Author: nhr2000

Helping older adults to learn and to stay connected with others. Recent assignments have been at DOROT, GetSetUp and Greenwich House.

Org Profile – OATS (Older Adults Technology Services)

(This is the first of a series of posts profiling senior services nonprofits which are helping older persons to live active, engaged lives.) Multiple nonprofits which serve older persons seek to provide some type of help with technology.  In New York, and now increasingly beyond, the gold standard is currently set by Older Adults Technology… Continue reading Org Profile – OATS (Older Adults Technology Services)

How to Reframe our Older Years

Last night, for my monthly Virtual Senior Center class for Selfhelp Community Services, I reviewed the book, The End of Old Age by Dr. Marc E. Agronin.  The basic message: aging brings strength.  It isn’t only about decline and health challenges.  Dr. Agronin suggested we start to change our image of old age by taking… Continue reading How to Reframe our Older Years

Aging Mastery Program – What It Offers to Seniors

For those of us who have a different vision of retirement than living with illness and waiting for the end of life, the National Council on Aging has created the Aging Mastery Program (AMP), a series of 10 core classes which “provide participants with an overview of the challenges encountered while navigating life in old… Continue reading Aging Mastery Program – What It Offers to Seniors

How to Design Technology Training for Seniors

As a follow up to my post, Tips in Helping Seniors with Technology, here are some additional ideas on how to effectively train older persons, whether it’s one on one or within a class: The more you understand about the senior, the easier it will be to plan your training.  First consider their age; seniors… Continue reading How to Design Technology Training for Seniors

Caregiving Technology Pioneers

On Friday, June 22, I attended the 2nd Annual Caregiving Symposium, hosted by the South Florida Institute of Aging (SoFIA).  At a particularly interesting session on caregiving technology pioneers, I learned about these new products focused on helping those of us who care for family and friends: PAPA – Grandkids On-Demand – College students are… Continue reading Caregiving Technology Pioneers

Get Free Tech Help This Summer

Think you’re ‘too old’ to jump on the Internet / online bandwagon?  Think again.  At Senior Planet, an initiative of Older Adults Technology Services, you can get computer training in Manhattan, upstate New York, Maryland or at multiple satellite locations around NYC. Membership in Senior Planet is free to anyone 60 or over and provides… Continue reading Get Free Tech Help This Summer

Why Age Segregation Isn’t a Good Idea

In Florida, I’ve noticed that there is an abundance of 55 and over communities, where the assumption is that older persons only want to live with other older persons.  Maybe this is true for many of us;  after all, our closest friends are usually close to our own age.  The tendency towards age segregation seems… Continue reading Why Age Segregation Isn’t a Good Idea

Changing the Conversation about Aging in America

Today’s blog post is excerpted from a Frameworks Communication Toolkit, which contains many wonderful ideas and resources on how to change the conversation about aging in America from a time of decline and deterioration to a time of challenge and opportunity.  Also see this recent post Reframing Aging: Growing “Old at Heart” from the Stanford… Continue reading Changing the Conversation about Aging in America