Category: April – May 2014
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Medicare: Taking Your Medicare Call
Medicare questions (such as the ones below) flood the Hawaii SHIP hotline each day. SHIP: “Good morning, you have reached the Executive Office on Aging and the Hawaii SHIP, how may I help you?” Caller #1: “I need information about why my Medicare is not covering my ambulance bill.” Caller #2: “I am turning 65…
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How to Handle Fall Risks
Everyone has heard about the aging “tsumani”— that enormous collection of “Baby Boomers” who were born after World War II — and its huge impact on our Islands and society. Boomers are turning 65 in record numbers: every 10 seconds. That is 6 new seniors per minute, 360 per hour, 8,640 per day, and more…
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Hazardous Internet Documents
You have seen the commercials. You have heard the radio ads. But before you go to a website to have your estate plan constructed by a computer program, be sure to ask yourself this: You may not have as large an estate as Mr. Fancyshmancylawyer or Mr. Radiobucks, but everything you own is everything you…
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Web Navigation
Main navigation menu: Use these topics to navigate to the various pages in our site. As you run the cursor over the word, it’ll become bold. These topics will always exist on every page. Throughout the homepage, there are also various other buttons that’ll take you to any one of these topics. Home is the…
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Three Simple Tests
One in seven adults in Hawai‘i has kidney disease. An additional one in three people are at risk for getting it, and most don’t know it. Kidney disease can be found and treated early to prevent more serious kidney disease and other complications. Three simple tests can help. Blood pressure. High blood pressure is the…
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