JCLC April 2024 Newsletter 

 


April is National Volunteer Month

Find local opportunities to volunteer with United Way's 55+ Retired & Senior Volunteer Program or 55+ RSVP. People 55 and better are encouraged to get involved using their lifetime of experience to reach out and help others. Individual abilities and interests are matched with community volunteer needs.


Dining with Dignity

Mondays 4:30-6:30pm

735 George St

Reservations: 319-466-3032

It’s that time of year to review your financial status, especially since it is tax time. Whether you’re retired or planning to retire it is beneficial to spend some time each year to refresh your financial literacy and review your finances. Investopedia has a great set of articles to assist you in performing this refresh of your financial literacy. These articles discuss the importance of knowing your net worth, five rules to improve your financial health, the beauty of budgeting, digging your way out of debt in 8 steps and the best retirement plans.


Find the link to the main article here.

Staff & Family Partnerships to Improve Dementia Care




The brief, easy-to-use, online training modules were developed using feedback from diverse long-term care providers to best assure relevance of the content and feasibility of use in community-based dementia-related settings. See the study description here. In addition to the 12 training modules listed here, an Instructors Manual is available to help users tailor the training series to best fit the need and goals of the care setting and individual users.



12 Training Modules of Partnerships to Improve Care and Quality of Life for Persons with Dementia

In addition to the homestead tax credit, eligible claimants who are 65 years of age or older on or before January 1 of the assessment year are now eligible for a homestead tax exemption. For the assessment year beginning on January 1, 2023, the exemption is for $3,250 of taxable value. For assessment years beginning on or after January 1, 2024, the exemption is for $6,500 of taxable value.


The deadline for filing is July 1, 2024 for the 2024 assessment year. Applications filed after July 1 will be applied to the 2025 assessment year.


Find the application here.

 

National Prescription Drug Take Back Day and Needles Collection Event


Drop off your expired, unwanted, or unused pharmaceutical or OTC medications to law enforcement officers for destruction. We're focused on removing potentially dangerous controlled substances from our community's medicine cabinets.


Do you have a cabinet full of unused medications that you just haven't gotten around to throwing away? Here's your solution! This program is anonymous and no request will be made for identification.

Please help us combat the nationwide issue of pharmaceutical drug abuse.


Sheriff's Office staff will be available on Saturday April 27, 2024 from 10:00am-2:00pm at 511 S Capitol St, Iowa City.


Other locations:

Iowa City Police Department - East Side Recycling Center

VA Healthcare System

North Liberty Police Department


NO NEEDLES OR INHALERS will be accepted.

If you have more questions, please give us a call, 319-356-6020.

Balance & Fall Risk Assessment

By David Harper, Physical therapist, Visiting Nurse Association


Free balance and fall risk assessment by appointment for members of the Iowa City Senior Center. During this session, you will be asked to stand on the BTrackS Balance Plate that utilizes special software to assess your balance and fall risk. After each assessment, David will provide guidance to help you improve balance based on your results.

 

  • April 9 & 23, 10-11am, by appointment
  • Register online or call 319-356-5220

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