Understanding Your Medicare Options Before Open Enrollment
Whether you're considering Original Medicare or a Medicare Advantage Plan, understanding your options before enrollment opens can help you make a more informed decision.
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Helping Prevent Falls at Home
Falls are one of the leading causes of injury and hospitalization among older adults, but many can be prevented with a few simple changes.
Celebrating 10 Years of Meaningful Connections
For the past decade, the AmeriCorps RSVP Pen Pal Project has been bringing generations together through the simple act of handwritten letters.
June Newsletter
Navigating the Loss of a Client and Friend
This month, Volunteer Spotlight focuses on the connection between a volunteer and someone seeking help. It is always difficult to process the loss of a client… Friend…
Creating a Financial Plan
One role that frequently causes unnecessary stress is financial management. Because the role of caregiver often happens without preplanning, it is very common for caregivers to gradually begin managing bill paying and shopping without a formal plan in place.
Medicaid & Medicare
If you are a Medicare recipient, you are probably aware that Medicare isn’t free. Medicare B has a monthly premium and Medicare D, drug coverage, may have a monthly premium as well. Additionally, Medicare has deductibles and may have co-pays.
May Newsletter
The Cargiver Marathon
For caregiving to be successful someone needs to be the captain of the team and sign on for the duration.
Consumer Debt in Older Adults
Why are so any members of this generation of older adults in such poor financial condition?
Older Americans' Month 2026
The theme for Older Americans’ Month in 2026 is Championing Your Health!
The Benefits of Sunlight for Caregivers and Seniors After a Long Winter
It has been a long, cold, snowy, icy winter. If you are a family caregiver, there’s a strong possibility that you and your loved one haven’t been out in the sunshine for a long time.
April Newsletter
March Newsletter
The Power of Listening
Volunteers have a lot to say about the programs and activities they participate in.
Caregiver Planning
The decision to accept the responsibility of becoming a caregiver for another person is a major commitment.
Switching Medicare Advantage Plans
For many people the Medicare Advantage Plan is a good option that provides for the care needs of the Medicare recipient and may also offer additional benefits not generally covered by Original Medicare such as dental, vision and/or footcare.
February Newsletter
The Power of Volunteer Support: Independence, Connection, and Community
For many people, remaining independent at home is deeply valued. Home symbolizes comfort, dignity, and familiarity, but maintaining that independence can become more challenging over time.
Medication Coverage Changes
If you are a Medicare recipient you should be aware that there are changes to prescription drug coverage that became effective in 2026.
