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Our annual elections to the Young at Heart Board of Directors will be held Tuesday, August 11, 2020. This is for 3-year terms beginning in State Fiscal Year 2021. Stay tuned for more information about polling locations, voting times, and absentee ballots. Candidate Kathy RoachABCD RegionRepresenting Andrew, Buchanan, Caldwell, Clinton, Daviess, and DeKalb Counties “My…

Every year Young at Heart Resources (formerly the Northwest Missouri Area Agency on Aging) holds regional elections to its Board of Directors. The board is comprised of 9 members representing 18 counties in Northwest Missouri, and each member term is 3 years. This year’s elections were delayed because of COVID-19 restrictions, and have been rescheduled…

The U.S. Administration on Aging has established a grant program to provide pension counseling projects across the United States, because it can be difficult for individuals to understand complex pension plans and laws.   One of those projects, The South Central Pension Rights Project (SCPRP), assists people in Missouri, as well as other states, with their…

Now available through our agency! This program includes all tools in the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program, packaged into a one-time mailing. It offers an alternative method for those who cannot or do not wish to attend a CDSMP workshop in person or online. The self-tailored Tool Kit contains: > The Living a Healthy Life with…

Come July 1st, our agency names a new Chief Operations Officer. Freda Miller has been with Young at Heart Resources (formerly the Northwest Missouri Area Agency on Aging) since 2006 and fills her new role after turns as the Ombudsman Manager and, most recently, Family Caregiver Manager. Freda says, “These fourteen years working with clients…

Director of Operations, Lavonne “Bonnie” Stigall, is retiring as June closes, after 17 years of service to our agency. At Monday’s Board of Directors meeting, Bonnie was presented with a commemorative plaque in gratitude of her dedication and leadership to Young at Heart Resources (formerly the Northwest Missouri Area Agency on Aging). She is pictured…

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We recently received a generous donation of hand sanitizer from Holladay Distillery in Weston, Missouri. Thank you, Holladay! The supply will be distributed among our 20 senior centers, who have been working hard for months to ensure that the older Northwest Missouri population continue receiving nutritious meals amid COVID-19 concern. From distillery to agency to nutrition…

In Missouri during fiscal year 2019, the Department of Health and Senior Services received and investigated 39,144 community and facility reports of abuse, neglect, bullying, and exploitation, involving seniors and adults with disabilities. That amounts to an average of over 107 reports every day. Today, June 15th, is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. Join Lifting…

The Missouri Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP) once again is reminding older adults and their caregivers to be wary of potential Medicare fraud and abuse schemes amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the pandemic began spreading across the United States, scammers have been working nonstop to try to trick older adults and to take their money. Scammers…

Young at Heart Resources (formerly the Northwest Missouri Area Agency on Aging) has compiled this needs assessment survey by request of the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. Surveys such as this one inform our state’s plan for older adults, which includes measurable objectives that address important focus areas for our client base. If…