La herramienta en línea, en español, es una de las varias iniciativas bilingües de la NCOA para ayudar a los mayores de origen hispano a envejecer bien.
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Free online benefits tool is one of many NCOA bilingual resources to help Hispanic older adults stay healthy and financially secure.
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Reimagining Dementia: A Creative Coalition for Justice is an international group of dementia activists and allies – health professionals, people living with dementia (young and old), carers/care partners, family and community members, advocates, artists, academics, policy makers and others – who share a diverse and humanizing vision of care and support that promotes inclusion, relationality, creativity, […]The post Reimagining Dementia: A Creative Coalition for Justice Join Us! appeared first on ChangingAging.
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The YMCA’s Moving For Better Balance (MFBB) program is a falls prevention program developed by Fuzhong Li, PhD at the Oregon Research Institute with funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The program is led by a qualified instructor and teaches an eight-form routine of Tai Chi-based movements modified specially for falls prevention. […]
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I’m sure when Destiny’s Child came out with “Say My Name,” they never meant for it to be used as an example such as this post, but here we are! We all have a name and I’m sure we’d prefer it to be used, over names that don’t quite “suit” us. I’m also sure none […]The post Say My Name, Say My Name appeared first on ChangingAging.
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In April and July 2020, NCOA surveyed community-based organizations to understand how COVID-19 affected their services to older adults.
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HealthMatters™ Program is an evidence-based health promotion program for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Through our community-academic partnerships, we aim to provide high quality evidence-based and evidence-informed health promotion programs and training for people with IDD and their supports in health-friendly communities. Target audience: Target audience includes people with intellectual and developmental disabilities […]
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Las 12 preguntas de la herramienta de detección en línea identifican los riesgos de caídas y ofrece recursos para tomar medidas que reduzcan riesgos.
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Twelve-question online screening tool identifies falls risks and offers resources to take action to reduce them.
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Workplace Chronic Disease Self-Management Workshop (virtual real time) is an interactive group workshop delivered via Zoom or similar virtual platform for employed people living with one or more physical or mental health chronic conditions such as arthritis, diabetes, heart disease, depression, etc. Participants learn the self-management skills to manage their conditions on a day to […]
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