The tally is in: Give Where You Live Collier raised $3.9 million for dozens of charities. “We are continually amazed at how our community comes together to show their love and support for Collier County,” said Eileen Connolly-Keesler, president and chief executive officer of the Community Foundation of Collier County. “Together, we all made a …
Everyone in the audience understood when speaker Barry Petersen stopped in the middle of his talk, and said he had to take a “Kleenex break.” Petersen, telling the story of how his beloved wife Jan developed early onset Alzheimer’s disease, and had to be put into memory care, was the featured speaker at the forum …
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Fox4 sat down with the CEO of the Naples Senior Center, Dr. Jaclynn Faffer, and the spouse of one of their clients, to see how they help southwest Florida senior citizens. Watch the interview HERE.
Watch the NBC-2 News segment: Naples Senior Center Bringing People Out Of The Cold
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by Joe Landon, Naples Daily News Contributor Our senior years are supposed to be our golden years, or at least that’s what we’ve always been told. But for some senior citizens, the years following retirement are anything but golden. That’s where JFCS of Southwest Florida, formerly known as Jewish Family Services of Collier County, comes …
More than 100 seniors gathered at the Naples Senior Center for a weekly lunch on Wednesday, Sept. 20. Last Wednesday’s lunch, on Sept. 13, was canceled because electricity was still out at the center. The seniors quietly shared stories of their Irma experiences, and most said they were not fearful of the storm. Still, they are …
A recent study completed by the Florida Gulf Coast University Division of Social Work found that Collier County is home to 122,019 individuals over age 60 and of that number 13 percent live alone. We know from extensive research that isolation and loneliness are factors that significantly impact this population. September is National Senior Center …
by Justin Paprocki The Naples Senior Center offers seniors a place to socialize, take a variety of classes and get help with issues like dementia. Read the full article here.
Florida may welcome seniors for their golden years, but there’s no gold star for the state for aging services, a new AARP report shows. Florida ranks 46 among the states in a new scorecard that examines accessibility and quality of long-term care for the aging and disabled. It also looks at settings of care, support …
Coastal Breeze Article : By Maureen Chodaba By definition, dementia is a general term for a decline of mental ability that is severe enough to interfere with one’s daily life. Dementia is not one specific disease, but an overall term that encompasses several different forms of the condition, including Alzheimer’s disease, vascular dementia, dementia with …