Rethinking the Senior Center: Age & Dementia Friendly South County

PRIDE = Safety and Connection

Birthdays, Milestones, and Reflection Points – A Wondrous Journey Along Life’s Path.

Medicare Fraud Prevention Week Spotlights How to Prevent Fraud

Damon Reynolds, with Support from LifePath CTL Peter-Michael Kinney, Is Moving Back into the Community

Prepare Your Feet for Summer

Supporting One Another Through Challenging Times

What Older Adults and Caregivers in Our Region Are Saying: LifePath’s 2025 Needs Assessment

Age & Dementia Friendly Community Awards Support Local Innovation

How LifePath’s Ombudsman Program Protected a Nursing Home Resident from an Unsafe Discharge

At the 50 Year Mark, a Challenging Path Ahead

LifePath’s New Annual Report is Here!

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Rethinking the Senior Center: Age & Dementia Friendly South County

When people hear “senior center,” they usually picture a place older adults gather for programs and activities. But what if a senior center became something more—a place that leads its community in asking bigger questions: What kind of community are we for older adults and people living with dementia? What kind of community do we

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Birthdays, Milestones, and Reflection Points – A Wondrous Journey Along Life’s Path.

LifePath recently celebrated its 50th Anniversary with a wonderful banquet recognizing various community partners, special volunteers of note, and sustaining financial donors that have helped in part to make a significant contribution to our success over the past 50 years. We are truly grateful for the countless staff, volunteers, community partners, and donors that have

Senior Medicare Patrol: Preventing Medicare Fraud
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Medicare Fraud Prevention Week Spotlights How to Prevent Fraud

Medicare Fraud Prevention Week runs the week of June 2 (the date 6/5 was chosen as it represents age 65, when most people become eligible for Medicare). Fraud costs Medicare an estimated $60 billion per year. It costs Medicare beneficiaries in time, stress, their medical identities, and potentially their health. It costs families, friends, and

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Damon Reynolds, with Support from LifePath CTL Peter-Michael Kinney, Is Moving Back into the Community

Damon Reynolds, 48, has been a resident at Quabbin Valley Healthcare (QVH), a nursing home in Athol, for about 4 years. With help from his LifePath Community Transitional Liaison (CTL), Peter-Michael Kinney, Damon will soon be moving to a group home in Shutesbury. “I’ll be able to be in a community and be able to

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Foot CareStories

Prepare Your Feet for Summer

Some people believe that sore feet are an inevitable condition of aging—that bent toes, thick nails, corns, and calluses can’t be helped. I maintain that this isn’t true. Regular, evidence-based foot care, gentle exercise, and scrupulous shoe selection can result in happy and healthy feet at any age.

As spring and summer bring outdoor activities, people

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What Older Adults and Caregivers in Our Region Are Saying: LifePath’s 2025 Needs Assessment

Every four years, LifePath, the Area Agency on Aging for Franklin County and the North Quabbin areas, conducts a region-wide survey to understand the needs of older adults and caregivers. In response to LifePath’s 2025 Needs Assessment, we received 545 surveys in total—453 from older adults and 93 from caregivers. People from all over the

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Age & Dementia Friendly Community Awards Support Local Innovation

The rural communities of Franklin County and the North Quabbin are places of deep beauty, strong bonds, and self-determination. They’re also home to a significantly greater proportion of older adults than the rest of the Commonwealth. Indeed, Franklin County has a larger proportion of people over 65 than Florida, and 60% more older adults than

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How LifePath’s Ombudsman Program Protected a Nursing Home Resident from an Unsafe Discharge

When “Rosa,” a longtime resident of Western Massachusetts, found herself in a nursing home recovering from a health crisis, she believed she was on the right track to regaining stability and well-being. However, she soon faced an unexpected and frightening challenge—she was told she had to leave the facility, even though she was not ready