LIFE Eldercare, in Fremont, CA, is launching a new program, thanks to the funding from an East Bay Foundation on Aging grant. Blood pressure cuffs will be distributed to seniors receiving Meals on Wheels, and will be taught how to use them, and warning signs to look for with high blood pressure. Follow up visits [...]
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March For Meals, Riverside, CA
We are working hard in Riverside, CA! During March For Meals, we received $1,000 from JC Penney’s and partnered with two local restaurants. One restaurant was Ancho’s, where we received $2 for each slice of key lime pie sold in the month of March, and received $1,000. At our local Marcket Broiler we received $1 [...]
Racing to End Senior Hunger
From University Southern California Gerontology student, Whitney:
As a Master of Science student at the University of Southern California Davis School of Gerontology I have become increasingly aware of the lack of attention given to causes surrounding older adults. I am particularly sensitive to the plight of homebound seniors and issues of hunger, isolation and lack [...]