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Optima Health has presented a $5,000 donation to Senior Services of Southeastern Virginia to help support their numerous outreach programs for seniors in South Hampton Roads communities, which extends to the city of Franklin and Southampton County. One of the main SSSEVA programs is Meals on Wheels, providing home-delivered meals to homebound senior citizens. An astonishing 9.8 million older Americans face the threat of hunger, and 80 percent are living with at least one chronic condition and at least 68 percent are living with two.

Senior Services of Southeastern Virginia and Professional Printing Center won a Pinnacle Award from the Public Relations Society of America’s Hampton Roads Chapter (PRSAHR). The agency was awarded the Pinnacle Award of Merit for its 2017 Annual Report, which celebrated Senior Services’ 45 years of serving local seniors.

WHAT:

Senior Services’ Medicare benefits counselors will hold information and assistance events throughout Western Tidewater in December 2018 to assist Medicare-eligible individuals navigating Medicare and Medicare Part D. Assistance will also be available for those who are currently enrolled and may be eligible for the Part D Low-Income Subsidy “Extra Help” benefit. Because Medicare Open Enrollment is through Dec. 7, appointment reservations are strongly recommended.

As a few plaintive piano notes mark time, the image of an an older man slowly ambling down a hallway appears.