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
A Season Full of Expectations and How Gratitude Can Help
This will be reaching you near the holiday season. While a time of joy, connection, and celebration for many, the holidays are not universally happy, and not even universally celebrated. This is a season full of expectations, some realistic, some less so. Expectations to feel a certain way, or to engage with certain people. Expectations
National Family Caregiver Month: Asking For Help Is Not An Admission of Failure
November is National Family Caregiver Month. When we talk about caregiving, I am always struck by the number of individuals who do not identify as caregivers, but who are certainly doing the work. This could be because caregiving looks different to everybody; children caring for their parents, grandparents caring for their grandchildren, chosen family caring
Assessing the Last Year with Gratitude
As I write this article, I have recently passed my one year anniversary at LifePath. Reflecting on LifePath’s achievements over the past year brings a profound sense of gratitude toward the volunteers, staff, organizations, and community members that made it all possible.
Just over a year ago, in May 2023, we began an initiative to help
Soul-Searching Journey Leads to Focus on Aging
As you read this, I am just past my one year anniversary in my role. Before coming to LifePath, I had been working in healthcare administration for most of my career. I had been fantasizing about my departure from the field for some time before the pandemic came in early 2020 and upended everything we
How Protective Services Can Help
A recent conversation with a walk-in community member highlighted misconceptions around some of the core tenets of LifePath’s work. Our mission is to provide person-centered service coordination, education, and support. We listen to our consumers from a place of compassion and understanding, we provide education and options, we recognize that consumers know what is best
Complex, Urgent Situation Requires Immediate Action and Teamwork
The individuals reaching out to LifePath represent a wide cross-section of Franklin County and beyond. They come from diverse backgrounds, all corners of our geography, with different wants and needs, and while commonalities exist, everyone has their own unique story. I’m sharing a story now about an individual with whom LifePath recently connected.
We were first
How LifePath and FRCOG’s Regional Action Plan Is Improving Our Community for Older Adults
Have you been or known an older adult who could not find transportation to a medical appointment? Or who needed to find an affordable place to live? How about someone (or yourself) who is having trouble getting to the grocery store, cooking meals, or feels like they could experience a fall or other medical event
Counteracting Loneliness at a Potentially Difficult Time of Year
Loneliness is a frequent topic of conversation at LifePath. The 2023 release of the Surgeon General’s public statement, Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation: The Surgeon General’s Advisory on the Healing Effects of Social Connection and Community, confirms what we are seeing every day in our work and in our communities.
The Surgeon General’s statement