Topic: Older Adults
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
Guest Commentary
Being together, apart
The founder of a community-building storytelling nonprofit on why now is the time to fight the growing scourge of loneliness in America
By Shannon Mannon
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
Meet the Disruptor
Partners on the Path
Who cares for the caregiver? A local company supplies the answer.
By Quinn O'Callaghan