News & Events
Explore our new web resources compiled by a collaborative of members on the Next Chapter sub-committee of the Health Planning Council of Tompkins County. The page is organized into two areas: Health and Home and People and Purpose. Let us know what you think!
Explore compelling articles to support good health or to learn the secrets of blue zones, where longevity is the highest.
Research retirement options that align
with your goals from living more simply to planning your ideal lifestyle.
Discover ideas for living with purpose from lifelong learning, recreation and travel to volunteering.
Find thoughtful articles and resources to support family dynamics or your new or continuing role as a caregiver to a loved one.
What We Are Reading
Zack Griswold, '19
Assistant to the Director
Gerontology Institute

This Month's Book Recommendation: Elderhood
“Elderhood: Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, and Reimagining Life” by Louise Aronson is very moving. Louise who is a Harvard Trained Geriatrician provides a diverse perspective on growing old.

We as a society take for granted that we are all aging beings and Louise dives into the aging process in a way that is easy to understand full of personal stories and perspectives Elderhood is for anyone who is, in the author's own words, "an aging, i.e., still-breathing human being."

Visit the author's web page for more information on her and the book.
COVID-19 Related Resources
Older Adults are Higher at Risk

Here is a selection of web resources for teaching and learning about the needs of older adults and their families.
COVID-19 & Health Literacy
A novel virus can provide a challenge for those responsible for communicating to the public even when health literacy strategies are implemented.
It's no wonder that COVID 19 confusion is real for so many people.

In April 2020, the associate director of the Adult Literacy Research Center at Georgia State University and Chair of the Georgia Alliance for Health Literacy wrote a piece published on MDatl.com entitled "Silent Killer: Epidemic of Low Health Literacy Makes COVID-19 Worse".

Dr. Iris Z. Feinberg described the pandemic has brought even more attention to how critical health literacy strategies are when communicating about health. Dr. Feinberg wrote:

" The darkness of the COVID-19 pandemic has put a spotlight on a silent killer for which vital signs and oxygen saturation measures do not help. It’s called health literacy – the gap between how health messages are communicated and what patients and health consumers can understand to make good health decisions." Read more at MDatl.com.

Read more about communicating to older adults during the pandemic at We Heart Health Literacy's blog.

American Dream Employment Network
Beneficiary Outreach Webinar
Are you on SSI or SSDI
and want to work?
Tuesday, June 23
2 - 4 PM EST
Topics include an introduction to ADEN, comparing SSI and SSDI disability benefits, overview of both SSDI and SSI benefits and work incentives and how to get help to return to work.


 
This presentation is supported by the Finger Lakes Independence Center and the Tompkins County Office for the Aging, partners in  NY Connects , as part of the Disability and Elder Law Series. This series will continue throughout the summer. Go to  fliconline.org  and look under Upcoming Events for updates.
Presenter: Kevin Nickerson // Co-Director
American Dream Employment Network
A Division of the National Disability Institute 
To join the Beneficiary Outreach webinar, you will need an internet connection
and login address.  Click here to register.
slow the spread * flatten the curve
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