With no role model, “Zippy” Parks Hammond fearlessly blazed new trails for minorities then and today ~ Seventeen years before Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. inspired masses in Washington with his speech, “I Have a Dream,” a young Black woman…
Because this is a two-dose vaccine, Via Mobility Services will work with riders to schedule their second trip as soon as the rider knows the date of the second appointment. Registered riders can schedule a trip by calling 303-447-9636. If…
By Bill Watson, Publisher Prime Time News ~ Hi Prime Timers! As I write this column I’m a bundle of nerves. Many moons ago I started losing the battle with dental hygiene. I quit smoking a decade ago. I didn’t…
(COLO) – Donations of blood often see a sharp decline in the winter months and the COVID-19 epidemic has complicated things further, canceling many blood donation events across our state. But the need for donations is still there. That is…
By Doris Beaver ~ Colorado’s First Regular Session of the 73rd General Assembly began on January 13, 2021, with a new Speaker in charge in the House, Representative Alec Garnett, who represents Denver’s District 2. President Leroy M. Garcia is…
Are you disabled? Is your monthly income below $2300? Do you or a loved one need nursing home level care? If so, you may want to think about Medicaid. That’s right. Medicaid. Through the Long-Term Care (LTC) and Home and…
Changing Your Medicare Supplement To A Place D, G Or G+ ~ By Eileen Doherty, MS ~ Denver, Colo. – Colorado Medicare beneficiaries who have a Medicare Supplement Plan C, F, or F+ should consider changing to a Plan D,…
By Karin Stewart ~ The Denver Regional Mobility & Access Council has created a mobile app designed to assist older adults with finding transportation that fits their needs in the Denver Metro area. The mobile app is called Getting There…
By Marilyn Halpern, LSW, MSW ~ Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strength. -Corrie ten Boom (1892-1983, writer and activist) Everyone experiences setbacks, disappointments, and struggles. Collectively, we know this is part of…
I have had many clients ask me if they should put their children on the deed to their home. This is not a good idea. You must understand that if you sign a Quitclaim Deed, and you record that deed…
At 90 percent, the autism community has the highest unemployment rate in the country. Two leading Colorado nonprofits are working to change that—together ~ DENVER, January 21, 2021—Easterseals Colorado and TACT (Teaching the Autism Community Trades), today announced that TACT…
By Molly Rosbach ~ CORVALLIS, Ore. — If you believe you are capable of becoming the healthy, engaged person you want to be in old age, you are much more likely to experience that outcome, a recent Oregon State University study shows.
Casting police and sheriffs in the lead role for responding to the mental health needs of the population is neither appropriate, nor healthy, nor sound fiscal policy. The legacy of our society’s systematic discrimination against people with mental health needs—defaulting to law enforcement and the justice system to respond to health…
DENVER – Frustrated by the racks of birthday card options that mock older adults, the anti-ageism group Changing the Narrative is making birthday card shopping fun again, producing ”age-positive” cards—designed by Colorado artists—that reflect the true joys of growing older.
When I was run off the road and suffered multiple head, facial, and neck fractures, I was lucky. I had so many people who were there in the beginning to help my family and myself get through the first couple…
Prime Time News February 2021 Print Edition
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