Ray Melanson of Next Monitoring sent us this email: Hello Everyone, Join me Sunday as we kick off the New Year with a Polar Plunge! We can all agree there may have been difficult times in 2011, but we have much to be thankful for. Volunteers and people in our field make a difference in
Today is World AIDS Day. As of 2011, 1.2 million people in The United States are living with HIV infection, and 1 in 5 are unaware of their status. Approximately 50,000 Americans become infected with HIV each year. The Center for Disease Control estimates that there are over 34 million people living with HIV/AIDS worldwide.
The final donations have all been calculated and the 2011 Walk to End Alzheimers was a huge success. Beacon Adult Foster Care was proud to take part in this event. Together we raised over $500.00 in sponsorships and donations for the Massachusetts /New Hampshire chapter of the Alzheimers Association. All together, a total of over
The 8th Annual Womens’ HIV Health Conference, “This Could Never Happen to Me; Sex in Our City” will be held at Century House in Acushnet, on Thursday, October 20th, 2011 from 8:30 am- 3:00 pm. The event will feature keynote speaker Dr. Martha Sanchez, an HIV/Hepatitis C specialist from the Greater New Bedford Community Health
On Monday, October 17th, the South Coast Senior Resource Association is sponsoring a seminar on Alzheimers/Dementia Issues and Behavioral Management, to be hosted at Atria Senior Living in Fairhaven, MA. The featured speaker is Dr. Peter Ham, LMHC; MA. Dr. Ham is a professional Alzheimers consultant and is Director of the Professional Counseling Center in
The New Bedford Rehabilitiation Hospital is holding their 7th Annual Health Expo this Thursday, September 22nd from 12pm-4pm. This event if free and open to all. The NBRH staff and other licensed medical professionals will be conducting complimentary health screenings, filling out health care proxy forms and much more. There will be raffle prizes and complimentary refreshments
Beacon Adult Foster Care is joining the fight against Alzheimer’s Disease by participating in the Southeastern Massachusetts Walk to End Alzheimer’s! This event takes place at Bristol Community College in Fall River, Sunday October 2nd, 2011. Full details of the event can be found here. Alzheimer’s disease is the sixth-leading cause of death in the
Tomorrow is the big day! Southcoast Senior Resource Association members Ray Melanson (Next Monitoring) and Mike Kennedy (iReverse Home Loans) will now be joined by SRA president Tabitha Tripp (Tender Hearts Home Health Care) and SRA member Valerie Gresh (Shifting Sands Transitions, LLC) in the skydive to benefit Coastline Elderly Services caregiver program! It’s not
More than one million people in America are living with HIV, and approximately one in five do not know it. Almost a full forty percent of people infected with HIV are not diagnosed until they have developed AIDS, sometimes up to ten years after they became infected with HIV. This year marks the 18th annual
Beacon Adult Foster Care, Inc. is sponsoring Ray Melanson of Next Monitoring and Mike Kennedy of iReverse Mortgage in their Skydive for Charity event to benefit the Coastline Elderly Services Caregiver Program. Ray and Mike are both members of the South Coast Senior Resource Association (SRA). We hope you’ll join us in support of this worthy cause.
