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PACE From page 18 So Mirsky-Ashby moved her mother to Fairfax to live with her and her family. Even after employing home health aides for 10 hours a day and adding the services of an adult day center for her mom, she still found caregiving stressful. But PACE “has made a tremendous, tremendous difference. It’s been a godsend,” she said. “When I realized that I was paying $15 an hour for the home health aides and their Social Security, and going through the horrors of scheduling them and all the doctor appointments, and the nightmare of keeping track of all her prescriptions, I feel like I get a lot for my $5,000,” MirskyAshby said. She is also happy that PACE offers respite care. When Mirsky-Ashby went on a camping trip with her son and husband last summer, PACE placed her mother in a Sunrise assisted living community for the weekend.
A liberating service Similarly, Naja Brown has found the PACE program invaluable in augmenting her caregiving for her parents. “I do not have a medical background, and being the liaison between my parents and all of their various physicians was a very stressful position to be in,” said Brown, who lives in Burke, Va. “The fact that I could hand that component of their care to an organization that could definitely do it better was liberating.” Bobbi Longworth, of Centreville, has also found more peace of mind with PACE. Longworth had been helping care for her
mother, who lives in an independent living community for seniors but needed more help than was provided there. Her mother was one of the first participants to sign up for InovaCare’s PACE. “I would have appreciated any help at all, so the comprehensive coordination of care appealed to me and almost seemed too good to be true. Fortunately, it wasn’t,” Longworth said. “The benefits have been great in that our mother-daughter relationship has improved. I’m no longer as overwhelmed by the numerous, seemingly endless caregiver duties that precluded us from actually enjoying some of our time together. “It’s not always easy, but life is much more balanced for myself and my mother thanks to our partners at PACE.” For more information on the InovaCares for Seniors PACE program, call (703) 2395888 or see www.inova.org/pace. Information on the program nationally is available at www.pace4you.org.
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Jan. 12
AFRICAN CHILDREN’S CHOIR
The African Children’s Choir will perform at the Northeastern Presbyterian Church, 2112 Varnum St. NE, Washington, D.C., on Sunday, Jan. 12 at 6 p.m. They will be singing children’s songs, traditional spirituals and gospel favorites. Though the concert is free, an offering is taken at the performance. For more information, visit www.africanchildrenschoir.com or call (202) 526-1730.
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Jan. 22
FOOTBALL TALK
The National Active and Retired Federal Employees will have as its speaker Alan Ferraro, commissioner of the Washington District Football Officials Association, whose talk will be “The Mysteries of Football Officiating.” Ferraro will discuss football at all levels: high school, college and professional, as well as the challenges that are faced by officials in making the right call. The meeting will be held at the Holiday Park Senior Center, 3950 Ferrara Dr., Wheaton, Md. from 1:30 to 3 p.m. For more information, call (301) 871-6734.
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MUSICIAN VOLUNTEERS
The Lewinsville Adult Day Health Care Center of McLean needs a volunteer musician to perform once or twice a month. For more information, visit www.fairfaxcounty.gov/olderadults and link to Volunteer Solutions or call (703) 324-5406, TTY 711.
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