Sagepoint Senior Living Services Launches Images of Aging Photo Contest

Sagepoint Senior Living Services invites residents of Southern Maryland to enter their first ever
Images of Aging Photo Contest. Photographs must include at least one person, age 65 or older.
The winning photographer, as determined via Facebook (likes), will receive $200 (USD) in the
form of a gift card. Two additional winners, as determined via the Sagepoint Community and
Sagepoint Staff, will each receive $50 (USD) in the form of a gift card.

Eligible contestants can visit www.sagepointcare.org/photocontest for rules and entry forms.
Entries must be submitted electronically by emailing kpearson@sagepointcare.org and no photos
will be accepted without a corresponding entry form. There is no entry fee, however
photographers may only submit one (1) photo into the contest. The contest ends Monday,
February 29, 2016 at 11:59 p.m. EST (U.S.).

“At Sagepoint, we use photography to tell our story,” says Kelsey Pearson, Sagepoint’s
Marketing Coordinator. “The Images of Aging Photo Contest is a great opportunity to engage
members of our community as they document what aging means to them. We look forward to
seeing many beautiful photographs!”

The winning photograph will be determined via the number of Facebook likes it acquires during
one week (March 1 to March 8) on Sagepoint’s Facebook page, www.facebook.com/SagepointCare. Submitters are encouraged to promote their photos via social media once they are placed on Sagepoint’s Facebook page to garner votes. The two additional winning photographs will be determined via a vote by Sagepoint Senior Living Services’ staff and community (residents). Winners will be announced in March 2016 on Sagepoint’s website as well as their social media pages. Good luck!

Our resident John really wishes to go see a Washington Capitals game, but as a nonprofit organization with limited available funds, the price of accessible seats is a bit out of our reach. Want to help us #takehimtothegame?

Our hope is that we can raise enough money to cover John’s trip to the game as well as three additional resident fans of ours and two staff members to accommodate them. We have transportation through our organization so that is not needed.

We appreciate you even considering. Please contact us should you have any questions or require additional information. Thanks and have a wonderful day!

Sagepoint’s New Logo Wins Award

LA PLATA, Md. (July 22, 2015)

Sagepoint Senior Living Services’ new logo earned a 2015 Gold Aster Award in the national competition that recognizes excellence in healthcare marketing and advertising. Crosby Marketing, the company that worked with Sagepoint on its rebranding efforts, developed the logo design.

Sagepoint President/CEO Bill Holman remarked, “Being recognized for our new logo at a national level is very rewarding. It affirms the success of our rebranding efforts that we launched this past January to help increase our visibility and better communicate the full continuum of senior services we provide throughout the region.”

In 2015, the Aster Awards received more than 3,000 entries from hospitals, health systems, nonprofit public health organizations, and advertising/PR firms. They are judged by a diverse panel of industry experts, and winners are published in Marketing Healthcare Today magazine.

Peter Rabins, MD, MPH, to Discuss Alzheimer’s Disease, Dementia, and Memory Loss

When: Thursday, September 10th from 6:00 – 7:30 pm

Where: Sagepoint Senior Living Services- 10200 La Plata Rd., La Plata, MD 20646

RSVP: http://bit.ly/UpdateOnAlzheimers (Though the event is free, we ask that you RSVP so that we can plan accordingly. The first 50 to register will receive a free copy of Dr. Rabins’ bestseller, The 36 Hour Day.)

We are pleased to present Peter Rabins, MD, MPH, for a discussion on Alzheimer’s Disease, Dementia, and Memory Loss. Author of The 36 Hour Day, Dr. Rabins is a professor and the Founding Director of the Division of Geriatric Psychiatry in the department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr. Rabins has focused his career on the study of psychiatric disorders in the elderly. His current research focuses on the effectiveness of current therapies for Alzheimer’s disease, the development of measures of quality of life in persons with Alzheimer’s disease, the care of patients with late-stage dementia, and autism in the elderly.

Update on Alzheimer’s is the second of Sagepoint’s Community Education Series. The purpose of this series is to help educate members of the Southern Maryland community on a variety of topics related to healthcare and aging. We hope that you will benefit from this informative session and find it useful for you and your family.

Thanks to Bailey’s Party Rentals for providing us with a stage and PA system for this event!

Before They Were SEALs They Were Frogs

LA PLATA, Md. (July 1, 2015)

One of our Sagepoint Gardens Assisted Living residents, William “Bill” Dawson, just recently had his book published. Mr. Dawson remains the last living member from the first class of Naval Special Warfare operators, then known as Naval Combat Demolition Units, one of the predecessor groups that evolved into the modern day Navy SEALs! Be sure to check out his book, Before They Were SEALs They Were Frogs. 

The book can be purchased at: http://amzn.to/1Ghtsmk

Family, Friends, Caregivers Turn Out To Celebrate 100th Birthday For Resident

LA PLATA, Md. (June 19, 2015)

Born June 18, 1915, Trudy has been known to say she was born at the right time in history.  She remembers when there were very few airplanes or cars around.  Ice was delivered daily by horse cart.  Train tracks were placed over the frozen Susquehanna River at Havre de Grace, MD during the winter. She marveled at all the changes that came her way and was humbled and grateful for the experiences she encountered throughout her life.

Borrell, a resident of the Sagepoint Senior Living Services in La Plata, celebrated her 100th birthday Friday — with family, friends and Sagepoint staff. Charles County commissioners’ President Peter F. Murphy (D) presented Borrell with a certificate in recognition of her 100th birthday.