by Stefanie Small | Nov 29, 2017 | Activities, Aging in Place
Gift giving is in the air this time of year. We try to choose gifts that will please the recipient but sometimes we get stuck. What do we get the older adults in our lives? There are creative ideas out there and here’s just a few. If you’re in Pittsburgh,...
by Stefanie Small | Nov 7, 2017 | Aging in Place, Health
The AgeWell Pittsburgh service providers recently heard from staff at Blind and Vision Rehabilitation Services of Pittsburgh. We were blown away by the various techniques and technologies that are out there for people with visual impairments. Some were simple, like...
by Stefanie Small | Nov 2, 2017 | Aging in Place
Check out the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s story on exercise, older adults and the JCC! http://www.post-gazette.com/aging-edge/aging-edge-reports/2017/10/22/Fitness-baby-boomers-gym-exercise-workouts-yoga-seniors-older-adults/stories/201709010197
by Stefanie Small | Oct 25, 2017 | Aging in Place
Roz Chast’s book Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant chronicles her experiences as a daughter and caregiver for her aging parents. Her drawings and text are both funny and heart-breaking. Known for her cartoons in the New Yorker, Chast touches on the dilemma...
by Stefanie Small | Oct 4, 2017 | Aging in Place, Generation to Generation, Humor
My son loves his grandma. He adores spending time with her. Yet my son is a 16 year old, basketball loving, rap-listening, non-reading, drummer. And my mom is an 81 year old, gardening, mystery-reading, bird loving, crossword puzzler. They apparently...
by Stefanie Small | Sep 19, 2017 | Aging in Place, Information
It may seem strange to think about welcoming grief–a process that is painful and difficult for most people–but in reality, this time of profound sadness can be remarkably meaningful and rewarding. As Queen Elizabeth II said, “grief is the price we pay for...
by Stefanie Small | Sep 4, 2017 | Aging in Place, Health
Falls are one of the most common and dangerous things that can happen to an older adult. 1/3 of people over the age of 65 fall once a year ½ of people over the age of 80 fall once a year 1/3 of most falls require medical attention 55% of all falls happen at home There...
by Sharon | Aug 23, 2017 | Aging in Place
A BIG Mazel Tov to our own Alexis Winsten Mancuso, Assistant Executive Director, who has been named the 2017 recipient of the Doris & Leonard H. Rudolph Jewish Communal Professional Award! She will receive the award at the 2017 Jewish Federation Annual Meeting,...
by Sharon | Aug 21, 2017 | Activities, Aging in Place, In the News
There has been a lot of buzz and excitement leading up to today’s solar eclipse. Rightfully so as this is the first time in 99 years that a total solar eclipse has crossed our great country. Dr. Paul Caplan, a regular AgeWell at the JCC participant who leads...
by Stefanie Small | Aug 14, 2017 | Activities, Volunteers
What Do People Think Of When They Think Of Volunteers? Some of the words that come to mind are kindness, compassion, enthusiasm, necessary, irrepressible, magnanimous, angels, lifesavers and heroes. There is such power of any individual giving of their time in...
