A Volunteer You Should Know - Greg Lind At Kane Senior Council, our volunteers are the heart of our organization. They carry out our mission in the community and show tremendous care for the seniors they serve. We love to highlight our volunteers year-round, but especially during Volunteer Appreciation Month. This month, we [...]
Intergenerational Connections: How Businesses Can Champion Their Caregiver Workforce and Aging-in-Place Organizations In today’s workplace, business leaders need to recognize the need to support a vital workforce segment: employee caregivers. Roughly 30 percent of family caregivers of older Americans live in a household that includes children or grandchildren. They are increasingly likely to [...]
We’re In This Together — Supporting Caregivers Through The Aging-in-Place Journey As we navigate the path of aging, powerful partnerships unfold, where caregivers, including family and volunteers, become unwavering companions, embodying compassion, connection, and resilience. Their dedication forms the core of our aging-in-place community, ensuring seniors find comfort in their homes. These [...]
Empowering Seniors: Business Leaders and Employees Support the Aging-in-Place Population In a world where the pursuit of success often consumes business leaders and employees, a new journey is unfolding—one that invites business leaders and employees alike to embrace a shared mission: empowering the lives of seniors in their communities who seek the comfort [...]
Thriving Together: Uniting Volunteers, Families, and Seniors for Aging in Place In the Book of Life, the chapter called Aging deserves and needs a little more care than our other chapters. Our needs change, and the community supports us. Becoming a senior is no different. It takes a village to care for each [...]
Volunteer Connections At Kane Senior Council, we see connections form between our volunteers and the seniors they serve. Through the work of our volunteers on a regular basis, the seniors build trust and a bond with the people who bring them support every day. One of these special connections that has formed is that [...]
The Psychology Behind Partnering With A Non-Profit In today's world, your potential customers are increasingly drawn to companies that care about more than just their bottom line. For example, The Strength of Purpose study surveyed over 8,000 individuals across eight countries and asked them to rate over 75 brands on their perceived strength [...]
Generations Many things help shape who we are and how we interact with the world around us. Our shared experiences with the people who grew up at the same time help to inform how we interact with one another and understand each other’s perspectives. Each of us is classified into groups called Generations [...]
A Volunteer You Should Know - Stella Niesen At KSC, our volunteers play a big part in making our mission possible. We have a stellar group of volunteers that always step up to help when needed. One of these volunteers is Stella Niesen, who delivers meals from our Meals on Wheels site in [...]
Dancing Is More Than Fun For Seniors – It’s Good For Their Health After experiencing the events of recent years, it’s now easier to understand how seniors feel all the time. We’ve experienced the loneliness, anxiety, and restless feelings that come with isolation. Aging brings on huge changes to one’s life. The busy [...]
