Make Your Voice Heard: Advocacy Takes Us All
By Alexandra Newman Throughout my time working at Area Agency on Aging (AAA), I have met many wonderful people who credit us with helping them to stay living independently in their homes. Just last week I spoke with a woman, Julie, who cares for her 90-year-old aunt. She told me, “Following a serious illness that required surgery and a lengthy stay in a nursing facility, my aunt’s greatest wish […]
A hopeful spring – Alexandra Newman – April 13, 2024
When people ask me how I am doing these next two months, the answer is going to be: busy. Now, I keep myself busy most of the year, but April and May at Area Agency on Aging (AAA) are a special kind of busy, in a great way. To summarize, here’s a list of what […]
Non-partisan advocacy a blessing and something any older adult can do – Lynn Kellogg – March 2, 2024
One of the required roles that came with my many years at the Area Agency on Aging was that of non-partisan political advocate. I’m grateful; it taught me a lot. You can get involved too; your voice is needed. The visionary framers of the Older Americans Act of 1965 recognized the population would be aging […]