Archive for the News Category

This month, Elaine Scott, Senior Community Liaison from the Office of Public Communication in Alexandria, VA, discusses the City’s six Academies. Then, Registered Dietitian Madison Reeder demonstrates how to make a dessert salsa using fall flavors and summer fruits. Finally, MaryAnne Beatty, Director of Communication and Outreach

Click on the link below to read more about Alexandria’s Dementia Friendly initiative and SSA’s leadership role in the mission.   Page 3: https://alextimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/08_01_2019-Alex_Times_WEB.pdf  

Read more about Alexandria’s recent Dementia Friendly kick-off event.   Alexandria Officially Declared Dementia-Friendly City

Senior Services of Alexandria Executive Director Mary Lee Anderson and Meal Programs Director Nathan Toews discuss SSA’s variety of services. Then, Registered Dietitian Madison Reeder shows you a healthy twist on a classic smoothie recipe.  

Read about SSA’s last year (July 2018-June 2019) in our Highlights brochure here: 2018-2019 Highlights FINAL

Have you seen SSA’s monthly cable television show, Senior Living in Alexandria? Check out the Zebra’s coverage of it below.   http://digital.thezebra.org/?issueID=39&pageID=60

The Friendly Visitor Program (“the Program”) provides social interaction, and relieves loneliness and feelings of isolation in senior citizens who are lonely or home-bound in the City of Alexandria. The Program is based on extensive research that has shown depression and loneliness to be major problems that

Stand up for yourself and your community when it comes to scams! Learn more about the theme and presenters at this year’s Senior Law Day on June 22 in this Zebra article (page 61).   http://digital.thezebra.org/?issueID=38&pageID=60

This month, Host Tim Roberts sits down with Mary Horner, Staff Attorney with Legal Services of Northern Virginia, to discuss elder law and Madison Reeder, Registered Dietitian, walks you through a recipe for cauliflower stirfry.  

5.8 million American adults live with Alzheimers. By 2050, that number is expected to be 14 million! This month, Nicole McMonigle Knight, CDP, Consultant for Dementia Care Connections, discusses the prevalence of dementia and the national movement to make communities more responsive to those suffering, called the