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The PA CareKit recently launched, which is a resource to support caregivers including spouses, adult children, and grandparents raising grandchildren, that provides training, connection to respite services, and personalized tools to help informal caregivers address their unique situations.
The PA CareKit offers an array of person-centered support like personalized and tailored resource guides, and resources for families to evaluate and select professional caregivers. The development of the PA CareKit started in August 2024 and took nine months to complete. It is the result of year one of implementing Aging Our Way, PA – a 10-year plan to improve the infrastructure of aging services.
Learn more about the PA CareKit on the Department of Aging’s website.
Protect Our Lottery to Benefit Older Pennsylvanians!
Skill games are posing a threat to the Lottery that provides the services we and other Pennsylvanians need. Legalizing them won’t help. Our elected representatives can. Contact them today and urge them to allocate any taxes from skill games to the Lottery Fund to help replace the money these games are drawing away.
So-called “skill games” are competing with the PA Lottery, and the lottery supports older Pennsylvanians. Fill out this form, find your elected officials, and send them an email to ask them to direct funding from skill games to the Lottery. Every voice counts and your involvement is crucial in this campaign.
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JULY 10th: Raise Some Dough For Us!
We teamed up with the LEWISBURG Panera Bread to help us raise money for older adults in Union & Snyder counties. For every sandwich, soup, bakery item, etc. you buy, 30% will go towards our home delivered meals program or personal care assistance. What a delicious way to do something good!
Governor Shapiro Announces Pennsylvania’s Designation as an Age-Friendly State by AARPGovernor Josh Shapiro announced that AARP has designated Pennsylvania as an Age-Friendly State, making the Commonwealth one of just 13 states in the country to earn this distinction. Secretary of Aging Jason Kavulich joined Governor Shapiro to make the announcement at the White Rose Senior Center in York County, which became an Age-Friendly Community in 2020. Pennsylvania is home to 10 of more than 700 Age-Friendly Communities in the country. The Age-Friendly designation, awarded by AARP in partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO), recognizes states and communities committed to being great places to grow up and grow older.Read more about the designation and what the Shapiro Administration and the Department of Aging (PDA) have done for older Pennsylvanians.
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