In an article entltled "How We Rely On Older Adults Especially During the Coronvirus Crisis", Professor Sally Chivers, who teaches about aging in the media at Canada's Trent University, asks whether ageist language has affected how older adults have been portrayed during the COVID-19 pandemic. She points out that older adults have much to offer society in these difficult times. Many have come out of retirement to serve as essential workers, use their skills and expertise to teach Zoom classes and create masks, and reach out to support neighbors.

"Pandemic messaging fails to show nuances of aging," says Chivers. "Negative stories about nursing homes ...take attention away from older adults who are living at home and making do, and public health warnings to check on older adults ignore what they can offer society at large." Treating older adults as a homogeneous, needy demographic "ignores how we collectively and individually possess considerable expertise. It misses our potential to offer at least mutual support for younger people..." who have had their social lives disrupted, have suffered job and health insurance loss or are more likely to be essential services workers. Indeed, PBS reports that studies are already showing that older adults may experience less pandemic-related stress than younger people.

Read full article here.

Click on the image to get answers to your questions about voting from the NYC Board of Elections -- find your polling place, early voting information, applying for a mail-in ballot and more.

PSS/WSF Grandparent Family Apartment residents thank Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. for teaming up with Fresh Direct to hand-deliver 200 much-needed pantry boxes to kinship families at GFA. PSS thanks him for being a friend and supporter over the years. Borough President Diaz is pictured above personally handing out the items to each resident.

PSS Life! University Zoom classes like this Wooden Birdhouse Workshop sponsored by Senior Whole Health keep Center members' creative energy flowing. We've a wealth of similar classes for you -- you don't need to be a Center member. Check out our many workshops and online events that can help you get through these challenging times. Adopt a new hobby, exercise online, learn useful information. It's all right here!

The City's 2021 budget for aging services left out $15 million in previously promised money when the City Council passed the $88.2 billion spending plan on June 30, and advocates are just now getting a look at what the reduced funds will mean.

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Click here for this easy-to-use 12-page document listing the major health and income programs potentially available to older adults in New York and defining the benefits provided, eligibility criteria, and income and resource limits. Updated in July 2020, it now includes resources addressing the COVID-19 pandemic. The checklist also identifies the government agencies that process applications and provides contact information. Produced by the Sadin Institute on Law and Public Policy, the checklist is updated annually.

PSS Kinship Caregivers, Youth and Young Adult Services and the Grandparent Family Apartments invite you to join us and Doris Williams, tireless NYC advocate for Grandparents Day as well as the 2020 recipient of the PSS Maggie Kuhn award, to honor local grandparents and learn more about this special day. All grandparents and grandchildren are welcome to submit a selfie of their families that will be shared during the program. Featuring a special performance by Helen Flowers, Deputy Director Grandparent Resource Center, DFTA. Please send your selfies to gcaster@pssusa.org.

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Miércoles 26 de agosto - 1:30 PM to 2:30 PM

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Attend any or all of a four-session series of financial education workshops geared to those in or nearing retirement, hosted by PSS Circle of Care and facilitated by Anthea Perkinson. Anthea is a past president of the Financial Planning Association of New York and a former Co-Director of the chapter’s Pro Bono Committee, which is dedicated to providing financial literacy education to underserved populations in New York City. The Money Made Simple program is now in residence at PSSLife! University.

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On August 11, census takers began visiting homes that haven't yet responded to the 2020 Census.  

Online: This is the easiest way to respond and only takes about 10 minutes.

By Phone: The 2020 Census can be completed by phone in 12 different languages. Visit this link for a complete list of Phone Numbers

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