The Grapevine November 14, 2018
       

Solutions for Seniors

To the outside world she is a success story. She is in her late 80s, and still living at home. Appearances are critically important to her, so she takes pains to present as doing well. In reality she is fighting to stay self-reliant and engaged. She spent her life caring for others but is not comfortable asking for or receiving help. She is fragile physically and declining mentally, and has real difficulty managing her health issues, keeping herself safe at home and away, and connecting with people. She is destined to fail without solutions to these problems. Randy Bartosh developed the Senior Solutions Initiative to provide them.

Read more about this program in the Grapevine.


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