Community LIFE on panel at the 2024 SWPPA bi-annual meeting

The Southwestern Pennsylvania Partnership on Aging (SWPPA) held it’s bi-annual meeting at the RLA center in Cranberry Township. “The Crisis for Aging Services: Caregiving, Housing, Access, and Advocacy: What Do We Do Now? brought together service providers interested in learning more about challenges and solutions to providing services to area seniors.

Community LIFE’s President Fatemeh Hashtroudi participated on a panel of regional leaders discussing solutions to solving area housing challenges. The panel included Pam Toto, Director of the Healthy Home Laboratory; Danielle Bryce, Director, Vincentian; Jim Pieffer, President and CEO, Presbyterian SeniorCare Network; Lucy Schoyer, Director, Community Human Services; and Kathleen Gillespie, CEO Clearfield County Area Agency on Aging.

In addition to her insightful contribution to the panel, Fatemeh lead an engaging session “Where They Want to Live: Caring for People with Dementia at Home. Co-presenters were Jim Pieffer, President and CEO of Presbyterian SeniorCare Network and Amy Kowinsky, Executive Director, Dementia360.