Seniors

The Importance of Creating Livable Communities 11/10/2015

AARP Public Policy Institute Expert, Jana Lynott provides the keynote address for 'Vermont's Livable Communities Solutions Forum'. AARP has developed a tool (livability index) for planners, citizens and others to determine the 'livability' of communities leading to ways to improve upon weaknesses. For more information visit the AARP Site.

Issues of Aging - Ohavi Sedek Social Action Cmte. 06/18/2015

The Ohavi Zedek Social Action Committee launches a year-long effort to explore and act on issues of aging not just for seniors, but for younger adults with aging loved ones, for parents raising children while also caring for aging parents, and for seniors themselves. Guest speaker Jim Leddy launches this initiative. An outstanding leader in the community, having recently completed a six-year term as Vermont State President of AARP, Jim was a State Senator from Chittenden County and selected by his peers to chair the Senate Health and Welfare Committee. He served twenty years in the role of executive director of the Howard Center. For More Info Visit: http://ohavizedek.org

AARP Vermont Live: Burlington Redevelopment Projects 05/19/2015

Kelly Stoddard Poor will be speaking with CEDO director, Peter Owens about Burlington's recent development on Pine St. corridor/Champlain Parkway, the mall redevelopment and Burlington Colleget project among other things.

AARP Vermont and Burlington Livable Community Project is engaging residents, community organizations and the City to make changes so people of all ages can live in the setting of their choice, get around the city in a variety of ways, and engage fully in the life of our community. For more information visit the AARP Site. Like them on Facebook Page or follow on Twitter.

AARP Vermont Live: Housing Issues 03/17/2015

Host Kelly Stoddard Poor, Associate State Director for Outreach, AARP Vermont is joined by Erhard Mahnke, Executive Director, Vermont Affordable Housing Coalition, and Cindy Reid of Cathedral Square Corporation to discuss this issue.

AARP Vermont Live: Community of Vermont Elders (COVE) 01/20/2015

Dave Reville, AARP Vermont Associate State Director, speaks with Gini Milkey, Executive Director of COVE (Community of Vermont Elders), on what they do, who it serves and how they accomplish their mission. For more information on COVE, visit www.vermontelders.org For more information on Vermont AARP, visit the AARP Site.

AARP Vermont Live: Technology for Tomorrow 11/18/2014

Dave Reville, Associate State Director of AARP Vermont, speaks with Eli Harrington, Executive Director of Technology for Tomorrow, and Nirali Desai, Chapter President - South Burlington, on the organization's empowering youth to use their skills to improve their communities and empowering nonprofits to reach their full potential through free business services. For more information on Technology for Tomorrow: www.tech4tomorrow.org For more information on Vermont AARP, visit the AARP Site.

Local Matters: Retiring Champlain Valley Area Agency on Aging, Executive Director, John Barbour 06/02/2014

Retiring Executive Director of the Champlain Valley Agency on Aging John Barbour, shares highlights of his time with the agency and the work accomplished. www.cvaa.org

AARP Vermont Live: Pedestrian Access, Safety and Complete Streets 05/20/2014

Host Kelly Stoddard Poor, Associate State Director of AARP Vermont, is joined by lacal planners on pedestrian safety, access and complete streets relative to area redevelopment projects. For more information visit the AARP Site.

Observation Status and Vermonters 05/01/2014

'Observation Status' is a Medicarie designation for a hospital stay that patients experience as inpatients receiving care, but that Medicare considers outpatient. Increasingly, many Vermonters, like seniors across the country, have already suffered financial hardship particularly with rehab and nursing home bills when they transfer from the hospital from a short stay because Medicare will not cover them if they have been on 'observation status'. Virginia Milkey, Executive Director of the Community of Vermont Elders (COVE), Statewide Senior Health Insurance Program coordinator, Michael Richards, and Rachel Seelig, Vermont Long Term Care Ombudsmen, through Vermont Legal Aid, provide insights into the issue.

AARP Vermont Live: Frauds and Scams 03/18/2014

Host Dave Reville, Associate State Director of AARP Vermont discusses frauds and scams which frequent phone, mail and internet communications. AARP Vermont and Burlington Livable Community Project is engaging residents, community organizations and the City to make changes so people of all ages can live in the setting of their choice, get around the city in a variety of ways, and engage fully in the life of our community. For more information visit the AARP Site.

Featured Story

CCTV Receives NEH Grant to Support Community Archives

CCTV Center for Media & Democracy is pleased to announce receipt of a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Humanities Collections and Reference Resources grant alongside 32 peer archival institutions across the country. This $49,927 grant award will support efforts to preserve and expand access to audio/visual community history materials in the CCTV Archives. Read more about this opportunity here!