]]> http://personalhomecareservicestexas.com/blog/old-colony-elder-services-collaborates-with-the-charity-guild-of-brockton/feed/ 0 http://personalhomecareservicestexas.com/blog/old-colony-elder-services-strives-to-raise-awareness-and-educate-the-public-of-elder-abuse-day-on-june-15th/ http://personalhomecareservicestexas.com/blog/old-colony-elder-services-strives-to-raise-awareness-and-educate-the-public-of-elder-abuse-day-on-june-15th/#comments Tue, 19 Jan 2010 09:03:23 +0000 bobcrabtree1 http://personalhomecareservicestexas.com/blog/old-colony-elder-services-strives-to-raise-awareness-and-educate-the-public-of-elder-abuse-day-on-june-15th/ ]]> http://personalhomecareservicestexas.com/blog/old-colony-elder-services-strives-to-raise-awareness-and-educate-the-public-of-elder-abuse-day-on-june-15th/feed/ 0 http://personalhomecareservicestexas.com/blog/old-colony-elder-services-urges-elders-needing-home-care-to-apply/ http://personalhomecareservicestexas.com/blog/old-colony-elder-services-urges-elders-needing-home-care-to-apply/#comments Tue, 19 Jan 2010 01:34:09 +0000 bobcrabtree1 http://personalhomecareservicestexas.com/blog/old-colony-elder-services-urges-elders-needing-home-care-to-apply/ DATELINE:

Ms. Maki has a decade of experience in monitoring contracts through the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. For six years before joining OCES, she was an Accounting Supervisor for a visiting nurses agency in Attleboro. She also worked as a Senior Accountant for the Kennedy Donovan Center in Foxboro for three years.

Ms. Maki holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration with a specialization in Accounting from Bryant University in Smithfield, RI. She is a native of Somerset, MA.

?We?re very pleased to have Erin as part of our talented team. Her expertise makes her an asset to our organization,? noted Diana L. DiGiorgi, Executive Director of OCES.

About Old Colony Elderly Services

Incorporated in 1974, Old Colony Elderly Services (OCES) is one of 27 private, non-profit Aging Services Access Points (ASAPs) in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

The organization?s mission is to provide services which will support the dignity and independence of elders by helping them maximize their quality of life; live safely and in good health; and, prevent unnecessary or premature institutionalization.

One of the Commonwealth?s 27 non-profit Aging Service Access Points (ASAPs),

OCES serves the towns of Abington, Avon, Bridgewater, Brockton, Carver, Duxbury, East Bridgewater, Easton, Halifax, Hanover, Hanson, Kingston, Lakeville, Marshfield, Middleboro, Pembroke, Plymouth, Plympton, Rockland, Stoughton, Wareham, West Bridgewater and Whitman.

The agency has 110 employees and operates more than 12 programs serving elders, their families and caregivers. For more information call (508) 584-1561 or visit the website at www.oc-elderly.org.

OCES provided a delectable spread of barbecue favorites including chicken, and the COA provided entertainment with the costumed Sing-Along Singers, Tom and Sheila Monahan of Wareham, who performed American favorites from the 1900s-1970s.

COA board member Dennis Allen was also on hand, helping to serve the food.

OCES will be collaborating with the Wareham COA in the future and helping with education as well as special events and programs.

?It was a fun, lighthearted event and everyone we?ve spoken with said they had a terrific time. We had beautiful weather, the food was delicious and Tom and Sheila were truly entertaining,? noted Janet Smith-Rushton, Day Center Director at the COA. ?We look forward to working with OCES on future events.?

OCES serves the towns of Abington, Avon, Bridgewater, Brockton, Carver, Duxbury, East Bridgewater, Easton, Halifax, Hanover, Hanson, Kingston, Lakeville, Marshfield, Middleboro, Pembroke, Plymouth, Plympton, Rockland, Stoughton, Wareham, West Bridgewater and Whitman.

About Old Colony Elderly Services

Incorporated in 1974, Old Colony Elderly Services (OCES) is one of 27 private, non-profit Aging Services Access Points (ASAPs) in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

The organization?s mission is to provide services which will support the dignity and independence of elders by helping them maximize their quality of life; live safely and in good health; and, prevent unnecessary or premature institutionalization.

The agency has 110 employees and operates more than 12 programs serving elders, their families and caregivers. For more information call (508) 584-1561 or visit the website at www.oc-elderly.org.

The Supportive Housing program, which operates from a 10 story building housing 266 residents at 105 Bel Air Street, gives senior residents and those who are under 65 years old and disabled, more enhanced services that are meant to help them ?age in place?.

]]> http://personalhomecareservicestexas.com/blog/old-colony-elderly-services-to-hold-bbq-for-seniors-at-wareham-council-on-aging/feed/ 0 http://personalhomecareservicestexas.com/blog/old-colony-elderly-services-to-hold-%e2%80%9ccaregiving-101%e2%80%9d-seminar-on-june-4th-at-whitman-public-library/ http://personalhomecareservicestexas.com/blog/old-colony-elderly-services-to-hold-%e2%80%9ccaregiving-101%e2%80%9d-seminar-on-june-4th-at-whitman-public-library/#comments Fri, 08 Jan 2010 15:06:09 +0000 bobcrabtree1 http://personalhomecareservicestexas.com/blog/old-colony-elderly-services-to-hold-%e2%80%9ccaregiving-101%e2%80%9d-seminar-on-june-4th-at-whitman-public-library/ The FREE seminar is designed to provide education and guidance to family caregivers and will help them:

• Broaden their awareness about resources, services, and programs

• Increase their knowledge on how to find and access services

• Enhance their health and well being while managing caregiver responsibilities

Light refreshments will be served. To register or for more information, contact Michelle Ray at the Whitman Public Library, (781) 447-7613.

This seminar is offered as an initiative of the National Family Caregiver Program with support from the Massachusetts Office of Elder Affairs.

About Old Colony Elderly Services

Incorporated in 1974, Old Colony Elderly Services (OCES) is one of 27 private, non-profit Aging Services Access Points (ASAPs) in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

The organization’s mission is to provide services which will support the dignity and independence of elders by helping them maximize their quality of life; live safely and in good health; and, prevent unnecessary or premature institutionalization.

OCES serves the towns of Abington, Avon, Bridgewater, Brockton, Carver, Duxbury, East Bridgewater, Easton, Halifax, Hanover, Hanson, Kingston, Lakeville, Marshfield, Middleboro, Pembroke, Plymouth, Plympton, Rockland, Stoughton, Wareham, West Bridgewater and Whitman.

The agency has 110 employees and operates more than 12 programs serving elders, their families and caregivers. For more information call (508) 584-1561 or visit the website at www.oc-elderly.org.