Allegan County | LifeCircles PACE

COVID-19 Note to Participants from our Executive Director

March 17, 2020

Dear LifeCircles participants and care partners: LifeCircles PACE is fully committed to supporting you and helping you stay safe and infenction-free during this time of worry and fear over the COVID-19 (Coronavirus). COVID-19 is a respiratory virus that spreads very easily and can cause flu-like symptoms of fever, cough & shortness of breath. Elderly people are at the highest risk for sever complications, so we need you to help us protect you from infection. Since the virus is very easily…

Photo of Dr. Ilem being interviewed on WZZM 13 News

Emotional Wellness and Aging

March 27, 2019

By Sarah Milanowski

In News

Dr. Allison Ilem, PhD, BCBA LifeCircles PACE Watch the WZZM Senior Wellness Segment on this topic. Healthy aging rests on the cornerstone of emotional wellness. Living well involves identifying what’s most important to us, making the best of what we need to continue these important life-giving activities, and engaging supports to deal with the rest. But when this goes awry, we can start to feel down or blue. We can worry about the future. We can feel hopeless. The most common mental health conditions…

Senior Wellness on Michigan’s Lakeshore

January 12, 2018

By Sarah Milanowski

In News

LifeCircles PACE offers therapeutic activity customized to each individual PACE participant. Our Physical, Occupational and Recreational Therapists work with our participants to help them stay physically active in fun ways. Our therapy gyms and day centers encourage participants to move, dance, and enjoy life. Our therapists are able to work with someone long term because we have a different type of funding model than most home health agencies. Encouraging movement, even in little ways helps our participants build, and maintain…

Caregiving tip: make a list and check it twice.

November 6, 2017

By Sarah Milanowski

In News

If you are currently a caregiver of a family member, you might be feeling a little stressed, or in some cases, a lot stressed. LifeCircles PACE wants to help you and your loved ones celebrate National Family Caregivers Month. Throughout the month of November LifeCircles will be highlighting some simple tips to help caregivers find ways to care for themselves. Often times caregivers get stuck in such an around the clock routine that it is difficult for them even imagine…