Tag: senior living
Medicare open enrollment
By Ashley Johnson
Medicare open enrollment is now available through December 7 and is effective January 1, 2024. Between now and December, recipients can change...
Better With Age: Staying cool during the summer heat
By Diana Reynoso
Excessive heat has caused more deaths than all other weather events, including floods, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. A heat wave...
Alexandria senior living facility reports 12 cases of COVID-19
By Missy Schrott | [email protected]
Hermitage Northern Virginia, a long-term care facility located at 5000 Fairbanks Ave., has reported 12 positive cases of COVID-19.
Two residents...
Alexandrians brace for coronavirus outbreak
By Luke Anderson | [email protected]
As the COVID-19 coronavirus continues to spread globally, Alexandria residents and businesses are bracing for an outbreak. Some are already...
Home Profile: Breathing life into senior living
By Missy Schrott | [email protected]
In a bright one-bedroom apartment with an open floorplan on the upper levels of Goodwin House, Mark Raabe exemplifies that...
Our view: National Night Out helps build community
Two significant numbers this week in Alexandria are 35 and 36.
Tuesday was the 35th annual National Night Out, which is a nationwide crime and...
Seniors: Cultivating new experiences at Alexandria’s senior centers
By Vanessa K. Greene and Anne T. Coyne
There are two senior centers in the City of Alexandria operated by the Department of Community and...
Letter to the Editor: Alzheimer’s crisis needs new governor’s attention
Since the start of the gubernatorial election many issues important to the people of Virginia
have taken center stage, but one deserves more attention from...
