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And Living in a Community
Relationships
- Loneliness and social isolation – focus is there, solutions are emerging
- Being Neighborly – article by Jim David
- Loss of Friends due to Alzheimers
- Letters to Family
- Empathetic Listening
- Stand Up, Stand With, Stand Together – A Conversation with Marlene Sallo This joint effort between Riderwood’s Administration, the Diversity & Inclusion Committee, and the CommUNITY Living Committee kicked off a month of events promoting intentional inclusion. The keynote speaker for this campaign was Marlene Sallo, Executive Director of the Disability Law Center, Massachusetts’s Protection and Advocacy Agency
- Brené Brown — Strong Back, Soft Front, Wild Heart: Brene Brown is a Research Professor at University of Houston, author of books: Braving the Wild and Daring to Lead Interview with Krista Tippett on Belonging to Each Other: why it works and sometimes doesn’t. Brené Brown says our belonging to each other can’t be lost, but it can be forgotten. Her research has reminded the world in recent years of the uncomfortable, life-giving link between vulnerability and courage. Now she’s turning her attention to how we walked into the crisis of our life together and how we can move beyond it: with strong backs, soft fronts, and wild hearts.
- Fast-Forward: A PBS special. Discover how successful aging is possible when intergenerational loved ones are intentional about their needs, communicate from the heart, and prepare before a potential health crisis may occur.
Re-awakening, Reconnecting & Reinvigorating:
Picking up the Pieces after the Pandemic
- Part 1 “Emotional Wellbeing” Roberta Feldhausen, a Psychiatric Mental Health Registered Nurse, discusses recovering from the mental stress of COVID-19.
Psychology has Solutions
- Why You Procrastinate (It Has Nothing to Do With Self-Control)
- Jim David: Lethal Avoidance
- Jim David: Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
Self-Help Strategies
- Stay Connected to Combat Loneliness and Social Isolation — This animated video from the National Institute on Aging at NIH provides tips to help prevent and reduce the impact of social isolation and loneliness.
- CNN Anderson Cooper Interviews Stephen Colbert on Grief
- Lonely Hearts Club: How to Combat Social Isolation. Presentation by Ellen Lebedow.
- Jim David: Take Time to __________
- How to ask for help — and get a “yes” TED talk by Heidi Grant
- Forgetfulness: Knowing when to Ask for Help National Institute on Aging
- Participating in Activities You Enjoy—More Than Just Fin and Games. National Institute on Aging
- Older Drivers National Institute on Aging
Transitions of Aging
- Your Work Peak is Earlier Than You Think — from The Atlantic. Decline is inevitable, and it occurs earlier than almost any of us wants to believe. But misery is not inevitable.
- Forgetfulness: Knowing when to Ask for Help National Institute on Aging
- Participating in Activities You Enjoy—More Than Just Fin and Games. National Institute on Aging
- Cognitive Health and Older Adults National Institute on Aging
- Older Drivers National Institute on Aging