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The scammers sure have
been busy. Is there no end
to their creativity?
The AARP is helping us
to fight back, however, with
its Fraud Watch Network’s
free Scam Tracking Map.
You’ll find the map on the
AARP website (aarp.org)
when you put “scam track-
ing map” in the search box.
Be sure to click on the
widest possible search
area, 200 miles, after you
enter your ZIP code. Click
first on AARP user-sub-
mitted reports. You’ll see
colored dots where scams
have occurred. Click on
one and scroll down to see
the details. After you view
those reports, go back and
click on Law Enforcement
Alerts, with authorities
warning about scams near
you.
The wide variety of scams
is surprising. One involved
an alleged refund where the
thieves wanted to deposit
the refund directly into the
victim’s checking account.
Once they gained access,
they emptied the account.
Another
scam
had
thieves trying to enter a
house by pretending to be
from a cable company and
needing to fix some wires.
The homeowner was suspi-
cious, and rightly so.
Fear is a big factor with
threats of arrest. One
threatened people with ar-
rest if they didn’t give their
Medicare number over the
phone to buy merchandise.
Another threatened arrest
for missing jury duty if a
fine wasn’t paid immediate-
ly. Others involve the IRS.
If you’re generally safe-
ty conscious and not likely
to fall for a scam, checking
the map once a month so
should be enough. But if
you’re not sure (and truth-
fully, a lot of the scams are
hard to identify as such),
you might want to consider
signing up for the AARP’s
bi-weekly Watchdog Alerts.
If you’re ever in doubt
after receiving a suspicious
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When We Don’t Want to Cook
Now and then we just
don’t want to cook as much
as we normally do. May-
be it’s the heat of summer
that keeps us from want-
ing to get in the kitchen or
trek to the grocery store. If
it’s winter, maybe there is a
layer of snow on everything
outside. If we don’t qualify
for Meals on Wheels or any
other food program, it’s up
to us to figure out how to
get good meals.
Some of us turn to those
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such as Silver Cuisine by
BistroMD (there are dis-
counts for AARP mem-
bers), Diet to Go (has a
focus on weight loss), Top
Chef Meals and Magic
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if we need a low-sodium
or low-calorie diet, or one
that’s lactose or gluten-free.
These pre-made meals
can be expensive, but it’s
worth it at least now and
then to have a full frozen
meal you only need to heat.
If you search online for
“meal delivery programs
for seniors,” most of them
have a full range of meals:
breakfast, lunch, dinner,
sides and dessert. Many
have a weekly special with
big discounts.
Compare a few different
company websites. Some
sites are better than others
in categorizing the different
foods and presenting the
nutrition information. Cer-
tainly the prices vary from
one to the other. Be sure to
click on Senior to be sure
you’ll get menus custom-
ized for us.
If you order pre-made
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Drug Administration for
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If you sign up, you’ll receive
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It’s Not Too Late to Start Moving
If we’ve been inactive for
many years, it’s easy to just
assume that there’s nothing
we can do at our age to in-
crease our health and lon-
gevity. Not so, according to
a new study.
A large University of
Cambridge study of 14,000
participants over nearly 13
years assessed diet, alcohol
consumption, body mass
index, occupation -- and
physical activity levels -–
and compared those with
mortality risk from any
condition.
Here’s what research-
ers discovered: Those who
were sedentary and re-
mained sedentary had a
higher risk of mortality.
However, those who start-
ed with low activity levels
but increased them had
additional longevity bene-
fits. Specifically, the risk of
death decreased 24% for
a low increase in activity,
38% for a medium increase,
and 42% for a high increase
in activity.
In other words, even if
we’ve been very sedentary,
becoming more active now
lowers our mortality risk.
Many researchers (and
the World Health Orga-
nization) still say that 150
minutes per week of mod-
erate-intensity exercise is
what we all need. They even
break it down into min-
utes of activities like dog
walking or gardening, all
the way up to running and
playing tennis.
But that doesn’t mean we
should all do 150 minutes
of cycling or jogging per
week, especially without
medical advice. Yes, we can
gain longevity if we become
more active, but it shouldn’t
be at the risk of our current
health.
Get your doctor’s opin-
Your Family Deserves The e
BEST
ion. Ask for a plan to grad-
ually increase your activity
level. How many minutes
of which activity should
you do each week? If you’re
going to walk, where will
you do that? If you want at-
home exercise equipment,
what kind? If your doctor’s
office has a sports medicine
department, ask about be-
ing assessed on its equip-
ment.
Seriously consider up-
ping your activity level, but
do it safely.
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