By Tony Saavedra | [email protected] | Orange County RegisterPUBLISHED: September 23, 2018 at 10:35 am | UPDATED: September 25, 2018 at 9:04 am Love landed Elinor Frerichs in a secured facility for people with dementia. Twelve days after the death of her husband, 95-year-old Frerichs married a friend 26 years her junior, a man who watched the same TV shows and made her feel “happier than ever.” But shortly after saying “I do,” Frerichs was placed under a court conservatorship at the recommendation of a psychologist and Adult Protective Services. She was hospitalized and her marriage was annulled — partly to shield her estate, estimated at $1 million. Despite concerns over her mental capacity, Frerichs appeared lucid in a transcript of a rare visit with friends, vowing, “I’m not going to sit there and rot and die in that damn room.” She also had a few words for her conservator: “You are a bastard if I ever met one. Somehow, … [Read more...] about Money-draining probate system ‘like a plague on our senior citizens’
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California’s money-draining probate system ‘like a plague on our senior citizens’
By Tony Saavedra | Southern California News Group PUBLISHED: September 24, 2018 at 10:44 am | UPDATED: September 24, 2018 at 10:46 am Love landed Elinor Frerichs in a secured facility for people with dementia. Twelve days after the death of her husband, 95-year-old Frerichs married a friend 26 years her junior, a man who watched the same TV shows and made her feel “happier than ever.” But shortly after saying “I do,” Frerichs was placed under a court conservatorship at the recommendation of a psychologist and Adult Protective Services. She was hospitalized and her marriage was annulled — partly to shield her estate, estimated at $1 million. Despite concerns over her mental capacity, Frerichs appeared lucid in a transcript of a rare visit with friends, vowing, “I’m not going to sit there and rot and die in that damn room.” She also had a few words for her conservator: “You are a bastard if I ever met one. Somehow, I’m going … [Read more...] about California’s money-draining probate system ‘like a plague on our senior citizens’
Retired Lakeland officer raising money for Lake Morton Plaza’s displaced senior citizens
LAKELAND, Fla. — Lakeland senior citizens are out of a home and now out of food.It’s been nearly a week since a fire forced more than 100 seniors out a Lakeland assisted living facility.Still, residents haven’t been able to return to Lake Morton Plaza.Now, a retired Lakeland Police Officer is doing the best he can to help them.Alex Gomez, who recently retired, is now collecting gift cards to help replenish their groceries.“They explained to me they had to shut the power off, so a bunch of the residents lost their food,” Gomez said.A fire started on the roof of Lake Morton Plaza last week, and while flames never threatened residents, smoke did fill the entire building. Residents are being housed at sister assisted living facilities and/or their family’s homes. When the retired officer, Alex Gomez heard about Lake Morton Plaza going up in flames, he had to jump in to help.“20 years in the City of Lakeland, I had to jump in and see … [Read more...] about Retired Lakeland officer raising money for Lake Morton Plaza’s displaced senior citizens
Students, senior citizens learning from one another [photos]
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Gallery: Students, senior citizens learning from one another Taylor Hurst draws the shape of a heart with a black marker in the center of a sheet of paper. As Calen Singgo takes a small, round robot — called an Ozobot — and places it at the bottom of the heart, he turns to Bobbie Blackshear and tells her to watch, which she does as the robot traces the marker line, following the shape of the heart. Two of the group members, who are programming the small robots to trace shapes and then recreate them on electronic tablets, are rising fifth-graders at Red Bank Elementary. Blackshear is an elderly resident of the Red Bank Life Care Center. Taylor and Calen have been visiting the center a few times a month during the school year, interacting with and learning alongside the rehabilitation and long-term care facility's residents. Their teacher, Beth Wilson, is the mastermind behind the program. And, thanks to a national Fund for Teachers grant, she will travel to Europe this … [Read more...] about Students, senior citizens learning from one another [photos]
Tips for safe water, Gov. Greg Abbott helps with school safety, praise for Ennis ISD, age discrimination is alive, bye to a lake
Filter your waterRe: "Chlorine levels OK, supplier reports — Test results meet federal standard despite complaints from residents," March 30 Metro & State story. Plano residents say the water smells like a "swimming pool," that kids get rashes from showering and dogs will not drink water. Water officials "safeguard public health" by mixing chlorine and ammonia, forming chloramine, into the water, which meets all government water standards. Their job is to kill pathogens in drinking water (i.e. giardia, E. coli, typhoid, and cholera). They're both right. But do you eat organic food? If the answer is "no" then you are "perfectly fine." Otherwise, expensive bottled water is not the answer.Step 1: Buy a drinking water filter with a "parts per million" meter (Google it). The meter shows detectable dissolved solids in any water sample. That filter should lower that reading to under 10 ppm. Step 2: Buy a whole house water filter (or at least a shower filter) that … [Read more...] about Tips for safe water, Gov. Greg Abbott helps with school safety, praise for Ennis ISD, age discrimination is alive, bye to a lake