Seniors' Issues

SCI Waymart is one of two Pennsylvania prisons with a personal care unit for inmates. As a result, its population is older than most of the Commonwealth’s prisons. Administrators recently revamped its hospice program, a volunteer-based program that allows inmates to get trained in hospice care for other inmates at the end of their lives.

Pennsylvania Secretary of Aging Jason Kavulich joined Lackawanna County’s Area Agency on Aging and other organizations serving older adults for a ribbon cutting ceremony at the new Older Adult Advocacy Center in Scranton, the first of its kind in the state.

Twice a month, attendees of the Memory Cafe, including those with memory loss diseases and their loved ones, gather for laughs, crafts and support.

Wyoming County has a large community of grandparents raising their grandchildren. Despite wanting to keep their families together, raising grandchildren comes with a large financial burden that government does not help to mitigate. Advocates took matters into their own hands.

Five years after acquiring three Luzerne County senior care facilities from the Diocese of Scranton, Allied Services celebrates the changes made under its leadership.

U.S. Sen. Bob Casey spoke to seniors at the Pittston Adult Activity Center about a new provision to the Inflation Reduction Act that will lower the cost of drugs commonly prescribed to seniors.

Caregivers highlight the signs of elder abuse and ways to take action on the eve of World Elder Abuse Awareness Day.

Seniors got fraud-savvy – they learned who they should and shouldn’t trust with their money.