Tag: health
Adult day care center to open this fall on Lincolnia Road
The Agape Adult Day Care Center, at 6349 Lincolnia Road, is nearing completion and is expected to open this fall. The center will provide supervision and activities to seniors who can’t be left at home on their own but don’t need to be placed in an assisted-living residence, says Daniel Choi, director of Agape Health … Continued
Public input sought on human service priorities
Denise Willard of Leapfrog Solutions facilitates a discussion of human service needs in Annandale. A group of local residents gathered at a local church in Annandale Aug. 3 to describe what they think should be Fairfax County’s top priorities in providing human services. The outcome of that meeting, as well as three other public forums, … Continued
Lincolnia Senior Center programs to be relocated during renovation
All programs and activities underway at the Lincolnia Senior Center are being relocated to other facilities so the facility can be renovated. The center is closing temporarily on June 22 Many programs – including aerobics, ballroom dancing, line dancing, table tennis, and zumba – are moving to the James Lee Community Center. The book club, … Continued
Police searching for Leewood Center escapee
Willauer Fairfax County Police are asking the public’s assistance in locating a 49-year-old man with cognitive impairment who was reported missing in the Annandale area on Tuesday, June 16. Keith Henry Willauer, 48, is a resident of the Leewood Healthcare Center, a nursing home at 7120 Braddock Road. He was last seen at around 3 … Continued
Rabid raccoon attacks man
Fairfax County Animal Control officers distributed rabies information to residents of the Kings Park area today after a man was attacked by a rabid raccoon in the 5300 block of Kings Park Drive on Sunday, June 7. The man was working in his garden around 12:30 p.m. when a raccoon quietly approached him from behind … Continued
Local resident bitten by copperhead
Zoya Melnichenko was watering her flowers when she was bit by a copperhead. [Photo by Steve Barrett] Getting bitten by a copperhead is rare in Fairfax County, but it happened a couple of weeks ago right here in Mason District. And that should serve as a warning to other residents who spend a lot of … Continued
Health officials seek people who might have been exposed to measles
Local public health officials are trying to identify people who might have come into contact with an adult who had measles and could have been exposed to the disease when the victim was contagious between May 10 and May 16, the Fairfax County Health Department reports. The person with measles was at various locations in … Continued
Alzheimer’s facility planned for Annandale
The new project would be to the right of the Leewood Center on Braddock Road near the Backlick Road intersection. Fifteen years after the Board of Supervisors approved a housing facility for memory-impaired seniors on Braddock Road next to the Leewood Healthcare Center in Annandale, the project is going forward. The 64-unit building, at 7108 … Continued
Gross plans meeting on suicide prevention
Mason Supervisor Penny Gross is planning to host a meeting for the Korean-American community on juvenile suicide, citing growing concerns among parents. The meeting, to be conducted in collaboration with the Fairfax County Police Department and Region 2 of Fairfax County Public Schools, will focus on helping youths develop resilience and coping skills and … Continued
Public invited to free boot camp sessions
Boot campers in action. [PR Performance Fitness] PR Performance Fitness is hosting two free, large boot camp exercise classes open to the public on April 19 and April 26. “It’s our way of giving back to the community,” says Rachel Martin, the co-owner of PR with Pablo Amaya. The personal fitness company will also be … Continued
County plans to close Annandale Adult Day Care Center
Clients enjoy a game of seated, balloon volleyball. The Annandale Adult Day Care Center, which serves people with mental and physical impairments, most of them in their 80s, could be shut down as the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors struggles to cut costs. Each county agency was asked to come up with a list of … Continued
Inova will develop medical research institute on ExxonMobil site
Gov. Terry McAuliffe announces Inova’s deal to lease the ExxonMobil property. Looking on are Fairfax County Board Chair Sharon Bulova and Inova CEO Knox Singleton. Inova Health Systems will take over the ExxonMobil headquarters building on Gallows Road across the street from Inova Fairfax Hospital to create a Center for Personalized Health. Inova hopes the … Continued
New county building brings health services to Merrifield area
The interior of the building has a nature theme. Staff from various mental health, substance abuse, and other programs operated by the Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services Board have begun moving into the agency’s new building at 8221 Willow Oaks Corporate Drive in Merrifield. Staff from youth services programs began moving in first in mid-January. When … Continued
New fitness center opens in Annandale
Rachel Martin and Pablo Amaya with a giant tire used in a fitness bootcamp. Rachel Martin and Pablo Amaya, the former trainers and bootcamp leaders at the now-closed Pro Maxx gym, have started their own personal fitness business in Annandale. PR Performance Fitness, at 4208 Evergreen Lane, Suite 212, offers personalized exercise plans that meet … Continued
Health programs moving to new Merrifield Center next month
Merrifield Center Fairfax-Falls Church Community Services Board (CSB) programs that are currently based in offices on Woodburn Road, Annandale, and other locations in Fairfax County and Falls Church will be moving in January to the new Merrifield Center building at 8221 Willow Oaks Corporate Drive, near the Route 50/Gallows Road intersection. The CSB is a … Continued