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New Benefits Enrollment Center Will Help Older Adults Access Benefits
Our region faces unique challenges for older adults seeking to maintain independence in their homes. Thirty percent of the population in this area have incomes at or below 200% of the federal poverty level, creating significant barriers to aging well. Many older adults, especially historically underserved populations, struggle to understand and apply for benefits.
To address
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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
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Children and Elders Create Handmade Valentine’s Cards for Meals on Wheels Recipients
Children from Buckland Shelburne Elementary School, Northfield Elementary School, Petersham Montessori School, Shutesbury Elementary, Four Corners School, The Learning Knoll, and Petersham Center School, along with residents of the assisted living community Arbors at Greenfield, created more than 500 beautiful cards for delivery to LifePath Meals on Wheels recipients on Valentine’s Day.
Charlie Cornish, LifePath’s Home
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My Thirty Years with Meals on Wheels
I became a Meals on Wheels (MOW) driver in the spring of 1994. (This spring will be 30 years!) Prior to this time, I had left work with a for-profit company that I had been with for 13 years. I had left because my husband’s parents needed daily help in the home and I felt
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A Huge Thanks to Montague Lodge of Elks #2521!
On Monday, January 29, LifePath was visited by Judy and Steve Dacyczyn. Judy and Steve are both former Exalted Rulers at the Montague Lodge of Elks #2521, and they know how important the nutritious meals and wellness checks from LifePath’s Meals on Wheels program can be to those in their community. Through a competitive grant-writing
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Take Flight at Northfield Mount Hermon’s Free Concert, While Supporting Meals on Wheels!
For the twentieth year, the Northfield Mount Hermon Instrumental Ensembles will again host a benefit concert for LifePath’s Meals on Wheels program. The concert is scheduled for Sunday, February 18th, at 3 p.m., on the beautiful Northfield Mount Hermon campus in the Rhodes Arts Center, at 1 Lamplighter Way, Gill, MA. The concert is free
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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
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LifePath Awarded Grant from MCOA to Support Dementia Programs
LifePath is pleased to announce it has been awarded a grant from MCOA in the amount of $22,900 to support elder dementia programs. This funding will allow us to continue to offer dementia-related services free of charge. LifePath will also use the grant to build our capacity to respond to the rising need for dementia
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Medicare Costs in 2024
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) released the 2024 premiums, deductibles, and coinsurance amounts for the Medicare Part A and Part B programs on November 12, 2023.
The standard monthly premium for Medicare Part B in 2024 will be $174.70, up from $164.90 in 2023, an increase of $9.80. The cost of this premium is
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Uncle and Nephew Reunited Through “The Good Life” – Uncle is Participant in LifePath’s Adult Family Care Program
Last December, an article featured Richard “Dick” Hawthorne, a 95-year-old man who has been living with his caregiver, Janice Smith, as part of the Adult Family Care program since 2006. It was a Saturday afternoon, and Glen Hawthorne was doing what he always does: reading The Good Life. He came across the article and photo
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The Healthy Benefits of Volunteering
We are hearing a lot these days about the healthy benefits of volunteering. The topic is gaining momentum as our nation’s population of adults ages at a rapid pace. The healthy benefits of volunteering are proven, and numerous. Volunteering is a way to increase your activity and get out and about. Volunteerism is shown to
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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