How to Talk About Your Loved One’s Cognitive Impairment

  When you suspect that a loved one may be displaying some early signs of a cognitive impairment, it can be difficult to confront that person with your concerns. Exactly how you broach that initial conversation can depend, in part, on your relationship to the...

Fairhaven COA Director Anne Silvia to Retire

  As the director of the Fairhaven Council on Aging, Anne Silvia has coordinated art projects, launched a cooking show and spent the holidays ensuring her neighbors had a meal despite the pandemic. And now she’s embarking on a new path: retirement. Silvia, who...

Longtime AIDS response fueled by advocacy, caring

In the four decades since HIV/AIDS emerged as a mysterious new disease afflicting marginalized communities, advancements in treatment and prevention tools have transformed what was once a death sentence into a manageable chronic illness. Since those early reports in...