Making a Difference Archives - Atlanta Senior Life

Common Sense Collaboration: Fred Glassman offers legal mediation class

by Mark Woolsey | Dec 5, 2019 | Feature, Making a Difference | 0 |

“I thought there must be a better way.” Turns out there was. The concept of mediation emerged, with a neutral person representing both parties. Glassman saw that some cases were ripe for mediation and he tried to get his clients to travel that route whenever appropriate. Then along came collaborative law. It’s a legal framework in which both parties in a dispute hire attorneys, but the lawyers formally agree not to go to court.

OLLI Instructor Crusades Against ‘Aging in Place’

by Donna Williams Lewis | Nov 3, 2019 | Making a Difference | 0 |

The 82-year-old retired CEO, volunteer history teacher and folk musician became a super advocate of senior residences after his 2014 move to one of them with his wife, Ginny. “It’s like a cruise ship that never leaves the dock,” he says, of their current home. The couple downsized from a 2,800-square-foot, three-story condo to a 1,200-square-foot Buckhead apartment featuring a wide range of activities, excursions, a restaurant-style dining room and a happy hour area.

Hospital’s Volunteer Corps Celebrates a Half-Century

by Atlanta Senior Life Staff | Sep 6, 2019 | Making a Difference, Volunteering | 0 |

Patients and visitors at the hospital would be surprised at how often the person greeting them in the lobby, pushing their wheelchair, delivering flowers, staffing the gift shops, bringing in therapy dogs, taking baby pictures, driving courtesy carts and offering information and comfort to patients and their families is a retired corporate executive. Others are teachers, artists, veterans, homemakers, high-school students and more.

Flying Together in Retirement: Delta Clipped Wings

by Joe Earle | Aug 30, 2019 | Feature, Making a Difference | 0 |

When Bettie Wooten Asip retired from Delta Air Lines, she wanted to stay in touch with her traveling pals. She joined Delta Clipped Wings, an organization formed in the 1950s to bring together former flight attendants for social events and to raise money for charity.

I CARE Offers Free Rides to Seniors

by Kathy Dean | Aug 5, 2019 | Making a Difference | 0 |

Over the past 20 years, I CARE Inc. — the Interfaith Companion and Ride Express, a 501c3 non-profit organization — has provided thousands of rides to medical appointments for thousands of low- and fixed-income seniors of DeKalb County.

Land and water shaped local nature-protector Alan Toney

by Joe Earle | May 6, 2019 | Making a Difference | 0 |

Alan Toney’s love of nature and work to protect the environment began with saving box turtles.

One Man’s Devotion to Educational Causes

by Joe Earle | Feb 4, 2019 | Feature, Making a Difference | 0 |

Steve Wadley has helped several local groups raise funds. He thinks is new group, called Think Local Atlanta, will broaden and stabilize fundraising for such small, local groups.

Cuddly Mementos: Volunteer Nancy Crow sews memory bears

by Kathy Dean | Jan 1, 2019 | Feature, Making a Difference | 0 |

Volunteer Nancy Crow sews memory bears for the families of hospice patients.

Journeys with Purpose: Friendship Force builds connections

by Julie E. Bloemeke | Oct 1, 2018 | Feature, Making a Difference, Travel | 0 |

Through the Friendship Force organization, people are enjoying travel and, more importantly, building friendships around the world.

A Helping Paw: Grady adds dog-assisted therapy

by Atlanta Senior Life Staff | Jun 1, 2018 | Making a Difference | 0 |

Patients at Grady Hospital can now get a helping paw from certified therapy dogs on their road to recovery, thanks to the new Grady Dog Therapy Program.