Find the support and strength you need as a family caregiver or unpaid caregiver. These support groups in Lewis, Mason and Thurston Counties will r...
List of Grief Support groups in PDF format. Updated April of 2023. If the list is more than a year old, let us know using the Contact Us page. We w...
Many seniors come to us with a fundamental question: How are we to afford the care we’ll need throughout the final years of our lives?
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Jul 02, 2024 – Olympia, Washington, June 13, 2024 — Lewis-Mason-Thurston Area Agency on Aging is proud to announce its 2024-2027 Area Plan, centered on tra...
Jul 02, 2024 – For older adults, the dangers of summer, from extreme heat to wildfire smoke, can be especially hazardous. Extreme temperatures are the leading...
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Apr 12, 2024 – Olympia, Washington, April 9, 2024 — Lewis-Mason-Thurston Area Agency on Aging (LMTAAA) will connect the communities it serves with vital su...
Jan 04, 2024 – LEGAL NOTICE
Dec 05, 2023 – 1 in 5 Washington residents aged 65 and older fall each year.
Dec 05, 2023 – LMTAAA Commitment to Culture of Accountability Recognized with 2023 Aging Innovations & Achievement Award by USAging
Oct 12, 2023 – The Department of Health Care-a-Van has received new guidelines regarding who can provide adult vaccines to people with insurance. LMTAAA is postpo...
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Sep 28, 2022 – My husband’s memory is failing and he is embarrassed when he cannot recall my name. I wear a name tag to help him remember. - Kathy
Jul 19, 2022 – LMTAAA Receives Prestigious Aging Innovations Award from USAging
Jun 30, 2022 – With technology, it’s easier than ever to connect with others and people are just a click or call away. Nobody knows that better than scamme...
May 09, 2022 – 2022 Senior Farmers Market Vouchers Applications now live!
Apr 18, 2022 – Click below to read our quarterly Family Caregiver newsletter or to join our email list:
Apr 07, 2022 – Greetings. Welcome to winter and the promise of increasing daylight. Just before the change of season, some of our staff attended a conference with...
Apr 07, 2022 – Got to love a good cliché. How about, ‘I'm busier than an ant at a family reunion picnic" or "I'm busier than a moth in a sweater closet?...
Apr 07, 2022 – Greetings! Spring and all its promises are here. One promise many of us have made and hope not to break, is a bit of spring cleaning.
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Nov 17, 2021 – "Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise." -From Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
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Sep 30, 2021 – The Fall 2021 edition of our Family Caregiver Newsletter is out.
Sep 29, 2021 – From The Family Caregiver Newsletter
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Sep 29, 2021 – From The Family Caregiver Newsletter
Sep 29, 2021 – Things we have heard from Family Caregivers
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May 05, 2021 – Are you or someone you know experiencing memory loss or difficulty remembering and is part of the LGBTQ community?
Mar 12, 2021 – This Dementia Legal Planning Toolkit can help you make important financial and health care decisions and give you a place to write them down. Click...
Mar 04, 2021 – The 1st Annual Voices of Kinship Caregivers Contest is a contest for Kinship Caregivers in Washington State who are raising (now or in the past) a ...
Mar 04, 2021 – The 18th Annual Voices of Children Contest is a contest for children in Washington State, who are being raised (now or in the past) by a relative ...
Feb 23, 2021 – Vaccine links and phone numbers are now on our COVID-19 Resources page
Jan 19, 2021 – Powerful Tools for Caregivers Class, now ONLINE via Zoom
Jan 19, 2021 – Is now available for you to download and read!
Jul 09, 2020 – How do you protect yourself from fraud, scams, and con artists?
Jul 01, 2020 – Free tax coaching from AARP is available online via Google Meet.
May 20, 2020 – Are you or someone you know experiencing memory loss or difficulty remembering?
Apr 22, 2020 – Read the PDF from Department of Social and Health Services right here:
Apr 22, 2020 – Mason County Sheriff recently posted a PDF document with information on how best to detect and protect yourself from a wave of COVID-19 related scams.
Apr 20, 2020 – Even during these trying times, I have the right to:
Apr 06, 2020 – We need your help! During such a time where social distancing is becoming part of our everyday life, so does the need to combat social isolation. O...
Mar 25, 2020 – Tips from the CDC to get ready for an outbreak in your community
Mar 25, 2020 – With its beneficiaries among the most at risk for Covid-19, the agency is relaxing some rules.
Mar 23, 2020 – Some important information from our Executive Director Nicole Kiddoo
Mar 16, 2020 – Tuesday 3/17/20 9:30am to 10:30am
Mar 04, 2020 – A chance to learn Teepa Snow's Approach to Dementia Caregiving
Feb 27, 2020 – "Hearing loss has long been considered a normal, and thus acceptable, part of aging. It is common: Estimates suggest that it affects two out of thr...
Jan 27, 2020 – A common question for caregivers is what to do to get their family member with dementia to eat so they do not lose weight.
Jan 27, 2020 – The Lewis-Mason-Thurston Area Agency on Aging (http://www.lmtaaa.org/) visited Daybreak to talk about ways you can get involved with the organizati...
Jan 27, 2020 – (Reuters Health) - Family caregivers for dementia patients don’t sleep as long or as well as other adults of the same age, a new study sugge...
Dec 17, 2019 – With home delivery at your fingertips, you will have more time to have an independent life for yourself and those close to you.
Jun 25, 2019 – Executive Director, Nicole Kiddoo, to host five regional community forums for public input.