The Family Caregiver Blog

For some people, retirement means slowing down. For Peggy Gaines, it meant finding a new way to serve. After spending 31 years as an educator in the St. Joseph School District, Peggy could have easily settled into a quieter life. Instead, she became a volunteer with the American Red Cross and began a second chapter that would take her from house fires in Northwest Missouri to some of the largest disasters in the country and beyond. Today, Peggy Gaines is the August 2026 recip

Some people serve quietly for years without ever asking for recognition. For Martha Frank, helping others has simply become a way of life. That spirit of generosity and faith is exactly why Martha was selected as the April recipient of the Freudenthal Home-Based Healthcare Aging Well Award.

Freudenthal Home-Based Healthcare is proud to present the May Aging Well Award to Jim Lower, a man whose retirement is anything but quiet.