News & Events

Connections Area Agency on Aging’s Sioux City office and Mercy Medical Center’s Older Adult Services co-host First Friday Coffee: Welcome to Medicare. This unbiased, informative seminar for new Medicare beneficiaries is held the first Friday of every month. The seminars are from 1:30 to 4:00 at Connections Area Agency on Aging, 2301 Pierce Street, Sioux City. Pre-registration is required as space is limited. There is no cost to attend.

Assisting new beneficiaries to increase their understanding of Medicare is a combined effort of SHIIP programs (Senior Health Insurance Information Program), sponsored by both Mercy Medical Center and Connections Area Agency on Aging. Discussion topics will include who is eligible for benefits and timeframes for applying, understanding Medicare’s benefits and options, supplements, Medicare Advantage plans, prescription drug plans and protecting their Medicare benefits. There will be ample time for questions. To pre-register, or for more information, contact Connections Area Agency on Aging at 712-279-6900 or 800-432-9209.

Come say hi to us at our booth and pick up some practical information!

Tools, Tools, Tools! As we get older, sometimes the simplest tasks become hard – and there are many tools to make the job easier. For many, assistive technology makes living independently safe and feasible. Assistive technology may become critical to the ability to perform simple activities you do everyday, such as bathing, dressing, cooking, and in just about every room of your home. Melissa Culbertson from Easter Seals Iowa Assistive Technology Center will demonstrate both simple and high tech devices that may assist individuals in their independent living, health, recreation, and skills to support well-being. Come and learn how devices can help you and/or your loved one maintain independence and make life easier.

This is part of WITCC's LifeLong Learning Program. To PreRegister, call 712-274-6404 or 800-352-4649

SHIIP volunteers will be available for walk-in appointments, especially geared for the Senior Companions in Sioux City. Senior Companions are encouraged to take their med lists to Julie Potter prior to the event, but definitely need to bring them and their medicare cards with them. We'll be checking drug and medicare advantage plans for 2018 to see if we can find savings!

Networking group of local non-profits from Pottawattamie county.

Join us at Church for a presentation about services and assistance offered by Connections AAA.

Join us at Church for a presentation about services and assistance offered by Connections AAA.

Chris will present the changes coming to Medicare for 2018, along with important info about Medicare's Annual Open Enrollment Period.

Chris will present the changes coming to Medicare for 2018, along with important info about Medicare's Annual Open Enrollment Period.