Culture of Aging

The Culture of Aging Priority Group is engaged in a number of projects designed to raise the visibility of local older adults to highlight their needs, interests, contributions, and experiences, and to help them merge seamlessly into the fabric of our culture.

 
  • We have developed a training process for Tech Buddies, people who would enjoy helping older adults gain confidence getting online and into the virtual community. We work as a team and have recently undertaken a series of in-house clinics for local 60+ housing facilities. We are always looking for new ‘buddies’ to join the team..

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  • With Cares Act funding from the City of Fort Collins, a volunteer team created a prototype catalog of online opportunities of interest to older adults. Additional funding from the Daniels Foundation allows us to expand the scope of the catalog and provide technical support for individuals who wish to host their own virtual meeting or events.

    Visit the Catalog

  • Our trained tech buddies provide help with digital devices.

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  • Sound Affects music programming connects professional musicians with elder individuals living in senior care facilities or at home. Through live performance, one-on-one residencies, and advocacy, Sound Affects meets the needs of those who are prone to isolation and who cannot access public music in the ways that they wish. Sound Affects has established its own non profit status.

    Visit their website

  • A team of older adults contributes to an interactive blog, commenting on the ordinary and the extraordinary. The public - from all ages - is invited to

    join in the discussions.

  • PAFC has received a Workforce Innovation grant designed to link older workers to jobs via internships.

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  • PAFC has formed a volunteer team of local writers who contribute monthly columns highlighting personal experiences related to aging. These articles have also been collected in a series of booklets. You can find the series on our Graceful Aging Blog page.

    Both experienced and budding writers interested in sharing part of their story are always welcome. Read More.

  • The Culture of Aging group has undertaken a number of short term projects that were either designed as one-off efforts or as pilot projects designed to inform followup programs. Some of those are described here.

 
 

Special thanks to PAFC’s Anonymous Culture of Aging Sponsor

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