By: Kimberly Knight The phone rings. It’s that dreaded middle-of-the-night jolt. Your heart skips a beat as you hear the frantic voice – your loved one is in the ER, a fall at home. Rushing to the hospital, the details paint a horrifying picture: hours, maybe even days, spent helplessly on the floor. The guilt […]
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POSITION TITLE: Intake CoordinatorREPORTS TO: Intake and Client Navigation Program DirectorSTATUS: Full-Time/Non-Exempt POSITION PURPOSE: The Intake Coordinator is responsible for ensuring individuals contacting The Senior Source receive timely and appropriate services in a caring, culturally competent and respectful manner. The Senior Source receives hundreds of phone calls and emails a month from older adults, their
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POSITION TITLE: Accounting AssistantREPORTS TO: Accounting ManagerSTATUS: Full-time / Non-exempt Purpose of Position: The Accounting Assistant supports the Accounting Manager with day-to-day operations. Responsibilities include maintaining daily worksheets and general ledger system, maintaining and completing files and records as needed, assisting with accounts payable and receivable duties, and providing general administrative support to the Accounting
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The City of Dallas has scheduled orientation meetings from July 15-31, 2024 for their “Home Improvement & Preservation Program.” See the schedule below for dates and locations. Some meetings have Spanish translations available. There is also a “Home Repair Application Workshop” on July 19, 2024 from 12 noon to 1 p.m. at North Oak Cliff
Edward* insists he is used to being outdoors during the summer. He was a construction worker in downtown Dallas for 45 years, and when he was not battling the hot North Texas sun for 10 hours a day, he was running marathons with his friends on the weekends. He also never missed spending time with
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Pictured: Richard Clopton (left) and Sami McCauley, a long-term care ombudsman at The Senior Source by Sami McCauley I’m Sami McCauley, and I work in the Long-Term Care Ombudsman program at the Senior Source in Dallas County. In my daily job, I help to resolve many issues that plague Seniors living in Assisted Living Facilities
By: Kimberly Knight Life throws us curveballs sometimes, and for many of us, that curveball comes in the form of long-distance caregiving. It can feel overwhelming, juggling the responsibilities of your own life with the needs of someone dear to you across state lines (or even oceans!). But fear not fellow long-distance caregivers, you’re not
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Gladys* has never shied away from trying new things. Even in her 80s, she proudly shows off the latest and greatest technology options she has at her fingertips. She uses FaceTime with the grandkids on her phone and her iPad to play games, listen to music, and download books to read in her free time.
By: Alexandria McLemore For Juneteenth, we wanted to share something special that our Foster Grandparents Program Assistant Director, Alexandria McLemore wrote to share with our staff. “Juneteenth is when chattel slavery officially ended in the United States. On June 19, 1865, enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas were finally freed, albeit two years after Lincoln’s
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