Topic: Older Adults
Business for Good: OneClick.chat
The four-year-old Philly company—started by a millennial and a boomer—takes on social isolation by providing an easy platform for 50,000 older adults worldwide to connect
By Courtney DuChene
Reality Check: Beating the Heat
New York and Baltimore are handing out free air conditioners to low-income seniors most at risk of heat-related illness and Covid-19. Why, WURD's midday host wonders, isn’t Philly doing the same?
By Charles D. Ellison
Ideas We Should Steal: Men’s Sheds
A global nonprofit making its way across the U.S. is fighting loneliness and depression in older men by bringing them together to build things. Could the next shed be here in Philly?
By Jill Harkins
Reality Check: Riding SEPTA While Elderly
WURD’s afternoon host admonishes the transit agency and City Council for their attitude to Philly’s seniors
By Charles D. Ellison