May is Older Americans Month, a Time to Celebrate Aging Unbound and Challenge the Status Quo!

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Help Your Neighbors: Volunteer for LifePath

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RSVP: Take Just a Little Time to Make a Big Difference

Making a Difference: LifePath Volunteer Carol Ball

RSVP: A Focus on SHINE

Mark Devlin Appointed LifePath’s Home Safety Program Director as Part of $1,000,000 HUD Grant

In Celebration of Volunteers

A Volunteer’s Story: When you give someone a meal, you receive a smile

A Volunteer’s Story: “It’s not all business. We have fun!”

A Volunteer’s Story: “It helps somebody, and nobody has to pay me.”

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May is Older Americans Month, a Time to Celebrate Aging Unbound and Challenge the Status Quo!

Established in 1963, Older Americans Month (OAM) is celebrated every May. Led by the Administration for Community Living (ACL), OAM is a time for us to acknowledge the contributions and achievements of older Americans, highlight important trends, and strengthen our commitment to honoring our older citizens.

This year’s theme, Aging Unbound, offers an opportunity to explore

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Help Your Neighbors: Volunteer for LifePath

April is National Volunteer Month!

This past year between staff and volunteers, LifePath supported over 5,000 individuals and families in our communities. LifePath is dedicated to the well-being of older adults, individuals with disabilities, and caregivers. Every day, our teams seek to create integrated systems of care that are culturally responsive and informed by best practice.

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RSVP: Grocery Shop for a Neighbor in Need

Have you ever thought about how you would manage if you couldn’t get out to shop for food or medications, had no internet, and/or store delivery wasn’t available?  A new LifePath program, born in response to needs during the early days of the pandemic and continuing now,  matches volunteer shoppers with individuals who cannot independently

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RSVP: Take Just a Little Time to Make a Big Difference

Have you ever said, “I would love to volunteer, but I don’t have much free time”? Here are a few suggestions that take little time, but provide a lifeline to frail or homebound elders. If you enjoy driving, shopping, or chatting on the phone, we need you.

Good nutrition and social contact are two important supports

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Making a Difference: LifePath Volunteer Carol Ball

In the United States, April is National Volunteer Month—a month dedicated to recognizing the importance of volunteering and honoring the significant contributions volunteers make by generously donating their time and talents to worthy causes.  The theme this year is “Volunteering is Empathy in Action.”  LifePath depends on approximately 275 volunteers, more than double our full-

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RSVP: A Focus on SHINE

Medicare changes and requirements can be confusing, especially in the fall Open Enrollment period. But you can relax because there is a free, unbiased, LifePath program to help you. SHINE, which stands for “Serving the Health Insurance Needs of Everyone (with Medicare),” uses trained volunteers to discreetly meet with Medicare recipients, answer questions, and provide

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Mark Devlin Appointed LifePath’s Home Safety Program Director as Part of $1,000,000 HUD Grant

Community Action Pioneer Valley, in partnership with LifePath, has been awarded a $1,000,000 federal grant by the Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) with the goal of giving qualifying lower-income older adult homeowners the option to safely age-in-place. This grant covers the cost of licensed occupational therapists to perform home safety

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In Celebration of Volunteers

As I reflect on this past year, there is much heartache to hold with all the COVID related suffering and losses, but what stands out is an overwhelming sense of gratitude and hope created by the goodness of the human spirit. At LifePath, we have experienced the outpouring of care and courage, and selflessness and