‘USA’ Archives
Idősebb kor – fejlettebb érzelmi intelligencia
Az öregedés egyik jó oldala az, hogy az emberek valóban bölcsebbek lesznek a korosodással, állítják a kutatók. Az idősebbek inkább képesek meglátni a stresszes helyzetek pozitív vonásait és jobban együtt éreznek a szerencsétlenebb sorsúakkal, mint a fiatalok, ez derült ki a Kaliforniai Egyetem tanulmányából. [...]
Medikusok és idős betegek
Találkozások idősekkel, mint egyetemi program - Kaliforniában. Az első alkalom a találkozásra egy ebéd volt: Jessamyn Conell-Price ezen ismerkedett meg Moira Nichols asszonnyal, aki néhány barátnőjével együtt egy közösségi könyvtár önkéntes közreműködője. Aztán a két nő benézett egy kicsit Nichols asszony [...]
Older Adults and Social Media
Social networking use among internet users ages 50 and older has nearly doubled — from 22% to 42% over the past year. While social media use has grown dramatically across all age groups, older users have been especially enthusiastic over the past year about embracing new networking tools. Although email continues to be the primary way that [...]
Helping Grandpa Get His Tech On
A few days before my 100-year-old mother’s death this summer, she said she had only one regret: not being able to see her family in California again. But then I realized that I had my MacBook (with its built-in webcam) in my briefcase. A few phone calls later and my mother was using iChat to speak with and see her great-grandchildren for the [...]
Intergenerational service-learning project teaches students empathy
Kansas City, Kan. April 19, 2010. Communities in Schools of KCK/Wyandotte County received a $1,000 award from State Farm Companies Foundation to launch an inter-generational, service-learning project that is part of the national Global Youth Service Day annual campaign. (more...)
Intergenerational center and new sheriff’s station on county needs list
San Diego County’s updated Capital Improvement Needs Assessment Program retains the Ramona Intergenerational Community Center and the new sheriff’s station in Ramona as items requiring funding over the next five years. Also included by county supervisors on April 14 is acquisition of land for the Multiple Species Conservation Program. [...]
Seniors and Seventh Grade Students Share Intergenerational “Telephone Seder”
Recently several Hey Class students of Temple B’nai Abraham’s Religious School of the Louis and Emily Slater Youth Center fulfilled the ancient obligation of retelling the story of Passover, commemorating the Exodus from Egypt, in a non-traditional way. Participants did not sit together around a festively adorned Seder table, but gathered [...]
Under one roof – Multiple generations living together more common
More people than ever before are bunked together in multi-generational households across the United States, with a record 49 million (16.1 percent of the population) sharing close quarters either permanently or temporarily, according to a report out Wednesday by the Pew Research Center. (more...)
Baptist Fellowship aims for unity of generations
Thirty years ago, young worshippers wanted special services created for their tastes, and music that sounded like what they listened to in their cars. So when the leaders of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of North Carolina announced that they wanted to focus on young people at this year's general assembly, they were surprised at the [...]
