by bandt27 | May 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
Creating environments for healthy aging is the bedrock of age-friendly community work. It’s not surprising, therefore, that efforts to strengthen New Jersey’s public health system intersect in many ways with efforts to seed and sustain age-friendly community...
by Age-Friendly North Jersey | May 1, 2024 | Uncategorized
Creating environments for healthy aging is the bedrock of age-friendly community work. It’s not surprising, therefore, that efforts to strengthen New Jersey’s public health system intersect in many ways with efforts to seed and sustain age-friendly community...
by bandt27 | Apr 3, 2024 | Uncategorized
The Hub for Aging Collaboration at the Rutgers University School of Social Work hosted the inaugural InnovAGING NJ 2024 Summit on March 22, 2024. This free virtual event served as a showcase of innovative programs, practices, and partnerships changing norms for aging...
by bandt27 | Mar 6, 2024 | Uncategorized
This year could mark the first major revisions in more than 35 years to the rules governing the Older Americans Act, the federal law that backbones many of the community-level programs that provide meals, senior center programs, transportation, home-care and much...
by bandt27 | Feb 17, 2024 | Uncategorized
Among the many harmful stereotypes about aging, perhaps one of the most injurious is the notion that a career spent working with older adults is less fulfilling than one spent working with younger people. Leaders of the Age-Friendly Teaneck community initiative are...
by bandt27 | Jan 4, 2024 | Age Friendly Success Stories, Uncategorized
NJAAW Stepping Up Its Role in Administering Age-Friendly North Jersey Alliance Ever-growing and always-evolving partnerships are the hallmark of the age-friendly movement. In that spirit, Age-Friendly North Jersey (AFNJ) has recently strengthened its working...
