For some people over 65 facing loneliness and prolonged isolation, expanded tech literacy is a new skill that may stay with them long after lockdowns lift. https://www.citylab.com/life/2020/05/seniors-tech-online-resources-computer-video-coronavirus/610405/ […]
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The History of Loneliness
Until a century or so ago, almost no one lived alone; now many endure shutdowns and lockdowns on their own. How did modern life get so lonely? https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/04/06/the-history-of-loneliness […]
It’s Grandparents to the Rescue for Stressed Working-From-Home Parents
https://www.wsj.com/articles/its-grandparents-to-the-rescue-for-stressed-working-from-home-parents-11588671001?mod=hp_lead_pos12 […]
Researchers Asked Older Adults About The Strategies They Use For Combatting Loneliness. Here’s What They Said
In an ever-more connected world, it would be easy to assume that loneliness was on its way out — after all, we now have unlimited opportunity to communicate with almost anyone we want at any time we please. […]
Be a Friend to the Elderly, Get Paid
Combating loneliness is vital work. Services that offer “grandkids on demand” are doing just that. […]
We Don’t Just Need to Connect — We Need to Reconnect
Rekindling dormant ties can bring unexpected benefits to our lives. […]
My Husband Had Covid-19. Here’s How My Friends Helped
April 15, 2020 https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-to-help-a-friend-care-for-a-coronavirus-patient-11586953801?mod=hp_jr_pos1 […]
New York State’s Population is Aging: Will Communities Be Ready?
Claire Pendergrast, January 7, 2020, Maxwell /Syracuse University […]
Guilderland Neighbors to offer help with aging in place
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Government-Run ‘Caregiver Peace Corps’ Unlikely to Dent US Home Care Business
By Joyce Famakinwa, November 11, 2019 […]
For 25 years, Community Caregivers has marshaled volunteers to help people in need
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Residents advocate for helping-hands program
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The Village Movement in the Capital District Presentation October 15, 2019
Village Presentation October 2019 Ken Harris, Executive Director, Albany Guardian Society Betsy Mulvey, Project Director, Villages Technical Assistance Center-VTAC […]
‘We Need Each Other’:Seniors Are Drawn to New Housing Arrangements
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Local ‘Village’ Projects Support Aging in Place
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Always Waiting for the Other Show to Drop? Here’s How to Quit Worrying
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This is how boomers are reinventing retirement living
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At What Age Do You Meet Your Best Friend?
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Senior health risk: Loneliness; how to fight back
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‘Villages’ help Cape Cod seniors stay in their homes
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Aging in place helps you to avoid a retirement community or nursing home
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A New Angle on the Business of Aging
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Neighbors networks get off the ground
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Village Neighbors helps keep aging members in homes
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Village Movement taking hold in Capital District
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Lamoille Neighbors helps seniors age at home
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The Village Cooperative of Loveland offers seniors more than just a place to retire
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Thriving in Place in SaddleBrooke
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It takes a village, and the right health plan, to age independently
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The Quest for the Multigenerational City
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Listen: Ken Harris, executive director of the Albany Guardian Society
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Northwest Neighbors Village celebrates a decade of helping seniors age in place
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Who will take dad to the grocery store? ‘Village’ movement helps older residents stay in their homes
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For Elderly in Rural Areas, Volunteers Step In
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The Loneliest Generation: Americans, More Than Ever, Are Aging Alone
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NYS Assembly Hearing: Aging Committee
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Do You Have A ‘Village’ In Your Town?
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Cape network lends a hand to aging residents
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How to Start a Book Group
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Lehigh Valley looks to Virtual Villages as a model for aging
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For some seniors, a cultural shift and a vital volunteerism
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Sometimes It Takes A ‘Village” To Help Seniors Stay In Their Homes
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