Events & News
Staff Spotlight: Katie Blanchard: Celebrating 25 Years
On June 1, 2000, Katie Blanchard was reporting to work for her first day as Programs Assistant at Youville House in Cambridge. A recent graduate from the University of Southern Maine, Katie had majored in Recreation Therapy and was interested in helping older adults...
Staff Spotlight: Connie Hirsch
If you’ve ever had the pleasure of taking a ride with Connie Hirsch, you have probably noticed that she’s a dynamic conversationalist. Whether she is navigating the congested, one-way streets of Cambridge, the windy roads of Somerville, or the complicated...
Staff Spotlight: Benvindo Depina
Six years ago, Benvindo Depina got a call from his former supervisor, Vinnie Rodrigues. “I’ve got a maintenance associate position that you’d be great for,” said Vinnie. “You’ll be doing a lot of different things – painting, plumbing, helping residents move,...
Parkinson’s Walk – Join Team Youville on October 12!
Team Youville is proud to participate in Moving Day, an annual walk to benefit the Parkinson’s Foundation. Parkinson’s disease is a progressive neurological movement disorder that affects 10 million people around the world, including 1 million in the United States. ...
The Spirit of Hovey
No motorist can access Youville House without becoming involved with Hovey Avenue, an unassuming side street that connects Cambridge Street to Magnolia Avenue and provides access to the Youville and Spaulding Hospital parking lots. Outside of the Youville sphere, even...
Youville House Puzzlers Add To Their Growing Collection
Dan Leclerc has fond childhood memories of catching rides on the old steam locomotives that would chug through his hometown of Manchester, New Hampshire. “The engineer would slow down and let us on,” he remembers. “They were just short rides, not more than a few...
How To Avoid Scams
For older adults who rely heavily on life savings, it is especially important to be careful about who to entrust with personal and financial information. Many of us are bombarded daily with ads, mailings and solicitations. In the midst of so much information, knowing...
Intergenerational Relationships Matter
When was the last time you had a meaningful interaction with someone significantly younger or older than yourself? Chances are, you have fond childhood memories of visits with grandparents and other older relatives, as well as more recent visits with your own...
April is Parkinson’s Awareness Month
Did you know that people living in New England and Midwestern regions of the United States are more likely to have Parkinson’s disease than those living in other regions of the United States? You may know that Parkinson’s is a movement disorder, but did you know it...
Ageism & “Aging Well”
“There are so many old people here.” It was a funny remark coming from “Peggy,” a woman in her late eighties, her wrists adorned with clanking bracelets and her eyes gleaming with energy. She had recently moved into assisted living and was leaving the dining room,...
