Music, Photos, and the Power of Connection
I really wasn’t sure what I wanted to write about this week and then it magically became very clear to me. Of course, you will have to read all the way to the end of the article to find out. At first, I was going to write about all the beautiful snow of winter in
Children and Elders Make Valentine’s Cards for Meals on Wheels Recipients
A Shutesbury Elementary School student creating a Valentine.Children from Buckland-Shelburne Elementary School, The Learning Knoll, Mohawk Trail Regional School, Northfield Elementary School, Petersham Center School, Petersham Montessori School, Sanderson Academy, and Shutesbury Elementary School, along with residents of the assisted living community Arbors at Greenfield, created more than 600 handmade Valentine’s cards for delivery to
Locally, A United Front in Support of Meals on Wheels
On Tuesday, January 28, we welcomed some special guests to tour the Meals on Wheels kitchen in Erving, MA. State Senator Jo Comerford and her District Director, Elena Cohen, along with State Rep. Susannah Whipps, joined state government officials Secretary Robin Lipson of
Volunteering Is Good for Your Health!
The healthy benefits of volunteering are proven and numerous. Volunteering is a way to increase your activity, and has been shown to build strong social connections that are known to support mental, emotional, and physical health. And, by focusing on helping someone else, we build self-resilience that helps us to cope with the daily joys
Teams Aren’t Just for Sports
This will be reaching you right before the Super Bowl. I don’t know much about football, have never played football, and don’t follow football, but I grew up in western Pennsylvania during the Pittsburgh Steelers’ heyday. I was surrounded by football talk, and remember seeing the games on television. There was no way to get
LifePath’s Jason Molony Interviewed on GCTV about Age-Friendly Grants Program
Recently, LifePath’s Jason Molony was interviewed on GCTV about the new Age-Friendly Grants Program. LifePath is currently seeking proposals for a limited number of projects that support our region’s vision of Age- and Dementia-Friendly communities, where older adults and residents of all ages can enjoy greater safety, connectivity, and belonging. With generous support from Point32
Personal Care Attendant Lead Nurse Laura Dunn
Laura Dunn is a Personal Care Attendant (PCA) lead nurse at LifePath. She has worked at LifePath for three and a half years. Her responsibilities include completing in-home assessments and the MassHealth Application for PCA Services. She also assists with training new nurses. According to Laura, “A typical day is a mix of phone calls/emails,
A New Year, a Stronger You!
January is noted as the International Quality of Life Awareness Month: A time to take stock in ourselves, evaluate where we are, and establish a plan of action on how to improve our lives from all sides, both physically and emotionally, while practicing positive self-care and enhancing our overall state of well-being in the process.
New Dementia Journey Group for Those Living with Dementia and Their Care Partners
Beginning February 3, 2025, LifePath will be offering a new, free of charge, 8-week group for people in the early stage of their dementia journey with their care partners. The group will be offered Mondays, 2/3/25–3/24/25, from 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
During the group sessions, people living with dementia and their care partners will participate in
Keeping Your Brain Healthy
Lots of our Healthy Living participants are worried about memory and brain health. Our memory classes get filled immediately with older adults worried about forgetting names, faces, where they put things, etc. There is good news, however, because not only do our memory classes help, but many medical professionals describe how lifestyle changes can have
Simple Acts of Kindness Build Strength in Our Community—Why Your Gift Matters!
As 2024 floats away and we welcome 2025, someone recently asked me, “What makes LifePath so special?” In quickly collecting my thoughts, it became abundantly clear to me in that moment that there would not be enough time during our short conversation to adequately describe all that we do, so I offered this instead:
When the Unthinkable Happens: Emergency Preparedness for Older Adults & Caregivers
My experience as the adult child of older parents in a natural disaster began with a text from a friend: “Are your parents OK?” I scanned the news and was horrified. There were countless images of their picturesque western North Carolina small town and others like it, seemingly wiped away by walls of rushing brown