Senior Center News, March 6, 2020

North Central Senior Citizens Center, March 9-13

Monday — Transportation from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Tuesday — Transportation from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; bingo at 1:15 p.m.

Wednesday — Transportation from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m; TOPS at 8 a.m.m Mall shopping 1:30-3:30 p.m.

Thursday — Transportation from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.;

Friday — Medical transportation will be available from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., but people must make a request at least 24 hours in advance.

Menu by Earlene DeWinter

(Subject to Change)

Monday — Chicken-fried steak, mashed potatoes with gravy, Riveira vegetables, pudding

Tuesday — Salad, meat loaf, scalloped potatoes, broccoli Normandy, rolls, cake

Wednesday — Creamy Swiss steak, mashed potatoes, peas, fruit

Thursday — Barbecue riblet sandwich, Macaroni salad, pork’n’beans, cookies

Friday — Soup, salad bar, chef’s choice,

dessert, milk

Medicare Open Enrollment has come to an end. However, if you are having problems with prescriptions you can call Marci and see if she can help you. For those on Medicaid and Big Sky she can still make changes. For an appointment, call Marci at 265-5464.

Montanans Affected by Medicare Scams: Multiple accounts of scam calls have been reported to Montana’s Senior Medicare Patrol. These calls include “your Medicare number is invalid” and “Medicare is replacing cards with one that has a chip reader,” and in all cases they asked to confirm the current numbers. What we all need to remember is Medicare will never call and ask for personal information over the phone. If you receive a call asking for personal information, whether it be from Medicare or any source, always err on the side of caution and never give out personal information. According to Montana SMP, if something is urgent it probably isn’t legitimate. Never call the number back that was given, rather look the number up independently either in a phone book or on the internet. A direct result of people’s Medicare numbers falling into the wrong hands is more than $21,000 in documented fraud cases resulting in $60 billion in fraudulent Medicare payments each year.