September 15, 2022 By: Catherine Pearson for The New York Times Asking for help can be hard, but new research suggests we underestimate how willing people are to lend a hand. Click here for the full article […]
Aug. 4, 2022 By: DAVID BROOKS for the NY Times Entering into a friendship can be a life-altering act, and entering into a friendship with someone different from yourself can be life-transforming. Click here to read the entire article […]
July 15,2022 By: Cathy Free for the Washington Post ‘We’ll be friends for life,’ Siobhan Ennis said of her roommate, who is 58 years her senior. Click here to read the entire article […]
July 6, 2022 By: Hope Reese, for The New York Times A new book by a renowned brain expert says there are a few simple things we can do to prevent memory decline as we age. Click here to read entire article […]
October 5, 2020 By: Sixty and Me The aim is to raise awareness of loneliness but more importantly to explore what can be done to tackle this large and complex issue. Some key statistics: 87% reported feeling lonely at least sometimes which is a 12% increase from our 2019 survey. 78% said COVID-19 (and social […]
June 21, 2021 By Jane Brody for the New York Times By studying centenarians, researchers hope to develop strategies to ward off Alzheimer’s disease and slow brain aging for all of us. Click here for the entire article […]
May 6, 2022 By Matt Fuchs for The New York Times Over the past decade, faster and more powerful computing have made virtual reality more realistic and have led to studies showing how older people can use V.R. to re-experience meaningful parts of their lives. Click here for the full article […]
April 20, 2022 By John Leland for The New York Times Even before the pandemic, there was an “epidemic of loneliness,” and it was affecting physical health and life expectancy. Click here for the article […]
Published May 7, 2022, Updated May 9, 2022 By Catherine Pearson for the New York Times Social circles were shrinking even before the pandemic. Here’s what the science says about the number of close friendships we should have. Click here to read the article […]
By Nicole Lehpamer, PhD Senior Research Associate for Mather Institute VOLUNTEERING IS GOOD FOR YOU. Previous research demonstrates that volunteering has consistently been associated with better physical, mental, and cognitive health in older adults (Huo et al., 2021Carr et al., 2015). Click here for the entire publication […]
March 24,2022 Kirten Luce for The New York Times In early 2020, just before the start of the pandemic, I met a woman who saidshe practiced “aggressive friendship.” It takes a lot of her time, but she’s theperson who regularly invites friends over to her house, who organizes eventsand outings with her friends. What a […]
By Sally Abrahms Published January 6, 2022 Opus Newton is a new idea to counter the trend of senior living that’s out of reach for the middle class. A new type of senior living development for people 62+ catering to the underserved middle-income market around Boston. The not-for-profit community will be built on the intergenerational campus of the […]
By John Leland January 6, 2022 With the death of Ruth Willig at 98, a Times series on a set of the oldest New Yorkers — chronicled over seven years in 21 articles — offers their lessons on living with loss. Click here for article […]
By The New York Times Dec. 31, 2021 Looking for ways to grow old gracefully? Over the past year, Well’s columnists have reported on how to keep your mind and body healthy over time. Here are some of their top insights from the most popular stories published in 2021. Click here for article. […]
Christina Caron Science tells us the solution may lie in what we do for others, not ourselves. Well before a global pandemic tore us away from our loved ones, and the Omicron variant threatened to upend holiday plans, experts were warning of “an epidemic of loneliness” in the United States. Three in five Americans surveyed in 2019 reported feeling lonely, […]
Aug. 12, 2021 MICHELLE COTTLE When you are old and gray and full of sleep and nodding by the fire — whom do you expect to help take care of you? Family? Friends? Paid aides? All of the above? The nation’s caregiving work force is fraying. Paid providers are overworked and undervalued, often forced to […]
August 9, 2021 MICHELLE COTTLE Growing old is an increasingly expensive privilege often requiring supports and services that, whether provided at home or in a facility, can overwhelm all but the wealthiest seniors. With Americans living longer and aging baby boomers flooding the system, the financial strain is becoming unsustainable. Click here for news article […]
By: Jenny Gross and Johanna Lemola April 20, 2021 When governments around the world introduced coronavirus restrictions requiring people to stand two meters apart, jokes in Finland started circulating: “Why can’t we stick to the usual four meters?” Finns embrace depictions of themselves as melancholic and reserved — a people who mastered social distancing long […]
Ways to seek support while social distancing. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/18/well/pandemic-loneliness-isolation-coronavirus.html?action=click&module=At%20Home&pgtype=Homepage […]
https://connect2affect.org/the-pandemic-effect/ This report explores the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on adults of all ages, to understand levels of social isolation during the pandemic, and to assess knowledge of how social isolation can impact a person’s health. Funded by AARP Foundation with the support of a grant from United Health Foundation. […]
In light of cultural differences in conceptions of happiness, we investigated whether members of independent (vs. interdependent) cultures would benefit from prosocial behavior when self-focus is highlighted (vs. when other-focus is highlighted). In a 1-week randomized controlled intervention, U.S. (N = 280) and South Korean (N = 261) participants were randomly assigned to read a news article […]
Introduction Growing evidence documents strong associations between volunteering and favorable health and well-being outcomes. However, epidemiological studies have not evaluated whether changes in volunteering are associated with subsequent health and well-being outcomes. https://www.ajpmonline.org/article/S0749-3797(20)30138-0/fulltext […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has created stress and uncertainty for everyone. It is important for us to remain flexible and adaptable throughout our reopening process. Due to the nature of the pandemic, rules and regulations are constantly changing. The Board of Directors for Coastline Neighbors do not claim to be health experts, therefore we are committed […]
Discussion Topics: How to best organize for business continuity management (BCM) Key practices for successful BCM How you can leverage BCM to support pandemic preparedness activities Business continuity management is a well-established process to help your organization weather a crisis situation. But a pandemic such as Coronavirus (COVID-19) challenges existing BCM initiatives at any organization. […]
https://www.aarp.org/content/dam/aarp/ppi/2020/05/full-report-caregiving-in-the-united-states.doi.10.26419-2Fppi.00103.001.pdf This study presents a portrait of unpaid family caregivers1 today. The National Alliance for Caregiving (NAC) and AARP are proud to present Caregiving in the U.S. 2020, based on data collected in 2019.A national profile of family caregivers first emerged from the 1997 Caregiving in the U.S. study. Related studies were conducted in 2004, […]
As we look toward recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, we overview challenges to be minimized, including economic setbacks, health and well-being effects, and highlighted ageism, racism, and classism https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08959420.2020.1759758 […]
Former surgeon general explores loneliness as a public health threat https://www.post-gazette.com/ae/books/2020/05/05/Book-review-Vivek-Murthy-Together-Healing-Power-Human-Connection-Sometimes-Lonely-World/stories/202005050003 […]
Older adults love their communities—they have spent decades building their current home and social life. Although some aging adults choose to move to a retirement community or an assisted living facility, the majority of older Americans would like to continue living in their own homes for as long as possible […]
February 28, 2020 – Forbes The New York Academy of Medicine relaunched its data visualization tool IMAGE: NYC, otherwise known as the Interactive Map of Aging Rare is it that a map featuring around 150 demographic overlays has zoom functionality strong enough to swoop down to the street level. That’s what makes IMAGE: NYC so […]
Investigating Factors Associated with Healthy Behaviors & Health Outcomesin Residents of Life Plan Communities. Year 2 Report Year 2 study findings are based on responses from 5,777 residents from 122 Life Plan Communities across the United States. Life Plan Communities with at least 100 residents residing in independent living were eligible to enroll, and residents […]
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