by H2H Team | Apr/Wed/2023 | aging topics
To stay connected to the community and necessary services, seniors need reliable transportation. And yet… providing seniors transportation is a complicated, difficult issue. Transportation is one of our most frequent requests for help at Heart2Heart. Seniors...
by H2H Team | Mar/Tue/2023 | aging topics
Recently, I went to a leadership development conference and encountered a fact that intrigued me. For the first time in history, the workforce includes five generations working together in the same office. Why? Well, people are working longer. Some skip...
by H2H Team | Mar/Mon/2023 | aging topics
There’s a gentleman in my men’s Bible study who started painting when he was 67. He’s 75 now, and he’s completed 300 paintings and sold 50 of them. He has developed a prolific talent, one that he wasn’t even pursuing until after his senior discounts kicked in. ...
by H2H Team | Feb/Mon/2023 | aging topics
I want to continue our discussion on elder abuse by reiterating our responsibility to the seniors in the community. We feel an innate responsibility to help a lost child in a store reconnect with her parents. In the same way, we should feel protective of the...
by H2H Team | Feb/Wed/2023 | aging topics
An ugly confrontation at my local pharmacy a few days ago got me thinking about elderly abuse. Specifically: Whose role is it to prevent the mistreatment of older members of our community? I walked into my pharmacy after work recently and saw an older man...
by H2H Team | Jan/Wed/2023 | aging topics
Years back, I worked for a physical therapist. He often said that the main reason older people fell was out of fear. In other words, seniors internalize the thought that they’re weak. They convince themselves that walking is a danger for a person their age. They...
