Written by Marcia Horn, Community Editor
After one year of operation, two new Jewish Family Services programs are helping dozens of Kansas City seniors maintain their independence.
JET Express, which provides door-to-door transportation, and Help@Home, which provides home-repair and other services, allow seniors to avoid having to move out of their private homes and into assisted-living [...]

By Meredith Moss, Staff Writer
KETTERING —The idea is to deliver a “holiday in a box.”
“Hanukkah is the festival of light, and we’re trying to bring light into our seniors’ homes,” says Deva Zwelling, assistant executive vice president of the Jewish Federation of Greater Dayton. “The older people get, the harder it may be [...]

 
By Bob Moos
Seniors battered by the tough economy are selling their life insurance policies to replenish their retirement nest eggs. Unlike younger investors, older adults may not have the time to wait for the market to recover all of their losses, so they’re turning to this previously overlooked asset to see whether [...]