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With car week coming up in August, many Monterey County residents and car aficionados from around the country are sprucing up their classic cars to show off. But beware if you are in need of a rare car part—make sure that you get it from a reputable dealer. Scammers have been scouring craigslist and other ads looking for parts. They will then tell you they have that exact part but after you send them the money you will never get the part.
With Beverly Fabrics closing in Seaside and the closest store way up in Soquel, many seniors are looking for supplies online. Beware of one of the many current scams that are taking place, this one revolving around sewing machines, of all things. Crooks are advertising online and in social media brand-name models of sewing machines for under $100. If it sounds too good to be true, it is. This so-called e-commerce close out sales are typically fake and you will send in your money and never get the product. There is yet another arts and craft scam going on right now where scammers are putting on virtual arts and crafts fairs. When you order something from a booth at one of these online fairs, they will take your money but won’t send you anything.
Santa Cruz, CAÂ Home Care Aide (HCA) Senior Caregiver Jobs Available : Set Your Own Hours : $2 Per Hour More On Weekends (Aptos, Ben Lomond, Â Boulder Creek, Capitola, Davenport, Felton, Freedom, Mount Hermon, Santa Cruz, Scotts Valley, Soquel & Watsonville)
We have developed a reputation for having the best caregivers (Home Care Aides or Senior Companions) in Monterey County over the past decade, and we are now expanding into Santa Cruz County.  We are currently looking for qualified caregivers.
Family inHome Caregiving is seeking compassionate, mature and dependable caregivers who want to improve the lives of our elderly Clients by providing in-home, non-medical care. Our services include:
Caring companionship
Meal preparation
Incidental transportation
Running errands
Light housekeeping
Medication reminders
Monitoring of safety while bathing
Information and referral services
Other services that improve the safety, security and quality of life of seniors.
If you believe you would make an exceptional Home Care Aide, we would love to hear from you! We prefer those with experience helping the elderly, disabled and others with mobility problems. Having cared for those with dementia and/or Alzheimer’s is a plus. To work for us, you must have excellent references, a clear criminal record, a good driving record, and an insured reliable vehicle. To apply, please visit our website www.fhcofm.com, click on home care aides, then careers where you can fill out an application online. We have immediate openings.
After losing your husband or wife, it’s tempting to simplify all of your financial assets and consolidate them. However, it’s ill-advised to do this if you are younger than 59.5 years old. IRS rules allow you to make withdrawals from your late husband’s retirement accounts with no penalty (although you will have to pay income taxes on the withdrawal). You can also file your taxes as married filing jointly in the year that he or she died and get a better tax rate than filing as single.
Mount Hermon, CAÂ Home Care Aide (HCA) Senior Caregiver Jobs Available : Set Your Own Hours : $2 Per Hour More On Weekends (Aptos, Ben Lomond, Â Boulder Creek, Capitola, Davenport, Felton, Freedom, Mount Hermon, Santa Cruz, Scotts Valley, Soquel & Watsonville)
We have developed a reputation for having the best caregivers (Home Care Aides or Senior Companions) in Monterey County over the past decade, and we are now expanding into Santa Cruz County.  We are currently looking for qualified caregivers.
Family inHome Caregiving is seeking compassionate, mature and dependable caregivers who want to improve the lives of our elderly Clients by providing in-home, non-medical care. Our services include:
Caring companionship
Meal preparation
Incidental transportation
Running errands
Light housekeeping
Medication reminders
Monitoring of safety while bathing
Information and referral services
Other services that improve the safety, security and quality of life of seniors.
If you believe you would make an exceptional Home Care Aide, we would love to hear from you! We prefer those with experience helping the elderly, disabled and others with mobility problems. Having cared for those with dementia and/or Alzheimer’s is a plus. To work for us, you must have excellent references, a clear criminal record, a good driving record, and an insured reliable vehicle. To apply, please visit our website www.fhcofm.com, click on home care aides, then careers where you can fill out an application online. We have immediate openings.
There are so many national parks and other beautiful places in America that you can visit for little to no cost (ignoring the outrageous cost of gas now, of course). For ideas on taking a road trip, turn to the AARP who just posted a great video on this topic at www.aarp.org/roadtrips.
Sentimentality plays a large part in all of our daily lives, and sometimes it’s hard to let things go, even if you rarely look at them. However, it can become unhealthy and unsafe if you have too much clutter strewn about your house. If you feel that you may be carrying around too much junk in your life, check out AARP’s decluttering video online at www.aarp.org/aarplive
One of the easiest ways to try and ward off Alzheimer’s disease or some other form of dementia is by going to bed early, according to Sara Mednick, professor of cognitive science at the University of California Irvine. She tells AARP The Magazine (April/May 2022, page 38) that we should all be in bed by 10:00 p.m. “The earlier you get to sleep, the more slow-wave sleep you’ll get,†says professor Mednick, the author of The Power of the Down State. Slow-wave Sleep connections between areas of the brain to create stronger memories. However, SWS goes by the circadian clock and peters out at about 1:00 a.m.  Regular readers of my blog know that both my grandmother and my father had this terrible disease when they passed away. There is a great group of people at the Alzheimer’s Association in Ryan Ranch who are there to help you. They also have a 24-hour hotline at 1-800-272-3900.
There was a disturbing story in The New York Times which reported that new research found that women may not realize that they are having symptoms of heart problems, and that their doctors aren’t picking up on it either. Studies have shown that women are more likely than men to dismiss the warning signs of a heart attack, sometimes waiting hours or even longer before calling 911 or going to the hospital. Now researchers are finding that this may be due to the fact that women have less serious symptoms than men when having a heart attack, and doctors have also been downplaying their symptoms and delaying treatment. Women sometimes have no chest pain but rather have more subtle symptoms like shortness of breath, cold sweats, malaise, fatigue and jaw and back pain. And when they do get to the hospital, a study which was published in the Journal of the American Heart Association which studied data from millions of emergency room visits before the pandemic, found women complaining of chest pain had to wat an average of 11 minutes more than men to see a doctor or nurse. The study also found that women were less likely to be admitted to the hospital, had less thorough evaluations, and were less likely to be administered tests like an electrocardiogram, or EKG, which can detect heart problems. One study found that women complaining of symptoms consistent with heart disease, including chest pain, were twice as likely to be diagnosed with a mental illness than men who complained of identical symptoms.