Join GSA’s Transportation and Aging Interest Group on August 20 at 1pm for a free webinar titled “Leveraging Publicly Available Databases for Aging and Mobility Studies”. Register here: https://t.co/cZb2pZAE4H
Mayor Bowser’s budget decimates DC's climate programs, rolling back decades of progress to protect our environment & advance equity & justice.
Tell the DC Council to reverse @MayorBowser's devastating attacks on our health, climate, & environment! ACT: https://t.co/3Ujc3bXiwd
The dashboard creates a one-stop shop for “visualizations and digestible information about the transit workforce” that will be continually updated, the @NationalTWC said.
https://t.co/28YMtYn22Q
👏Congrats to @ShaynaGleason, a PhD candidate whose article on paratransit was just published by The Gerontologist journal.
@geronsociety#mobility
https://t.co/XxdRTdSlUa
SO happy to have this paper out. We noticed, in the literature on paratransit's imperfections, that no one had asked paratransit providers what they need to realize a different vision for their service. This paper is an answer to that gap.
https://t.co/0uONConetn
Calling all @AmeriCorps grantees: Ready to bring older and younger generations together in service? Encore's got $25K grants for that! Get the details, apply by 4/22. #NationalService#AmeriCorps https://t.co/FAqxWFoG3L
We (@CSDRA_UMB ) also supported @MWHealthFdn's grant program last fall to help Metrowest MA communities address social isolation through technology use during the pandemic. LOTS of great projects emerged from that grant!
@mahealthyaging Along with @OperationABLE, @Mass_EOEA, and MassHire, we are working on a remote employment training program pilot so that older adults can compete on equal footing in the remote job market! #EquityinAgingChat
@EmilyEAckerman Very late to the party: if you're still looking, this may help: https://t.co/iqhmGayKzO I can't vouch directly for the tool, though. I hope the search is going better! cc: @sam_shur
In today's Globe, Prof. Beth Dugan calls for New England to become a living laboratory for aging, to address the grand challenge--and untapped opportunity--of an unprecedented aging population. https://t.co/5ECYg5Cjs8
"The truth is that older people don’t act solely as a drain on the economy...as both consumers and producers, they constitute a vital part of it. The more integrated they are with the rest of the economy, the more everyone involved stands to benefit." 🥰 https://t.co/jurAabMOvq
#Covid19 has shown us all what it means to be isolated. But for many—especially older adults—it’s a way of life. Len Fishman, Director of the @UMASSBoston Gerontology Institute, shares the importance of reaching out this #ValentinesDay. https://t.co/ooUoNt0lyN #ReachOutMA