The Washington Home

08/18/2025

The housing crisis is requiring creative scrambling and new partnerships from health care organizations to keep older patients out of expensive nursing homes as homelessness grows.

08/08/2025

🗓 Community Learning Event: Mark your calendars for Wednesday, August 13 @ 2:30 PM for the D.C. Department of Health Care Finance (DHCF)'s webinar on "What You Should Know About Changes to Health Care Coverage in DC: Alliance and Medicaid starting Oct 1, 2025 and the new HealthyDC Plan."

Virtual Meeting Link:
https://dcnet.webex.com/dcnet/j.php?MTID=mddfce9e3bfae3556a2a50389c977cdc0

www.dhcf.dc.gov

DC Department of Aging and Community Living

08/08/2025

Proud to support this incredible community resource for older adults in our community!

DC Department of Aging and Community Living

As we joyfully celebrate 50 years of Iona, we’re thrilled to highlight our 5 year anniversary of the Washington Home Center! Opening the Washington Home Center was a wonderful journey made possible by the dedicated community. We invite you to check out this article from our 2019 Annual Report about the exciting day when we broke ground on the center!

Stay tuned for Wednesday, August 20th for a very special giving day to celebrate our 5 year anniversary!

View the full annual report at https://iona.org/iona-publications/

08/07/2025

The Washington Home is proud to provide grant funding for exceptional programs like these with SOME (So Others Might Eat) and Prevention of Blindness Society of Metropolitan Washington® to ensure eye healthcare for older adults in our community!

DC Department of Aging and Community Living

08/06/2025

Finding in every day!

07/31/2025

💡 Share your thoughts on how age-friendly it is living in DC -

The DC.gov's Age-Friendly DC Livability Survey is an ongoing effort to assess how well the city is meeting the needs of older adults.

The survey, based on tools from the World Health Organization and AARP, gathers information to support aging well, and inclusively, in the community.

While the survey is primarily aimed at DC residents aged 60+, all are welcome to participate. The survey is available online in English and Spanish.

🚩 Reply today at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/WG99KHB

DC Department of Aging and Community Living

07/22/2025

Celebrating our !

This important law is the quiet backbone of American aging policy. It funds many services and supports for older Americans, including job training, home-delivered meals, transportation assistance, and nursing home regulations. Learn why it's so key to everyone's right to age well.

07/09/2025

🌟 It's official! Congratulations to our CEO Crystal Carr Townsend on being sworn in as a Commissioner for the Maryland Community Health Resources Commission (CHRC) by Clerk of the Court Karen Bushell.

Appointed by Maryland Governor Wes Moore and confirmed by the Maryland Senate, Crystal will serve for a four year term on the independent commission that operates within the Maryland Department of Health (MDH).

The CHRC was created by the Maryland General Assembly in 2005 to expand access to health care services in underserved communities in Maryland. Since its inception, the CHRC has awarded 866 grants totaling $291.7 million, supporting programs in every jurisdiction of the state.

We wish the best for the 11 commissioners and look forward to the new and expanded programs to help all Marylanders receive the care they need.

07/03/2025

A great day meeting with our partners at the DC Department of Aging and Community Living to discuss our complimentary community investments in key resources and services for DC's older adults, including transportation, food security, and wellness.

[L-R: Crystal Townsend, MPA, CEO, TWH; Jermaine Dillon, Director, Mayor's Office of Volunteerism & Partnerships (ServeDC) - DC Government; Melanie Johnson, Chief Program Officer, DACL; Charon P.W. Hines, Director, DACL; Patricia Ndimantang, MPP, Program Associate, TWH]
Crystal Carr Townsend

06/30/2025

Beautiful evening, celebrating Plants and Blooms ReImagined at their annual fundraiser. Such an inspiration to invest in the power of healing through the connection with nature, plants, and flowers.

06/30/2025

Great things happen when you bring Regional Health Officials and Health Funders together to forge paths to meet the immediate community health needs and plan for the future. Thank you Clarence J. Fluker for hosting us and Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments HOC for coordinating this event!

06/30/2025

Congratulations Genevieve N. Johnson Senior Day Care Center on your annual wellness fair and bazar. Amazing to see Department of Aging and Community Living (DACL) and other partners such as Seabury Resources for Aging and Plants and Blooms ReImagined collaborating to make the day truly special. The Washington Home team enjoyed seeing the center in action and the VIP tour.