Category Archives: Health
Experience Talks ZoomCast 9/29: Yolonda Wilson
Register here: https://bit.ly/33Bxn2U Yolonda Yvette Wilson is a 2019-2020 fellow at the National Humanities Center and a 2019-2020 Encore Public Voices fellow. She holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her research interests … Continue reading
Video: EngAGE Partnered with UCSF on Study of Effects of Arts on Well-Being of Older People
With a research study grant made possible by the California Arts Council, EngAGE partnered with UCSF on a unique Ceramics Arts Research Study. Interviews for participants were held in March, 2018, and 20 residents were selected for the 12-week study at Long Beach … Continue reading
A Gift of Masks, A Gift of Caring
In late April, EngAGE Program Director Elizabeth Sampson received a special request from Kea, the manager at La Coruña Senior Apartments in Van Nuys, CA. She asked Elizabeth if she knew of a place where she could get reusable, washable … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Community News, Hand-Crafting, Health, La Coruña
Tagged changing aging, creative aging, healthy aging
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Creativity, Gratitude, Hope: EngAGE Responds to COVID-19
EngAGE staff, teachers, and residents of the communities we serve have risen to the occasion and met the demands of a world faced with COVID-19. Our classes are now available virtually, our vital food program continues, our teachers are being … Continue reading
Posted in Art/Architecture, Community, Food Assistance, FYI, Health, Tim Carpenter, Video, Writing/Storytelling
Tagged changing aging, creative aging, healthy aging, Intergenerational
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Reminder: Tim Carpenter at Social Isolation Summit 7/1
Isolation and Loneliness:A Crisis We Can Solve Together FUELING COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS TO TACKLE ISOLATION AND LONELINESSAMONG OLDER ADULTS IN THE AGE OF COVID-19 Join us for inspirational stories, innovative approaches, tools, and resources to help us all respond to the … Continue reading
Live Experience Talks Zoomcast: EngAGE CEO Tim Carpenter & TimeSlips Founder Anne Basting, PhD
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Posted in Experience Talks, Health, Tim Carpenter
Tagged changing aging, creative aging, healthy aging, zoomcast
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When Isolation Becomes an Emergency
In Louisville, KY, Jake, a trash collector, noticed that an elderly customer on his route hadn’t put any trash out for two weeks, so he decided to check on her. He asked Bernice, the office dispatcher, to call the customer. … Continue reading
