Program areas at ISS
Adult Day Health: Iona's award-winning adult day health program provides holistic, individualized, and person-centered care for older adults in a safe, medically supervised, and social community. Professional medical and program staff care for and engage older adults living with Alzheimer's or Parkinson's disease, dementia, intellectual and developmental disabilities, diabetes, stroke, and many other chronic conditions while providing support and respite to their family caregivers. In FY23, Iona's Washington Home Adult Day Health Center (Congress Heights) and Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Wellness & Arts Center (Tenleytown) combined provided 123 older individuals with over 151,392 hours of in-person and virtual care while supporting 87 family caregivers.
Community Programs: Iona supports active older adults in the community who want to live vibrant lives through the innovative Aging Solo curriculum, community dining, healthy nutrition counseling, and wellness programs through Around Town DC. In FY 23, over 920 older adults received services which includes deliveries of food and other essentials through our Food Pantry Plus program.
Consultation, Care Management and Counseling: Iona's core programs provide support for older adults and family caregivers facing difficult transitions, isolation, loss of family and social supports, and/or serious health challenges that impact their safety, well-being, and ability to remain in the home of their choice. Through these programs, a multi-disciplinary team of compassionate and highly trained social workers, psychotherapists, and registered nurses provide intensive, customized, person-centered support, information and referrals, and other solutions to older adults and families, helping them navigate complex challenges. In FY23, over 2,435 individuals have received care management, information and referrals, and counseling services.