Mystic Valley Elder Services

We’re a little late on this, but we’re too proud of these folks not to share it! Our CEO Lisa Gurgone was awarded the 2024 Leadership Award from the Home Care Aide Council! If you know Lisa, you know she’s dedicated her career to this field, and to empowering older adults and people with disabilities to live independently and safely in their homes and communities. We’re lucky to have Lisa leading MVES and we’re so pleased to see her celebrated. We’re also excited to share that two of our amazing frontline team members were nominated for Case Manager of the Year! A well-deserved congrats to the MVES nominees: Victoria Guskiewicz, Client Services Manager, and Sandy Doyle, Health Services Care Manager. Thank you to the Home Care Aide Council, and to Abernathy Home Care and ABC Home Healthcare Professionals for their nominations! … #AgingServices #homecare #GoTeam #recognition #MVES #TeamMVES #nonprofitlife

At MVES, the holidays highlight the importance of our business and community partnerships. Agero, Inc. has been the best kind of neighbor and partner. Every year, over a hundred of their employees “adopt and shop” for people MVES serves, through our Giving Tree Program. Their staff always go above and beyond, whether they come up with a gift idea on their own or respond to an individual’s request. These gifts go a long way toward making the holidays *feel* like the holidays for everyone. The response from recipients when they gets their gifts is just incredible. Thank you, Agero, for spreading holiday joy! 💚❤️💚 #GiveWhereYouLive #givingback #MVES #HolidaySpirit #olderadults #adultswithdisabilities

MVES held its second session of art therapy for family caregivers. It went really well and we loved the seasonal theme that was planned by our instructor Erica Curcio! This season can be especially challenging for caregivers, so it was great to provide them with a creative outlet and some much-deserved time for self-care. 🎨👩🏼🎨🖌️ #arttherapy #familycaregivers #caregiving #MVES

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When they let you play with animals, that's a pretty good day at work! Our Supportive Housing team hosted Barn Babies Traveling Petting Zoo again, this time at our Reading location at Frank Tanner Drive. Animal therapy of the best sort, with visitors including a goat (not the Brady type), a pig, rabbits, a parrot and much more. You can see how blissful the residents look! And so do the staff of MVES and Reading Housing Authority. 🐰🐶🐷 #CutenessOverload #animaltherapy #SupportiveHousing #AgingServices #MVES #olderadults #seniors #ReadingMA

Our CEO Lisa Gurgone spoke to the Boston Herald about a financial crisis facing the state’s Home Care Program, which serves thousands of older adults and those with Alzheimer’s and dementia. Mass Aging Access and MA State Senator Pat Jehlen also weigh in on this budget shortfall and its impacts. Even if the program sees zero growth through FY2025, it still faces a serious shortfall – to the tune of tens of millions. If you can’t read the article, you can appreciate the scope of the problem from the snapshot in this image. Here's the link: https://lnkd.in/ezqwqiB7 #homecare #budget #mapoli #agingservices #mves

Tech isn't always associated with Aging Services (though MVES and others have been working to combat that stereotype). In this article, our CEO Lisa Gurgone weighs in on a Payor HUB, a great example of how technology can benefit Aging Services providers. It's the next step from HouseWorks. https://lnkd.in/eR7na5wQ #AgingServices #HomeCare #CoordinatingCare #MVES

#TeamMVES has the holiday spirit today, after Action for Boston Community Development, Inc. stopped by to collect toys donated by our staff. Our #HumanResources team coordinates the toy drive every holiday season. ABCD is a great agency that serves a similar region as #MVES. Perfect choice for us to #GiveWhereYouLive, especially knowing the good work they do with children and families. Thanks to our staff who donated and our HR team for organizing the effort. 💚💚🎄🕎🕯️❤️❤️ #GivingBack #SeasonOfGiving #HolidaySpirit

#MVES was feeling the holiday spirit when Jillian Jurilla stopped by to present a donation from Winchester Savings Bank to our CEO Lisa Gurgone. It was part of the bank’s 12 Days of Giving! This season is wonderful but it can present challenges to the community’s most vulnerable residents - from heating costs to social isolation - so we’re grateful for the support of Winchester Savings Bank! #GiveWhereYouLive #GivingBack #AgingServices #community

The MVES Protective Services Department participated in a holiday scam prevention workshop at Stoneham Senior Center. Scammers love targeting older adults, and this time of year, they're working overtime. We had some excellent organizations helping to present and support this program, including Middlesex Sheriff's Office, Boys & Girls Club of Metro North and Stoneham Alliance Against Violence. Thank you to the Stoneham Council on Aging and Stoneham Coalition for a Safe & Healthy Community for organizing this event and making scam prevention a priority.