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How We Speak About Older Adults Can Enable Ageism

Back to Article List Volunteer Opportunities Donate to our Mission Join our Newsletter List to Receive Articles May 15, 2023 By CEO Deb Taylor Ageism is discrimination or prejudice against individuals or groups on the basis of age. Overtly, ageism can come in the form of stereotyping older adults as

HEROES, HEROES EVERYWHERE

Back to Article List Volunteer Opportunities Donate to our Mission Join our Newsletter List to Receive Articles By JoAnn Mcguire, Program Coordinator at Senior Community ServicesLink to letter to the editor in the Star Tribune All of us are mesmerized by heroes, the likes of those portrayed in big-screen movies

The Rewards of Volunteering in Your Retirement

Back to Article List Volunteer Opportunities Donate to our Mission Join our Newsletter List to Receive Articles Link to article in Bemidji Pioneer Along with the excitement and new possibilities retirement can bring, it can also be more challenging than many people anticipate. Retirement celebrations end; you no longer set

Celebrating National Social Work Month 2023

Adele Mehta, LGSW For more than 45 years, Senior Community Services’ Senior Outreach & Caregiver Services programs have broken barriers for older adults and their caregivers in the metro area, throughout the state, and beyond. Program director Adele Mehta, shares the history of these programs and the value they offer.

Bridging the Technology Gap in an Aging World

Back to Article List Volunteer Opportunities Donate to our Mission Join our Newsletter List to Receive Articles By CEO Deb Taylor- Link to article in Sun Sailor Newspaper Post-COVID, most Americans would say technology is essential, yet more than half of Minnesotans aged 65 and older still do not have broadband

Ageism- The Persistent “Ism”

Ageism- The Persistent “ism” Back to Article List Volunteer Opportunities Donate to our Mission Join our Newsletter List to Receive Articles By CEO Deb Taylor- Link to article in MinnPost Negative Comments “Ageism is a type of discrimination that can present in all different ways, both overt and subtle,” said the