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CDCUs Receive Grant to Further Financial Work With Seniors
By David Morrison The National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions has received a grant to put a program into place that will help senior citizens attain financial security. The National Federation reported that the grant from the Atlantic Philanthropies will lead to eight CDCUs…
Author: Credit Union Times
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Long-term care threatens to sap seniors' savings
AARP is an Atlantic grantee. by Bob Moos Kay Paggi has been the bearer of bad news more times than she cares to remember. The senior-care coordinator has helped hundreds of Dallas families find long-term care for frail parents. Almost always, they think Medicare will…
Author: The Dallas Morning News
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Foundation launching seniors' volunteer program
By Rachel Bernstein. The Baltimore Community Foundation has received more than $1.5 million to start a new program that encourages senior citizens to volunteer in neighborhood improvement. The three-year program will start later this spring and aims to recruit 1,200 volunteers to contribute in six…
Author: MSN Money Central
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Instead of retiring, seniors are REWIRING
by Mike McLean A job-skills program called Plus 50 that’s geared toward retirement-aged people wishing to remain in the work force is achieving early success at Community Colleges of Spokane and has been named as a model training program for other community colleges. CCS’s Institute…
Author: Journal of Business-Spokane
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Seniors' fear of anti-social behaviour highlighted
Original Source The latest research highlighting older peoples’ fear of anti-social behaviour will be presented today (Thursday 29 May) by the Changing Ageing Partnership (CAP) at the Institute of Governance, Queen’s University Belfast. Carried out by Queen’s PhD student Brendan Sturgeon, the ongoing research examines…
Author: news-medical.net
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Older & Bolder: Irish Seniors Organise for Action
On a visit to Ireland last week, I got a glimpse of a compelling example of the power that an organized community can have – “The Older & Bolder Campaign,” a collaborative initiative among five organizations working to improve the quality of life for older…
Author: Gara LaMarche
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NCOA Launches One Away Campaign for Elder Economic Security; Releases National Poll on Struggles Facing Older Adults
Campaign Uses Video to Spotlight the Problem, Calls for Change in the Older Americans Act WASHINGTON, March 31, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — More than 13 million older adults are considered economically insecure, living on just $21,780 a year or less. Every day, these seniors, and millions of Boomers, have to choose…
Author: PR Newswire
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Older workers and the recession
by Richard W. Johnson Johnson is a principal research associate in the Washington, D.C.-based Urban Institute’s Income and Benefits Policy Center. Last week’s triple dose of grim employment news stirred memories of the early 1980s. Made official on Monday, the current recession has already outlasted…
Author: The San Diego Union-Tribune
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Senior Housing Issues, Successful Programs Take Center Stage at Atlanta Training Institute
An August 10 symposium on senior housing was the centerpiece of a week-long NeighborWorks Training Institute that attracted 2,100 community development practitioners to Atlanta. Sponsored by The Atlantic Philanthropies, the symposium brought together innovators from the affordable housing field with experts in aging to explore…
Author: Neighborworks America
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Volunteers take the driver's seat
When Virginia James decided she was too old to drive, the 92-year-old resident of Portland, Maine, looked for a new way to get around. She came across the Independent Transportation Network (ITN), which began in Portland in 1995. It brings together volunteer drivers, donated cars…
Author: USA Today