Age-Friendly Rhode Island: Creating Partnerships and Building Community that Supports Rhode Islanders as They Age
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Age-Friendly Rhode Island
Age-Friendly Rhode Island is a coalition of community and state agencies, healthcare and social service providers, older adults, advocacy and faith-based organizations as well as businesses, academic institutions and municipal leaders. We create partnerships, catalyze change, and build community that supports and empowers Rhode Islanders as they age.
Our Partners
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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Seeking Nominations: The AARP’s “Andrus Award for Community Service”
The annual Andrus Award for Community Service is AARP’s most prestigious and visible volunteer award. It recognizes individuals who are sharing their experience, talent and skills to enrich their communities in ways that are consistent with AARP’s mission, vision, and commitment to volunteer service, and that inspire others to volunteer. Only…
Scituate Senior Center at Chopmist Hill Inn
Guest Post by Dina Elhelw, Director Scituate Senior Center at Chopmist Hill Inn — Picture an early morning, sitting on the patio in a rocker with a friend. You realize that your friend looks far different from the person that you have known all of your life. You look over…
Community Dinner events made to create ‘Age-Friendly RI’
The following story (authored by Kendra Gravelle) appeared in the East Greenwich Pendulum on June 23rd. The article can be found HERE on RICentral.com or is pasted below: EAST GREENWICH—With the senior population quickly growing across the state, several efforts are underway to build age-friendly communities. On Tuesday, Lt. Governor…
Forget millennials: Here's a good reason why @apple should hire your grandmother. Hey tech industry -- #agefriendly opportunities abound! https://t.co/wmVC0OWghL
Learn more about the @THPFoundation Momentum Fund grant opportunity by joining an introductory webinar -- Get your questions answered! August 23 at 2:00pm Register here: https://t.co/0IRsQ8YBvr
Fabulous #agefriendly initiative happening in Jamestown, RI. #cyber-seniors. Senior center set to sponsor tech workshops https://t.co/FOJQQbwumQ
Miss the recent webinar on #FoodInsecurity and #RISeniors? Watch a recording here now: https://t.co/jJqCb4fuyJ Some key takeaways? The importance of the human connection over food, and how access to food should facilitate access to companionship. #agefriendlyRI
Nominations now being accepted for the the AARP’s “Andrus Award for Community Service” -- Deadline is August 1. https://t.co/HPoTR6P3Nj via @AgeFriendlyRI
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Forget millennials: Here's a good reason why @apple should hire your grandmother. Hey tech industry -- #agefriendly opportunities abound! t.co/wmVC0OWghL
Forget millennials: Here's a good reason why Apple should hire your grandmother
cnbc.com
Tech companies can better understand the needs of the elderly by hiring an older workforce, say aging experts.Learn more about the @THPFoundation Momentum Fund grant opportunity by joining an introductory webinar -- Get your questions answered! August 23 at 2:00pm Register here: t.co/0IRsQ8YBvr
Fabulous #agefriendly initiative happening in Jamestown, RI. #cyber-seniors. Senior center set to sponsor tech workshops t.co/FOJQQbwumQ
Senior center set to sponsor tech workshops
jamestownpress.com
Influenced by a documentary titled “Cyber-Seniors,” a heartwarming film about the growing generation gap during the computer age, college students from the University of Rhode Island will visit town to teach technology to their elders.Miss the recent webinar on #FoodInsecurity and #RISeniors? Watch a recording here now: t.co/jJqCb4fuyJ Some key takeaways? The importance of the human connection over food, and how access to food should facilitate access to companionship. #agefriendlyRI
Nominations now being accepted for the the AARP’s “Andrus Award for Community Service” -- Deadline is August 1. t.co/HPoTR6P3Nj via @AgeFriendlyRI
Seeking Nominations: The AARP's "Andrus Award for Community Service" – Age Friendly R.I.
agefriendlyri.org
The annual Andrus Award for Community Service is AARP’s most prestigious and visible volunteer award. It recognizes individuals who are sharing their experience, talent and skills to enrich their communities in ways that are consistent with AARP’s mission, vision, and commitment to volunteer ser...
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.