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Reframing Aging: Challenging Aegism in PA

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About Aging Together in PA

Public Media Working Together to Make a Difference

Reflecting our missions and in response to the many needs of the aging population of Pennsylvania, WVIA and WITF are partnering to produce Aging Together in Pennsylvania, a twelve-month initiative presenting impactful programming for local and national audiences.

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“Pennsylvania is leading the nation in its approach to convene much-needed conversations about aging with our partners. Voices from every corner of our commonwealth are informing the work we do. Our respected partners in public broadcasting, whose mission it is to educate, inform, and inspire on the most meaningful issues touching our lives, are creating a platform to help transform Pennsylvania into a network of age-friendly communities. We are excited to collaborate with them to bring empowering programming that helps all of us converse, listen and learn about aging in Pennsylvania … and envision what it can look like, if we work together.”

Jason Kavulich

Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Aging

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PBS Aging Specials - Watch On Demand

Aging & the Workplace

Aging Matters

It is estimated that 10,000 baby boomers turn 65 every day in the United States. That trend will continue for the next decade. At the same time, we are living longer than ever before. Experts project that by 2020, there will be more Americans over aged 65 than children under the age of 5, an unprecedented milestone in human history.

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Aging Matters - Aging with Pride

28m 21s

We know loneliness can negatively impact our health, but what do we do about it? This NPT Reports: Aging Matters episode explores the benefits and challenges of developing relationships as we age.

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Aging Matters - Companionship and Intimacy

28m 21s

We know loneliness can negatively impact our health, but what do we do about it? This NPT Reports: Aging Matters episode explores the benefits and challenges of developing relationships as we age.

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Aging Matters - Loneliness and Isolation

29m 41s

NPT explores how growing older can be an isolating experience and the difference between isolation and FEELING isolated or lonely. We’ll also look at innovative ways to create communities that prevent isolation and social withdrawal.

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The Lodge

40m 30s

Fountaingrove Lodge in Santa Rosa, California, is the nation’s first state-licensed continuing care retirement community (CCRC) that’s specifically for LGBTQ+ seniors and their allies. The Lodge looks inside this unique experiment in gay/straight living to show us the daily lives, hopes, and fears of people in their 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s. What you discover will surprise you.

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Aging Matters - Women Unseen

26m 46s

Women Unseen focuses on the challenges women face as they age, including economic insecurity, outliving partners, the responsibilities of caregiving, and policies that impact women over a lifespan. This edition of Aging Matters explores ways to empower older women to ensure continued dignity and a consistent quality of life.

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Art + Medicine: Healthy Aging

56m 39s

Exploring heathy aging with Drs. Jon Hallberg and Tseganesh Selameab through the 4M’s framework of Mobility, Mentation (more commonly thought of as mood and memory), Medication and What Matters to older adults, all with an artistic lens. This is a co-production with the Center for the Art of Medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical School.

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Being 80

56m 32s

Being 80 showcases a diverse range of vibrant, unique and memorable 80 year olds still finding meaning in their lives through long lived career choices, contradicting the stereotype that their minds and bodies are obsolete in a world where only younger generations can make the world work.

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Aging Our Way, PA: A Plan for Lifelong Independence

Aging Our Way, PA is a 10-year roadmap to meet the needs of the Commonwealth’s older adults and improve services for this rapidly growing population.

About Aging Our Way, PA

The plan includes priorities, strategies, and tactics to promote health, well-being, and quality of life for all Pennsylvanians as we age. Aging Our Way, PA also prepares the Commonwealth for a larger, longer-living older adult population and is designed to respond to changing needs, shifting priorities, and available resources. The Department of Aging led the charge to develop the plan following an Executive Order signed by Governor Josh Shapiro in May 2023.

To explore Aging Our Way, PA, download the publication PDF

Questions about the plan?

If you have questions about Aging Our Way, PA, email them to agingplan@pa.gov.

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