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Responding from far and wide to the call to help, Seattle Times readers donated more than $2.9 million to the latest Fund for Those in Need campaign.

For caregivers, people who provide life-sustaining services to their loved ones, a moment of meditation may be the only stillness in their day.

Are you seeking quality educational trainings that address the unique needs of older adults? You’ve come to the right place!

A recently released U.S. Surgeon General Advisory calls attention to a health crisis in our country: the far-reaching epidemic of loneliness. The COVID-19 pandemic brought to the forefront how isolation fundamentally affects us mentally and physically.

It’s 7 a.m. and KC and the Sunshine Band’s “Keep It Comin’ Love” is bumping around a warehouse in Sodo — “Don’t stop it now, don’t stop it, no …”

Falls become increasingly dangerous as we age. Among those 65 and older, falls cause around 3 million emergency room visits annually and $50 billion in medical costs.

Sound Generations is planning to go electric in its community outreach to decrease operational expenses and shrink its carbon footprint.

Sharon Price, 78, had been used to the routine of frequenting the Senior Center of West Seattle, attending neighborhood meetings and helping raise her three grandsons. But the pandemic stopped all that.

As music pumps through the Northgate Community Center gym, older adults move their bodies to their own beats.

Paige Denison has over 20 years of experience working with evidence-based health promotion programs for older adults and adults aging with disability. She is Director of Health, Wellness, and Project Enhance at Sound Generations in Seattle Washington, where the mission is to support people on their …

The City of Seattle recently released a report about the 2020-2021 emergency food response during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic and thanking the many partners involved in supporting our residents. Since the beginning, food security has been a top concern as the unprecedented health and eco…

Drivers for Meals on Wheels will be doing extra check-ins for their clients over the next couple of days due to the anticipated heat wave.

Mary Floyd is part of a foster grandparent program that mentors children

Pre-COVID-19, Sound Generations, one of 12 nonprofits helped by donations to The Seattle Times Fund For The Needy, brought seniors together for meals. Now those meals must be picked up or delivered. And the need? The program will serve 200,000…

The Seattle Times kicks off its 42nd Fund For The Needy campaign at an extraordinary time. The pandemic has both dramatically increased needs and forced agencies to change the way they help people. They seem to be succeeding.

The challenge is striking a balance between food security and coronavirus prevention, especially among the most vulnerable populations.

Workers had the option to wait out the storm, but King County’s Meals on Wheels took to the streets anyway.

The person Keith Orchard sees most often is Fai Mathews, who comes by his small Seattle apartment every week. She’s always cheery and always asks how things are going.

Sherree Preston, who lovingly tends to her husband, is one of some 850,000 unpaid caregivers in Washington.