This edition of our Ethos Live series features a Conversation with Ethos CEO Valerie Frias. Valerie provides an update on how Ethos staff and volunteers are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, the programs and services that are available to older…
Ann Glora, Ethos’ healthy aging program manager, leads a 30 minute Cardio and Strengthening class you can follow while sitting down. All you need is a sturdy chair, preferably without arms.
As a result of the the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) passed by congress in March, the Executive Office of Health and Human Services released new guidance with regards to paid sick leave and Personal Care Attendants. PCAs are…
Dear Community Members: We hope you are faring well and staying safe through these difficult times. We are reaching out to you to pass along new guidance, the City of Boston issued yesterday, regarding stricter measures being put in place for…
Not only is the older adult population of Boston growing, but our community also is home to higher rates of older adults experiencing depression and mental health challenges than their counterparts across the Commonwealth – but Ethos is here to…
September is National Suicide Prevention Month. Mental health challenges, like depression, can lead to suicide, especially if left untreated. According to the 2018 Massachusetts Healthy Aging Data Report, 34.05% of the Boston’s seniors have ever been diagnosed with depression. However,…
With temperatures expected in the 90s today and nearing 100 degrees this weekend, the National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory. Ethos would like to remind everyone to be safe during this hot and potentially dangerous weather. Heat-induced illness can…
Today, the second-ever Older Adult Mental Health Awareness Day, Ethos recognizes the nearly one in five older Americans that have one or more mental health/substance use conditions (according to a 2012 Institute of Medicine study). The U.S. Census Bureau indicates…
FURLOUGHED WORKERS WHO ARE 60 AND OLDER CAN DINE FOR FREE AT MORE THAN 40 COMMUNITY CAFÉ LOCATIONS BOSTON (January 25, 2019) – Ethos, a Boston non-profit which provides community-based services for older adults and the disabled, is offering free…
New Contract and Partnership Consolidates the Elder Nutrition Project Under Ethos BOSTON (January 23, 2019) – The Boston Elder Nutrition Program, which is responsible for providing more than 2.1 million federal, state and city subsidized meals for seniors in Boston,…
Nearly 100 seniors joined Ethos & Suffolk County DA's office for our Fraud Fighter event to learn how to avoid scams targeting older adults. A special thanks to @SCDAONews for their relentless efforts in safeguarding our seniors! #fraudprevention
2Nearly 250 seniors from all over the City of Boston along with @MayorWu , Commissioner Emily Shea, @RobConsalvo and @WRBillyMac joined Ethos for a special St. Patrick’s day luncheon. @AgeStrongBos #seniors #eldercare #Boston
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