News of the Week - 11/15/24
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Because It’s Cool. Check Out the Stunning New Images of Jupiter From NASA’s Juno Spacecraft.
95-year-old pickleball player dominates the courts in Gardner, MO.
Circus workshop for over-50s combats loneliness.
Was music really better when you were younger? Or is your mind deceiving you?
His love of music is helping refugees and immigrants build new lives.
How Tech Created a ‘Recipe for Loneliness’
For Older Unmarried Couples, Caregiving Obligations Can Be Murky.
Meals on Wheels substantially reduces risk of senior hospitalizations: report.
Because It’s Cool. Check Out the Stunning New Images of Jupiter From NASA’s Juno Spacecraft.
Smithsonian - On its 66th flyby of the king of planets, Juno has captured spectacular views of the stormy atmosphere, processed by citizen scientists.
95-year-old pickleball player dominates the courts in Gardner
Circus workshop for over-50s combats loneliness
BBC - A circus workshop for people aged over 50 is helping keep people active and combating loneliness, participants say.
Was music really better when you were younger? Or is your mind deceiving you?
CNN - “It’s not that music was better when (we) were younger; it’s that music elicits very, very strong emotions,” said Dr. Rita Aiello, a music psychologist at New York University who examines how people process music and how music and memories shape each other.
His love of music is helping refugees and immigrants build new lives
CNN - Every Saturday, at a church in Gothenburg, Sweden, hundreds of people of all ages and backgrounds gather. There are more than 20 languages spoken among them, and they come not to worship, but to play music. As they chat and tune their instruments, a smiling man sweeps in and the energy level rises. He greets everyone, steps onto the podium, and raises his baton. On his command, music fills the room. It’s an ensemble known as the Dream Orchestra – the vision of Ron Davis Alvarez, an accomplished violinist, conductor, and teacher.
How Tech Created a ‘Recipe for Loneliness’
NYT - Technology and loneliness are interlinked, researchers have found, stoked by the ways we interact with social media, text messaging and binge-watching.
For Older Unmarried Couples, Caregiving Obligations Can Be Murky
NYT - What should be expected of an intimate partner when a companion suffers a health crisis? Seniors and their families increasingly confront the question.
Meals on Wheels substantially reduces risk of senior hospitalizations: report
McKnight’s - Home-delivered nutritious foods programs can help keep seniors out of the hospital and reduce their feelings of social isolation, according to a new report by Meals on Wheels and home care technology firm WellSky. I had the honor of speaking at a Meals on Wheels national conference.
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