April 24, 2020 – Amid reports of death and isolation, some older New Yorkers are modeling strength and resilience. The New York Times’ John Leland reports: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/24/nyregion/coronavirus-elders-nyc.html?referringSource=articleShare
Covid-19 Resource Type: Articles & Media
Just What Older People Didn’t Need: More Isolation
April 13, 2020 – The coronavirus pandemic could sharpen the health risks of loneliness. But there are ways to connect. The New York Times’ Paula Span reports: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/13/health/coronavirus-elderly-isolation-loneliness.html
40 Suggestions to Help Especially Vulnerable Seniors During Coronavirus Crisis: Report
April 17, 2020 – This article features the report, Supporting Older Adults Through Coronavirus: Ideas From Experts and Leaders Across NYC, developed by The Center for the Urban Future (CUF) and other leaders from organizations that provide services to older adults, including Lifetime Arts’ Executive Director and Co-Founder, Ed Friedman. The report, “offers ideas for …
What’s Lost in the Rush to Online Learning
March 31, 2020 – “Building distance learning systems is not for the faint of heart. In theory, they can help make learning more accessible for more people, but not in an overnight crash situation like many are facing.” CNN’s David M. Perry reports: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/09/business/online-learning-virus.html
Online Learning Should Return to a Supporting Role
April 9, 2020 – Winner-take-all economics and cost-cutting may make many in-person lectures obsolete, but the best education continues to be intensive, expensive and done in person. The New York Times’ David Deming reports: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/09/business/online-learning-virus.html
She’s Alone, 105 and in a Nursing Home Threatened by the Virus
March 31, 2020 – The New York Times’ John Leland reports, “New York’s nursing homes have long been chronically understaffed, leaving family members to fill critical gaps, from feeding their relatives to checking for bedsores or infection. Now those family members are barred from entry, and existing workers are getting sick, quarantined or quitting because …
11 Tips for Maintaining a Creative Practice, When Home Is Your Studio
The following is a post published by Pratt Institute to aid their student and faculty communities during COVID-19. The tips are universally relevant for anyone who wants to create at home. “COVID-19 has quickly changed the way we study, teach, and create. As students, faculty, staff, and alumni in the Pratt Institute community are now …
Senior centers face tough decisions during coronavirus outbreak
March 12, 2020 – The Upper West Side (NYC) senior center, DOROT, shut down all programming in its physical site. WNYC’s Gwynne Hogan reports: https://www.wnyc.org/story/senior-centers-face-tough-decisions-during-coronavirus-outbreak/
Now is Not the Time to Sever the Ties that Bind Generations
From Generations United, March 13, 2020: “It’s too early to know if social isolation or the Coronavirus (COVID-19) will kill more older adults in the long run. A heightened awareness of how a lack of social connection negatively impacts individuals as they age and their networks diminish has fueled a significant interest in intergenerational programming …
Seniors, Deemed Most Vulnerable to Virus, Grapple with ‘Social Distancing’
The Boston Globe, March 13, 2020 “With health authorities warning that the novel coronavirus poses a higher risk to older adults, many seniors are adjusting to a new reality, where gatherings they’d looked forward to are cancelled, and daily activities can feel fraught with risk.” Visit The Boston Globe website to read the article
Creative Aging/COVID-19 Forum (National Guild)
On March 17, 2020, the National Guild’s Creative Aging Network held a community forum for Creative Aging practitioners. Leaders in the field discussed how they’re responding to their community needs including: adjusting programs and learning environments, working with senior centers and other community partners, supporting teaching artists, and speaking to funders. Visit the National Guild website to access the meeting recording
How Creative Aging Programs Are Carrying On Through COVID-19
From Ad Summa, the American Alliance of Museums blog on Museums and Creative Aging: “Older adults are a population especially vulnerable to contracting severe cases of COVID-19, and are therefore advised to take special precautions to avoid infection. This may intensify the isolation they experience during the pandemic, making it all the more important for …
