Leaves crunch as they go into bags. Lawnmowers purr. Laughter. Conversation. A Seabury Age-In-Place® project is underway. And that is thanks to you! With your help, Seabury coordinates volunteers to do yard work and housecleaning projects so that older adults can stay in the homes and communities they love. This year, contributions from people like you connected more than 2,300 volunteers to isolated older adults through the Age-In-Place® program. Your support of Age-In-Place® today on Giving Tuesday ensures that 97-year-old Korea is not isolated and can stay more safely in her home and community. In 1927, Korea was seven years old when she and her four siblings found themselves homeless.
At age 82, Donnie (pictured above) is a pretty snappy dresser (always wearing a jacket and tie), a friendly guy, and active in the church. You tend to like him immediately but his charm and outward appearance hid the fact that only six months ago Donnie was living in squalor. His home was ridden with bed bugs and rodents, trash was everywhere, and random people were sleeping in his home. Strangers were asking him for money and he was handing it over. Under his clothes, a rash had spread to completely cover both of his legs. Somewhere along the way, dementia had crept up in Donnie’s life and it was crushing his hope of aging well in his own home. Only when members of Donnie’s church dropped b
The winter season is approaching! Seabury Age-In-Place® wants to make sure you are safe and warm this winter. We’ve put together some tips, discounts, and resources for getting winter ready, paying the utility bills, and navigating an emergency, such as a snow storm. Getting Winter Ready Make sure all of your necessary prescriptions are filled. You can request samples of your prescriptions from your doctor to have on hand in case the weather makes it difficult to go out. Schedule a free energy assessment and winterization of your home through the Department of Energy & Environment. Contact 202-299-3316 or LaWanda.Jones@dc.gov to sign-up. Insulate your windows, doors, and fireplaces. Cover w
by Gretchen Gaines, LICSW, Seabury Care Manager, and Christine Bitzer, LICSW, Assistant Director, Seabury Care Management Hospice care is a comprehensive health care service available to a person who has a serious illness near the end of life. It focuses on more than just the medical needs of the patient, offering the patient comfort care, as well as supportive services for the patient, family, and friends, including bereavement services. Services are usually provided in a patient’s home, or the community where they reside. Initially a team of hospice specialists are introduced including a nurse, a social worker, a volunteer, a chaplain, and other caregiving services. Pain management is an
Welcome back, Jennifer! Back in 2000, Jennifer Sapp saw a two-sentence ad in the Washington Post for a care manager. She called and spoke with the program director, Monica Micklos, and that is how Jennifer first came to Seabury as a care manager. Eight years later Jennifer left Seabury to raise a family and started her own care management practice in Anne Arundel County Maryland. Pictured above, Monica Micklos, left, Seabury Care Management Director, smiles with Jennifer Sapp, right. But recently, Jennifer realized something – she missed being a part of Seabury. “I really missed it,” says Jennifer,“ especially the camaraderie of the care management team and the clear mission of the organiza
