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Monday, August 3, 2020

Senior Planet Book Club: Vote For Our Next Book!

…cranky old church deacon known as Sportcoat shuffles into the courtyard of the Cause Houses housing project in south Brooklyn, pulls a .38 from his pocket, and in front of…

Monday, December 1, 2014

Margaret Atwood’s tech solution, how to cut your cable bill – and more from the week online

…Britain’s largest non-profit senior housing organization, Grey Pride has been campaigning for the UK government to appoint a Minister for Older People; recently the group published a letter to the…

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

WATCH: Senior Pranksters Have Fun Smashing Myths

  Last week was Seniors’ Week in Alberta, Canada, and while some organizations reminded the city’s older residents about the risk of falling, one seniors’ housing and advocacy group took…

Tuesday, March 24, 2020

Stuck at Home Guide: How to Get Online

…have stepped up during this COVID-19 emergency to offer low-cost internet to seniors, people who receive SSI, Medicaid or housing assistance, and others in need. Just be aware that there…

Friday, April 6, 2018

We did it! Senior Planet North Country Lives on!

…the Housing Assistance Council, as many as one-quarter of all seniors live in small towns and rural areas. As society becomes more and more technologically sophisticated, these seniors are even…

Wednesday, September 30, 2015

45 Years Later: “The Old in the Country of the Young”

…young people are interested in sex — Time challenged these 45 years ago. They still haunt us now. Single-generation housing. The “amazing phenomenon” of older Americans, treated like outsiders, clustering…

Tuesday, October 27, 2020

Meet a Member: Frederick Weston

…a ‘professional AIDS patient’? FW: When you get an AIDS diagnosis, in order to get your entitlements, you need to take a vow of poverty. In order to get housing

Thursday, October 19, 2023

A Recipe for Second Chances: Robert Perez

…us about how DV8 Kitchen’s employment model evolved. DV8 Kitchen initially provided safe housing and behavior modification. As it evolved, we realized the importance of focusing on our core mission:…

Monday, February 25, 2019

Looking for money? Find it here.

…of Housing and Urban Development might have a refund for you. Visit the HUD website here with your FHA case number and see. Disaster cash There might be a silver…

Sunday, December 1, 2013

You’re Not Too Old to Get AIDS

…are sexually active. According to the Connecticut Mirror, men living in senior housing routinely pay sex workers to visit on “check day.” And whereas our parents’ generation didn’t date in…

Monday, June 3, 2013

Best Places to Retire Lists: the Best and Worst

…include a seniors-only RV park. A study published in The Journal of Housing for the Elderly found that clean, safe trailer parks are better at fostering the sense of social…

Thursday, June 11, 2020

NYC MOCTO: “City of New York Delivers 10,000 Internet Devices to older NYCHA Residents”

The New York City Mayor’s Office of the Chief Technology Officer (MOCTO) is partnering with the Department for Aging (DFTA) and New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) to provide 10,000…

Sunday, October 16, 2016

An Innovation in Memory Care: Therapy Through Design

…for Alzheimer’s patients,” Makesh told Senior Housing News earlier this year. The Lantern centers, he believes, may actually help to treat dementia. Each of the facilities is a kind of…

Friday, September 29, 2017

Old Is Beautiful

housing works and the pants are my own model. As far as socks, I don’t wear socks. No socks are socks enough for me. How would you compliment yourself? My…

Sunday, June 22, 2014

6,000 steps a day can improve arthritis – and more from the week online

…a downtown Manhattan housing development and changed the life of 90-year-old Shirley Friedman. The NY Times has a knack of creating simple, touching portraits – and this one’s no exception….