By Becky Allard, LSW November is National Caregiver Month. Senior Community Services wants to send a huge thank you to all those people out there who give their all, so their loved ones can have the best care. Billions of hours each year, are spent by caregivers providing needed care to their loved ones. The […]
Thank you to EVERYONE who made the 3rd Annual Reimagine Aging Conference possible: Sponsors, Attendees, and Technology Companies. It was a fantastic afternoon filled with a lot of great information! If you weren’t able to attend here’s a little recap… Dr. Kerry Burnight kicked off the […]
Updated 8/22/2023:School is back in session. Along with yellow school busses, bright red apples, mums, and pumpkins, the leaves are beginning to turn. Fall has arrived and it’s a great time to get outside to volunteer for fall raking with the HOME Program! Those fall leaves look so spectacular, but they are a huge concern […]
The Suzanne Holmes Hodder Legacy Fund and LeagueAires are pleased to be the lead sponsors for this year’s Reimagine Aging Conference Key Note Speaker, Dr. Kerry Burnight. The Suzanne Holmes Hodder Legacy Fund was created in loving memory of Sue Hodder by her family. Sue was an active member of LeagueAires from 1984 to 2011. […]
This October, Senior Community Services is holding the 3rd Annual Reimagine Aging Conference and you won’t want to miss it! Here are 5 reasons you should attend! 1. Three words…Hands on demonstrations There will be 8 technology companies at this year’s conference providing hands on demonstrations to attendees. 2. Expertise Dr. Kerry Burnight . Chief […]
By Allison Bendickson, Director of Development Here at Senior Community Services, we like to keep a little bit of humor in every day. In fact, our CFO Don Waletzko has a saying, “Seven days without laughter makes one weak.” And, I’m sure you’ve heard of the saying, “laughter is the best medicine.” While both of […]
Isolation, especially in older adults, can have life threatening effects. Did you know… Older adults who face isolation are… 14% more likely to die prematurely Older adults who face isolation are… more likely to report having poor physical/mental health Older adults who face isolation are… more likely to experience a decline in mobility Older adults who […]
May is Older Americans month. Each year a theme for the month is chosen and this year’s theme is, “Engage at Every Age.” There are so many ways you can engage in different activities. Here are just a few: Get involved in your local senior center Senior centers have such a variety of activities to […]
April is National Volunteer Month, so we wanted to take the opportunity to tell you what you, our volunteers, mean to us. We’re going to do that in the form of an acrostic poem. V – Valuable The work you do for clients is crucial and means the world to them. The work of volunteers […]
