Aging Articles

On Friday, July 21, the Mid-America Regional Council (MARC) honored Bonner Springs for becoming a Silver Level Community for All Ages at the First Suburbs Coalition meeting at Westwood City Hall.

The GRANDPass program provides a free week of camp for the children of older caregivers. 

A CHW helped a cancer patient find insurance coverage - and peace of mind.

On Friday, June 2, participants from the spring 2023 Give 5 classes received their certificates of completion. 

Kristi Bohling-DaMetz selected as MARC’s new director of Aging and Adult Services.

MARC's new toolkit, How to Care for Caregivers: A Toolkit for Improving Workplace Policies and Practices, provides guidance to employers on best practices for supporting family caregivers.

Aging services staff, regional partners and friends came together to celebrate the 50th anniversary of MARC’s Area Agency on Aging and the department of Aging and Adult Services. 

On April 25, the seventh annual Age Positive: Ideas for an Age-Friendly Future conference hosted more than 175 attendees.

The Mid-America Regional Council honored Westwood, Kansas, at the April 21 First Suburbs Coalition meeting for becoming more age friendly.

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