Monday, January 28th, 2019
Important update regarding the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak: We health and wellness classes have gone virtual for the time being. Classes will be held via GoToMeeting and will be accessible using your Smartphone, computer or tablet. For more information on AgeWays’s coronavirus response and resources and information to help older adults and family caregivers, visit our coronavirus updates page. We’re all getting older, but could we be doing it better? Yes, we could. Aging ...
Continue ReadingWednesday, November 7th, 2018
Help AgeWays Meet Its Match! We’re thrilled to announce that several generous businesses have stepped up to support the assistance we provide to seniors, adults with disabilities and caregivers. From now until December 31, Excellacare, LaJoy Group, and Imperial Senior Suites are each committed to matching donations, dollar for dollar, up to $10,000. Guardian Medical Monitoring has agreed to match dollars up to $5,000. Serenity Health and Harmony Transportation Services have ...
Continue ReadingTuesday, January 30th, 2018
AgeWays Medicare Medicaid Assistance Program (MMAP) is holding two presentations at the Novi Library this spring to help people understand their Medicare benefits and save money. “Ten Things You Need to Know About Medicare” is happening on Thursday, March 8 from 1 to 3 p.m., and “Getting Help Paying for Prescription Drugs” is being held on Thursday, April 12 from 1 to 3 p.m. MMAP is a program of the AgeWays, ...
Continue ReadingWednesday, January 24th, 2018
AgeWays has appointed Michael Karson as the new CEO and President. AgeWays is a local non profit serving seniors and adults with disabilities in the six county region of Livingston, Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, St. Clair and Washtenaw counties. Karson has a strong history of success at various executive levels within different health care delivery models/systems with for profit and non-profit organizations including: Optum, a division of United HealthCare, HAP, Midwest Health ...
Continue ReadingMonday, January 22nd, 2018
AgeWays plans to continue with business as usual during the government shutdown. Our first priority, as always, is serving the seniors who depend on our programs. Our services to seniors will continue without interruption
Continue ReadingMonday, December 11th, 2017
Traditions. They stitch us together. They help create a sense of family and a sense of community. The Dads Club from Brother Rice High School in Bloomfield Hills solidified a tradition this fall when a group of roughly 15 sets of dads and sons got together for the second year in a row to help seniors from Pontiac Meals on Wheels with some much-needed home maintenance and home repair projects. The ...
Continue ReadingTuesday, November 28th, 2017
Donate Now to Holiday Meals on Wheels Most of us know how important Meals on Wheels is. It's a safety net for vulnerable, homebound seniors. It brings hot food and a warm smile to their doorstep--making sure they have something to eat, someone to talk to and someone to check in on them every weekday. It's a critical service, providing not only a meal but that human connection that all of ...
Continue ReadingThursday, August 10th, 2017
All offices of AgeWays will be closed on Friday, August 11. Normal business hours will resume at 8 a.m. on Monday, August 14. AgeWays program participants who need immediate assistance may call (800) 852-7795 to reach the agency's after-hours answering service.
Continue ReadingTuesday, May 9th, 2017
A draft of the Annual Implementation Plan for fiscal year 2018 in now available for review. A public forum will be held at the AgeWays Southfield Office (29100 Northwestern Highway, Suite 400, Southfield, MI) on Wednesday, May 10, at 9 a.m. Older adults, family caregivers, professionals involved in caring for older adults, and all other interested parties are invited to attend. Those who cannot attend in person can participate by phone. For ...
Continue ReadingTuesday, April 11th, 2017
Forum Gives Public a Voice on Spending for Aging Services AgeWays seeks recommendations on the distribution of state and federal dollars during Fiscal Year 2018 AgeWays is holding a public forum in order to get feedback on how approximately $22 million in annual federal and state funding earmarked for senior services in its six-county service region during Fiscal Year 2018 should be spent. The agency’s service region includes much of southeast Michigan, ...
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