Senior Sound Bites … News Briefs for Lodi & San Joaquin County, California Seniors

News briefs is prepared for seniors or those who have seniors as a continuing part of their lives in San Joaquin County. Senior news stories and important information frequently are hard to find in the back pages of local publications. Senior Sound Bites is intended to be a brief summary of stories for and about seniors.

Oct 5 – Lodi News-Sentinel – Staff – “Ericksons celebrated 70^th anniversary last month” – Jane and Fred Erickson of Lodi celebrated their 70^th wedding anniversary on September 29. Married in 1940 at Carson, Nevada – the Ericksons’ four children, grandchildren and great grandchildren were part of the anniversary celebration.

Oct 8 – Stockton Record – “Kaiser clarifies Senior Advantage options” – Over 7900 people in San Joaquin County received notices from Kaiser Permanente that their Senior Advantage Medicare coverage would end on January 1, 2011. Kaiser is offering two plans for 2011, which replace the current plan. Members cannot automatically be transferred to one of the other plans, but must enroll in one of the Kaiser plans or they may select alternative carriers for coverage.

Oct 11 – Washington, AP – Stephen Ohlemacher – “No increase for Social Security recipients until at least 2012” – The government is expected to announce this week that 58 million Social Security recipients will not receive a benefit increase again this year. This would be only the second year since automatic adjustments have not been made since 1975. The average monthly benefit is $1072.

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