by Stefanie Small | Feb 10, 2025 | Aging in Place, Information
A press release from Age-Friendly Greater Pittsburgh. Being long-term partners, the Jewish Community Center (JCC) and Age-Friendly Greater Pittsburgh, are strengthening their partnership.
by Stefanie Small | Sep 30, 2021 | Aging in Place, Health, Information
Caregivers are often put in tough financial situations with the person they are caring for. Sometimes the care recipient has dementia and accuses them of stealing from them. This can happen when the care recipient was the “bill payer” all these years and now the...
by Stefanie Small | Aug 4, 2021 | Aging in Place, Generation to Generation, Health, Information
AARP recently did a study on what people’s perceptions were of dementia. There were many findings but a key finding was that people wanted to know early if they had a diagnosis so they could legally and financially plan. Planning can look like many things and look...
by Stefanie Small | Jul 7, 2021 | Aging in Place, Health, Information
This summer has already shown itself to be a scorcher. So how do we keep cool in the summer here in Pittsburgh? There are lots of ways and it is important to pay attention to staying cool. Older adults are prone to heat exhaustion and overheating because their bodies...
by Stefanie Small | Oct 13, 2020 | Generation to Generation, Humor
A thank you from Mischa Gelman, service coordinator at The New Riverview. Rabbi Eli Seidman recently retired after a 25-year run at the Jewish Association of Aging. He followed up in the footsteps of two other long-serving chaplains, Rabbi Ashinsky (who started...
