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Senior Friendly Libraries: Resources for Intergenerational Programs
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Resources and discussion about library services to older adults. Wednesday, February 20, 2008. Resources for Intergenerational Programs. While looking through the resources in the Creating Aging Friendly Communities conference, I came across a reference to United Generations Ontario. This non-profit organization. This toolkit lists the benefits of intergenerational programs, such as:. Understanding the needs of other generations. Here are some useful resources that I did find through the site:. Tried and...
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Senior Friendly Libraries: Reviews for Adult Care Facilities
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Resources and discussion about library services to older adults. Sunday, March 23, 2008. Reviews for Adult Care Facilities. Medicare's " Nursing Home Compare. Provides a way to evaluate nursing homes by providing state inspection information, number of registered nurses, and resident characteristics. This is a very good resource. However, it would be nice to have more information about the facilities and the quality of life for the residents at these facilities. Posted by Isabelle Fetherston. Services fo...
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Senior Friendly Libraries: Older Americans Month 2008
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Resources and discussion about library services to older adults. Monday, April 07, 2008. Older Americans Month 2008. May is "Older American's Month". It was originally called "Senior Citizens Month" by President Kennedy in 1963, but the name was changed to "Older Americans Month" by President Carter in 1980. The Administration on Aging described. The US. Census Bureau released. A fact sheet for Older Americans Month. These facts include:. 373 million people were 65 and older in the U.S. in 2006. Let us l...
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Senior Friendly Libraries: December 2007
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Resources and discussion about library services to older adults. Saturday, December 29, 2007. Arts and Aging Programs for Older Adults. In a previous post. I wrote about a library program that focused on older women artists and how art enriched their lives. If you are interested in having art programs for older adults at your. The National Center for Creative Aging (NCCA). Posted by Isabelle Fetherston. Links to this post. National Center for Creative Aging. Tuesday, December 25, 2007. Links to this post.
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Senior Friendly Libraries: "Creating Aging-Friendly Communities" Conference
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Resources and discussion about library services to older adults. Saturday, January 05, 2008. Creating Aging-Friendly Communities" Conference. The University of California at Berkeley, Center for the Advanced Study of Aging Services. Will be hosting a free online conference. The American Library Association is one of the co-sponsors. The "Creating Aging-Friendly Communities" conference website is here. The conference description states:. Conference topics will include the characteristics of aging-friendly...
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Senior Friendly Libraries: The Maturing of America Survey
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Resources and discussion about library services to older adults. Monday, January 28, 2008. The Maturing of America Survey. The National Association of Area Agencies on Aging (n4a). Partnered with the MetLife Foundation and four other national organizations to survey 10,000 local governments to "determine their “aging readiness” to provide programs, policies and services that address the needs of older adults and their caregivers;. I found this report via. Workforce development/ Lifelong Learning. We cert...
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Senior Friendly Libraries: April 2008
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Resources and discussion about library services to older adults. Monday, April 07, 2008. Older Americans Month 2008. May is "Older American's Month". It was originally called "Senior Citizens Month" by President Kennedy in 1963, but the name was changed to "Older Americans Month" by President Carter in 1980. The Administration on Aging described. The US. Census Bureau released. A fact sheet for Older Americans Month. These facts include:. 373 million people were 65 and older in the U.S. in 2006. Subscrib...
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Senior Friendly Libraries: My new job!
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Resources and discussion about library services to older adults. Wednesday, February 27, 2008. Posted by Isabelle Fetherston. 9:22 AM, March 03, 2008. Hi, I work at an Adult Day Care in NC, and I just came across your blog. Do you know any book lists, or do you have any suggestions of other books they might enjoy. 2:16 PM, March 05, 2008. Allan M. Kleiman said. Congrats on your new job. Maybe we'll all get to finally meet you in person at an ALA or State Library Conference. Allan M. Kleiman). Sproutacw, ...
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Senior Friendly Libraries: November 2007
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Resources and discussion about library services to older adults. Thursday, November 29, 2007. NIH Toolkit for Teaching Older Adults How to Search for Health Information. Carol Bean recently wrote a post. About the new National Institute of Health (NIH) toolkit for people who want to teach older adults how to search for health information online. This toolkit is located on this page of the NIHSeniorHealth website. This toolkit has several different levels of lesson plans:. There is also a pdf. Overall, I ...
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Senior Friendly Libraries: Fighting Stereotypes
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Resources and discussion about library services to older adults. Tuesday, February 12, 2008. In a previous post. I mentioned that we need to consider how we name and market our programs for older adults. Recent articles show that many senior centers are changing their names to avoid using aging labels, in order to be more attractive to older adults. I came across a post about a "senior center" called. This center describes itself as. Here is a Youtube video promoting this wellness center:. The world thro...