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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About a third of people between the ages of 50 and 80 say they experience loneliness. It poses serious physical and emotional health risks. In this part of a series exploring social isolation, Jo-Ann Spring of Webster finds ways to cope.
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When her husband got dementia, Liz Sabo realized she needed to find connections with other adults. Here's how she changed her life.
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ConnectionsIn the second hour of "Connections with Evan Dawson" on Monday, May 15, 2023, we discuss one option for caregiving for older adults: aging in place.
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ConnectionsIn the first hour of "Connections with Evan Dawson" on Monday, May 15, 2023, our guests discuss how to support older adults as they experience different factors of aging. This discussion was recorded in front of a live audience at St. John's in Rochester.
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The FDA approved GSK’s vaccine, Arexvy, on Wednesday for the prevention of lower respiratory tract disease caused by RSV in people 60 and older.
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The home health aid agency HCR Cares has launched a new initiative to get more Black families in Rochester the at-home care they need for their senior members.
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New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand visited the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe recently to outline a five-point Master Plan on Aging her office is developing.
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ConnectionsIn the first hour of "Connections with Evan Dawson" on Friday, September 16, 2022, New York Times reporter John Leland discusses his book, "Happiness Is a Choice You Make: Lessons from a Year Among the Oldest Old," along with local senior citizens.