Inside The Senior Alliance

Emma Case discusses with Michigan's experts about all of the many services and features that SMART, the Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation, offers for seniors and people with disabilities. The post Inside The Senior Alliance – SMART (Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation) (Ep 66) appeared first on The Senior Alliance .

Amanda Sears, Chief Community Impact Officer at The Senior Alliance talks to State Representative Jamie Thompson of the 28th House District. The post Inside The Senior Alliance – Representative Jamie Thompson (Ep 65) appeared first on The Senior Alliance .

In this episode, Jason Maciejewski, CEO of The Senior Alliance, talks to Dave LaLumia, Executive Director of the Area Agencies on Aging of Michigan, also known as 4AM.  The post Inside The Senior Alliance – 2026 State Legislative Preview with Dave LaLumia (Ep 64) appeared first on The Senior Alliance .

In this episode, Jason Maciejewski, CEO of The Senior Alliance, talks to Michigan State Representative Jason Morgan, who serves the 23rd House District. The post Inside The Senior Alliance – Medical Care Alert (Ep 63) appeared first on The Senior Alliance .

In this episode, Jason Maciejewski, CEO of The Senior Alliance, talks to Michigan State Representative Jason Morgan, who serves the 23rd House District. The post Inside The Senior Alliance – Rep. Jason Morgan (Ep 62) appeared first on The Senior Alliance .

In this episode, Jason Maciejewski, CEO of The Senior Alliance, talks to Michigan State Representative Stephanie Young, who serves the 16th House District. The post Inside The Senior Alliance – Rep. Stephanie Young (Ep 61) appeared first on The Senior Alliance .

In this episode, Emma Case, Planning and Advocacy Manager at the Senior Alliance, talks to Amne Darwish Talab, Director of Social Services at ACCESS - the Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services. They talk about the programs ACCESS offers for senior care in the Metro Detroit area Arab American Community, including EXHALE - Caregiver Support Program. ACCESS offers many services for s...

In this episode, Emma Case, Planning and Advocacy Manager at The Senior Alliance, talks to Amanda Sears, Chief Community Impact Officer at The Senior Alliance. This episode is all about caregiving. Emma and Amanda discuss caregiving for seniors that involves family members, friends, or others in the community, and the resources available to them. Caregiving is a very complex situation, and many pe...

In this episode, Emma Case, Planning and Advocacy Manager at the Senior Alliance talks to Jennifer Frush, Executive Director for New Hope Center for Grief Support. They discuss the various problems and the situations that can cause those problems when dealing with grief. Everyone has a different way of grieving, and grief affects everyone differently. whether you’re a senior, or younger or even a...

In this episode, Emma Case, Planning and Advocacy Manager at the Senior Alliance talks to Jennifer Frush, Executive Director for New Hope Center for Grief Support. They discuss the various problems and the situations that can cause those problems when dealing with grief. Everyone has a different way of grieving, and grief affects everyone differently. whether you’re a senior, or younger or even a...

In this episode, Emma Case, Planning and Advocacy Manager at the Senior Alliance talks to Jennifer Frush, Executive Director for New Hope Center for Grief Support. They discuss the various problems and the situations that can cause those problems when dealing with grief. Everyone has a different way of grieving, and grief affects everyone differently. whether you’re a senior, or younger or even a...

In this episode, Jason Maciejewski, CEO of The Senior Alliance, talks to Amy Gotwals, Chief of Public Policy and External Affairs at USAging. They discuss in full the potential of the proposed budget cuts from the current administration in Washington, DC, and the effects these cuts will have on Area Agencies on Aging, as well as other services. Amy and Jason also discuss the severity of the propos...

In this episode, Emma Case, Planning and Advocacy Manager at The Senior Alliance, talks to Renee Roederer, Senior Director of Programs and Community Care at The Epilepsy Foundation of Michigan. They discuss how epilepsy affects those who have it, particularly among seniors, and many of the common misconceptions about epilepsy. For example, you can be diagnosed at any age with epilepsy, even if you...

In this episode, Jason Maciejewski, CEO of The Senior Alliance, talks to Dave LaLumia, Executive Director of Area Agencies on Aging Association of Michigan (4AM) Stephanie Hall, Assistant Director of Planning and Advocacy at AgeWays, AAA 1B, and Emma Case, Planning and Advocacy Manager at The Senior Alliance. They discuss the upcoming 2025 Michigan Legislative Session in Lansing and the many issue...

In this episode, Emma Case, Planning and Advocacy Specialist at The Senior Alliance, is joined by Kat Hutton, Program Director at MiGen, and Kristin Holtz, Database Curator at The Senior Alliance. Kat talks about MiGen, its mission in supporting LGBTQ+ older adults, the unique challenges LGBTQ+ older adults face, and how MiGen works to address those situations. Kristen talks about how she and Kat...

In this episode, Emma Case, Planning and Advocacy Specialist at The Senior Alliance, talks to Eric Hufnagel, Executive Director of Michigan Coalition Against Homelessness. They discuss the history and mission of the Coalition Against Homelessness, some of the obstacles that older adults and seniors face in getting housing in Michigan, and some of the biggest misconceptions about homelessness. You’...

In this episode, Emma Case, Planning and Advocacy Specialist at The Senior Alliance, talks to Jim Mangi, Founder, and Director of Dementia Friendly Saline, an advocacy group in Saline, Michigan. Jim is also a Care Partner to his wife. They talk about how his personal situation inspired him to create Dementia Friendly Saline, which advocates for people living with dementia to help make their lives...

In this episode, Emma Case, Planning and Advocacy Specialist at The Senior Alliance, talks to Erica Solway, Deputy Director for the National Poll on Aging at The University of Michigan’s Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation or IHPI. They discuss the University of Michigan's National Poll on Healthy Aging, which is an initiative by the Institute for Healthcare Policy & Innovation (IHPI) t...

In this episode, Jason Maciejewski, CEO of The Senior Alliance is joined by Nikki Hartley, Government Relations Assistant, and Emma Case, Planning and Advocacy Assistant for The Senior Alliance. They talk about hunger and nutritional need amongst older adults in our community. This is what inspired The Senior Alliance to pursue the "Give Hunger a Holiday" effort, which supports our Holiday Meals P...

In this episode, Jason Maciejewski, CEO of the Senior Alliance is joined by Dr. Kristine Ajrouch, Research Professor at the University of Michigan, and a member of The Senior Alliance Board of Directors. For over 20 years, her research has focused on Arab Americans in the U.S. with a focus on aging from the perspective of older adults in the metro-Detroit Arab-American and Muslim communities. Jaso...

In this episode, Emma Case, Planning and Advocacy Specialist at The Senior Alliance, is joined by Art Gawronski, who is a volunteer with Meals On Wheels in Canton and Plymouth Michigan. They talk about how Art became a Meals On Wheels volunteer, and what the typical schedule is like for a Meals volunteer. Meals On Wheels delivers over three thousand meals each day across Western and Southern Wayne...

In this episode, Emma Case, Planning and Advocacy Specialist at The Senior Alliance, is joined by Toni Gingerelli, from the National Alliance for Caregiving. They talk about what the National Alliance for Caregiving is, and what kinds of services and support the NAC offers. You will find out about what a caregiver is, and how people become caregivers. We also learn about the latest survey of careg...

In this episode, which is the final episode of the two-part series, Jason Maciejewski, CEO of The Senior Alliance continues his conversation with Sandy Markwood, CEO of US Aging, the national association representing and supporting the network of Area Agencies on Aging and advocating for the Title VI Native American Aging Programs. They discuss transportation issues for seniors, information and as...

In this episode, which is the first of a two-part series, Jason Maciejewski, CEO of The Senior Alliance is joined by Sandy Markwood, CEO of USAging, the national association representing and supporting the network of Area Agencies on Aging and advocating for the Title VI Native American Aging Programs. Jason and Sandy discuss the many services and programs that USAging oversees, and how they suppo...

In this episode, Emma Case, Planning and Advocacy Specialist at The Senior Alliance, is joined by Salli Pung, State Long Term Care Ombudsman. They discuss the role of the long term care ombudsman, how the program is funded, and how they help senior adults. You will also learn about legislation that will increase the funding for the ombudsman program so that they can increase the number of ombudsme...