2018 Medicare Open Enrollment Tips

By Dawn Lund, Director of Medicare Programs These are some tips that I have learned over the past 6 years offering unbiased guidance in navigating your Medicare choices.  If you are a new Medicare beneficiary, a seasoned Medicare beneficiary, or a caregiver, these tips were written for you. Medicare Open […]

4 ways to be proactive about fall prevention

By Jon Burkhow, Director of HOME Did you know that according to the National Council on Aging one-third of Americans aged 65+ falls each year? What can you do to help prevent a fall? With the annual fall prevention awareness day just around the corner on September 22nd, now is […]

Lifelong Learning

By Sarah Mastchi, Communications Intern What is one thing that you wish you had tried or done when you were younger? Do you wish you had taken piano lessons, learned how to speak another language, or spent more time giving back to your community? Well, who says you can’t try […]

Why Ageism Is Not Like Other “Isms”

By Sarah Matschi, Communications Intern Ageism, prejudice against age, has started to become the new hot ‘ism’ that people are talking about. Common headlines include “We Need to Combat Ageism Just Like We Do Sexism” (Huffington Post) “Ageism in the workplace ‘just as bad as racism’” (The Times UK) “Ageism […]

Remembering mom and being grateful

By Deb Taylor, CEO Mom died March 14, 2017 due to complications associated with Alzheimer’s.  I could not be more grateful to work for Senior Community Services while losing mom to Alzheimer’s and then losing mom to death.  The outpouring of support overwhelmed me, both from the Staff and from […]