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Active Living for All Ages: “Creating Neighborhoods Around Transit” shows how transit-oriented development (TOD) facilitates the independence and mobility of older adults. This new six-minute video features conversations with residents, local officials and experts in TOD in Arlington, Virginia—a walkable, mixed-use community with access to a variety of public transit options, entertainment and recreation, and basic services such as shopping and medical services. Produced by AARP’s Public Policy Institute in collaboration with Streetfilms, the video highlights design features that create [...]
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Nicknamed "Granny Nav", the technology is being developed as part of a 12 million pound ($19.34 million) program by the UK's Research Council to help the elderly better navigate while driving.
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I have been neglecting this blog lately, so I figured I might share a recurring theme that I have been speaking about recently at events and expos.
Based on conversations with our readers and my[...]
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By Buckley Kuhn Fricker
So now you (or your loved one) find yourself stuck at home. How will you buy groceries? Pick up prescriptions? Visit the mall? Get to the doctor’s[...]
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Planning for the Transportation Needs of Older Adults
November 28 – December 16, 2011
From November 28 to December 16, the National Center on Senior Transportation will host an online dialogue[...]
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Last week our nation celebrated our independence from the British superpower. However, we achieved that independence by one of the most heroic displays of INTERdependence the world has ever[...]
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This was one of the questions I received last week when I was the featured guest on the Weekly GrandCare Aging/Technology Webinar. Click here to access the webinar (please note you can let your[...]
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My colleague Marlene Zaborsky was telling me about how her neighborhood in Olney, Maryland coordinates the job of snow shoveling in advance of the winter snow amongst their neighbors. In addition,[...]
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Davis Hooper, a resident at Victory Forest in Silver Spring for the past four years, says reading is a great hobby and especially loves mysteries. Since getting a computer recently, he has contacted[...]
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