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Page 10 Senior Times - March 2026SENIOR HOUSING GUIDE NUMBER OF UNITS INDEPENDENT LIVING ASSISTED LIVING SKILLED NURSING ALZHEIMER / DEMENTIA RESPITE CARE ADULT DAY CARE PETS RESIDENT PARKING TRANSPORTATION PRIVATE PAY NURSE ON DUTY REHAB LONG TERM STAY SHORT TERM STAY MEDICATION DELIVERY LAUNDRY HOUSEKEEPING ACTIVITIES 100% MEALS 24 HOUR STAFFING LICENSED FACILITY SPECIFIC DIET PLANSCALHOUN COUNTY MEDICAL CARE FACILITY1150 East Michigan Ave, Battle Creek, MI 49014(269) 962-5458120 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022CHERRY HILL MANOR10 Clay St., Battle Creek, MI 49017 Melinda, (269) 965-0591150 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022EVERGREEN SENIOR CARE & REHAB CENTER111 Evergreen Road, Battle Creek, MI 49037Brittany Smith, (269) 969-611091 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022GRAINHOUSE GROVE191 Lois Dr., Battle Creek, MI 49015Teresa Phillips, (269) 979-778137 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022KELLOGG MANOR250 Champion St., Battle Creek, MI 49017 Melinda, (269) 965-059170 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022LAKEVIEW ASSISTED LIVING 14661 Helmer Road South, Battle Creek, MI 49015Christi Losinski, (269) 969-890061 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022MAJESTIC OF BATTLE CREEK200 East Roosevelt Ave, Battle Creek, MI 49037Nicole Caswell, (269) 965-332765 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022MAPLE LAWN MEDICAL CARE FACILITY 50 Sanderson Lane, Coldwater, MI 49036 Jayne Sabaitis, (517) 279-9587 114 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022MEDILODGE OF MARSHALL879 E. Michigan Avenue, Marshall, MI 49068Megan Oland, (269) 365-6366104 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022 %u2022%uf076= CITY %u271a = MED MANAGEMENT %uf0c5 = EMERGENCY CALLHelping SeniorsMake the RightHousing ChoiceIn 1971, the iconic song writer John Lennon penned the lyrics to his famous song %u201cImagine,%u201d asking us to picture a world in total peace and harmony. Although it was a call to imagine what life would be like in a utopian world, it was also, perhaps, overly optimistic given the realities of that time %u2013 realities which are largely similar today, over five decades later.Nevertheless, it is always good to imagine life as it might be. And that goes both ways %u2013 we can and should always picture life in a better world, but we might also take pause, at times, to picture how life might be worse. How often have we lamented that, %u201cthings could be much worse,%u201d when confronting adversity in our daily lives? So, today I%u2019d like to suggest that you picture what life would be like without Social Security.First Some Statistics %u2013 Social Security provides benefits to about 70 million Americans, senior citizens as well as those not yet old enough to be so designated. That%u2019s about 20% of the entire U.S. population. The benefits offered are financial, providing usually crucial money to those fortunate enough to be eligible. That includes those who have earned benefits by working and are old enough to claim, and others %u2013 such as minor or disabled adult children %u2013 who have not personally earned a benefit but are dependent on a parent who has. Benefits are also available for dependent spouses, ex-spouses and, sometimes, dependent parents. And let%u2019s not forget that even working Americans who become disabled often find financial relief at a younger age with the Social Security disability insurance program. Fact is, Social Security provides a %u201cmajor%u201d source of income for a majority of senior Americans and, in most cases, those collecting say it is critical to their ability to make their financial ends meet. In a nutshell, a large majority of Social Security recipients say Social Security is critically important to their financial well-being. But what if Social Security were to go away?What if Social Security Went Away?Well, that%u2019s not something we like to think about because it would negatively impact so many millions of people. Senior citizens would suffer harshly because the poverty rate for those aged 65 and over would jump from around 10% to nearly 40%.That means another 22 million people would be added to the total 36 million who already live below the U.S. poverty line. And statistically, the ones most affected would be older women, people of color, and children (about four million of whom receive Social Security benefits). Another nine million or so Americans who collect Social Security Disability Insurance benefits would also be seriously affected.What would American life be like without Social Security? As a student of U.S. history, I can imagine what it was like in the 1930s %u2013 the decade of the so-called %u201cGreat Depression.%u201d The years immediately preceding the advent of FDR%u2019s Social Security program were a time of abject poverty in the United States. Many Americans had very little money and scant resources, with men wandering from town to town to find work to provide food for their kitchen table. Many wore tattered clothing, often the only clothes they had, and minor children had to work (if they could) to help the family survive. That was the environment which gave birth to the U.S. Social Security program. And the program, funded by taxes on workers and their employers, worked well. Starting when monthly SS benefits began flowing in 1940, Social Security has continued to sustain America%u2019s seniors and their dependents for about 90 years. In other words, Social Security is an extremely effective anti-poverty program, which would devastate millions if the program went away. But what are the chances that Social Security will actually go away?Will Social Security Ever Go Away?You might have heard that Social Security is now having some financial difficulties %u2013 IMAGINE NO SOCIAL SECURITY By: Russell Gloor, National Social Security Advisor, AMAC Foundation