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San Diego Aging Summit 2008 |
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Aging Summit 2008, co-hosted by County Supervisors Dianne Jacob and Pam Slater-Price and organized by Aging & Independence Services (AIS), brought together more than 2,400 participants to learn, share ideas, and connect around the issue of lifelong learning in San Diego. This report presents the findings, recommendations, and preliminary action plans resulting from a five-month planning process which culminated in the County of San Diego’s sixth biennial Aging Summit on June 26, 2008.Download Aging Summit Report> (7.36 MB)
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The Mobility Needs of Older Adults: Implications for Transportation Reauthorization |
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by Sandra Rosenbloom / The Brookings Institution Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy / July 2003 / Download Report > (681.21 KB) |
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Studies Suggest There's An Art to Getting Older |
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by Beth Baker / The Washington Post / March 11, 2008 / Read Article> In the Greenbelt Community Center, 25 elders sit in a circle, watching professional storyteller Candace Wolf. She moves around the circle, smiling, giving someone's shoulder a gentle squeeze, making eye contact. The artist, on the faculty of the nonprofit Bethesda-based Arts for the Aging (AFTA), enlists the group's help in creating a story, based on a silly photo she has passed around of a stocky older couple arm-wrestling. |
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City Fosters Arts for Elderly |
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by Robin Pogrebin / The New York Times / February 5, 2008 / Read Article>
To encourage participation by people older than 60 in New York City’s arts offerings, a $1 million partnership between cultural organizations and centers for the elderly was announced yesterday by the city’s Department for the Aging, the Department of Cultural Affairs and the New York City Council. Read Full Press Release> |
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Creativity Matters: The Arts and Aging Toolkit |
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by the National Center for Creative Aging (NCCA), the National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts, and the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) / Janurary 28, 2008 / Order Publication> |
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Cities Work to Create Aging-Friendly Communities |
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by Andrew Scharlach / National League of Cities / January 2008 / Read Article> One in eight Americans is age 65 or older, and that will increase to one in five within the next 25 years. Moreover, the dramatic growth in the aging population will only increase in the coming years as the Baby Boomers enter their senior years. Recent increases in the pre-senior population (age 55-64) provide a glimpse of the future — triple digit increases in the past 15 years have been experienced in cities such as Las Vegas; Austin, Texas; Raleigh, N.C.; Atlanta and Phoenix. |
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Town wants to let seniors work off taxes |
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Associated Press / CNN.com / December 26, 20007 / Read Article> GREENBURGH, New York (AP) -- Audrey Davison lives alone, gets a $620 Social Security check each month and worries about the sharply rising taxes on her four-bedroom house. Davison, 76, raised her family there and after 43 years, she really doesn't want to leave Greenburgh. |
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