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New Homage program delivers grief support for older adults

Across Snohomish County, older adults are struggling with grief, isolation and caregiving stress -- often without knowing that free mental health support exists. May is Mental Health Awareness month. Homage Senior...

Homage highlights home safety, volunteer programs for Older Americans Month

Homage Senior Services is marking Older Americans Month in May by highlighting programs that support older adults through home safety services and volunteer opportunities across the county. The national observance,...

Snohomish County accepting applications for the Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program

Snohomish County is accepting applications for the 2026 Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP). The program provides eligible low-income seniors with a free $80 benefit card to purchase fresh fruits and vegetables at...

Mountlake Terrace Plaza hosts Lunar New Year meet and greet with local leaders

Mountlake Terrace Plaza hosted a Lunar New Year meet and greet Feb. 20 featuring Edmonds City Councilmember Will Chen and Asian Service Center Director Robert Ha. Chen is also running...

OIC to hold public hearing on supplemental long-term care insurance rules Jan. 6

The Office of the Insurance Commissioner (OIC) is holding a virtual public hearing on Zoom on Tuesday, Jan. 6, to discuss proposed rules around supplemental long-term care insurance. Supplemental long-term...

Homage launches ‘A December to Remember’ UnGala to support housing for seniors

Snohomish County nonprofit Homage Senior Services will host A December to Remember, an online “UnGala” inviting the community to support seniors from now through the holiday season. The virtual...

Family caregivers feeling squeezed in Washington, report finds

Roughly half of the more than 1.3 million family caregivers in Washington have been set back financially due to their responsibilities. That’s one of the sobering findings in a new...

Homage Senior Services sells Lynnwood building, will move to Everett

This article was updated with the correct square footage of the Everett location. Homage Senior Services is moving to Everett after selling its Lynnwood headquarters – located in the former...

Help Homage Senior Services through national Meals on Wheels campaign July 10

Nearly 13 million older Americans are at risk of hunger, according to Meals on Wheels America. Homage Senior Services is participating in the national Meals on Wheels Day of...

Northwest Neighbors Network celebrates members and volunteers

The Northwest Neighbors Network (NNN) held its annual Member and Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon  June 7 at Crista Senior Living in Shoreline. The celebratory event brought together 100 members and...

Washington’s long-term care program nears liftoff

A year from now, Washington will launch the nation’s first full-scale effort to help the state’s workforce afford long-term care and services as they age. Etched into law in 2019,...

Homage Senior Services celebrates community impact with Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon

Homage Senior Services, which provides critical services to more than 25,000 Snohomish County older adults and people living with disabilities each year, recently hosted its annual Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon. “Our...

Sponsor Spotlight: Easy ways for seniors to start gardening this spring

As springtime blossoms, digging into the joys of gardening is a great way to welcome the season. Many seniors can find comfort and peace in the process of planting...

Alison Alfonzo Pence is Northwest Neighbors Network’s first executive director

Northwest Neighbors Network (NNN) has hired Edmonds resident Alison Alfonzo Pence as its first executive director. Pence, who was semi-retired, decided to come out of retirement to work full...

Sponsor spotlight: The history of senior living in the U.S. – Will you or someone you know need assistance?

For many years in our country, it was the responsibility of the family to care for an elderly loved one. If someone didn’t have a family that could take...

Alicia Crank appointed new senior manager of philanthropy at Homage Senior Services

Homage Senior Services has appointed Edmonds resident Alicia Crank as its new senior manager of philanthropy. With more than 25 years of combined experience in nonprofit leadership, corporate relations...

Snohomish County now accepting applications for Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program

Looking for a way to add fresh fruits and vegetables to your diet? The Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP) returns to Snohomish County for summer 2025, providing: - Benefits...

More affordable senior housing will come to Snohomish County in the next few years

A nonprofit affordable housing organization in Snohomish County is a couple of steps closer to building its first senior housing project after receiving millions of state and federal funding. The...

Northwest Neighbors Network looking for executive director

Northwest Neighbors Network (NNN), a nonprofit dedicated to fostering the work of neighbors helping neighbors age well in their own homes, is seeking an executive director. The executive director will...

Homage Senior Services scouts for more senior companion volunteers

Sylvia Sweet’s Thursday routine involves waiting in her living room at 2 p.m. Sweet, who lives at a mobile home park in Lynnwood with her daughter, would wait for Vivian...

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