ITHACA, NY — Thanks to the 2009 Linden Center Community Arts Grants — a collaboration between Ithaca College’s Linden Center for Creative Aging and the Community Arts Partnership of Tompkins County — six local organizations will receive a total of $10,000 in grant funding to support arts activities for older adults.

“The objective of these grants is to...

ITHACA, NY — “The Long-Term Benefits of Counseling and Education for Family Caregivers” will be the topic of a talk at Ithaca College on Thursday, March 19. The presentation by William Haley, a professor in the School of Aging Studies at the University of South Florida, is scheduled for 7 p.m. in Textor 102. It is free and open to the public.

Haley is serving as the...

Quality of Life for Aging Boomers a Public Imperative

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With 76 million baby boomers on the retirement horizon, "we need to develop a new paradigm where instead of seeing aging as loss, we see aging as something that involves gain," said John Krout, professor of gerontology and director of the Gerontology...

John Krout, Director of the Gerontology Institute, was recently interviewed by KCBS Radio out of San Francisco. The topic was Innovating Senior Centers, and the Pod Cast can be heard by following this link: http://www.kcbs.com/pages/303578.php