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BrooklineCAN age-friendly business profile: Serenade Chocolatier BrooklineCAN Community Content Serenade Chocolatier, located at 5 Harvard Square in Brookline Village, has been selling Viennese style chocolates there for 22 years. More than 60 types of chocolates are made in an open kitchen, and enticing aromas fill the space. You also may visit online at serenadechocolatier.com. Owner Nur Kilic and three part-time assistants follow recipes and techniques that can be traced back to the chocolat...

Ryan Deloney Correspondent A handful of years ago, Victoria and David Marshall started 3rd Act Magazine to chronicle how older Americans are blooming. It was borne out of the Marshalls’ own experience: After retiring early, Ms. Marshall, especially, found she needed a sense of purpose.  “I’ve learned so much by getting to meet and work with people who really get aging right,” she says. “They don’t just live lives of leisure. They’re really focused on lifelong learning...

2,000 face masks given to elderly Laois people in cocoon Reporter: 19 Feb 2021 Judy Barrett, Chairperson of the Laois Age Friendly Older Peoples Forum with one of the 2,000 masks they distributed to Laois elderly. );  ); Some 2,000 elderly people in Laois received free reusable face coverings this year, thanks to Laois Age Friendly Alliance. The masks were given out in January and February through libraries and groups like Meals on Wheels all around the county. David Murphy manages the Age Fr...

Age Friendly South Portland By Susan Henderson Share When the ad hoc Senior Advisory Committee surveyed older South Portland residents, results indicated that the internet was not the primary way of accessing information for many individuals. When the ad hoc Senior Steering Implementation Committee (now referred to as Age Friendly South Portland), was tasked by the city council with addressing the recommendations of the survey, a priority of the committee was improving communication with all e...

A look at how Pennsylvania's largest city is working to ensure fair access and opportunities for its older adults

The Donegal Age Friendly Programme is inviting all businesses in Donegal Town to take part in an Age Friendly Business Initiative. The initiative in partnership with Donegal LEO, the Older Persons Council and Donegal Community Development will give businesses the recognition for dealing with older people in an Age Friendly way. Training for the initiative begins during Social Enterprise Week on March 4th. For more information you can contact the Age Friendly Programme or Donegal Business Forum.

Jon Hubbard (Ind) AGE Friendly Melksham has been awarded a £2,044 grant from the National Lottery Local Community Fund to review and develop its Friendly Phone Call service. The service enables the charity to keep in touch with people in the Melksham area who are living by themselves, are isolated and lonely or have lost touch with the community during the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown. Phillipa Huxtable, Age Friendly coordinator, said: “This is such a great opportunity for us. "Since ...

Residents gather for a (pre-COVID) game of chair volleyball. The Community Wilton Manors, Florida, a city located just north of Fort Lauderdale, is home to 12,756 residents — nearly 25 percent of whom are age 65 or older. In a review of 2010 Census data, researchers at the University of California Los Angeles noted that Wilton Manors has the second highest rate of same-sex couples in the United States: Wilton Manors has 125 gay couples per 1,000 households while San Francisco, by comparison...

Age-Friendly Atlanta, Georgia, and Equity A look at how the city is working to ensure fair access and opportunities for its older adults Photo by Evey Wilson/Atlanta Bicycle Coalition Community members turned frustration into action in May 2019, calling on the city to #RespectCascade. The “Walk a Mile in Cascade’s Shoes” event served as a day of action to generate attention about the prevalence of injuries on Cascade Road and to honor victims, including 52-year-old David Gordon who lost h...

A look at how the city is working to ensure fair access and opportunities for its older adults