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Medicare, Medicaid, and Related Benefit Information

Personalized, objective assistance to seniors, the disabled, and caregivers is provided by volunteer counselors trained by the Arizona Agency on Aging Benefits Assistance Program. Services include basic information about Original Medicare (Parts “A” and “B”), Supplemental (Medigap) policies, Medicare Prescription Drug Plans (Part “D”), Medicare Advantage Plans (HMOs, etc.), AHCCCS (Medicaid), and ALTCS (Arizona Long…

Neighbors Who Care – April 2024

Neighbors Who Care: ‘Keeping Company’—Respite Care Is Simply Visiting with a Neighbor Remember the days when the crickets were chirping outside and the kids were scrambling to collect fireflies in jars and sitting on the porch keeping company with the neighbors? Shooting the breeze was the way we kept in touch before we scrolled through…

Sun Lakes Chorale Update

Yvonne Orlich We are winding down for the spring season. Next month’s issue of the Splash and SunBird News will have a story about our annual spring concert on March 14. We gathered at Sun Lakes Country Club on Feb. 19 for our annual dinner and Second Annual Talent Show. And, wow, we have a…

Firemen Know How to Cook

Lorin Hicks On Jan. 27 six Sun Lakes residents had the privilege of dinner served by the dedicated men and women of Arizona Fire & Medical Authority District Station 231 located near Mulligans on Sun Lakes Boulevard. In addition to mouth-watering hamburgers, fries, and homemade desserts, we were treated to a tour of the facilities,…