Episodes

Jason Maciejewski talks to Steve McCartney, Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency, Health and Wellness Analyst, about the agency and the services provided for aging veterans and their families. The post Inside The Senior Alliance – Michigan Veterans Affairs (Ep 67) appeared first on The Senior Alliance.

Emma Case discusses with Michigan's experts about all of the many services and features that SMART, the Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation, offers for seniors and people with disabilities. The post Inside The Senior Alliance – SMART (Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation) (Ep 66) appeared first on The Senior Alliance.

Amanda Sears, Chief Community Impact Officer at The Senior Alliance talks to State Representative Jamie Thompson of the 28th House District. The post Inside The Senior Alliance – Representative Jamie Thompson (Ep 65) appeared first on The Senior Alliance.

In this episode, Jason Maciejewski, CEO of The Senior Alliance, talks to Dave LaLumia, Executive Director of the Area Agencies on Aging of Michigan, also known as 4AM. The post Inside The Senior Alliance – 2026 State Legislative Preview with Dave LaLumia (Ep 64) appeared first on The Senior Alliance.

In this episode, Jason Maciejewski, CEO of The Senior Alliance, talks to Michigan State Representative Jason Morgan, who serves the 23rd House District. The post Inside The Senior Alliance – Medical Care Alert (Ep 63) appeared first on The Senior Alliance.

In this episode, Jason Maciejewski, CEO of The Senior Alliance, talks to Michigan State Representative Jason Morgan, who serves the 23rd House District. The post Inside The Senior Alliance – Rep. Jason Morgan (Ep 62) appeared first on The Senior Alliance.

In this episode, Jason Maciejewski, CEO of The Senior Alliance, talks to Michigan State Representative Stephanie Young, who serves the 16th House District. The post Inside The Senior Alliance – Rep. Stephanie Young (Ep 61) appeared first on The Senior Alliance.

In this episode, Emma Case, Planning and Advocacy Manager at the Senior Alliance, talks to Amne Darwish Talab, Director of Social Services at ACCESS - the Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services. They talk about the programs ACCESS offers for senior care in the Metro Detroit area Arab American Community, including EXHALE - Caregiver Support Program. ACCESS offers many services for seniors and caregivers of seniors in the Arab American Community, and Amne does a great job of explai...

In this episode, Emma Case, Planning and Advocacy Manager at The Senior Alliance, talks to Amanda Sears, Chief Community Impact Officer at The Senior Alliance. This episode is all about caregiving. Emma and Amanda discuss caregiving for seniors that involves family members, friends, or others in the community, and the resources available to them. Caregiving is a very complex situation, and many people do not realize they are caregivers, or even realize that what they do to help someone is consid...

In this episode, Emma Case, Planning and Advocacy Manager at the Senior Alliance talks to Jennifer Frush, Executive Director for New Hope Center for Grief Support. They discuss the various problems and the situations that can cause those problems when dealing with grief. Everyone has a different way of grieving, and grief affects everyone differently. whether you’re a senior, or younger or even a child. New Hope Center for Grief Support is a free advocacy and counseling organization that offers ...

In this episode, Emma Case, Planning and Advocacy Manager at the Senior Alliance talks to Jennifer Frush, Executive Director for New Hope Center for Grief Support. They discuss the various problems and the situations that can cause those problems when dealing with grief. Everyone has a different way of grieving, and grief affects everyone differently. whether you’re a senior, or younger or even a child. New Hope Center for Grief Support is a free advocacy and counseling organization that offers ...

In this episode, Emma Case, Planning and Advocacy Manager at the Senior Alliance talks to Jennifer Frush, Executive Director for New Hope Center for Grief Support. They discuss the various problems and the situations that can cause those problems when dealing with grief. Everyone has a different way of grieving, and grief affects everyone differently. whether you’re a senior, or younger or even a child. New Hope Center for Grief Support is a free advocacy and counseling organization that offers ...

In this episode, Jason Maciejewski, CEO of The Senior Alliance, talks to Amy Gotwals, Chief of Public Policy and External Affairs at USAging. They discuss in full the potential of the proposed budget cuts from the current administration in Washington, DC, and the effects these cuts will have on Area Agencies on Aging, as well as other services. Amy and Jason also discuss the severity of the proposed cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security. They provide information on all the services tha...

In this episode, Emma Case, Planning and Advocacy Manager at The Senior Alliance, talks to Renee Roederer, Senior Director of Programs and Community Care at The Epilepsy Foundation of Michigan. They discuss how epilepsy affects those who have it, particularly among seniors, and many of the common misconceptions about epilepsy. For example, you can be diagnosed at any age with epilepsy, even if you have not had it before. They also talk about navigating the healthcare system, getting better accom...

In this episode, Jason Maciejewski, CEO of The Senior Alliance, talks to Dave LaLumia, Executive Director of Area Agencies on Aging Association of Michigan (4AM) Stephanie Hall, Assistant Director of Planning and Advocacy at AgeWays, AAA 1B, and Emma Case, Planning and Advocacy Manager at The Senior Alliance. They discuss the upcoming 2025 Michigan Legislative Session in Lansing and the many issues that the various Area Agencies on Aging are going to be focusing on, such as funding for many of t...

In this episode, Emma Case, Planning and Advocacy Specialist at The Senior Alliance, is joined by Kat Hutton, Program Director at MiGen, and Kristin Holtz, Database Curator at The Senior Alliance. Kat talks about MiGen, its mission in supporting LGBTQ+ older adults, the unique challenges LGBTQ+ older adults face, and how MiGen works to address those situations. Kristen talks about how she and Kat collaborated to create Sip and Chat events through The Senior Alliance and the impact these events h...

In this episode, Emma Case, Planning and Advocacy Specialist at The Senior Alliance, talks to Eric Hufnagel, Executive Director of Michigan Coalition Against Homelessness. They discuss the history and mission of the Coalition Against Homelessness, some of the obstacles that older adults and seniors face in getting housing in Michigan, and some of the biggest misconceptions about homelessness. You’ll also learn about the legislative work the Coalition is doing in Lansing to help change the laws r...

In this episode, Emma Case, Planning and Advocacy Specialist at The Senior Alliance, talks to Jim Mangi, Founder, and Director of Dementia Friendly Saline, an advocacy group in Saline, Michigan. Jim is also a Care Partner to his wife. They talk about how his personal situation inspired him to create Dementia Friendly Saline, which advocates for people living with dementia to help make their lives easier. We hear how a city or a community can become dementia-friendly, the programs and initiatives...

In this episode, Emma Case, Planning and Advocacy Specialist at The Senior Alliance, talks to Erica Solway, Deputy Director for the National Poll on Aging at The University of Michigan’s Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation or IHPI. They discuss the University of Michigan's National Poll on Healthy Aging, which is an initiative by the Institute for Healthcare Policy & Innovation (IHPI) that focuses on understanding health-related issues affecting Americans aged 50-80. The post Inside ...

In this episode, Jason Maciejewski, CEO of The Senior Alliance is joined by Nikki Hartley, Government Relations Assistant, and Emma Case, Planning and Advocacy Assistant for The Senior Alliance. They talk about hunger and nutritional need amongst older adults in our community. This is what inspired The Senior Alliance to pursue the "Give Hunger a Holiday" effort, which supports our Holiday Meals Program and other initiatives. In Michigan, one in seven older adults struggle with food insecurity. ...

In this episode, Jason Maciejewski, CEO of the Senior Alliance is joined by Dr. Kristine Ajrouch, Research Professor at the University of Michigan, and a member of The Senior Alliance Board of Directors. For over 20 years, her research has focused on Arab Americans in the U.S. with a focus on aging from the perspective of older adults in the metro-Detroit Arab-American and Muslim communities. Jason and Dr. Ajrouch discuss the new Census ethnicity classification for Middle Eastern and North Afric...

In this episode, Emma Case, Planning and Advocacy Specialist at The Senior Alliance, is joined by Art Gawronski, who is a volunteer with Meals On Wheels in Canton and Plymouth Michigan. They talk about how Art became a Meals On Wheels volunteer, and what the typical schedule is like for a Meals volunteer. Meals On Wheels delivers over three thousand meals each day across Western and Southern Wayne County, and volunteers like Art are the ones who make this happen. Emma and Art also talk about the...

In this episode, Emma Case, Planning and Advocacy Specialist at The Senior Alliance, is joined by Toni Gingerelli, from the National Alliance for Caregiving. They talk about what the National Alliance for Caregiving is, and what kinds of services and support the NAC offers. You will find out about what a caregiver is, and how people become caregivers. We also learn about the latest survey of caregivers, and the changing demographics of age groups of caregivers, including how many more younger ge...

In this episode, which is the final episode of the two-part series, Jason Maciejewski, CEO of The Senior Alliance continues his conversation with Sandy Markwood, CEO of US Aging, the national association representing and supporting the network of Area Agencies on Aging and advocating for the Title VI Native American Aging Programs. They discuss transportation issues for seniors, information and assistance for family members who are caring for seniors, and the role technology plays in senior care...