Service Initiatives

SCOSA Service activities seek to leverage the major resources that 淫性视频 can offer as a community partner through our faculty expertise and service learning students, and through other student initiatives, clubs, and organizations.  Please click on the Educational Initiatives - Service Learning tab for more information on Service Learning Projects.

SCOSA fully embraces 淫性视频's vision as 鈥渁n environmentally-responsible learning community of engaged citizens embracing a global perspective." Working with students, faculty, and community partners and stakeholders we have organized and presented programs in each of the college鈥檚 four strategic themes: Learning, Engagement, Global Perspectives and Sustainability (LEGS). We strive to encourage older adults to age successfully through vital involvements in their communities.

 

Brief Selected List of Aging Resources

AARP: Create The Good

New website offers tools for getting involved in your community.

Alzheimer's Association

Questions about Dementia? There is a wealth of information on the Alzheimer's Association's website.

Gray is Green

Gray is Green is a project of the National Senior Conservation Corps, sponsored by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), the nation's most effective environmental action group.

National Council on Aging (NCOA)

An organization devoted to improving the lives of older Americans.

Other Useful Links

"Make the Call. Don't Miss the Beat!"

This campaign educates women aged 50+ on heart attacks. It states that a woman suffers a heart attack every 90 seconds in the United States. Yet only half would call 9-1-1 if they thought they were having a heart attack, and few know the most common symptoms. The campaign, from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Women's Health, outlines symptoms and what to do. 

 

Partnership for Health in Aging

A document on Multidisciplinary Competencies in the Care of Older Adults at the Completion of the Entry-level Health Professional Degree.

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Healthy Aging in New Jersey

New Jersey created the "New Jersey Blueprint for Healthy Aging" as an informative tool for all New Jersey residents. 

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Strategies for Long-Distance Caregivers

The Simmons University School of Nursing and Health Sciences provides this useful information for primary caregivers for family members who live in different states or regions.

 

Caregiver's Support

Terra Nova Film's free video website focuses on the needs of family caregivers! With excerpts from over 20 videos, it shows real people in real circumstances that offer practical solutions for other caregivers who may be dealing with some of the same concerns or experiences. The topics include Home Care Basics, Emotions and Alzheimer's, Driving and Dementia, and Falls. 

 

CaringBridge

Caring Bridge is a resource for anyone facing any health condition: big or small, acute or long term, available for as long as needed! Start a site for someone today so they can share their story and stay connected.

 

SCOSA's Intergenerational Service Project - Sharing Across Generations

Are you looking for a new way to provide service to our community?

Consider joining SCOSA鈥檚 Intergenerational Service Project. We鈥檒l be pairing older adults in the community with students to work together on different service projects throughout the school year, creating lasting connections that make a positive impact on community organizations and agencies in need.

Contact Christine Ferri, PhD, SCOSA Education Chair for details.

Send an Email to Christine Ferri

 

Thoughts about Volunteering & Engagement

Purpose in Old Age

"The greatest good fortune, greater even than health, for the old person is to have his world still inhabited by projects: then, busy and useful, he escapes both from boredom and decay. The times in which he lives then remain his own, and he is not compelled to adopt the defensive and aggressive forms of behavior that are so often characteristic of the final years. His oldness passes as it were unnoticed. For this to be the case he must have committed himself to undertakings that set time at defiance."

Simone de Beauvoir
The Coming of Age