Posts Tagged ‘seniors’
Vibrant, outdoor socializing space, and a mural, coming in 2024 at Pawtucket’s Senior Center
The Pawtucket Division of Senior Services/Leon Mathieu Senior Center has announced its receipt of a grant from the Harriet Ballou Foundation that will support the Leon Mathieu Senior Center’s (LMSC) Mural and Socialization project to create a vibrant public event space including a mural, for socializing in an underutilized parcel of land adjacent to the…
Read MoreUnique partnership creates Senior Fellows pilot program – Herb Weiss
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Read MoreCountdown to 2024 elections heating up about what to do about Social Security – Herb Weiss
By Herb Weiss, contributing writer on aging issues The political clock is ticking. It’s 340 days before the upcoming presidential elections and control of Congress and the White House are up for grabs. As education, abortion, foreign policy, immigration, crime are emerging as upcoming campaign issues, fixing Social Security and Medicare are also on the voter’s…
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Read MoreSenate bipartisan proposal boon to nation’s family caregivers – Herb Weiss
by Herb Weiss, contributing writer on aging issues Many family caregivers will tell you that coping with the stress of providing care to loved ones, is made more difficult when they are forced to navigate the confusing federal bureaucracy to identify key financial and health care programs for support. Last week, S 3109, the Alleviating Barriers…
Read MoreNeeds and priorities of aging Rhode Islanders must remain paramount – Maureen Maigret
by Maureen Maigret, chair, Aging in Community Subcommittee of the Long Term Care Coordinating Council David Cicilline affirms “the needs and priorities of aging Rhode Islanders must remain paramount” David Cicilline, President and CEO of the Rhode Island Foundation and former member of Congress, was the keynote speaker at the 15th Annual Conference and Expo…
Read MoreModest Social Security COLA increase seen as chump change by some – Herb Weiss
By Herb Weiss, contributing writer on aging issues Last week, the Social Security Administration (SSA) announced that Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits for more than 71 million beneficiaries will increase 3.2% in 2024, about $59 per month starting in January. The 2024 payment declined from last year’s 8.7%, but that had been the…
Read MorePawtucket’s Youth to Senior Snow Shoveling program – sign up NOW
Mayor Donald R. Grebien and the Pawtucket City Council announced that Pawtucket’s Youth to Senior Snow Shoveling Program is now accepting requests from Pawtucket seniors who are aged 65 and over who wish to be placed on a list to be matched with a snow shoveling volunteer for this upcoming winter. Through this program, student…
Read MoreWill Magaziner fulfill call to reestablish House Aging Committee? – Herb Weiss
by Herb Weiss, contributing writer on aging issues With Congressman David Cicilline retiring from Congress, no House lawmaker has yet stepped up to reintroduce, H.R. 583, the Rhode Island lawmaker’s resolution to reestablish the House Select Committee on Aging (HSCoA). Without receiving a vote in the House Rules Committee at the end of the 117th Congress, the resolution…
Read MoreOcean State Job Lot’s “Senior Deal Days” returns
Ocean State Job Lot’s “Senior Deal Days” Returns September 21st – 27th Region’s premier closeout retailer to give customers ages 62 and older gift cards equal to 40% of their purchases of $20+ Ocean State Job Lot (OSJL), a premier discount retail chain with 152 stores across the Northeast, announces the return of “Senior Deal Days” from Thursday, September…
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