Over 300 BayPath volunteers serve older citizens in 14 MetroWest communities. Pegg Mancuso-Rowe has been involved in the Healthy Living Program for over 11 years and has been a dedicated volunteer with BayPath’s Healthy Living Program for approximately eight years, co-leading as many as 10 or more workshops per year.

The Money Management program operates with 87 volunteers, who provide approximately 180 hours of service each month. BayPath recently had the opportunity to speak with Bob Zimmerman, a retired physicist, and engineer, who has been a volunteer with the money management program for several years.

BayPath recently conducted a Q&A with longtime Ombudsman volunteer, Ava Zinn, and gained some insight as to what makes up the many facets of this role.

The Caregiving Chronicles recently sat with Michelle Birdwell, BayPath’s Triage Coordinator for Elder Community Care (ECC), and engaged in a Q&A session covering issues involving depression among older adults and caregivers. In this third and final part of the series we delve into how to support someone with depression.

PART II of our three part depression series discuses what the key signs and symptoms of Depression are and how to spot them.

The Caregiving Chronicles has put together a series of articles that focus on the stigma of depression and why individuals with this diagnosis often hide how they feel rather than openly discuss it or seek help.

In our latest Caregiving Chronicles Q&A, we discuss depression and how it can affect both older adults ad their caregivers with Juanita Allen Kingsley of the Natick VNA.

In our latest Caregiving Chronicles Q&A, we discuss the important issues involving the financial exploitation of older adults, what caregivers should know about it and how to prevent it with Juanita Allen Kingsley of the Natick VNA.

In our latest Caregiving Chronicles Q&A, we discuss the impressive rise of memory cafés in MetroWest and throughout the state and the value and benefits caregivers can get from attending these cafés. Providing insight is Tammy Pozerycki, owner of Pleasantries Adult Day and Consulting Services in Marlborough.

In our latest Caregiving Chronicles Q&A, we discuss the important issues involving sexual activity of older adults with Juanita Allen Kingsley of the Natick VNA.