Pets Make Healthy Companions for Seniors For Immediate Release : Wednesday, October 10, 2007 ANNANDALE, Va. – Consider a gift for seniors that studies show can lower blood pressure and cholesterol levels, reduce bone loss, improve circulation, decrease stress – even help them live longer. But you won’t find this present in a pill bottle. Instead, you’ll find it scurrying along on the end of a leash or curled up and purring on your lap. Research shows that pets not only provide companionship, but can improve seniors’ health, too. Read moreTop Senior Model Pagaent Continues in Fairfax Aug. 4th For Immediate Release: Thursday, July 26, 2007 FAIRFAX, Va. – The Northern Virginia Top Senior Model continues Saturday, August 4, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Sunrise at George Mason assisted living community with the fifth of six area semifinal pageants. Sponsored by Home Instead Senior Care, the event is aimed at helping seniors feel good from the outside in. Read moreThe Search is on for Northern Virginia's Top Senior Model For Immediate Release: Monday, July 16, 2007 NORTHERN VIRGINIA – Area seniors are prepared to get pampered during the second annual Northern Virginia Top Senior Model competition. Sponsored by the Home Instead Senior Care offices of Northern Virginia, the pageant celebrates feeling good from the outside in.
This summer, participants from six area senior facility host partners will be given head-to-toe makeovers, including hair, wardrobe, skin care and makeup, and compete for the grand prize
of Top Senior Model. Read moreSenior Fraud on the Rise as Baby Boomers Age For Immediate Release March 19, 2007 ANNANDALE, VA – Six of his clients are retired military colonels and all six were targets of fraud after their wives died. None thinks it’s a coincidence.
“It’s almost as if retired military officers are being actively targeted,” said Jason Sager, owner of Home Instead Senior Care in Annandale.
One of the colonels told Sager that as soon as his wife’s obituary was printed, the phone started ringing.
“When cons see ‘survived by colonel’ they assume the survivor is wealthy,” said Sager. "All of them have had to change their phone numbers.” Read moreVolunteers to Wrap and Deliver 1,000 Gifts for Area Seniors in Need Immediate Release: December 13, 2006 ANNANDALE AND FALLS CHURCH, VA – Armed with yards of ribbon and rolls of homemade wrapping paper, Annandale firefighters and dozens of volunteers will take over Ossian Hall in Annandale Monday, December 18, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., to wrap nearly 1,000 gifts for isolated and forgotten seniors as part of the Be a Santa to a Senior® program. Food will be provided, along with entertainment by The Vic Chase Project. Read moreArea Be a Santa to a Senior Remembers Forgotten Seniors During the Holidays For Immediate Release: November 22, 2006 ANNANDALE AND FALLS CHURCH, VA – The popular campaign that last year delivered 146,000 gifts to seniors in need throughout North America is being organized locally this holiday season.
Annandale firefighters, several area businesses, and senior living facilities have partnered with a local senior care service to see that as many as 1,000 isolated seniors receive gifts and companionship through the Be a Santa to a Senior® program. Read moreNorthern Virginia Top Senior Model Final Pagaent For Immediate Release: August 10, 2006 ANNANDALE, VA – The Northern Virginia Top Senior Model Final Pageant, sponsored by Home Instead Senior Care® and Sunrise Senior Living, will be held on Saturday, August 12 from 2 to 4 p.m. at Brighton Gardens of Arlington, 3821 Wilson Blvd.
12 senior contestants participated in the semifinals on July 22 at Sunrise of Alexandria where three contestants were chosen to advance. Seniors will be given complete makeovers with Target Stores supplying clothing and beauty and hair makeovers provided by the on-site salon of Brighton Gardens of Arlington. Read moreSenior 911: Two-thirds of of Victims in Recent Natural Disasters Were Over 60 For Immediate Release: April 11, 2006 ANNANDALE, VA – Americans will long remember the natural disasters that ravaged the Gulf Coast, but Mother Nature’s fury can strike anywhere at any time of the year. Hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, power outages, floods and even possible terrorist attacks are no respecters of age or economic status.
According to the American Red Cross and Home Instead Senior Care® when catastrophes strike, seniors and family caregivers are among the most vulnerable. Read more | 