Public media stations across New York state are collaborating on a multi-platform project addressing social isolation among older adults through news coverage, shared personal stories, modeling healthy relationships, building community and providing resources for seniors that reduce isolation and build resiliency. Funding is provided in part by the New York State Education Department.
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The Monroe County Aging Alliance is in the midst of a yearlong effort to change attitudes and perceptions of older adults. -
New York State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli said a follow-up audit to a 2022 report by his office finds the state health department has made some improvements since the height of COVID-19, when thousands of elderly people died in the nursing homes. -
ConnectionsIn the second hour of "Connections with Evan Dawson" on Wednesday, December 20, 2023, guest host Eric Logan discusses caring for a loved one with dementia or Alzheimer's disease. -
ConnectionsIn the first hour of "Connections with Evan Dawson" on Wednesday, December 20, 2023, guest host Eric Logan sits down with doctors to discuss what we should know about diagnosis and symptoms for dementia and Alzheimer's disease. -
ConnectionsIn the second hour of "Connections with Evan Dawson" on Tuesday, December 19, 2023, guest host Jasmin Singer and panelists address the high suicide rates among older men, what contributes to this troubling issue, and how to curb it. -
Research shows that providing uncompensated care for a parent, sibling or other close relative or friend can be a drain on one’s bank account. -
For anyone thrust into a caregiver role, it can feel like drowning, having to quickly get up to speed on medications, bills, legal paperwork, assess care options — the fit, the quality and the cost. An online resource called Trualta provides free web-based training, tips and other resources. -
ConnectionsIn the first hour of "Connections with Evan Dawson" on Thursday, October 12, 2023, we discuss the benefits and healing properties of music, and how the arts can influence our lives as we age. -
The study says that Rochester has the second-highest rate of older adult poverty of any county or city in the state, with 22% of its 65+ population living below the poverty line. -
ConnectionsIn the second hour of "Connections with Evan Dawson" on Friday, May 19, 2023, lifelong East Rochestarians Thomas Connors, Jr. and Nick Verzella discuss their 90-year friendship.
