Topic: Older Adults
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
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
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
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
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
Partners on the Path
Who cares for the caregiver? A local company supplies the answer.
By Quinn O'Callaghan