Senior Living

Beginning today, the Integrated Care Clinic will now offer free psychiatry to those who have no other way to access psychiatric care. The expansion of services provided by Sanctuary Centers, in partnership with Cottage Health, also includes additional counseling services to seniors living with mental health and substance abuse issues.

Santa Ynez Valley resident Cynthia Manigault has joined the Board of Trustees of the Rona Barrett Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to providing affordable housing and wellness services for the elderly poor. The announcement was made at this month’s board meeting.

Transition House Auxiliary Elects Sally Stewart as Board President

Sally Stewart has been elected for a second term as President of the Transition House Auxiliary. A resident of Santa Barbara for 32 years, she has been a member of the Auxiliary for four years and co-chaired the organization’s 21st Annual Mad Hatter Luncheon fund raiser in 2018. She volunteers for Transition House and Hospice of Santa Barbara.

Santa Barbara Village Board members unanimously voted to transition members and volunteers to Community Partners in Caring, a Santa Maria based 501 (c)(3) community outreach agency that coordinates volunteers for the purpose of providing free non-medical support services that enable seniors to age in place while maintaining quality of life.   

Alzheimer’s is a difficult disease that affects the lives around the person who is fighting the disease including family and friends. GranVida Senior Living and Memory Care has been proactive in working alongside their senior residents affected by Alzheimer’s through a wide variety of programs and services including their in-house technology, It’s Never 2 Late ® (iN2L).

Covenant Retirement Communities announces their new corporate name and identity.

Long time Santa Barbara County resident Robert Jackson has joined the Board of Directors of the Rona Barrett Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to providing affordable housing and wellness services for the elderly poor.

The Golden Inn & Village (GIV), a Santa Barbara County affordable housing development for vulnerable senior citizens, received two national awards of excellence Sunday. A collaboration of the Rona Barrett Foundation and the Housing Authority of Santa Barbara County, GIV was cited for Overall Affordable Housing Project and for Project Design.

Christina's Considerations (http://thielst.typepad.com/my_weblog) is a Santa Barbara based blog that dates back to 2005 and is featured in the National Library of Medicine’s collection and archive of medicine and public health blogs. The blog is now hosting a new online store, serving the needs of individuals with functional limitations brought on by aging, illness or chronic conditions, such as arthritis, Lyme, Multiple Sclerosis, peripheral neuropathy and other autoimmune diseases.