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Mental Health Tools for a New Year

January 28, 2021 By Morgan Goad Leave a Comment

In the last few months of 2020, JFS Counseling was invited to host mental health “check-ins” for students involved with Hillel at Virginia Tech, staff at the Weinstein JCC, and community members through JCFR. Across the spectrum of age and experience, many concerns were the same: anxiety about the pandemic, difficulty adjusting to new routines, […]

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Dr. Sydney Fleischer on Her Life & Legacy

November 19, 2020 By Morgan Goad 1 Comment

Dr. Sydney Fleischer has been a fixture at JFS for more than thirty years. “Everybody likes to call me the historian,” she said with a wry smile, but she is much more. Lately she’s been trying to pare down her files. Years of accreditation documents, grant applications, and JFS Annual Reports from the early 1900s […]

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Breast Cancer and the Heroes Behind Pink Power

November 2, 2020 By Morgan Goad Leave a Comment

Since last month was Breast Cancer Awareness month, it is timely to focus on the amazing achievements in detecting and treating breast cancer. We have made remarkable breakthroughs in diagnostics, treatment options, and research initiatives for what was once considered an incurable disease. Until the 20th century, breast cancer remained a hidden disease among women […]

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Why Should I Consider Joining a Support Group?

October 1, 2020 By Morgan Goad Leave a Comment

There are quite of few of us that just don’t feel the drive to join anything, including support groups. Usually, these groups are scheduled at specific times and days of the month. People who are long time members become close knit, while new members can feel a bit out of the loop. So, some people […]

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Nine Lessons from Centenarians in the “Blue Zones”

February 5, 2020 By Morgan Goad Leave a Comment

Scientific studies suggest approximately 25% of how long we live is dictated by genes, and the other 75% is determined by our lifestyles and the everyday choices we make. Longevity experts at the National Institute on Aging have gone to great measures to study aging. They identified four locations across the world where many people […]

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New Season of EnRich begins September 17th

September 5, 2018 By Maya Barnett Leave a Comment

JFS Richmond Virginia Jewish Family Family EnRich participants on the bus to Blue Bee Cider

September 17th marks the beginning of the fourth year of the Enrich for Life program.  If you are a semi-retired or retired adult, join Jewish Family Services and the Weinstein JCC in a sweet New Year with challah, apples, honey, a hot kosher lunch and a special program by Dr. Richard Woodward, the curator of […]

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End-of-Life Care

August 7, 2017 By Becki Mann Leave a Comment

According to a survey by The Conversation Project, a Boston-based public education campaign to get people talking about end-of-life care, about 9 in 10 Americans want to discuss end-of-life care with their loved ones’, but roughly 3 in 10 Americans have actually done so. Learning how to start a conversation is hard and there is […]

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How to Boost Your Resilience Midlife

July 31, 2017 By Becki Mann Leave a Comment

Building resilience is an important thing to teach early in life, and it is just as important to practice midlife. Scientists who study stress and resilience say it’s important to think of resilience as an emotional muscle that can be strengthened at any time. Dr. Dennis Charney, co-author of the book “Resilience: The Science of […]

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New State Scorecard on Long-Term Care Services

July 24, 2017 By Becki Mann Leave a Comment

  A new state scorecard on long-term care services from AARP Foundation, the SCAN Foundation and the Commonwealth Fund an overall concerning picture of uneven, slow progress in providing affordable care for older adults and people with disabilities. Although there has been some advancement by the state, for example, many states have increased proportion of […]

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Mental Health and Exercise

July 10, 2017 By Becki Mann 2 Comments

The mind and the body are inexplicably linked; a person’s state of mind affects the functionality of their body and issues of the body impacts a person’s mental function. On The Wagon’s Comprehensive Guide to Mental Health and Exercise explain the importance of taking care of the body and mind. http://www.onthewagon.org/mental-health-and-exercise/  

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