Topic: Older Adults

An intergenerational program from Penn Memory Center and Temple University combats isolation in older adults and gives students valuable caregiving experience—and now, it’s gone virtual

The vaccine may be here, but many seniors are still feeling disconnected from loved ones. These students are helping them feel less alone.

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

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?

The founder of a community-building storytelling nonprofit on why now is the time to fight the growing scourge of loneliness in America

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?

WURD’s afternoon host admonishes the transit agency and City Council for their attitude to Philly’s seniors

Who cares for the caregiver? A local company supplies the answer.