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Age-Friendly Rhode Island
Based at Rhode Island College, Age-Friendly Rhode Island is a coalition of community and state agencies, healthcare and social service providers, individuals of all ages, advocacy and faith-based organizations, businesses, academic institutions and municipal leaders who are committed to healthy aging.
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The Age-Friendly RI coalition enhances the work of our partners by engaging leaders who share a common interest in improving the lives of older adults, fostering cross sector opportunities to work together to deliver age-friendly impact, sharing best practices and communicating broadly, and joining forces for advocacy at the State and local level.
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FSRI Has Teamed up with Roch’s Fresh Food To Deliver Be Safe Kits to Older Adults Across RI
FSRI’s Be Safe Plus program delivers food and other personal care items to seniors, adults with disabilities and people diagnosed or quarantining in Rhode Island. This year, as much of Rhode Island ground to a halt, local wholesale distributor Roch’s Fresh Foods has sprung into action as a key cog…
Application is Live for COVID-19 Long Term Services and Supports Resiliency Program
The Nursing Facility Supports Grant Program is established as a partnership program to provide additional financial assistance for long-term care facilities in Rhode Island. These grant funds are an additional measure to be used as secondary to other federal coronavirus relief funding received by long-term care facilities, and other funding…
Protecting older Rhode Islanders during COVID-19
Over the last year, the AG’s Office has been visiting communities across our state educating older Rhode Islanders about how to protect themselves from scams, abuse, and more. Their Elder Abuse Unit has spearheaded this mission through a series of in-person presentations. Although COVID-19 has changed the way we are…
Listen to yesterday's episode of the AFRI radio hour to learn about what you can do to help ensure our community gets the funding it needs to improve schools, roads, hospitals and more.
https://www.spreaker.com/user/wpro/afri-7-29-20
Register for this critical training @ 9am on Monday, 8/10 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/114654962078 OR the offering @ 1pm on Tuesday, 8/11 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/115266607526
Join us this afternoon at 1:30 for a free virtual dance class! Email kpenrod@agefriendlyri.org for more information.
https://agefriendlyri.org/event/dance-for-all-people-with-rachel-balaban-live/2020-07-29/
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Listen to yesterday's episode of the AFRI radio hour to learn about what you can do to help ensure our community gets the funding it needs to improve schools, roads, hospitals and more. www.spreaker.com/user/wpro/afri-7-29-20
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WPRV - Age-Friendly RI Radio Hour - Age-Friendly Rhode Island is a weekly one-hour show hosted by John Tassoni focusing on issues affecting our aging population. From housing to healthcare to transportation, we hope to build a community that enables Rhode Islanders to live an independent and meaning...Register for this critical training @ 9am on Monday, 8/10 www.eventbrite.com/e/114654962078
OR the offering @ 1pm on Tuesday, 8/11 www.eventbrite.com/e/115266607526
Dementia Competent Practice: Promoting Dignity & Person Centered Care
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Participants will learn the signs and symptoms associated with Dementia with an emphasis on prevention and early detection.Join us this afternoon at 1:30 for a free virtual dance class! Email kpenrod@agefriendlyri.org for more information.
agefriendlyri.org/event/dance-for-all-people-with-rachel-balaban-live/2020-07-29/
Dance for All People with Rachel Balaban (Live) – Age Friendly R.I.
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Class open to all ages and abilities and designed for people with movement challenges. Instruction by Rachel Balaban, Regional Coordinator for Dance for PD. No experience required. Caregivers welcome. If interested in joining please email kpenrod@agefriendlyri.org so we know where to send the Zoo...82% of adults aged 50-80 said that they experienced at least one form of ageism. That’s bad news in general, but for LGBTQ adults, it’s especially bad news. buff.ly/3g563zj
via LGBTQ Nation
Here’s why ageism takes an especially heavy toll on LGBTQ seniors
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After a lifetime of discrimination, LGBTQ elders can find their age leads to another kind of bias...Check out this webinar offered by GIA about how to leverage technology to combat social isolation.
7/30 @ 2pm
bit.ly/3eA5kEK
Thank You To Our Funder
Tufts Health Plan Foundation's mission is to improve the health and wellness of the diverse communities it serves. The only regional funder exclusively focused on healthy aging, the Foundation has given more than $27 million to Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island nonprofits to support work focused on healthy living with an emphasis on older people.