandable how your mother can hate junk
mail. We all seem to be inundated with useless mail lately. However, as you intimate, your mother’s mail must be tended to frequently so that
the important mail is opened. Many elders run into credit problems when they fail to pay bills because statements get overlooked.
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