Nancy Miller misses going on walks with her older sister Diane Henderson. Henderson is 82 and has Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. “I went a lot to visit her on days when the weather was warm enough this winter for us to go outside and go for walks,” Miller said. “My sister loves to walk.” Read more
The following statement was issued by the National Association of City Transportation Officials, a national organization comprised of 84 city transportation honchos. The group has long said that its primary mission is to build cities as places for people, with safe, sustainable, accessible, and equitable transportation choices that support a strong economy and vibrant quality of life, but the following statement carves out a far broader and far more meaningful view of that mission statement. We are reprinting it in full: Read more
If you want to order groceries online, know that supermarket policies for delivery and pickup vary – wildly! Here are current policies for some major chains; pay on their website by credit or debit card. We chose to use a gallon of whole milk to use for price comparisons. Read more
The House on Thursday passed by voice vote an annually required measure to increase cost-of-living adjustments tied to veterans benefits in parity with the COLA approved by the Social Security Administration. Senate passage and the president’s signature would normally be mere formalities, but those could face delays this year as Congress deals with the COVID-19 pandemic that has disrupted regular schedules. Read more
In the last three months, transit managers have had to reinvent everything they do. They’ve had to learn quickly, make fast decisions, keep up with fast-changing medical advice, and engineer a massive shift in expectations. And they’re doing it all while falling off a cliff. Let us not mince words: these are dark times, but dark times always contain opportunities to emerge from the crisis into a better world. Read more
Changing The Narrative Colorado hosted a webinar on May 27th to highlight and discuss the issue of ageism and how it is relevant to the Covid-19 pandemic. Janine Vanderburg hosted this webinar and gave out valuable resources and information on how to re-frame the topic of aging in society. She discussed different types of bias that can occur, and how to challenge those biases in support of the older adult community. The main takeaway was how to re-frame aging by changing the language we use in relation to it. For example, “older adult” is a kinder way of saying “senior citizen” or “the elderly,” and the words we choose have impact on how others view what we are talking about. Using words with more positive connotations can shift society’s view on aging and provide more respect for the older adult community, especially at this critical time.
