Department of Aging partners with Slippery Rock Univ.
HARRISBURG â The Pennsylvania Department of Aging (PDA) has joined with Slippery Rock University (SRU) to launch a pilot program to offer students in recreational therapy and behavioral sciences programs real world experience by completing service-learning projects that included interactions with older adults. The Butler and Mercer County Area Agencies on Aging connected more than 100 seniors with PDA, who coordinated with the university to launch the program during SRUâs 2020 fall semester. The program will continue in the universityâs spring semester. During the pilot program...