Tag Archives: changing aging

Common Scams and Frauds That Target Older People

Posted on July 5, 2016 by EngAGE

Older people are often targeted by con artists who try to scam them using a variety of approaches, from hard-selling fake investment opportunities to posing as representatives from the IRS in order to get personal identity information like a Social … Continue reading →

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Happy Independence Day!

Posted on July 3, 2016 by EngAGE

  Did you know that we might have been celebrating on July 2nd instead of July 4th? Read “John Adams’s vision of July 4 was July 2” on the National Archives blog to learn the full story.      

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Worth Repeating: Juan Felipe Herrera, the First Latino to be U.S. Poet Laureate

Posted on July 2, 2016 by EngAGE

“Worth Repeating” is a weekly feature on the EngAGE Blog that will bring you previous posts that we think are still timely, interesting, or just plain fun! From 7/2/15: In its nearly 80-year history, the position of U.S. Poet Laureate … Continue reading →

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Experience Talks 7/3: Ada Pullini Brown and Jill Sykes

Posted on July 1, 2016 by EngAGE

Tune in to Experience Talks, our weekly “Radio Magazine for the Experienced Listener,” on Sundays at 5:00 PM PT on KPFK 90.7 FM Los Angeles, 98.7 FM Santa Barbara, 99.5 China Lake, 93.7 N. San Diego, streaming live online, and … Continue reading →

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Radio Rewind: NPR’s Morning Edition Visits EngAGE Senior Arts Colonies

Posted on June 30, 2016 by EngAGE

In July of 2013, Morning Edition broadcast this report filed by Ina Jaffe. Listen to learn how EngAGE Founder and Executive Director Tim Carpenter convinced developer John Huskey, president of Meta Housing, to join forces and create a radical new approach to senior housing: our … Continue reading →

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News from Magnolia @ Highland Senior Apartments: Art

Posted on June 29, 2016 by EngAGE

“Discovery Through Art” is a new program at Magnolia @ Highland Senior Apartments in San Bernardino. Program description: An 8 week course offered by CSUSB Art Instruction Department as part of their inter-generational community outreach program. The course’s curriculum aims … Continue reading →

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“Art-Making Is Powerful Medicine” – Senior Planet

Posted on June 28, 2016 by EngAGE

EngAGE has long advocated the power of the arts in benefiting health, so we’re pleased to be included as a resource in today’s article by Alexis Collazo on Senior Planet. Check out the useful list of arts organizations, plus get some DIY … Continue reading →

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