In the Institute for Successful Longevity’s latest ISL Newsletter, Paul Katz, M.D., chair of Geriatrics in FSU’s College of Medicine, shares his insights on elder care today and what could be done to make improvements in the future. Read the newsletter here: ISL NEWSLETTER - August 2022.pdf.
Also in the ISL Newsletter's August edition:
The latest edition of the ISL Newsletter features Bridging Bridging Resilience Divides: Technology, Transportation & Communications, a multidisciplinary conference co-sponsored by the Institute for Successful Longevity and held at FSU’s Turnbull Conference Center. Read or download the May newsletter HERE.
Also in the newsletter:
Sheila Salyer, head of the Tallahassee Senior Center and manager of Senior Services for the City of Tallahassee, talks about her 25 years' experience in helping older adults in Florida's capital, about how the Senior Center reached out during the pandemic and what she anticipates in the future, in the latest edition of the ISL Newsletter.
Also in the newsletter, you'll find ISL Director Neil Charness looking at digital equity in North America, as well other news about ISL's Faculty Affiliates.
Read about ISL Faculty Affiliate Walter Boot and the ENHANCE Center he co-leads, and how the center is working to bring the promise of digital technology into reality to help those with cognitive losses, in the latest ISL Newsletter.
You can read or download the August 2021 edition of the ISL Newsletter HERE.
Bo Xie of the University of Texas at Austin talks to the Institute for Successful Longevity about technology and stereotypes in advance of her ISL Speaker Series address, ISL Director Neil Charness revisits issues older adults face with two-factor authentication, ISL post-doc Nicholas Gray explains his study of whether older adults are using out-of-date technology, and Charness talks about aging and technology at a University of Waterloo conference, all in the latest ISL Newsletter.
In the March 2021 edition of the ISL Newsletter, Neil Charness, Ph.D., director of the Institute for Successful Longevity, addresses the big question on the minds of many who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 — "Now What?"
Also, read about ISL Faculty Affiliate Judy Delp, Ph.D., and her team's development of a prototype home therapy for those with peripheral arterial disease. ISL NEWSLETTER - MARCH 2021.pdf
Read the ISL Newsletter for December 2020 and learn about ISL Faculty Affiliate Eren Erman Ozguven and his new RIDER Center, which helps communities prepare emergency plans that accommodate the needs of all citizens, including older adults. ISL NEWSLETTER - December 2020.pdf
In the latest edition of the ISL Newsletter, Dr. Lynn Panton, a Faculty Affiliate of the Institute for Successful Longevity and professor in the Department of Nutrition, Food and Exercise Sciences, talks about why older adults need to do resistance training to build muscle mass and maintain their bones.
