During September, we are joining with the National Council on Aging (NCOA) in celebrating National Senior Center Month to demonstrate how senior centers play an integral role in aging well. Our theme for 2019: “Senior Centers: The Key to Aging Well.” It is estimated that one out of every three seniors in the Naples area …
by Alan S. Jaffe, Guest columnist Each year, more and more older adults are making a positive impact in and around the greater Naples area. As volunteers, employees, employers, educators, mentors, advocates and more, they offer insight and experience that benefit the entire community. That’s why Older Americans Month has been recognizing the contributions of …
Naples Senior Center is on a fundraising roll. The nonprofit organization that provides an array of services to seniors has received a $2 million gift from the Brookdale Foundation Group for a new and larger building. The dementia respite program at the new center will be named the Brookdale Respite Program, the center announced. The …
A considerable cash infusion was just donated to help many in Collier County. The funds were bestowed to the Naples Senior Center. It offers several services, including helping dementia patients that have a group of symptoms associated with memory decline or thinking skills, which impede performing everyday tasks independently. In five years, the Naples Senior …
The Naples Senior Center, which has introduced seniors to tai chi and developed a boot camp for Alzheimer’s caregivers, has announced its most ambitious project ever: its own building. Jaclynn Faffer, president and CEO of the center, unveiled plans for the $15 million facility at its annual fundraiser at the Royal Poinciana Golf Club on Saturday evening. …
NAPLES SENIOR CENTER EMBARKS ON “A NEW ERA FOR SENIORS”; ANNOUNCES CAMPAIGN FOR NEW STATE-OF-THE-ART FACILITY NAPLES, FL. – The Naples Senior Center, a nonprofit organization that provides comprehensive programs and social services for seniors, announced that it has launched a $15-million capital campaign dubbed “A New Era for Seniors” to establish a new state-of-the-art facility accelerated …
Naples Senior Center will be holding its 3rd Annual Educational Event on February 8, 2019 at Kensington Golf & Country Club. Ina Jaffe, veteran NPR correspondent covering the aging of America will be the keynote speaker. Ms. Jaffe’s stories on Morning Edition and All Things Considered have focused on older adults’ involvement in politics and elections, dating and divorce, work …
Naples Senior Center at JFCS celebrates 60 years of music magic with Forever Motown, an Evening for Better Tomorrows. Please join us on Saturday, January 12 at Royal Poinciana Golf Club for our annual fundraiser as we dance the night away and raise funds critical to providing Greater Naples seniors and families with the tools …
If young registered nurses can’t afford to live here, what about seniors living on a fixed income? One of the most vulnerable segments of our population is falling through the cracks. Read the entire article.
Senior centers today are a vibrant, action-packed combination of social, wellness, artistic and volunteer activities. During September, National Senior Center Month, Naples Senior Center is celebrating almost five years of these shared experiences that build momentum in the lives of our 1,400 members. Read the complete article here.
The Jewish Congregation of Marco Island (JCMI), following the Jewish custom of Tzedakah, the ethical obligation to do what is right and just, raises money to feed seniors in our community. Every Fourth of July, a Barbeque Dinner is held as a fundraiser. The money raised by our JCMI members at our barbeque is used to buy Publix gift …
Barbara Green has taken care of her husband, Dick Green, for 18 years. Her husband was diagnosed with Lewy-Body Dementia in 2000. As her husband’s disease progresses, Barbara’s life evolved immensely. “I’m like his nurse and caregiver. I have to meet all of his different needs as far as issuing his pills that he …