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A Free Food Pantry to Support Residents and Staff

Post date July 27, 2022
Post author By Gene

A “temporary” program launched during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic has become a popular institution at LeadingAge member Glencroft Center for Modern Aging, a CCRC in Glendale, AZ. The Glencroft Food Pantry, open twice monthly, provides free fruits and vegetables, pantry staples, and paper products to residents and […]

Giving Voice and Honor to Older Adults

Post date July 27, 2022
Post author By LeadingAge

The genesis of the Wisdom & Stories Initiative was a resident’s soulful reflection: “All I have are my memories and now I am losing those.” Josephine Caring Community, Stanwood, WA, is a nonprofit, full-continuum provider affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). The organization responded to this grief, […]

A Free Food Pantry to Support Residents and Staff

Post date July 27, 2022
Post author By Gene

A “temporary” program launched during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic has become a popular institution at LeadingAge member Glencroft Center for Modern Aging, a CCRC in Glendale, AZ. The Glencroft Food Pantry, open twice monthly, providesfree fruits and vegetables, pantry staples, and paper products to residents and staff. […]

Harnessing Technology to Streamline At-Home Services

Post date July 22, 2022
Post author By Gene

A partnership between a LeadingAge-member life plan community and a technology company is combining the latter’s smart-home platform with a wide range of at-home services, with potential to connect the greater community and others to services, content, and care. Fellowship Senior Living, a nonprofit provider based in Basking Ridge, NJ, […]

Wellness Partnership Brings Outdoor Fun to Older Adults in All Settings of Care

Post date June 9, 2022
Post author By Gene

Nonprofit life plan community Oaknoll, a LeadingAge-member in Iowa City, IA, is helping its residents in all settings through a partnership that brings them fun and challenging outdoor activities. Cyndey successfully makes her way back across the Burma Bridge at Camp Courageous. Oaknoll Administrator Kim Bergen-Jackson discovered Camp Courageous, Monticello, […]

A Partnership and a Federal Program Helps Affordable Housing Residents Reduce Broadband Costs

Post date June 9, 2022
Post author By Gene

Residents at AHEPA 39 Senior Apartments in Haverhill, MA, a HUD 202 building that is home to 58 low-income older adults, are now saving money on broadband internet access, thanks not only to a new federal program, but also to the creativity of their service coordinator and a community organization […]

An International Workforce Program as a Source of Well-Trained Staff

Post date June 9, 2022
Post author By Gene

Western Home Communities, a full-continuum nonprofit provider in Cedar Falls, IA, is responding to chronic workforce shortages by welcoming its first group of hospitality interns from Jamaica this summer. A group of 34 interns will arrive in late June with J-1 visas obtained through the U.S. State Department’s Exchange Visitor […]

Homes, Services, and Supports Help Older Adults Keep Leading Life

Post date June 9, 2022
Post author By Gene

LeadingAge’s new Keep Leading Life public awareness campaign, part of the Opening Doors to Aging Services initiative, is dedicated to showcasing the scope of resources and options available to older adults. With the supports they need to live their best lives, older adults, their families, and our communities are all […]

An Information Lifeline for Those Lacking Networks of Support

Post date June 9, 2022
Post author By Gene

How many aging services providers will recognize this classic scenario, asks Deb Rubenstein: “A landlord would call our information and referral helpline and say, ‘I have a resident in my building, and she’s in her 80s. She’s lived here for decades, she’s always paid her rent on time, and apparently […]

Celebrating Resilience and Community During Older Americans Month

Post date May 19, 2022
Post author By Gene

“My hope is that just as we honor our veterans on Veterans Day, we could take this concept [beyond] DC, and get people to invite elders to engage with them, hear their stories and wisdom, and develop that intergenerational sense of greater community.” “Team Little Sisters of the Poor” at […]