Special to the Journal LANSING — November is National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month and National Family Caregivers Month. To mark these events, the Alzheimer’s Association Michigan Chapter is encouraging people to lend a helping hand to the more than 518,000 Michigan family ...
MARQUETTE — The Upper Peninsula Commission for Area Progress recently announced a three-part dementia training series which is set to take place throughout the month of November. Each online course lasts approximately one hour and includes basic information about dementia, activities for ...
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s plan to mail millions of seniors a $200 prescription savings card has hit legal and budget roadblocks, making it unlikely the government can carry it out before Election Day. Democratic lawmakers have raised questions about whether the administration ...
MARQUETTE — Make a Difference Day, which is a national day of volunteering, falls on the fourth Saturday of October each year. This year, United Way of Marquette County is hosting Rake a Difference Day on Oct. 24. Volunteers will rake the yards of people aged 60 and older who are ...
MARQUETTE — The Marquette County Aging Services Retired and Senior Volunteer Program, or RSVP, is doing its part to help residents of two area care facilities in escaping the isolation they’ve had to deal with throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Through generous donations from the ...
NEW YORK — Those mysterious debt collectors who call insisting you’ll be in legal peril if you don’t pay them big bucks are in hot water themselves, accused in a nationwide crackdown of harassing and threatening consumers including seniors, often about debts that don’t actually ...